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Finding resources

Articles

Full text articles that can be viewed, saved and printed:

SwetsWise - full text articles from a range of journals
JSTOR - full text multidisipline archive. Journals in JSTOR have "moving walls" that define the time lag between the most current issue published and the content available in JSTOR, typically 3 - 5 years

Indexes to articles with limited full text:

Ei Compendex - comprehensive bibliographic database of scientific and technical engineering research available, covering all engineering disciplines accessed through Engineering Village



Google Scholar - Internet literature search. You can use Advanced Scholar Search and Scholar Preferences to make your search more focussed

Newspapers

Lexis-Nexis News and Business - full text newspaper articles

Electronic journals by title

Use the University eJournal Portal to search for electronic journals by title or ISSN; browse ejournals by title; browse ejournals by subject 

Print journals

You can use the library catalogue to search for the titles of print journals held by the University

The journal titles listed below are a selection from the collection displayed on the ground floor of Nelson Library:

  • Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society
  • Mathematical Intelligencer
  • Mathematics Magazine
  • Mathematics of Computation 
  • Mathematical Association newsletters

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Electronic books

DawsonERA - full text books
ebrary - full text books

Printed books

You can use the library catalogue to search for specific titles or books by an author. You can also search by author, title or general keywords. There is a link to the library catalogue and more information about borrowing books and using other library services at Library

You can look for books on the shelves in your subject area. Some useful shelf numbers for computing and computer science are listed below. 

 

Visual Basic    005.133VIS
Excel   005.54EXC
Mathematics   510
Engineering mathematics   510.2462
Business mathematics   510.2465
Algebra   512
Geometry   516
Game theory   519.3
MATLAB   519.402462
Statistics   519.5
SPSS   519.50285536
Accountancy   657

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Video tutorials

Lynda.com

lynda.com is a library of video-based training courses focused on software topics and business skills training.  These cover everything from commonly used software such as Microsoft Office to specialised applications in areas such as photography, web applications, audio and video, as well as more general topics such as collaboration, presentations and project management.

The tutorials cover both Windows PCs and Apple software and are available for both beginners and more advanced users.

Information about lynda.com at www.staffs.ac.uk/lynda  and a link to lynda.com

Useful websites

External web sites

You may find the following external websites useful

mathcentre - mathematics support material for students and lecturers
Math-Mate.com - free math lessons with explanations, worked solutions and hints
Purplemath - practical algebra lessons
S.O.S. Mathematics - study support material
Interactive Mathematics
Lecturefox free university lectures - mathematics
TechXtra- engineering, mathematics and computing resources
IPL2 Resources by Subject - mathematics 
Intute Mathematics - web resources for education and research. After July 2011 the website will be available, but it will not be maintained or updated
Virtual Training Suite - mathematics - online tutorials on finding academic information on the internet
Electronic Library of Mathematics - contains online journals, article collections, monographs, and other electronic resources in the field of mathematics

Online statistics  

UK National Statistics
HESA - Higher Education Statistics Agency
Eurostat - key European statistics
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
United Nations MBS - monthly bulletin of statistics online

Box of Broadcasts (BoB)

Box of Broadcasts (BoB) is an off-air recording and media archive service available to staff and students. The service allows you to record TV and radio programmes scheduled to be broadcast over the next seven days and retrieve programmes from the previous seven days from a selected list of recorded channels.

BoB stores recorded TV and Radio programmes in an archive indefinitely for all users to enjoy. The archive currently offers thousands of TV and radio programmes covering all genres and that number is set to rise as more further and higher education institutions join BoB.

Get started with BoB tutorials http://bobnational.net/content.php?view=video  and the BoB user guide

Open access resources

LearningSpace - free access to Open University course material 
YouTube EDU - online video repository of higher education content
iTunesU - educational audio and video content
Jorum - free learning and teaching resources
LearnHigher - free teaching and learning resources for staff and students in further and higher education, including group work, writing, critical thinking, communication, time management, research and more 

Creative Commons - advice and information on finding and reusing creative works legally

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Referencing and bibliographies

RefZone - Helping you to Reference
RefZone will help you with all your referencing needs throughout your studies at Staffordshire University. You should also consult your study skills handbook or assignment details to ensure that you are using the referencing style required by your subject area.

RefWorks
RefWorks is an online bibliographic management tool that helps you save references and create bibliographies.

RefWorks 2.0
RefWorks has introduced a new version of its program called RefWorks 2.0.  RefWorks 2.0 is still in a beta or testing phase so you can switch back and forth between RefWorks "Classic" (the current version) and RefWorks 2.0 (the new version).  You will have this option until the end of 2011 when RefWorks Classic will be converted to RefWorks 2.0.

RefWorks guides

There are other tutorials to RefWorks 2.0 and RefWorks Classic under the Help menu within the RefWorks program.

Download the RefWorks Workbook to help you get started, taking you from the Staffordshire University Library web pages to resources subscribed to by Staffordshire University such as ACM Digital Library, IEEExplore, ScienceDirect.
 

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Usernames and passwords

Most online resources use your University Username and Password to authorise access. On campus you will be recognised automatically when you logon to a PC. You should only be asked to login when you are off campus. To do this you will need the details of your student Username and Password:

*Username = First part of your University email address i.e. 2 letters & 6 numbers
*Password = your date of birth as 6 digits i.e. ddmmyy (unless you have changed this)

Note: When using some online resources, you may be asked to enter the details of your University ATHENS account - this is the same username and password as your University logon details above.

Please visit Accessing e-resources for further help

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Off-campus students and distance learners

The library provides a range of services for off-campus users including:

A Postal Loan service to students based in the UK, make requests through the library catalogue
A Document Delivery Service processing requests for materials not available through Staffordshire University
Access to other university libraries in the UK through the SCONUL Access scheme
 

Subject help and 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

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