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Library Subject Guides

A practical guide for returning students

What's new?

What's new?

Here's a round-up of changes you may have missed over the past few months. As the academic year progresses, you can keep updated through our webpages and social media channels.

King's Manor Library

As part of the University's move out of King's Manor, our library there no longer has books in it — they've all moved to the main University Library buildings. But King's Manor Library is still there as a study space, and it's still possible to collect and return books should you need to. For all the details, take a look at our news article.

Newly refurbished Library Café

After 13 years, the Library Café has had a refit and is looking very chic. Grab a cuppa and enjoy!

A blue stoneware cup and saucer on a light wooden table. Leather frame chairs behind. A breakfast bar distant with metal rod decor. Hanging lights in an industrial deco style. A distressed yellow wall to rear. A service area between white square columns left.

Redesigned Skills Guides

The University Website had the decorators in this summer, and we've done the same here on the Skills Guides, with new ways of navigating all the rich, juicy content therein! There's no separate sections for Academic & communication skills, Digital skills, and Information & research skills, to hopefully make finding things that bit more straightforward. Go on, have an explore... You might learn something!

Useful Reminders

As well as letting you know about any changes, we'd also like to remind you of some things you may have missed!

There's a range of study support and guidance available in the Library to boost your grades, help with your studies and generally make things easier.

As well as regular training sessions on a wealth of academic and digital skills, there's all the online resources here on our Subject Guides and Skills Guides.

You can also get one-to-one support:

  • Get help on literature searching and making the most of the Library and its resources by booking an appointment with the Faculty Librarians for your department — you can find their contact details on your Subject Guide.
  • The Writing Centre offers guidance on planning assignments, writing arguments, integrating sources, academic writing style, proofreading your own work and more.
  • The Maths Skills Centre offers advice and guidance on maths topics, statistical concepts and analysis, and preparing for numerical reasoning tests.
  • Our study coaching service let's you explore your current approach to academic life to help develop your study skills and strategies.
  • IT Support can help with a range of computer and software-related queries.

See also the University's Student news page.

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