Searching within e-books
One of the great things about our e-books is that you can search within them, and it only takes a minute.
Search for your e-book on the Library Catalogue, check who the book provider is and view the presentation below:
Social Sciences Library Blog
RSSE-books Update: if you’ve used an e-book from the library in the last few weeks you might have noticed that, although the procedure is the same, things look a bit different! This is due to the e-book supplier Dawsons updating their service. If you want to find out more check out their You Tube channel - there’s lots of other useful stuff here too, for example watch how to download a book, or copy a chapter.
UoS Library Law Blog: Top tips for preparing for exams
“Fortune favors the prepared mind.”
Start by reading this Revision and exams advice from the Skills for Learning section on the Library website.
Next, be prepared. Know when and where your exams are (Examination timetables, summer 2013), and know what will happen in the exam and what…
Some great advice on how to survive your exams was posted on the library law blog recently - check out the links here for advice and help related specifically to Sunderland Uni exams.
For more general advice on exams, revising, preparing and surviving them check out this great series of articles from the Guardian.
Have we seen the last of the subculture? Another great podcast from Laurie Taylor’s Thinking Allowed programme.
Latest Podcast from Social Science Bites featuring Lawrence Sherman talking about experimental criminology
UoS Library Law Blog: Top tips for preparing for exams
“Fortune favors the prepared mind.”
Start by reading this Revision and exams advice from the Skills for Learning section on the Library website.
Next, be prepared. Know when and where your exams are (Examination timetables, summer 2013), and know what will happen in the exam and what…
UoS Library Law Blog: 10 things I wish I knew before I started uni
Read this advice from a current student, from The Guardian’s How to get ahead in your degree series.
Here is some further info about referencing (point 2) and Google Scholar (point 6).
Referencing
Start with Cite Them Right, available online via MySunderland. There is a link to Cite Them…
University of Sunderland Sports Blog: Not Here?
As we move into our busiest period of the academic year we know how important space for you to work in the library is. To make sure that space is used fairly we are implementing a new system over the summer term to try and discourage people from ‘saving’ spaces in the library if they are away…
Reading for SSC205 - Contemporary Criminal Justice
The reading list for SSC205 can be viewed online with many texts avalable as e-books. Here are some examples:
The latest musings and explorations from Laurie Taylor and guests on BBC Radio Four’s Thinking Allowed programme.
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A library blog for Social Sciences staff and students at the University of Sunderland
