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To request resources contact:

Collection Management Team at cm@bcu.ac.uk

We can answer questions about trial resources too.

Support offered in Tutorials

Tutorial is available online or face-to-face by all Learning, Teaching and Research Librarians regarding the following areas and more:

accessing resources
search strategies
advanced search techniques
current awareness alerts
resources beyond BCU Library
evaluating information sources
BCU repository & Open Access

To book an appointment, use the link and select the relevant Faculty:

https://www.bcu.ac.uk/library/services-and-support/book-a-tutorial

Link to your Subject Guide

For subject-specific resources and guidance:

Subject Guides

Link to Digital Skills Tools

Library and Learning Resources (L&LR) encourages all students, staff and researchers to continually improve their Digital Literacy. To help individuals assess and improve their skills, we promote and make use of the JISC Discovery Tool. BCU students can self-enrol on the Moodle Course Discover your Digital Skills to access the tool and learn new skills via our collection of resources. Staff members can use the Discover Your Digital Skills Staff Toolkit to link the Discover your Digital Skills Moodle Site to your course and also embed digital capabilities into the curriculum.

Link to Resources for Researchers Collection

New Collection Discovery is available via Library Search and designed to enable user to experience our collections visually. New collections including BCU Authors, Study Skills Resources and Resources for Researchers (A collection of books/ ebooks to support researchers across the university, and to highlight the Library’s collection of research material, e.g. Research Design, Qualitative Research, Quantitative Research, Mixed Methods Research and for Doctoral Researchers, Writing for Researchers, and Research Ethics).

Support for Researchers

This guide provides information to support your research at BCU and beyond:

Information about Data Management requirements
guidance on how to search for and deposit Open Access research
systems for Measuring Impact of published research
guidelines on Copyright and Intellectual Property for researchers
recommendations for maintaining Current Awareness by efficiently tracking newly published research
information on Using Other Libraries and collections of resources beyond BCU
further Support for research available from Librarians
Information about avoiding predatory publishers
Workshops designated for researchers