Off Campus Library Services

Starting from July 2013, the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) will make its digital publications available free of charge with an open access license. 

By adopting this new publishing policy, UNESCO aligns its practice to its advocacy work in favor of Open Access and strengthens its commitment to the universal access to information and knowledge.

UNESCO Media Services

UNESCO already make some of their publications available to download free of charge so their website is definitely a good source of quality information.

Some examples of what you can download from UNESCO now:

Adult and youth literacy, 1990-2015: analysis of data for 41 selected countries (2012)

A World of Science
A quarterly journal providing information on the work of UNESCO in the field of natural sciences.

I originally read about this open access news on the ‘New Research selected by LSE Library’ blog which reports on new research in a wide number of fields.

Some great e-books have been added to our collections recently across all subjects, including:

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There are even more reasons to use e-books now with new features from Dawsonera. The main change I want to point out is the new look e-reader, but first a quick word on what you’ll see if you search within the Dawsonera site:

There are Enhanced Search Results that allow you to refine and it is easier to tell which content is within Sunderland subscriptions (there is a green padlock symbol which denotes this (a purple padlock means that the title is  not within our subscription).

Now onto the new online e-reader. It seems a bit more intuitive, with improved navigation using side arrows, and the search and notes features in their own tabs beside the contents menu.

The print and copy buttons have moved to the top right of the e-reader and when you hover over them it indicates how much more you can print or copy (remember this is restricted due to copyright).

Don’t forget, we recommend that you start your search for e-books on the Library Catalogue.

The great thing about using the Library Catalogue is it too enables you to search across all of our providers at once,  easily refine your searches and receive results that you can be sure are within our subscription.

If you’ve had a chance to use the new Dawsonera interface, let us know what you think, and if you have any questions about how to use the new features get in touch with us.

If you’ve been using e-books recently you may have noticed that Dawsonera, one of the suppliers of our e-books has a new look and some new features. This week I’ll focus on the great ways you can use the new interface.

The schedule for online library workshops in June, July and August has been announced.

All time are listed as UK time. If you sign up for a workshop, please check the online time converter for the time in your location.

Who is it for?
All distance learning students and any staff who teach or support University students. This session is particularly great for new students and staff.

Click here to find out more about this session.

Dates this session will run:

Monday 24th June 2013 - 09:30 (sign up)
Monday 24th June 2013 - 14:00 (sign up)
Tuesday 30th July 2013 - 09:30 (sign up)
Tuesday 30th July 2013 - 14:00 (sign up)

Who is it for?
All distance learning students and any staff who teach or support University students. This session is particularly useful to students who need to find information for assignments.

Click here to find out more about this session.

Dates this session will run:

Wednesday 31st July 2013 - 09:30 (sign up)
Wednesday 31st July 2013 - 14:00 (sign up)
Thursday 15th August 2013 - 09:30 (sign up)
Thursday 15th August 2013 - 14:00 (sign up)

We’ve bought a lot of new e-books throughout April. Here’s just a snapshot:

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Contemporary Cases in Tourism Vol.1 (Fyall, A; Garrod, B.)

Global Health and Global Health Ethics (Benatar, S. R; Brock, G.)

Learning About Learning Disabilities (Butler, D; Wong, B. Y. L)

There are new e-books across all subjects. You can view the most recent additions to the Library Catalogue by clicking the image below:

The Off Campus Library Team answer your emails, responds to postal loan requests and much more. Meet them by watching this new video..

In the May 2013 issue of the Off Campus Newsletter you can learn about the changes to the Discover log-in and Sconul Access application process or find out how you can get one-to-one online support and help finding information for your assignments. We’re also shining the spotlight on e-books and highlighting some of the reasons why they can be useful to you.

Just click on the Expand link below to read the newsletter and get in touch if you have any questions or comments.

If you don’t see the newsletter below it is because you need to download Flash.

You can also download the Newsletter as a pdf. on the Library Web Pages.