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 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. SCONUL access

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. SCONUL access

Other places to look for literature – Open Access Resources There are various Open Access Resources you can use to access free articles Google Scholar https://scholar.google.co.uk/ CORE https://core.ac.uk/ PubMed https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/ OpenDOAR http://www.opendoar.org/ EThOS (national thesis service from the British Library) http://ethos.bl.uk Most Academic Institutions have their own online repositories. We have one called STORE and the address is http://eprints.staffs.ac.uk/

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 your Subject Resource page http://libguides.staffs.ac.uk/psychology/welcome

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/psychology/welcome Box of Broadcasts

You can also visit the APA website http://www.apastyle.org/ Referencing Your Student Handbook should contain information around referencing. Please also read any assignment submission guidelines carefully. You should be using APA 6th Edition as a referencing style We have a dedicated page for APA referencing Support and this can be found at http://libguides.staffs.ac.uk/psychology/referencing You can also visit the APA website http://www.apastyle.org/

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 Mendeley is also a Reference Management tool. It is free to sign up for and use. You can access Mendeley at https://www.mendeley.com/

Academic Skills sessions Throughout the year the Academic Skills Team run sessions held at the Thompson Library in Stoke These sessions are advertised on the main Library Resources page http://libguides.staffs.ac.uk/libraryresources Get a Better Grade is suite of skills sessions we run for students http://libguides.staffs.ac.uk/bettergrade

Your eMail address will appear like this example below 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 below a123456b@student.staffs.ac.uk Your Student eMail

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 (including Word, PowerPoint, Excel) Find out more via this link: http://www.staffs.ac.uk/support_depts/infoservices/it/student_helpdesk/office365.jsp Free copies of Microsoft Office

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