General Library Guides

• A guide to using your Library: for all subjects

Library Service Guides

• Bath Copies
• Complete copy & print guide
• Inter-Library Loans
• Issue Desk: borrowing, renewing, returning & fines
• Library scanning Service for Academics - link to Service Information page
• Library services for users with disabilities
• Research data management
• Using other libraries
• Visitor access

Finding & Referencing Information

• Guides to Citing & Referencing
• Off-campus access to online Library Resources
• Using the Library Catalogue
• Understanding shelf numbers
• Using other libraries for your study and research
• EndNote Online & EndNote Desktop

Open Access & Self-Archiving

• How to add research outputs to Pure
• Open access deposit mandate
• Open access: a guide for busy researchers
• In a nutshell: self-archiving and versions
• Repository Guidelines
• Repository Notice & Takedown Guidelines
• Pure Repository Deposit Licence
• Pure End-User Licence

Bite-size Library video guides

Library staff have compiled a number of short videos in MP4 format that demonstrate how to carry out common tasks related to your use of the Library.

• Issuing books using the self-issue machines
• Finding books journal titles and articles on the Library Catalogue
• How to Find a book on the Library shelves
• How to reserve books

If you still need further assistance please use our Ask a Librarian form and a member of library staff will be in contact to help.

Guides to Database resources

• APA PsycNET        
• Datastream, Passport & Thomson Reuters Eikon guides: refer to Datastream links within Company, Financial & Legal Information
• Research Information for Free
• Embase: provided by Elsevier
• ERIC
• Finding chemical and physical property data
• Health databases: saving searches & setting up email alerts
• IBSS: International Bibliography of the Social Sciences 
• MathSciNet
• PsycINFO: also covers APA PsycNET
• PubMed 1: general guide
• PubMed 2: step-by-step guide
• PubMed 3: guide to MeSH Subject Heading searches
• Reaxys
• SciFinder
• Scopus - provided by Elsevier
• Scopus for Management
• Scopus for Social & Policy Sciences
• Social & Policy Sciences databases: saving searches & setting up email alerts
• SPORTDiscus
• Web of Science 1: general guide: coverage includes Core Collection & BIOSIS Citation Index
• Web of Science 2: step-by-step guide