Using the University of Northampton Library: an ‘EWO’ guide for students based at other locations

Please note: The University’s official term for arrangements made through educational partners is ‘Education with Others’ (EWOs).

WelcomeHello, we are a small team of Academic Librarians,based at the University of Northampton (UN).

As you are studying with us from another location, you may not have had the opportunity to learn about the different online resources you have supplementary access to through the University of Northampton’s library.

In this presentation, we would like to introduce you to some of these resources. The presentation will cover:

Getting started Electronic books Finding journal articles Other useful resources

Staff note: This presentation is also a good introduction to the resources if you are responsible for teaching on a University of Northampton programme.

Getting started – ‘Information pages’The ‘EWO’ pages have been designed to give you the guidance, information and links to resources from Library and Learning Services at the University.

Introduction to the teams

Online guidance for developing skills

Searching books and other resources

Advice when planning a visit to the University

Getting started – ‘Information pages’

Searching books and other resources

The next slides will show you how to access the supplementary resources provided by the University of Northampton Library.

Getting started – your University Login

You will need your University Login to access the online resources (this is emailed to your after you have enrolled)

The username is your University student number

You will be emailed a temporary password, but you must change it.

For more information, go to:

http://www.northampton.ac.uk/new-students/study-support/your-university-login

Staff note: If you are teaching on a University of Northampton programme, you should have an ARMS account. This provides you with the username and password required to access UN resources.

Electronic booksBooks are often a useful starting point for research. You may have access to many useful books in your home or a local library, but you can also search the University of Northampton Library’s collection of electronic books.

The next section will show you how find library e-books.

Please note: the following slides show you how to access e-books via the Dawsonera database. You may come across different e-book databases as we build our collections.

Electronic booksThe Library has created 2 separate A-Z lists for ‘EWO’ access to online resources. These are linked on the ‘Information pages’ underthe ‘Resources’ section and may also be linked from the Support and Resources section within NILE.

Direct links to these lists are as follows:• Access to resources in the UK• Access to resources outside of the UK

Please note: Access to resources is contingent upon licenses. These lists provide the links to databases that have been verified with suppliers for ‘EWO’ access.

Electronic booksFrom the relevant A-Z resource list, select Dawsonera and click on the button:

You will be prompted to enter your University Login:

Electronic booksUse the search boxes to enter a quick search for a book/topic or select Advanced Search.

Make sure you untick Show unowned content on the quick search results page or Books now owned by your library in the ‘Advanced Search’ page.

Electronic books

When you have found an e-book

you wish to view, use the icons

to either ‘download’ the book (2

days maximum) or ‘read online’.

We recommend read online,

which allows you to print and

copy some pages.

Electronic booksThe features on the read online view

enable easy navigation and functionality.

These options

will tell you

have many

pages you can

print/copy

Click on this

arrow to

view the

book in full

screen.

Electronic booksOther e-book collections recently

introduced are Taylor & Francis,

Routledge Handbooks Online,

Cambridge Books Online and Springer

(Business and Economics). These

publisher collections offer

straightforward PDF downloads with

no time restrictions.

These are also accessed from the A-Z

list.

Journal articlesJournals are important for academic research. You may have access to journals through your home or a local library, but you can also search for journal articles via the databases available to you through the University of Northampton.

The next section shows you how to use the library databases to find journal articles.

Please note: the following slides contains examples from 2 different databases on the A-Z ‘EWO’ resources list - ABI Global and Westlaw.

Journal articlesFrom the A-Z list, select a database that you wish to

search and click on

Sign in with your University Login when prompted

(note: if you have already signed in to a different

database, you may not be prompted again).

The example used next is ABI Global.

Please note: ABI Global is a useful database for business topics and covers a range of sources, including many journals and some news publications e.g. the Economist and the Financial Times.

Journal articlesEnter appropriate keywords in

the search box – if you enter

more than one word, use ‘and’

to link your terms (this will

narrow your search).

Select the Full text option to ensure

that you are able to open

documents in full before you search.

Please note: Other databases have a ‘full text’ option or something similar e.g. on Emerald you can select ‘only content I have access to’.

Journal articles

Use ‘preview’ to view any interesting items.

Note any new keywords that may help you to improve your search.

View the full text of any useful items.

Use the filters on the

left to focus your

search e.g. to

Scholarly (academic)

journals and by

publication date

Journal articlesThe next example is from Westlaw.

From the A-Z list, select this database and click on

Sign in with your University Login if prompted.

Please note: Westlaw is a Law database and covers legal cases, journal articles and legislation.

A profile window appears for those who

choose to set up a separate account to the

resource. Select Skip.

Journal articles

A quick search may be conducted on the first page, or you can select from the

menu options across the top for a more advanced search. Select Journals.

Journal articlesEnter appropriate keywords

in the ‘free text’ box for a

general search on a topic.

Click to search.

On the results page, you have the

opportunity to refine your search

further by adding in further terms. You

also have filters on the left side to help

focus your search.

Journal articles

When you find something of interest, check to see if the Full Text is available and

follow the link to the article. Some articles will only be available as an Abstract,

so look for the ones you can access in full.

Please note: If you are studying Law, Westlaw is a key database. Don’t forget, you can also access cases and legislation through this resource.

Other resourcesOther resources on the A-Z list may contain

different information e.g. Key Note covers

company financial data. Further information

about each resource is available when you click

on the title.

Finally, don’t forget to take a look at the

Skills Hub for helpful videos and guides

(particularly the section on Academic Skills). This

includes the Harvard Referencing Guide and

videos on ‘What is a journal?’ and ‘Evaluating

information’.

Thank youfor listening