Information skills sessions running this week

Wednesday 15th 12:10-12:30: Bite-size in the IC: 'Five quick tips for a better grade'.

Making information work for you: come along to this session for some top tips on finding the best information for your needs and using it wisely. 

Be a Sheffield Graduate: be information literate.

No need to book, just turn up- Collaboratory 2.

Friday 17th 12-1: 'Searching for Researching' at 301 Student Skills and Development Centre

Are you an UG researching for the first time? Book here to find out how to get the best information for your needs- where to search, how to search and what to do with the information you find. 

Harvard Referencing for Modern Languages (Applied Linguistics)

We have just added a new referencing tutorial to the suite for the School of Languages and Cultures in the Information Skills Resource:

Harvard Referencing for Modern Languages (Applied Linguistics)

This is just one of a number of tutorials the Library provides through the Information Skills Resource.

Access it from the Library tab in MUSE and/or from the Library web home page.

Writing a literature review?

Are you planning a literature review?  If so, you may want to have a look at our our Information Skills Tutorial: Producing a literature review.


Producing a literature review can be a complex process, and it can be difficult to know where to start.  
Our tutorial breaks the process into 7 steps, and provides advice, strategies and further resources to help you through each one.    

Have a look at our Information Skills Resource for advice on referencing, database searching, using Endnote and much more.

Stand out from the crowd: bite-size session

Next Wednesday's Bite-size session in the Information Commons is called Stand out from the crowd: researching employers. This session on employer information is led by our Social Sciences Faculty Librarian, Maria Mawson.  Employer research is an essential part of preparing for a job application or interview. Everybody else will use Google. Find out how specialist databases provided by the library can help you to stand out from the crowd.

The session on Wed 1st May takes only 20 minutes and starts at 12.10 in IC Collaboratory 2. No need to book, just turn up. The session is open to all staff and students and cookies are included!
Check the IC blog for future sessions and to see recordings of past ones.

Changes to eBook Access

There have been some slight changes to the method of accessing eBooks via the Dawsonera platform.

When you access a Dawsonera eBook via the library catalogue StarPlus, you will see two icons:

Use this this option to navigate through the ebook using the hyperlinked table of contents or by entering a page number.

Use this option to download the ebook onto the local drive of your computer, a CD or memory stick for a 24 hour period. 

Further details can be found on the Library webpages

I.C Bitesize Session 7: Employer Information

The I.C Bitesize sessions resume on the 7th of May with IC Bitesize 7: Employer information

Stand out from the crowd: researching employers
Wednesday May 1st 12:10pm in IC Collaboratory 2

Employer research is an essential part of preparing for a job application or interview. Everybody else will use Google. Find out how specialist databases can help you to stand out from the crowd.

This session will is open to all staff and students. Cookies included!

The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome

The library now has on-line access to The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome. It can be found by following this link;

The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome

Or by searching StarPlus where you can also check the locations of physical copies. (You may be prompted to log into Muse)