Learning

Subject Teams aim to empower the learning experience of all students by:

• introducing students to the Library, its catalogue and services;
• offering advice and training in how to make the best use of resources in your subject area;
• helping students find information for assignments, essays, projects, dissertations and research;
• monitoring usage of key texts and ordering additional copies where appropriate;
• acting as a point of contact for all subject-related enquires.

Teaching

Subject Teams aim to collaborate with academic staff to empower the learning experience of all students by:

• providing formal inductions to the library for all students;
• providing information skills teaching to undergraduate and postgraduate students and staff;
• advising on the acquisition of appropriate subject resources to supplement teaching and learning;
• helping to identify appropriate online resources for Blackboard courses and advising on issues such as copyright;
• providing information on the plagiarism detection software;
• attending meetings of faculty, staff-student committees and similar bodies.

Research

Subject Teams aim to support the University’s commitment to research. We can work with the researcher by:

• helping to identify appropriate bibliographic tools and other useful library and archive collections;
• identifying and advising on a range of current awareness services;
• identifying sources of funding using COS Funding Opportunities;
• providing training and guidance in database searching, and reference management software (Endnote);
• providing information on issues surrounding intellectual property, such as patents, trademarks, design and copyright;
• using ISI Journal Citation Reports to identify high impact journals, and providing information on publishing in journals.

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