Working on your dissertation over the summer?

The Library can help!

• Library resources for your subject – subject guides featuring recommended databases and websites 

• Our Information Skills Resource – features many handy tutorials, including referencing and literature reviews 

• For items not currently held in stock – Book Recommendation Form - Interlibrary Request Service 

• British Library Boston Spa minibus – trips arranged in June, July and August 

• Find the librarian for your subject – for any extra support you require 

Researching for your dissertation over the summer?

Searching for Researching workshop – 301: Student Skills and Development Centre, Glossop Road

Thursday 12^th June 12 – 1

Come and find out about: the information sources available to you; how to search to get the most relevant results for your project; evaluating information; plagiarism; and referencing. Follow the link above to book a place.

Additional study space available in Hicks Building and Dainton Building (Tuesday 27 May – Friday 13 June)

The Library is providing additional study space (weekdays only) in the following locations until Friday 13 June:

Hicks Building (09:00 – 21:00)
Room F28
Room F41
LT 4 (D Floor)
LT11 (H Floor)

Dainton Building (09:00 – 18:00)
Room 12c (Ground floor)
Room 12h (Ground floor)

Further investment in our ebook collection

As we are committed to enriching our eresource collection for staff and students, we are spending a further £40,000 on ebooks.

For the next 12 months, we will have full-text access to 'Cambridge Books Online Evidence-based Monographs' collection.  This includes over 17,000 ebooks spanning all subjects on the Cambridge platform.

We will continually monitor usage, and at the end of the 12 months, we will obtain perpetual access to the ebooks that you have decided are the most relevant.

To access these and other ebooks, please go to StarPlus; sign in, and search for your chosen field.

Alternatively you can go to the Cambridge platform

 What do you think of our ebooks?

We are running a survey to see what our students think of ebooks.  Please complete the survey here

New online resources: Times Digital Archive & State Papers Online

Times Digital Archive, 1785 – 2008

 

The Times of London was first published in 1785 and is the oldest daily newspaper in continuous publication. The Times Digital Archive provides online access to the full-text of every page from every issue of The Times newspaper from 1785 to 2008. The resource allows users to conduct simple or advanced searches.  It can also be browsed by date.

State Papers Online, 1509 – 1714

State Papers Online is an archive that provides access to 16^th and 17^th century State Papers. The University Of Sheffield has access to the following collections:

• Part I - The Tudors, 1509-1603: State Papers Domestic

• Part III - The Stuarts and Commonwealth, James I - Anne I, 1603-1714: State Papers Domestic

The resource can be searched using a range of search limiters including date, reign and language. The resource also provides: a series of essays by leading historians with links to the archival materials; calendars, which provide abstracts or summaries of the documents; an image gallery; links to related online sites; and research tools including lists of abbreviations and a glossary of historical terms.

Access

These resources can be accessed from the Library’s StarPlus catalogue by searching under the University Collections tab (remember to sign in to StarPlus first).  Alternatively, access them from the following links:

Times Digital Archive

State Papers Online

You will be prompted to log in to MUSE if you haven’t already done so. 

British Pathé releases 85,000 films on YouTube

Newsreel archive British Pathé has uploaded its entire collection of 85,000 historic films, in high resolution, to its YouTube channel. This unprecedented release of vintage news reports and cinemagazines is part of a drive to make the archive more accessible to viewers all over the world.

The unique collection of video was digitised in 2002 and covers major events, famous faces, travel, sport and culture and both the First and Second World Wars.

BrowZine

The Library has recently purchased BrowZine, an app which enables users to browse and read academic journal articles on tablet devices. 

BrowZine brings together articles from our subscription and open access journals into a single ‘newsstand’ style app.   Users can save their favourite journals, view the tables of contents, and read articles as new issues are released.

Watch a short video introduction to the BrowZine app

BrowZine is designed for current awareness and browsing.  It complements the Library catalogue StarPlus, which can be used for more focused research or searching.

Access

University Of Sheffield members can download the BrowZine app, free of charge, from the iPad, Android and Amazon App Stores, or from the link below.  After downloading, users will need to select University of Sheffield from the list and enter their University of Sheffield username and password when prompted.

Download BrowZine on your tablet

Please note: the minimum OS required are iPad version 5.1.1 and Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). BrowZine is currently available for tablets only. It is not compatible with smartphones at present although this development is expected in the future.

Browzine for Android tablet FAQ

Browzine for iPad FAQ