TV and Radio Recordings: 18-31 Dec 2010

The following programmes will be recorded during the weeks: 18-31 Dec 2010.

TV and Radio Recordings: 11-17 December 2010

The following programmes will be recorded during the week: 11-17 December 2010.

TV Recordings: 4-10 December 2010

The following programmes will be recorded during the week: 4-10 December 2010.

TV Recordings: 27 Nov - 3 Dec 2010

The following programmes will be recorded during the week: 27 Nov - 3 Dec 2010.

TV and Radio Recordings: 20-26 November 2010

The following programmes will be recorded during the week: 20-26 November 2010.

TV and Radio Recordings: 13-19 November 2010

The following programmes will be recorded during the week: 13-19 November 2010.

TV Recordings: 6-12 November 2010

The following programmes will be recorded during the week: 6-12 November 2010.

TV and Radio Recordings: 30 Oct - 5 Nov 2010

The following programmes will be recorded during the week: 30 Oct - 5 Nov 2010.

TV Recordings: 23-29 October 2010

The following programmes will be recorded during the week: 23-29 October 2010.

NEW - Word referencing tool

Harvard referencing in Word

Microsoft Word (2007 and 2010) has a Citations & Bibliography tool which makes it easy to create citations and a bibliography of formatted references from the details of information sources you enter.

At SHU the most commonly used referencing style is the Harvard style, but this style doesn't come automatically with Word. Student and Learning Services have added a Harvard-SHU style to Word on PCs at the University, so that this tool can be used for Harvard referencing. This style produces references in the way recommended in the "Referencing: a quick guide" leaflet available from Learning Centres and in our online Guide to Referencing and Citations.

To enable everyone to use this and be able to work with it on and off campus it is also possible to install the Harvard-SHU style on your own computer. Instructions on how to do this along with a quick guide and further information about using the tool are available on our Guide to citations and bibliographies in Microsoft Word.

If you would like any help or advice about referencing please ask at a learning centre helpdesk or contact us: Tel: 0114 225 3333, Email: learning.centre@shu.ac.uk.

RefWorks can also be used to create citations and bibliographies in Word and has some advantages. This comparison of RefWorks and the Word Citations & Bibliography tool will help you to decide which tool to use.

TV and Radio Recordings: 16-22 October 2010

The following programmes will be recorded during the week: 16-22 October 2010.

TV and Radio Recordings: 9-15 October 2010

The following programmes will be recorded during the week: 9-15 October 2010.

TV and Radio Recordings: 2-8 October 2010

The following programmes will be recorded during the week: 2-8 October 2010.

TV Recordings: 25 September - 1 October 2010

The following programmes will be recorded during the week: 25 September - 1 October 2010.

TV and Radio Recordings: 18-24 September 2010

The following programmes will be recorded during the week: 18-24 September 2010.

TV and Radio Recordings: 11-17 September 2010

The following programmes will be recorded during the week: 11-17 September 2010.

TV and Radio Recordings: 4-10 September 2010

The following programmes will be recorded during the week: 4-10 September 2010.

Changes to Library Gateway

In response to feedback we have made some changes to the Find books, journals and media materials box in the Library Gateway. There is now a single catalogue search box that uses the Encore interface. If you prefer the old library catalogue you can click on the Classic search link that appears below the search box. We have also added an Other Libraries link. This will take you to page from which you can link to a range of useful library catalogues like the University of Sheffield and the British Library. We have reduced the number of Library Gateway links opening in new windows in response to feed back from users. Any link in the Gateway that contains a single click link back to the Library Gateway no longer opens in a new window.

TV and Radio Recordings: 21-27 August 2010

The following programmes will be recorded during the week: 21-27 August 2010.

TV and Radio Recordings: 14-20 August 2010

The following programmes will be recorded during the week: 14-20 August 2010.

TV Recordings: 7-13 August 2010

The following programmes will be recorded during the week: 7-13 August 2010.

TV and Radio Recordings: 31 July - 6 August 2010

The following programmes will be recorded during the week: 31 July - 6 August 2010.

TV and Radio Recordings: 24-30 July 2010

The following programmes will be recorded during the week: 24-30 July 2010.

TV and Radio Recordings: 17-23 July 2010

The following programmes will be recorded during the week: 17-23 July 2010.

