As a health librarian, one of the things which final year and postgraduate students ask me about most often is PICO. But what on earth is PICO? Not, sadly, a […]
How can the library support blended learning?
Last week in her blog post, Kate Davies looked at some of the resources available to support blended learning. This week, we are going to look at some of the […]
Using your digital library to support your virtual classroom
Yes, we have e-books, thousands of them, but your CCCU digital library provides many more resources for learning, teaching and research. Here, the Learning and Research Librarians share their five top picks on ways you can use the digital library to support your virtual classrooms.
Finding online journal articles just got easier: Part II – My Articles and My Bookshelf
BrowZine provides you with personalised bookshelves and the ability to save articles to your profile with a click of a button. Here’s how.
Discover Your Library: Find your resources
A step by step guide to finding the resources that are on the library shelves. Use LibrarySearch, understand classmarks and loan types to discover items.
Pearl growing
Pearl growing is a way of describing the process of hopping from one source to another, for example reading a book, then following up foot notes and references to develop […]
New support for systematic reviews: Cochrane Interactive Learning
Are you tackling a systematic review but not sure where to start? Struggling to define your review question or come up with a clear search strategy? The Library now subscribes […]
This screen is driving me crazy
Yesterday, Dean Irwin, a postgraduate reseacher at CCCU, asked me if I had any tips for students who struggle to read on computers (even with assistive technology) and who don’t […]
Read all about it! News sources online
Daily news is an important source of information for many degree subjects. Find out how you can access news stories online and use them in your assignments.