Want to manage references more easily? Extra 'basic/essentials' RefWorks session at the Keele Campus ...

We are running an additional session on 1 May 2014 in the Library Training Room, 14:00 - 15:30.

The Library Training Room is on the Top Floor of the Campus Library.

Click this link for more info and to book online.

Refworks - Shibboleth Login Problem Reported

Access to Refworks, through the Keele Shibboleth login, is not currently available (as of 25 March 2014).

We have reported the problem to Refworks in the USA and hope the issue, which appears to be affecting users across the UK, will be fixed soon.

We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

Leisure Reading - brought to you by Newcastle Public Library

We have often been asked about having more fiction for leisure reading at Campus Library but we do not want to spend Library funds for this purpose. 

So...
we chatted with our local Public Library in Newcastle Under Lyme and we now have a Leisure Collection supplied by them within the Campus Library.  Although the books belong to Newcastle Library you can check them out on your Keele Card.

We hope this will be a popular addition for many of our members. 

We'd recommend all students to become members of Newcastle Library.  As well as providing an alternative study space that may be convenient especially if you live off campus, there are some other leisure services that the local Public Library can offer you that Keele can't. 

We'd particularly mention their i-Magazines service that enables you to download a wide range of popular magazines to your phone, iPad or other tablet .  What's more, you can join the Public Library at the Keele Campus Library service desk.

For more information please speak to a member of staff.

Library Staff are Nuts About Keele

Library Staff are #NutsAboutKeele to find out more go to www.keele.ac.uk/nutsaboutkeele

Need to use a Library closer to home?

Want to find out how you could access other Libraries beyond Keele? - find out about SCONUL Access
Go to http://www.keele.ac.uk/library/info/part/otherlibraries/sconul/

The SCONUL scheme provides Keele students access to resources of other libraries.  Over 170 higher education institutions in the UK and Ireland are members of the scheme.

Green Week Library promotion

Library Staff braved the weather today to demonstrate the amount of rubbish that is generated in the Library in 1 day. 

It is one of the busiest buildings on campus so a lot of rubbish will be generated but, although much of it could be re-cycled; most of it actually goes to landfill.  Why?...

Quite simply because we are not disposing of our rubbish very considerately.  Designated re-cycling bins have the wrong items deposited in them so it ends up at landfill anyway.  General use bins are used for waste that could be re-cycled.

Our call for action is to use the bins more considerately so LESS rubbish can be sent to landfill.

Keele Research Repository and Catalogue Plus

This morning we launched another new feature in Catalogue Plus. Anything you put into the search box now searches across Keele's Research Repository as well as the Library Catalogue and most of our databases.The Research Repository aims to make Keele's scholarly research freely available.

When you've done a search you will see 'Keele Research' appear as an extra tab at the top left of the window and as an extra Collection in the column of facets on the left side, and you can of course click on the title to get more information. The technology isn't yet up to giving a direct link to the full text (although we're working on it), but it informs you of  the existence of the information which may be accessed using the link to the Research Repository on the bottom right corner of the screen.