Workshops and tutorials - students

Welcome to the library

• Introduction from the Academic Service Librarians (2 minutes)
• Ten Top Tips from the Director of Library and Learning Services (7 minutes)

Using the Library

• How to use Library Search (3 minutes)
• Borrowing rules for students (2 minutes)
• How to reserve a book (3 minutes)
• Managing your Library account (7 minutes)
• Sharing and saving books, lists and searches (6 minutes)
• Tour of the Library building (7 minutes)
• Dyslexia and disability support (5 minutes)
• School Experience Collection (11 minutes)

Accessing electronic content

• Using Library Search to find e-books (2 minutes)
• Using Library Search to find journal articles (2 minutes)
• How to access Library resources off campus (3 minutes)
• Using the A-Z of databases (2 minutes)

Finding information for your assignments

Find out about how and when to use journals, databases, Google and preparing for your dissertation in this series of videos.

• How and when to use a database to find journal articles (10 minutes)
• Planning to use the library for your dissertation  (12 minutes)
• Using Sage Research Methods to support your work (8 minutes)
• Using Google advanced search effectively (9 minutes)

Referencing

Along with our referencing guide these videos will guide you through everything you need to know about Harvard referencing and RefWorks software.

• Introduction to referencing using the Newman Harvard system (16 minutes)
• Using RefWorks tutorials (external link to series)

Online resources: accessibility features

• ProQuest Ebook Central accessibility features (7 minutes)
• VLeBooks accessibility features (8 minutes)

The videos above will help you with our most frequently used platforms. You can use the general principles in these videos to look for similar features on other online content that you use.

Content providers may also provide their own help guides, and all should have an 'Accessibility statement' explaining how their platform or website complies with the law about making content accessible.