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Welcome to your Swansea University Library! Log in using your student number as your username and your student number followed by your date of birth as your password. Enjoy access to 800,000 books and journals, with long opening hours, including 24-hour access during exam periods. St. David’s Park Library offers specialized nursing resources and helpful staff to assist you. Utilize our digital resources via MyUni and iFind Discover for managing loans, searching for literature, and accessing eBooks. Reach out to your dedicated librarians for support.
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To login... • Username is your student number e.g. 123456 • Password – Your student number followed by your date of birth e.g. 123456/07/01/1989
Your Library Your Library • 800,000 books and journals • Long opening hours Opening hours term time Sun – Thurs 8 am–2 am Fri – Sat 8 am–10 pm • 24 hour opening during exam time • Helpful staff! The Library also has an IT helpdesk, a dedicated careers team and Issue and information desks.
St. David’s Park Library Your Library • 4,000 nursing books and journals • Opening hours term timeMon – Fri 9am–4.30pm • Photocopying and printing • Helpful staff! Located on the St David’s Park campus in Carmarthen, with a dedicated Librarian.
Your Librarians chhslibrary@swansea.ac.uk Your Librarianshumscilib@swansea.ac.uk Katrina, Marion, Clare, Stephen, Elen, Alison, Izzy We can help you with literature searching, referencing and plagiarism advice, online searching, managing your online presence, finding data and statistics.....
MyUni pages Home.swan.ac.uk • myuni.swan.ac.ukis the University portal • Home provides access to key resources: • Blackboard • Email • Intranet • iFind Discover, the library catalogue • iFind Research, our search tool • Library web pages
Blackboard Library Support via Blackboard • Blackboard is Swansea University’s Virtual Learning Environment on the web. • Blackboard provides access to: • Turnitin and submitting assignments • Class notes for your modules • Reading lists • Library support for CHHS • Mobile app
I need to find a book for my course, where are they? http://ifinddiscover.swan.ac.uk
Using iFindDiscover Using iFind Discover You can use iFind Discover to: • Renew your books on loan • Request books that are out on loan Lets look for: A Book Baillie, L. (2009). Developing practical adult nursing skills (3rd ed.).London: Hodder Arnold.
My tutor has told me to read a journal for my course, where are they? http://ifinddiscover.swan.ac.uk
Using iFindDiscover Using iFind Discover You can use iFind Discover to find journals. Journals are good for: • Finding the most up-to-date research • Finding out hot topics in your subject area Lets look for: A journal British Journal of Nursing
What if I don’t bring a book back on time? What if I don’t bring my books back on time? Overdue Charges
Why can’t I just use Google? • Quality matters! • You will be expected to only use reputable, trustworthy information in your assignments from sources such as: • academic library books • scholarly journal articles
Free online access to thousands of ebooks and ejournals through the Library... Online Resources • You will need your Swansea University Username and Password to access our online resources. • Username – Your student number eg: 123456 • Password – normal login
ebooks Using iFind Discover Lets look for: A Book Scullion, P. A., & Guest, D. A. (2007). Study skills for nursing and midwifery students. Buckingham: Open University. • Ebook collections • Dawsonera, ebrary EBSCO ebook collection.
ejournals Using iFind Discover Lets look for: A journal article Chan, Z. (2013). A qualitative study on non-verbal sensitivity in nursing students. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 22(13/14), 1941-1950. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2702.2012.04324.x
Disclaimer! – We don’t have full-text access to everything... No Full Text Access – What can I do? • Document Supply Services http://www.swansea.ac.uk/iss/libraries/documentsupplyservices • DALLAS Scheme http://www.swansea.ac.uk/iss/libraries/servicesforpart-timeanddistancestudents/ • Visiting other libraries http://www.swansea.ac.uk/iss/libraries/visitorsinformation
Need help? Just ask chhslibrary@swansea.ac.uk Your Librarianshumscilib@swansea.ac.uk Katrina, Marion, Clare, Stephen, Elen, Alison, Izzy • Find us on /swanuni.iss • @swanuni_iss