New books in Voyager

The new books search is now working in Voyager. Simply click the New items tab and select the time period you want to search. You can also restrict your results to a particular location such as the Library and Information Centre.

A-Z list of journals

The Library has a new page for the A-Z list of journals.  You can use this to get to a journal title we subscribe to quickly.

The listing allows you to browse and search for both print and electronic journals and to see what titles we have in a particular subject category.

Looking for somewhere to study?

Are you looking for a quiet place to study? Do you need a group study area to work on an assignment together? Need to use a PC? The LIC has a number of different defined study areas to cater for you different study needs or learning styles. The Group Study Area is in the Study Hall (West Level 3) next to Costa Coffee and Silent Study Areas can be found on West Levels 1 and 2 and East Levels 2,3 & 4. More information can be found on our web pages or ask at the Information Desk in the LIC.

YouTube EDU

From Intute:

YouTube EDU: videos and channels from our university partners. This is a special section of YouTube which contains a directory of videos, film clips and channels from universities, colleges and higher education establishments worldwide. They include examples of lectures, events and course related materials covering all areas of the sciences, social sciences and humanities. It is possible to search the site by keyword, to browse by college name or to filter by country. Copyright and technical information is displayed on the website.

http://www.youtube.com/edu

Blogs for Psychology

One way of keeping up to date is to keep an eye on blogs in various subject areas. Be critical though; like websites, not all of them will have accurate or authoritative information!

The ones listed below might be worth taking a look at, and if you find them interesting you can subscribe to receive regular updates.

Research Digest Blog
http://bps-research-digest.blogspot.com/
Reports on new psychology research, comments and discussion, this blog carries  the logo of the British Psychological Society. Regularly updated, research is reported in clear English and there are links to related resources and to the full text of the orginal article in many cases.

Cognitive Daily
http://scienceblogs.com/cognitivedaily/
A chatty blog commenting on peer-reviewed developments in cognition, usually with plenty of comments discussing the research topic.

Encephalon Archives
http://www.sharpbrains.com/resources/encephalon-blog-carnival
A fortnightly roundup of the best neurosceince and pyschology blog posts.

Research Professional

For some years the Department of Research & Innovation has taken a subscription to ResearchResearch, the leading publisher of news and information for the international research community, allowing staff to hold a personal account and tailor funding alerts to their individual academic interests. A new version of the ResearchResearch website, called Research Professional has been launched, with greater flexibility and several new features. You can access it at http://new.researchresearch.com/

If you already hold an account it should have been moved automatically from the current website to Research Professional. All of your account settings will remain the same, your current username and password will still work, and any email alerts, saved searches or bookmarked items will be transferred to the new site. To register for an account use the self-registration button on the home page or contact the administrator, Mrs. Chris Beynon in the Department of Research & Innovation ( c.beynon@swansea.ac.uk ).
Video tutorials and a downloadable quick start guide are available on the new website.

Do you feel lucky?

From Intute Social Sciences blog:

Is Britain a nation of optimists or pessimists – a new report may surprise you – but that obviously depends on your point of view!

The report presents the first findings of research conducted by the Social Issues Research Centre (SIRC) into the nature of optimism in 21st century Britain.

Intute: Social Sciences features more Internet resources on Social Perception and Cognition, the National Lottery and the Sociology of Emotions.

What’s on your mind?

From Intute Social Sciences Blog:

Is the mind blank at birth? Or does it come pre-packaged with mechanisms, ways of viewing the world, ideas? Here’s a video that’s recently been added to the Intute catalogue. It features Professor Steven Pinker of MIT – author of The Language Instinct, How the Mind Works, and Word and Rules – speaking at a recent Technology, Entertainment and Design (TED) conference.

Too much e-mail? Take control of your inbox

Microsoft recently posted an article called taking control of your inbox – I thought that it offered some useful tips for dealing with the ever increasing mountain of email that we all receive. Following some of the simple ideas could help to reduce the size of your inbox to avoid those annoying “your mailbox is over the limit” messages.

Here is the link if you want to read it: http://www.microsoft.com/atwork/manageinfo/email.mspx

Clive Richards, Learning System & Software Manager, Swansea University

EndNote workshops

EndNote workshops for postgraduates will be held on:

Mon. 2nd Feb 1.30-3
Wed. 4th Mar 3.30-5

EndNote allows you to build up your personal database of references which can be formatted automatically in Word when you write papers or books. It is available for use on campus or can be bought at a discounted price (approx. £66) for use at home. You can find more information about EndNote on the LIS web pages at: http://www.swan.ac.uk/lis/HelpAndGuides/bibliographic_referencing/endnote/

Please book by replying to Susan Glen at s.glen@swansea.ac.uk