Tuesday 20 August 2013

Web of Science

Due to essential maintenance, our database Web of Science will be unavailable between 9:00 and 19:00 on the 23rd of August.  We apologise for the inconvenience.  If you experience any difficulties with Web of Science outside of those hours or with any of our other databases, please do not hesitate to contact us by email, by ringing us on 01904 876696 or by tweeting us @YSJ_ILS.

Monday 19 August 2013

WorldCat Local withdrawn: 31 July 2013

Access to WorldCat Local was withdrawn on 31 July 2013. Please ensure that you have obtained new links for references and reading lists before this date.  For further assistance please contact the Academic Liaison Librarians:

Faculty of Arts
Lottie Alexander
l.alexander@yorksj.ac.uk

Faculty of Education & Theology
Clare McCluskey
c.mccluskey@yorksj.ac.uk

Faculty of Health & Life Sciences (Health & Social Care, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy)
Victoria Watt
v.watt@yorksj.ac.uk

Faculty of Health & Life Sciences (Counselling, Psychology, Sport)

YSJ Business School

Doing your MA/MSc dissertation over the summer?

Remember that you can ask your Academic Liaison Librarian for help

We can show you how to improve your search techniques; give advice on advanced searching on Discover and other databases; help you to source relevant articles and papers not held at York St John; give advice on referencing.

Contact details for the Academic Liaison Librarians are as follows:
Faculty of Arts
Lottie Alexander
l.alexander@yorksj.ac.uk

Faculty of Education & Theology
Clare McCluskey
c.mccluskey@yorksj.ac.uk

Faculty of Health & Life Sciences (Health & Social Care, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy)
Victoria Watt
v.watt@yorksj.ac.uk

Faculty of Health & Life Sciences (Counselling, Psychology, Sport)

YSJ Business School

Final year students - access to Information Learning Services

Did you know you can continue your access to Information Learning Services when your course finishes?

As soon as your course finishes you can apply for an alumni library card for £10.  The card expires after 18 months and allows you to borrow up to 15 items from the library collections.

If you want to apply for an alumni card just pop in to see the staff at Question Point with 2 passport photos and some ID.

Wednesday 7 August 2013

Noise disruption on the 8 August

Due to some building work occurring in Fountains, there may be some noise disruption on Thursday, 8 August.  If you need to find a quiet place to study, please speak to one of the staff at Question Point and they will be able to direct you to other available spaces.