Gateway students: Library Checklist Usernames and passwords From September 2009, you will only need your university username and password to access online resources. Athens passwords will cease to exist. At the moment, you still need your Athens username and password to register a RefWorks account. Find it via my information in NOW. NTU Library Catalogue Includes eBooks as well as paperbacks. Request books from Clifton and Boots Libraries, let me know if we need to add their books to our collection. Check to see what journals we have, in print and online, by restricting your search to journals (electronic and print). British Library Catalogue and COPAC Identify books held in other libraries you can order via interlibrary loan. Check to see what journals we have, in print and online, by restricting your search to journals (electronic and print). eSearch: finding journal articles and conference proceedings Identify the databases that are going to be most useful to your degree. Consider using metasearch to search databases simultaneously and My eSearch to help you organise your favourite databases and journals. Google Scholar If you avoid our databases, make sure you use Google Scholar and set it up so it links to our full-text collections. Go to http://scholar.google.co.uk/ and click on ‘scholar preferences’, and then search for Nottingham Trent University in ‘library links’. Current Awareness Services

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Gateway students: Library Checklist

Usernames and passwords

From September 2009, you will only need your university username and password to access online resources. Athens passwords will cease to exist.

At the moment, you still need your Athens username and password to register a RefWorks account. Find it via my information in NOW.

NTU Library Catalogue

Includes eBooks as well as paperbacks. Request books from Clifton and Boots Libraries, let me know if we need to add their books to our collection.

Check to see what journals we have, in print and online, by restricting your search to journals (electronic and print).

British Library Catalogue and COPAC

Identify books held in other libraries you can order via interlibrary loan.Check to see what journals we have, in print and online, by restricting your search to journals (electronic and print).

eSearch: finding journal articles and conference proceedings

Identify the databases that are going to be most useful to your degree. Consider using metasearch to search databases simultaneously and My eSearch to help you organise your favourite databases and journals.

Google Scholar

If you avoid our databases, make sure you use Google Scholar and set it up so it links to our full-text collections. Go to http://scholar.google.co.uk/and click on ‘scholar preferences’, and then search for Nottingham Trent University in ‘library links’.

Current Awareness Services

Consider creating search alerts to receive email notification when new journal articles on your topic are published. You can also be notified when the latest issue of your favourite journals are published.

RefWorks

This online service will help you organise your references and produce bibliographies for your assignments. Set up an account before you start your literature searching as it will help you to be more organised.

Interlibrary loans

http://scholar.google.co.uk/

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Order books, journal articles or conference proceedings not stocked at NTU libraries. Find the forms at the Information Desk. 15 requests and ask if you need your allocation extended.

Sconul Access

This scheme lets you use other University Libraries. You must return the application form to Brackenhurst Library and we will make you a library card.

Liaison Librarian

Feel free to contact me with any questions relating to literature searching, RefWorks and finding resources.

Heather Parsonage01636 817076

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