Reassuringly basic referencing help is at hand
Are you losing marks for poor referencing but feel daunted by your referencing style? For APA, we now offer a short series of downloadable guides that introduce the basics of the system.
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Short, printable APA referencing guides now available
We’re all aware of the need to be as environmentally friendly, accessible, and up to date as possible, but we also know that sometimes a printed guide can be a really useful thing. We designed Referencing@Portsmouth to be an online …
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Now launching the International Journal of Missing Persons
After several years in the making, the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice in collaboration with San Jose State University are pleased to launch the new International Journal of Missing Persons. This new peer reviewed, international journal covers all research related …
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“A flexible in-house system for guidance and resource discovery” or why you should love your new subject pages
Now be honest, not all library subject pages have undergone enough work to warrant an academic journal article on how they were made to be as useful and functional as they now are, but ours have. If you have been …
The rise of RISE: the new online home for student research
Until now, students on taught courses could produce the most impressive research and interactive artefacts but because the scope of an undergraduate or Masters degree project rarely allows a project of sufficient scope and depth of analysis to compete with …
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Additional help with Law databases and certification
Are you finding the thought of getting your head around Lexis Library and Westlaw UK a daunting task? Come along to the Library for weekly drop in clinics to get a sense of what is involved. These sessions provide an …
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Faster than a speeding journal: return of the handwritten tasklist
The Faculty Librarian for Technology has characteristically uncovered the least technologically sophisticated way of keeping track of everything you need to do, using a notepad and pen. The method is called “Bullet journalling”. Combining a simple calendar with monthly task …
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Library Christmas opening times now available
Our Christmas opening times are now available both on the Library opening hours page and in the form of pocket sized postcards you can collect and keep from the Library Reception or Welcome Desk.
APA (6th ed.) referencing booklets now available in print
Printed APA (6th ed.) referencing booklets are once again available for you to collect from the Library Help Desk. This updated version of the booklet includes an expanded explanation of why you need to reference things you use in your …
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Orla Kiely: A Life in Pattern
With an open heart and mind I set off for one of my favourite London destinations last week, the Fashion and Textile Museum, to see the exhibition which gives this post its name. FTM has staged another top quality exhibition …
