Social Work Subject guide

The Social Work subject guide is now accessible at http://subjects.library.manchester.ac.uk/socialwork and from the a-z list of subject guides at http://subjects.library.manchester.ac.uk/index.php

This guide came about via Ruth’s dialogue with the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work academic staff. It was really useful to get the input from the academic staff for the development of the resource.

If you have any comments just send them my way.

Cheers

Dave

Libguides update

For your Information two new sections have been added to the libguides. If you could take a look and pass any feedback to me that would be appreciated.

• Each libguide now has a Using the Internet page which provides the student with information on how to critically evaluate websites using the What, Why, When, How, Where and Who system. The student can access an example under the Is that website any good? page which highlights how they can apply the evaluation criteria. For those subject guides that previously had lists of Subject Websites these are also included.
• Special Collections have been producing content for inclusion in relevant libguides. The first two have gone live – Architecture and Middle Eastern Studies.

Cheers

Dave

Want to know more about copyright?

The Library has produced a copyright guidance resource for students, staff and researchers;

http://subjects.library.manchester.ac.uk/copyright

The guide covers the following topics;

• Copyright basics
• Photocopying and scanning
• E-resources
• Video and sound recording
• Using images

Do you need any help with your referencing?

The library has produced a referencing guide for all students at:

http://subjects.library.manchester.ac.uk/referencing

It covers the following topics:

• Why you need to reference?
• How to reference in a specific style e.g. Harvard?
• How to use referencing software
• FAQs

Dave Hirst

Joule Library opening hours

The Joule Library will be open until midnight every day from Monday, 7 January 2013 until Thursday, 31 January 2013 inclusive.

Library Charging Station

There is now a secure Charging Station in the University Library.

The charging station is a bank of 30 secure individual lockers located on Blue Ground in the Main library which offers a convenient, secure and free way to charge your laptops, phones or other mobile devices.

Pull Printing Service

The University student printing system was recently updated to a Pull Printing service.

This new service will reduce the amount of queuing at a single printer; Instead of collecting your printing from the printer that the PC is configured to use, you can collect your printing from any printer, even one in a different building, up to 24 hours after you have cliked ‘Print’.   

To use the pull print system you need to;
– Print  –   Click print in the application you want to print from
– Swipe –  Swipe your student card on any printer with a card reader
– Pull –      Press the Pull print button, then select your job from the list

The charges on the new system remain the same as the current standard costs.

Alan Gilbert Learning Commons

The Alan Gilbert Learning Commons officially opened its doors on 1^st October. This is a state of the art facility providing over 1,000 learning spaces and a range of equipment and furniture for individual and group study. The Learning Commons includes 400 PCs, laptop charging lockers, 30 bookable group study rooms, skype area and media screens for presentation and group work. Wifi is available throughout the building, including the space outside and the ground floor cafe.

 There are also some designs created by students to reflect their Manchester experience printed onto the walls, doors and glass panelling of the learning spaces.

 The Learning Commons is managed by the University Library and has a dedicated team of staff to provide guidance and support. From the end of October, the Learning Commons will be open 24/7 during term time.

Project Management Research Methods

You can access the prezi presentation for the PMRM library session that was held on the 26th September below:

http://prezi.com/7oocikqxoo0d/pmrm/

You can also download the following document for your first assignment which gives you a quick guide on using the library resources to find useful information.

How to find the library resources for your subject.

Do you need to find journal articles, books and reports for your first assignment?

The library has developed new resource pages which will provide you with links to all the useful resources you need for your coursework.

Library subect pages for EEE can be found at http://subjects.library.manchester.ac.uk/eee

Library subject pages for MACE can be found at http://subjects.library.manchester.ac.uk/mace

Dave Hirst

Teaching & Learning Librarian