New Library eresources

We're continually working towards enriching our collections to support the strategic aims of the Faculty of Social Sciences and the wider University through our Strategic Funds for Learning & Teaching, and for Research. We've consulted widely to support these major purchase decisions and we're pleased to announce a range of new resources that are available now, or in the near future.

We'll be blogging in more detail about individual resources throughout the year. New content that will be of particular interest for social sciences include:

• ENDS Report - environmental news and policy

• Euromonitor Passport - global business intelligence

• Gallup Analytics - opinion poll data from around the world

• Newspaper archives - including Economist, FT, Japan Times, Sunday Times

• OECD iLibrary - additional content

• Oxford Scholarship Online - additional content

We would be very interested to hear about the impact of these resources on research or learning, so if you have any evidence or feedback to share, please get in touch.

Finding and searching databases

Databases index information about published journal articles, conference papers and other academic documents.  Find databases that are useful for your subject in our Subject Guides. 

If you know the database you want to use, search for the name of the database on the University Collections tab in StarPlus, click ‘View It’, ‘View full text’ and then ‘Connect to...’ under the Quick Links on the right-hand side.

It is worth spending time thinking about your search before you start - list relevant keywords and search terms and any alternatives. For example, if you are searching for global warming, you may also want to search for climate change and greenhouse effect. Consider different spellings such as colour/color, and any technical terms or abbreviations.

If you are searching for a phrase, use quotation marks to keep the words together, e.g. “global warming”, “European Union”.   An asterisk can be used to end a word in a variety of ways. For example, ethic* will find results that include ethic, ethics, ethically, ethical. This is also useful for words which can have alternative spellings, for example, behavio* will find results for behaviour(s), behavior(s), behavioural or behavioral.
 
Our Successful Database Searching tutorial will help you plan your search further. Or why not come to one of our Information Skills Workshops in the Diamond?

Christmas Vacation 2015

If you’re away from Sheffield for the Christmas Vacation remember that the Library can offer support to students in various ways:

• The Information Skills Resource features helpful tutorials on literature searching, referencing, plagiarism and more

• If you have a question about the Library, take a look at Library Connect, a database of frequently asked questions

• If you’re having trouble accessing electronic resources check the eResources service status page

• For further help you can contact the Library HelpDesk in the following ways:

        Email: library@sheffield.ac.uk
        Phone: 0114 222 7200
       
      
(Please note that the HelpDesk will not be staffed during Christmas closure days: Friday 25 December to Sunday 3 January inclusive)

Merry Christmas!  

Trial access to EMIS – feedback welcome

The Library has arranged trial access to EMIS, an online resource which provides company and industry intelligence on emerging markets worldwide. The information is sourced from a combination of global data providers, local news sources and data owners.

Access

Trial access is available to University of Sheffield staff and students until 16 November 2015. This resource can only be accessed from on campus via this webpage (see Quick links on the right hand side of the webpage).

Feedback

We welcome your comments on this trial resource - please use this online form

To request a new trial please use this online form

Trial access to Illustrated London News Historical Archive - Feedback welcome

The Illustrated London News was the world's first pictorial weekly newspaper and also launched the world's first colour supplement in 1855. This online archive contains the full facsimile run of the publication. Search the full text, or browse by individual issue, including special issues and supplements.

Access

Trial access is available directly from this page.  You may be prompted to log into MUSE. Trial access ends on 19 May 2015.

 Feedback

 We welcome your comments on this trial resource. Please use this form

Dawsonera downtime

Dawsonera ebooks will be unavailable for up to one hour between 14:30 and 15:30 BST on Sunday 19th April.

Please ensure you have downloaded and opened any ebooks you need access to before this outage occurs.
 
It will not be possible to read titles which have been downloaded but not opened before the outage period. 

Christmas Vacation 2014

If you’re away from Sheffield for the Christmas Vacation remember that the Library can offer support to students in various ways:

• The Information Skills Resource features valuable tutorials on literature searching, referencing, plagiarism and more

• If you need to contact the Library email the HelpDesk: library@sheffield.ac.uk (Please note that the HelpDesk will not be staffed during Christmas closure days: Thursday 25 December to Thursday 1 January inclusive)

• If you’re having trouble accessing electronic resources check the eResources Service Status page

Merry Christmas, see you in January!