ProQuest scheduled maintenance on January 28th 2018 3am-11am

Our eresource supplier, ProQuest, has informed us there will be a scheduled maintenance window between 3am and 11am on Sunday 28th January, designed "to upgrade infrastructure, enhance security, and maintain reliability of various ProQuest products."

During this 8-hour window, some ProQuest products will be unavailable, including the following resources:

Research databases - all ProQuest Databases (search.proquest.com), including:

• British Periodicals‎ 
• European Newsstream‎
• GeoRef‎
• Humanities Index‎
• MLA International Bibliography‎
• Periodicals Archive Online‎ 
• Social Science Premium Collection‎ 
• The Vogue Archive‎ 

Reference management tools:

• RefWorks

We apologise for any inconvenience this will cause, for more information please go to: http://www.proquest.com/go/proquestnotification

IEEE Xplore demo for undergraduates

Reserve your seat today... places are limited!

The IEEE will be hosting an IEEE Xplore demonstration at Keele University on the 31st of January 2018. The session will provide an overview of the IEEE Xplore platform, including top search tips to help with your work, save time, find what you need quickly and easily, and much more.

Both the IEEE and Keele University Library would be delighted if you could join us. During the live demonstration participants will learn about:

• Finding articles you need quickly and easily
• Advanced search options
• Personalisation options
• Searching by author affiliation/country
• How to use IEEE Xplore as a placement/job hunting tool
• New content and features recently added
• And much more

Who should attend:

• Computing & Maths undergraduates
• Other undergraduates with an interest in the topic
• Academic staff in the areas of Computing and Technology
• Subject librarians and information specialists for Computing and Technology
• And any other people interested in getting the most out of IEEE Xplore

Click here to reserve your place.

Event Details:

Date: 31st of January 2018

Time: 2-3pm

Room & building location: 

Colin Reeves Building, room 114

JoVE Science Education: demonstration and Q&A session

Getting the most out of JoVE Science Education
(Journal of Visualized Experiments)

Alan Gemmell Lecture Theatre (Huxley Building 015)

Wednesday 7th February 2018, 2-3:30pm

Keele University Library currently subscribes to the Basic and Advanced Biology modules of JoVE Science Education.

Come along to this FREE session where JoVE's Maaike Pols will be demonstrating how to use the resource effectively and answering your questions.

This event is open to ALL (undergraduates; postgraduates; researchers; academics) and is suitable for both beginners and improvers. The focus will be on biology resources, but attendees from any specialism are welcome.

Sign-up here:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/getting-the-most-out-of-jove-science-education-journal-of-visualized-experiments-tickets-42002197704

Modern Asian Studies

The Library now has a current e-journal subscription to 'Modern Asian Studies' giving all Keele students/staff online access from 1967 up to the present.

You can access this journal via LibrarySearch, or by clicking here.

Semester 2 Reading Lists

Library staff are currently working with your module tutors to make your Reading Lists available in readiness for the start of Semester 2.  

You can search for your lists either by module code or by keywords here.  If your list isn’t available just yet, check back again soon.  

If you experience any problems just contact your Liaison Librarian. 

Happy reading!

Books added in December

Despite the holiday, the Libraries continue to add new books to stock. Lists of the new books added in December are available below:

• Campus Library
• Health Library