28 November 2016

Library Workshop Programme - view the presentations

The Library Information Services Team prepared a workshop programme for you focusing on researching employers, literature searching, reference tools and finding statistics.

The Information Services Team are your Information Specialists:
Richard Hopkins, Clare Langman, Nicola Dennis and Kerstin Treder.                 
The workshops were for any student and the full programme included

  • Introduction to free referencing tools          
  • Beyond Google                                            
  • EndNote                                                       
  • Researching employers for job hunting   
  • Introduction to finding statistics    
  • Advanced Literature Searching                                                        
Presentation slides, recordings and workshop activity sheets are available to view via the Programme details web site

23 November 2016

From Monday 28 November the Library will be open 24/7

From Monday 28 November to Friday 16 December the Library will be open 24 hours.

Please remember to bring your uniCARD on each visit and please do ask staff if you need any help.

Best regards
Lydia

on behalf of the Library Team

8 November 2016

Chance to win £50 John Smith's and £50 Bullring voucher - calling all new students

Dear Student

Did you join Aston University this academic year?


Were you invited to / did you attend a Library Like Your Library Session? If you did attend, what did you think of it? If you didn't attend, why not?

We need your feedback!

Please can you spend just a few minutes to complete the short online Library survey:  https://aston.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/library2016

You will be providing valuable information to help next year's new students and if you choose to leave your name and email address, then you can enter into a prize draw to win a £50 John Smith's or a £50 Bullring voucher.


Best regards
Lydia

on behalf of the Library Team

2 November 2016

Problems with accessing Library SmartSearch off-campus now resolved

Dear Staff and Students
We've been informed that the problems with accessing SmartSearch off-campus have now been resolved
Please can you: clear your browser's cache
and try and search and login again:
Do let us know if there are any problems.
If you need any help, please don't hesitate to Ask the Library:
  • You can use Live Chat, http://libanswers.aston.ac.uk/ 
  • Speak to a member of staff at the Help point on the ground floor of the Library
  • Send an email to library@aston.ac.uk (with details of what you're trying to access)  
  • Telephone: 0121 204 4525
Thank you
Lydia
On behalf of the Library Team

Library SmartSearch on and off-campus access

Dear staff and students

Although Library SmartSearch is working as normal on-campus, unfortunately there are some intermittent problems at the moment off-campus which we are working with the publishers to resolve asap.

Please try either of these links to do your searches:
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,cookie,guest&custid=s9815128&groupid=main&profile=eds

http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=guest&custid=s9815128&groupid=main&profile=eds

In the meantime if you have problems with these links and are off-campus, you can locate books (print and electronic) via the Library Catalogue:
https://library.aston.ac.uk/

and journal articles via the publishers' databases:
http://libguides.aston.ac.uk/az.php

If you need any help, please don't hesitate to Ask the Library:

  • You can use Live Chat, http://libanswers.aston.ac.uk/ 
  • Speak to a member of staff at the Help point on the ground floor of the Library
  • Send an email to library@aston.ac.uk (with details of what you're trying to access)  
  • Telephone: 0121 204 4525

Thank you for your patience.  We are working to resolve the problem asap.

Best regards
Lydia

on behalf of the Library Team

1 November 2016

Need help with accessing Library Resources?


Unfortunately there are some intermittent problems with Library SmartSearch at the moment which we are working with the publishers to resolve asap.

In the meantime you can locate books (print and electronic) via the Library Catalogue:
https://library.aston.ac.uk/ 

and journal articles via the publishers' databases:
http://libguides.aston.ac.uk/az.php

If you need any help, please don't hesitate to Ask the Library:

•    You can use Live Chat, http://libanswers.aston.ac.uk/
•    Speak to a member of staff at the Help point on the ground floor of the Library
•    Send an email to library@aston.ac.uk (with details of what you're trying to access) 
•    Telephone: 0121 204 4525

Thank you for your patience. 
Best regards
Lydia

on behalf of the Library Team