Computing, engineering and technology

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Subject advice

For subject resource support, finding information, advice on using the online resources, reference styles and queries regarding the Library and IT services, please contact your Subject Librarian or the Library Help Desk: 

Subject librarian: Sarah Hall 
  

Nelson Library, Stafford
01785 353353
s.d.hall@staffs.ac.uk

 

 

 


Library Help Desk
01782 295750
libraryhelpdesk@staffs.ac.uk

 

There are links to resources, information about using the library and an A-Z of Library services and facilities to help you make the most of the University libraries and IT services

Library Home Page
 

The latest news about resources for computing, engineering and technology

Researcher Development Framework (RDF) 

Researcher Development Framework a major new approach to researcher development, which aims to enhance our capacity to build the UK workforce, develop world-class researchers and build the UK higher education research base.

The Researcher Development Framework was developed by and for researchers, in consultation with academic and the public and private sector.

Google in Education

Resources for teachers, students and organisations. Mainly schools, but some resources for higher education.  Link to find out more about Google in Education

MIT + K12

Series of videos created by MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) students to explain science, technology, engineering and math to young people and support learning in schools
Link to videos: http://k12videos.mit.edu/
About the initiative: http://k12videos.mit.edu/about-mit-k12

Nelson Library closed Saturday 2nd June

In order for essential maintainance work to be carried out Nelson Library will be closed between 09.00 and 17.00 on Saturday 2nd June.

Proquest Global Training Newsletter May 2012

Training materials for Proquest products (including Safari Tech Books), access free webinars and check out featured resources.

Proquest Newsletter

Compendex has reached the 14 million records milestone!

April Newsletter from Engineering Village

See the new features included in IEEExplore from April 2012

New features incorporated into IEEExplore include

  • New streamlined abstract pages have been redesigned with a tabbed approach to help you easily find citations, references, and other related information
  • Abstracts for IEEE Journal articles as far back as 1929, now include a list of all articles that have cited the document from any publisher participating in the CrossRef Cited-By Linking program
  • Find articles of high impact quickly when you sort your search results by Most Cited and see the citation count in the article’s metadata
  • An IEEE Account allows you to sign up for saved search and table of contents alerts, set your personal preferences, and take advantage of enhanced features like search history

Browse the new IEEExplore features

View a demo video of the new features led by and IEEE client services manager.
 

ticTOCs service to cease (journal contents alerting service)

If you use or link to ticTOCs you are advised to use the JournalTOCs service instead - http://www.journaltocs.ac.uk/ 

Lynda.com newsletter May 2012

Get up to speed on CS6 - with Adobe Creative Suite 6 updates to Photshop, inDesign, Dreamweaver, Illustrator, Flash, After Effects, Fireworks and Premiere Pro for starters. 

Lynda.com May newsletter


Study Skills Support wiki

Help and advice on study skills http://studyskills.wiki.staffs.ac.uk/ 

Library resources (books and DVDs)

Lists of items purchased for computing, engineering and technology awards 2011-2012

February - March 2012

Use the library catalogue to locate books to borrow and read online http://libcat.staffs.ac.uk 

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