Using the British Library

There are times when the material you need is not available at the University of Greenwich. You can use the Document Supply service, or visit other libraries via the SCONUL Access scheme. Where the information required is more specialist such as that required for postgraduate research, visiting the British Library Reading Rooms may be the best option. Information about the Reading Rooms at St Pancras and Boston Spa are available on the British Library web page: http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/inrrooms/readingrooms.html. The video below explains how to register with the British Library. Detailed information is also available from the web page.

Knodium for collaboration

Knodium is a collaborative open platform allowing students and instructors to study together in groups based on courses, projects, or shared interests. Users can ask questions and share knowledge, resources, and information with each other to create a knowledge base for students.

To create or join a Hub first make sure you are authenticated in an e-resource in the portal.

Login to the portal http://portal.gre.ac.uk/ with your computer ID and password

Select the My Learning page

In the Search the Library portlet select Online databases and academic journals

On the next page the e-resources are arranged alphabetically by title

Select a resource to log into e.g. Academic Search Premier.

Navigate to the search screen

You are now authenticated. Keep this tab in your browser open.

Open a new tab in your web browser, go to Knodium https://www.knodium.com/hubs and select Login

Select Login Through Your Institution

Select University of Greenwich

You should be logged into Knodium without any further prompting.

HTML5 Flash and the Battle for Faster Cat Videos

Greg Schechter talks about HTML5 and video distribution on the web in this video. See what titles we have on HTML5 in the library.

Social Media Marketing All-in-One for Dummies

A short video about social media marketing from John Wiley and Sons. A copy of the book: Social Media Marketing All-in-One For Dummies is available in the library.

Discovering Statistics Using SPSS

Andy Field author of Discovering Statistics Using SPSS answers questions in this video about unconventional ways to explain statistics. Have a look at Andy's titles in the library.

Why functional programming?

Steve Vinoski talks in this video about functional programming approaches in his experiences of distributed application development. Check out the books we have on functional programming in the library.

Education books on adult teaching and learning

Education students will be interested in Stephen Brookfield's short video on powerful techniques for teaching adults. We have some of his books on adult teaching and learning                                                                                                                available in the library.

Avery Hill Library and Computing facilities

Are you a new student just enrolled this term and based at Avery Hill? Watch this short presentation to find out about library and computing facilities at the Avery Hill campus or view online at: http://prezi.com/ldc29axdxt4j/rfl-january-2013/

Eresources 24/7

Need help finding what you need for your studies and research? Get ready for exams and assignments. Come and see us in the Student Support Rooms at Avery Hill Library and the Drill Hall Library for help. 

You can sign up for one of our Library Workshops.

You have access to thousands of journal articles including backfiles and archives across a range of electronic resources via the Online databases and academic journals in the My Learning page in the portal. 

Science Direct, Scopus, EBSCOhost Research Databases, IEEE Xplore, Wiley Online Library, Emerald, JSTOR, Springer, SAGE are just some of the resources we subscribe to. Resources are available 24/7 on and off campus. You can find a full list of our eresources provision at: http://libguides.gre.ac.uk/e-resources.

Calling all January starters...

Are you a ‘January starter’? If you began your Greenwich Programme this month, now is the time to begin thinking about information skills.  

At Avery Hill, Stockwell Street and the Drill Hall Library, librarians are on hand to offer hands-on help in our dedicated Student Support Rooms. The Student Support Rooms offer a drop-in service so no appointment is necessary. Professional librarians are available to help you Monday-Friday 9am-7pm, Saturday & Sunday 11am-5pm. We can help with finding articles, literature searching, locating quality information on the internet, bibliographic citations (referencing and reference manager software) - or tell us what you need to know. You can also email us at: Avery Hill: ah-librarians@gre.ac.uk, Greenwich: mg-librarians@gre.ac.uk and Medway: dhl-librarians@gre.ac.uk 

Lettiquette

Please do not return books with annotations and post-it notes. Whilst this may be useful for you while you are loaning books, it is not necessarily useful for other users. Library books are provided for all readers. Please consider other students when returning your items. Before returning your loans remove all post-it notes and erase any annotations so that other users are not inconvenienced.