Off campus services, referencing help & support and general IT help By Paul Biggs Librarian for Psychology, Sport & Exercise, Biology & Biomedical Sciences and Education p.biggs@staffs.ac.uk Title Slide

In This Session We Will Cover How to join the SCONUL scheme to use another university library Other places to look for literature The Document Delivery Service Referencing help & support and reference management software The main Library Resources page Your student eMail Free copies of Microsoft Office IT help from Digital Services What we will cover in this session

Other places to look for literature -SCONUL SCONUL Access is a scheme which allows members to use each other’s libraries. It is free to join for staff and students and it allows members to borrow items (except for Full-Time Undergraduates, who are allowed reference purposes only.) An on line application form, a list of participating libraries and information about the scheme are available via the Off Campus Support Page http://www.staffs.ac.uk/support_depts/library/off-campus/ If you have any queries please ask at the Customer Service desk or telephone 01782 295770 for details.

Other places to look for literature – Open Access Resources There are various Open Access Resources you can use to access free articles Google Scholar CORE PubMed OpenDOAR EThOS (national thesis service from the British Library) Most Academic Institutions have their own online repositories. We have one called STORE and the address is http://eprints.staffs.ac.uk/

Document Delivery Service If you really cannot find the book or journal article you need we have a Document Delivery Service This sources the item from the British Library at a cost of £5 It can be posted to you if the item is a book. If your item is an article it will be scanned and eMailed to you For more information please visit our Off Campus support page at http://www.staffs.ac.uk/support_depts/library/off-campus/

Referencing For help with referencing please select the referencing tab on the Subject Resource page. You will see detailed information about Harvard referencing and links to resources that will help you with Harvard http://libguides.staffs.ac.uk/education/referencing

Reference Management Software RefWorks is a Reference Management tool. Staffordshire University subscribes to RefWorks so you can access it using your username & password. Find out more via the RefWorks support page http://libguides.staffs.ac.uk/newrefworks

Contact our Academic Study Skills team and book an appointment If you need to refresh your academic skills with academic writing, time management or you just want to enhance your presentation skills Contact our Academic Study Skills team and book an appointment Your Study Skills contact is Angela Evans http://libguides.staffs.ac.uk/Angela_Evans

Lynda.com – Brush up on your I.T Skills Lynda.com contains thousands of instructional videos ranging from I.T to various business systems Need to know how to use PowerPoint more effectively? Learn how via Lynda.com For all courses completed you receive a certificate Access Lynda via http://libguides.staffs.ac.uk/education

Box of Broadcasts Box of Broadcasts (BoB) allows you to watch, record and store television & radio programmes that are free to air BoB can be accessed via the Subject Resource Page http://libguides.staffs.ac.uk/education

Visit the Library Resources Page You will access this page for additional information about resources for study Find out about events the Library runs throughout the year General contact details for the Library www.staffs.ac.uk/library

Your student eMail If you log onto a computer on campus, simply select the Outlook Icon and access your student eMail If you are off campus you can access your eMail via http://www.staffs.ac.uk/current/student/ and at the login prompt enter student\username Your eMail address will appear like this example a123456b@student.staffs.ac.uk

Free Copies of Microsoft Office 365 As a student you are entitled to download copies of Microsoft Office for the various devices you own You will also be able to access and use Microsoft Office 365 Find out more at: http://www.staffs.ac.uk/support_depts/infoservices/it/student_helpdesk/office365.jsp

If you need any IT help please eMail 3800@staffs.ac.uk Please also see this link http://www.staffs.ac.uk/support_depts/digital-services/ IT Help