We want everyone to feel welcome and enjoy everything the Library has to offer. We believe cognitive, sensory, mobility, and other differences should not be a barrier to getting the most from your Library, and so offer additional services we hope will remove any barriers to your learning.
Taylor & Francis eBooks now come with a redesigned eReader available from Taylorfrancis.com offering a redeveloped, simpler, seamless and inclusive reading experience. Available now for ebook chapters and downloads, and replacing the old ereader for reading entire ebooks online from 16 February, the new ebook reader supports the more accessible and feature rich ePub format as well as sporting a more intuitive interface.
A lot of lecturers and librarians then asked what was going to happen to all the links pointing to specific chapters/pages of these ebooks, because most reading lists rely on deep linking to work. EBSCO thought about this briefly, then came back to reassure everyone that they are going to make sure all these deep links continue to work after the change. This has meant that the introduction of the epub format ebooks has been delayed by a few weeks.
The British Pharmacopoeia online has been updated and now uses the familiar institutional login process. Here’s a walkthrough of how to log into the new system: Finding the British Pharmacopoeia Search for “British Pharmacopoeia” in the Discovery Service or Library …
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Come late late January, Ebook Central will be moving from using pdf to epub format ebooks. This will make these ebooks easier to read and navigate, display better on more devices, and allow publishers to build interactive audio and video into their devices.
A major update to the library catalogue and its dependent systems on Friday 13 December. The vast majority of our electronic resources will be unaffected, but you will lose access to the Library catalogue and services that depend on it for up to 24 hours from 8 am on Friday 13 December.
From 7 am on Saturday 14 December until 6 am on Monday 16 December, the university computer network will be undergoing essential maintenance to ensure we continue to deliver a reliable high speed network. During this period, your access to Library and University services will experience some disruption.
APA referencing pop-ups return to the Library Atrium all next week (Monday- Friday, 2-6 December). Sit down with a librarian for a few minutes and get a personalised introduction to how referencing and citations work, the APA (7th edition) referencing style, and learn the …
Today is the last Discovery Service pop-up of the season! Join us between 1-3 pm this afternoon for a personalised introduction to finding the best articles for your assignments.
Coming next week – APA referencing pop-ups! Same time, same place – bring your referencing questions or join us for an introduction to what referencing is and how it works.
Have you discovered the Discovery Service yet? If you are building yourself up to take the plunge, why not watch this short introductory video and then pop on over and join us for one of our introductory Discovery pop-ups in …
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