Tag Archives: drop in

How to…contact the library

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Library Help

We are running our How to events next week.

Library staff will be visiting all 5 of our campus libraries to show you how to get help from the library and the various different ways to contact us.

The timetable for the sessions is below:

Date Location Time
Mon 5 March School of Art Library,

Margaret Street

 11:30 to 12:30
Tue 6 March Curzon Library 11:30 to 12:30
Wed 7 March Kenrick Library 11:30 to 12:30
Thu 8 March School of Jewellery Library, Vittoria Street 10:00 to 11:00
Fri 9 March Mary Seacole Library 11:30 to 12:30

Hope to see you there!

^Posted on behalf of Huizhe Jin and Janet Fox, Customer Services.

Make more of our library resources

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Do you want to discover more about how to use library resources, services and databases?

find resources

Then sign up to one of our drop-in sessions where you can:

  • Get hands-on experience of using our databases eg. CINAHL; MEDLINE: Cochrane: PSYCHArticles; SPORTSDiscus; Summon
  • Learn how to get the most out of the databases
  • Improve your search skills and techniques to get better results

Sessions take place in Seacole 271, and are running from now until April.

Simply book your place via moodle (Open Sessions at City South) 

^Posted on behalf of the Learning, Teaching & Research Team, Seacole Library

How to … Carry on studying through the vacation

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Following on from the success of our two previous “How to …” pop up events (Getting Started and Finding more than books on the library shelves)  we are running a third  to highlight the following:

  • How to access resources when you are not in University
  • Use the library during vacation
  • Get help when Library’s closed (FAQs)
  • Use other University libraries (SCONUL)

The Customer Services team will be running these sessions at both Curzon Library and Mary Seacole Library on:

Monday 4 December 10am to 11am
Tuesday 5 December 11am to 12pm
Wednesday 6 December 12pm to 1pm
Thursday 7 December 1pm to 2pm
Friday 8 December 10am to 11am

Location of the “How to…” events

Curzon Library: meet library staff on the ground floor opposite the Help Desk.

Seacole Library: meet library staff by the library office door, near Printer/Photocopiers.

 

Look forward to seeing you there.

^Trudi

February Peer Mentor drop-in session – Summon!

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On Thursday 9th February our Peer Mentor Isaac will be hosting a new session, designed to follow-on from the last drop-in session.

This session will look into the advanced features of ‘Summon’ and how to find the best results. There will be a secondary focus on the Libguides website which has been prepared by the Librarians to guide students in a particular area of study, containing popular online resources such as specific databases, the most useful books on the subject, as well as research assistance.

February Drop-In Session Poster

December LPM Drop-In Session

^Posted on behalf of Isaac Paul

January Peer Mentor drop-in session – journals and more!

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On Tuesday 24th January our Library Peer Mentor will be holding a drop-in session 10.30-11.30am near the first floor Curzon Library entrance. Why not pop along and learn something new!

This drop-in session will be focusing on journal articles and how to use Summon to the best of its ability in order to receive the best results. We have prepared six top tips that are guaranteed to return the most appropriate articles for you work. We will also be highlighting the ‘Live Chat with a Librarian’ facility available from the Library Help website.

January Drop-In Session PosterDecember LPM Drop-In Session

^Post on behalf of Isaac Paul