Getting theses from EthOS

Electronic Theses Online (EThOs), provided by the British Library, is the UK's national thesis service, aiming to provide access to as many of the UK's doctoral research theses as possible. 

The database hosts the full text of many theses online without a fee for downloading. Of those not available online, many are available to be ordered for scanning for a fee. If you find a thesis that you would like to have scanned, please be in touch with your Academic Liaison Librarian, because the library will pay to have that thesis digitzed on your behalf. Scanning usually takes around 3 weeks and you'll get an email when the full text is available to download.

The best part is that EThOs then makes that copy you requested available to all, free of charge.

One-to-one help with software and systems

Earlier this week, Ian from our digital training team ran a session on using Word for long documents, specifically for researchers. Future courses from this part of our department include Excel for large data sets (25th June at 11am) and using the SelectSurvey software (6th July at 1pm). You are all, of course, welcome to attend these. But did you know that Ian and Annette from digital training are also available for one-to-one help, just like your Academic Liaison Librarians? You can book an individual appointment, tailored to your own needs, be they related to Word, Excel, PowerPoint or a number of other software packages. If you think you would benefit from this opportunity, or would like to book on a workshop, drop them an email at digitaltraining@yorksj.ac.uk  - they are waiting for your messages!

Literature searching for researchers

Today, we (Victoria and Clare) ran a session as part of the Academic Development Directorate's programme of support for researchers. It was a very productive couple of hours and it was great to learn more about the research that our staff and students are engaged with.  Here's the presentation we used. As ever, please contact your Academic Liaison Librarian if you would like one-to-one advice on drawing up a plan for literature searching, organising and awareness.

Literature searching for research from Information Learning Services, York St John University