Books Unlocked

Over the next academic year Learning Resources will be offering some Leisure Reading activties to promote the benefits of reading for pleasure.


Activities for November include:

• Reading for Pleasure blog http://bedstimereading.blogspot.co.uk/ 
• Monday, November 9th - Friday, November 13th, 11.30am & 2.30 am. Just Ask – getting the most from your library, how to use self-service – issue, return & renewal, how to place a reservation, where to go for help & getting the most from LRWeb
• Monday November 9th – Friday November 13th 2015
  Tours to help you make the most of Luton LRC and Bedford Library on demand tours 11.00 – 16.00 from the Customer Service desk  
• Tell Us poll Tuesday 10 November Luton LRC and Bedford Library
  Staff will be available with clipboards and sweets so you can Tell us what you think about Learning Resources 11.00 – 15.00 
• Second Hand Book Giveaway
  to help you develop a reading for pleasure habit by hosting a second hand book giveaway
  
  Luton LRC and Bedford Library
  Thursday 12 November 2 - 4pm (or until we run out of books)

 For more information about "Books Unlocked" activities check out the Books Unlocked wepage here.

Careers & Employability Event

Monday 9th November will be a Careers & Employability Event. The Event is aimed primarily at first years but all years are welcome to attend.

A range of employers and voluntary organisations have been invited who can help students to gain part time work / relevant experience / develop their employability skills. There will also be stands from Careers and Employability and other internal organisations who can support students in enhancing their employability.

The Event will take place from 11.00 am - 3.00 pm on the Ground Floor of the Gateway Building.

 

Log In Problems

There are currently problems with logging into ebooks and some databases. ICT have been informed of the problem and are currently working on a solution however it may take until the end of the week for services to be back to normal.

In the meantime if you are unable to log in to a resource (i.e. you get an authentication error message) close the error page and reclick on the ebook / resource and it may well let you in. You may need to do this several times before it works.

RefWorks Maintenance Complete

The updates to the UoB Harvard Style in RefWorks are now complete.

The UoB Style will have disappeared from your list of favourite output styles so you will need to re-add them to your favourites manually.

You can do this by logging into RefWorks, clicking on Bibliography and selecting Output Style Manager. Then select UoB Harvard from the left hand list and use the little green arrows to transfer in to your Favourites box on the right.

RefWorks Maintenance

On Monday 8th & Tuesday 9th June updates will be carried out on the Harvard UoB Referencing system in RefWorks.

Although you will still be able to login and use RefWorks on these days please be aware that the Harvard UoB style may not work correctly.

Using RefWorks

RefWorks is the University's referencing software. It enables you to store your references online (so you'll never lose a reference again and to automatically create reference lists in the style of UoB Harvard.

This quick (20 minute video) explains the basics of using RefWorks. For further help check out the RefWorks Youtube channel or contact your librarian.

Referencing Electronic Journal Articles

Recently I've had a number of queries regarding how to reference electronic journal articles.

There are two types of electronic journal article:

• Electronic journal - you used an online version of a print journal
• Journal published only on the Internet - you used a journal that is only published on the Internet

Most journals accessed via the Library Catalogue and DISCOVER would be classed as electronic journals (online versions of print journals) and you would reference them as follows:

• Author(s)
• Year (in round brackets)
• 'Title of article', (in single quotation marks)
• Title of Journal (in italics)
• Volume number, (issue number), page numbers
• Name of electronic journal supplier (in italics)
• [Online]
• Available at: URL of electronic journal supplier
• Accessed: (day month year)

Example:

Logan, J. (2010) 'Preparation and planning for face-to-face contact after adoption: the experience of adoptive parents in a UK study', Child and Family Social Work, 15(3), pp. 315-24 CINAHL [Online]. Available at: http://0-search.ebscohost.com.brum.beds.ac.uk (Accessed 20 March 2013).

http://0-search.ebscohost.com.brum.beds.ac.uk

Child and Family Social Work, 15(3), pp. 315-24 CINAHL [Online]. Available at: http://0-search.ebscohost.com.brum.beds.ac.uk (Accessed: 20 March 2013). - See more at: http://lrweb.beds.ac.uk/guides/a-guide-to-referencing/journals/e_journal#sthash.0lKXyhWL.dpuf

Logan, J. (2010) 'Preparation and planning for face-to-face contact after adoption: the experience of adoptive parents in a UK study', Child and Family Social Work, 15(3), pp. 315-24 CINAHL [Online]. Available at: http://0-search.ebscohost.com.brum.beds.ac.uk (Accessed: 20 March 2013). - See more at: http://lrweb.beds.ac.uk/guides/a-guide-to-referencing/journals/e_journal#sthash.0lKXyhWL.dpuf

Logan, J. (2010) 'Preparation and planning for face-to-face contact after adoption: the experience of adoptive parents in a UK study', Child and Family Social Work, 15(3), pp. 315-24 CINAHL [Online]. Available at: http://0-search.ebscohost.com.brum.beds.ac.uk (Accessed: 20 March 2013). - See more at: http://lrweb.beds.ac.uk/guides/a-guide-to-referencing/journals/e_journal#sthash.0lKXyhWL.dpuf

Logan, J. (2010) 'Preparation and planning for face-to-face contact after adoption: the experience of adoptive parents in a UK study', Child and Family Social Work, 15(3), pp. 315-24 CINAHL [Online]. Available at: http://0-search.ebscohost.com.brum.beds.ac.uk (Accessed: 20 March 2013). - See more at: http://lrweb.beds.ac.uk/guides/a-guide-to-referencing/journals/e_journal#sthash.0lKXyhWL.dpuf

Logan, J. (2010) 'Preparation and planning for face-to-face contact after adoption: the experience of adoptive parents in a UK study', Child and Family Social Work, 15(3), pp. 315-24 CINAHL [Online]. Available at: http://0-search.ebscohost.com.brum.beds.ac.uk (Accessed: 20 March 2013). - See more at: http://lrweb.beds.ac.uk/guides/a-guide-to-referencing/journals/e_journal#sthash.0lKXyhWL.dpuf

Logan, J. (2010) 'Preparation and planning for face-to-face contact after adoption: the experience of adoptive parents in a UK study', Child and Family Social Work, 15(3), pp. 315-24 CINAHL [Online]. Available at: http://0-search.ebscohost.com.brum.beds.ac.uk (Accessed: 20 March 2013). - See more at: http://lrweb.beds.ac.uk/guides/a-guide-to-referencing/journals/e_journal#sthash.0lKXyhWL.dpuf