From 1 May 2025, our main ebook provider, Ebook Central, will change its default ebook format from PDF to the more modern and accessible EPUB format. EPUB is a flexible and screen reader accessible format that presents text, images, videos, links and other embedded interactive elements in a screen reader friendly format.
We are excited to announce a month of trial access to Ms Magazine (from its inception in 1972 onwards), ending 22 May 2025. You may need to be connected to the University network using the GlobalProtect VPN to access this trial.
Tagging your bike makes it much less attractive to opportunistic thieves and helps the police return your bicycle to you quickly should it ever be stolen and recovered. There’s another chance to get your bike security tagged and registered on …
While undergraduate and Masters degree dissertations may offer helpful insights and can serve as treasure troves of useful references to support your own research, doctoral theses are considered scholarly publications fit to be referenced in their own right. The Library has a large collection of doctoral theses from past students, most of which are available online, with some older theses still held in print. Theses from other universities are held in various other online databases.
It is often helpful to see what “good” looks like, and every year, students contact the Library to ask how they can get hold of exemplar copies of past dissertations for their course. For many courses, exemplar dissertations are available on Moodle but a selection of student dissertations are held in the Library’s online edissertations database.
The Easter Bank Holiday weekend is coming up, so please make sure you ask for any help you need by the end of tomorrow. Staff are here to help you devise effective searches, finding information, learning to use electronic resources, …
he cheapest way to print anything is always to use the University’s printing services but there might be times you need to print something vital and cannot make it in to the campus. Or perhaps someone you know who isn’t a student needs to print something in a hurry. That’s where the public library service comes to the rescue!
You can now print anything through your local public library at competitive prices using a simple new streamlined, cloud-based printing solution called Princh. Send your printing through the mobile app or website, pay, and tell Princh which public printer you want it printed for instant quality printing.
Are you looking to boost your professional presence on LinkedIn and make meaningful professional, research, and industry connections? Join Katie Richards, Social Media Engagement Manager at the University of Portsmouth, for an informative webinar on how to use LinkedIn to …
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The University of Portsmouth is one of the foremost educational institutions in the UK with strengths in teaching, research, innovation and business engagement. It combines a strong local and regional presence with an international outlook. Our Governors play a key …
The following is a list of new ebooks received by the Library during March. More complete listings for the year can be found on our website’s new books page.