TV Recordings: 10-16 July 2010

The following programmes will be recorded during the week: 10-16 July 2010.

TV Recordings: 3-9 July 2010

The following programmes will be recorded during the week: 3-9 July 2010.

New e-newsletter Westlaw Business Currents

A new e-newsletter Westlaw Business Currents is now available.

Westlaw Business Currents is a bi-weekly e-newsletter for business lawyers and academics, with expanded industry leading legal analysis including Reuters News. It aims to provide an insightful look at emerging legal trends and their impact on the day's top headlines.

"Westlaw Business Currents delivers lawyer-authored content and Westlaw Business source documents together with Reuters news to keep you informed of the latest developments in your areas of interest. Available online and delivered directly to your desktop, Westlaw Business Currents provides you with the news and timely analysis you need to stay on top of current trends and maintain a competitive edge for your organization and academic institutions."

To receive a free subscription to Westlaw Business Currents, please contact philippa.pritchett-brown@thomsonreuters.com .

Google Scholar Alerts

There's a new post on SHU Lib Hacks about Google Scholar's ability to generate alerts for specific searches. If, for example, you want to be alerted any time that Tourism AND Sheffield AND Regeneration is mentioned in an article that Google Scholar indexes, you can do so easily, and get it sent to any email address.

Also, you can be alerted any time that a specific article is referenced or cited in another paper. So, if you want to keep tracks on who is using your recently published articles, this is possible too. See the Google Scholar Blog for more information.

We'll touch on Google Scholar alerts as part of the Current Awareness e-learning sessions that are being delivered on Tuesday 22 June 10-11 and Wednesday 23 June 10-11, both in Stoddart 7323. Email Alison Lahlafi if you want to attend

TV and Radio Recordings: 12-18 June 2010

The following programmes will be recorded during the week: 12-18 June 2010.

TV Recordings: 5-11 June 2010

The following programmes will be recorded during the week: 5-11 June 2010.

TV and Radio Recordings: 29 May - 4 June 2010

The following programmes will be recorded during the week: 29 May - 4 June 2010.

TV and Radio Recordings: 22-28 May 2010

The following programmes will be recorded during the week: 22-28 May 2010.

Changes to Distance Learner Support Service

Distance Learner Support Service – changes to services from 1st July 2010


In order to comply with copyright law in relation to the supply of materials to distance learning students, we are revising the way we supply copies of articles and chapters of items we have in our stock that are requested from the Distance Learner Support Service (DLSS). We are no longer able to scan and provide pdf files of items we have in our collection. The following procedures will be introduced from 1st July 2010.

UK and Ireland based students – we will despatch photocopies of the material requested by post.

Overseas based students – these requests will be forwarded to our Document Supply team who will make a request to the British Library and items will be electronically delivered. (The British Library uses a legally compliant system that we don’t have access to).

There will be no change to the way that students make their requests and the procedure for this is described on the DLSS pages (http://students.shu.ac.uk/lits/services/distance/journal.html - which will be updated).

The above change will inevitably mean a slight delay will be experienced by both overseas and UK/Ireland students in receiving their material. The £1 supply charge will be applied to all DL students for each request as before.

We regret the need to change our system but our advice is that to remain compliant with copyright law this is essential.

If you have any questions or concerns please get in touch via DL.Support@shu.ac.uk

TV Recordings: 15-21 May 2010

The following programmes will be recorded during the week: 15-21 May 2010.

Redevelopment of Learning Centres

As part of the redevelopment of Level 4, the Adsetts centre is getting a new Helpdesk. It will be situated close to where the current Helpdesk is, so your information, circulation and IT needs will still be catered for on Level 4. A sneak preview of the plans for the new desk is on the right, click for larger image. They still might change, but the general shape will stay the same.

In order to make room to build the new Helpdesk, we need to create a temporary desk where we can handle all of your enquiries. Therefore, from Wednesday 2 June 2010 you will find the temporary Helpdesk on Level 4 of the Adsetts Centre. It’ll be based in the Social Learning Space, outside room 6443.

The move of the Helpdesk will mean that we need to close bookable rooms 6515 and 6443, but all other rooms should remain bookable. We’ve also pushed back the start date of the project to ensure that there is minimal disruption during the exam period.

Pilot roving support in Learning Centres

In response to feedback, the Helpdesk is operating a pilot scheme in learning centres to offer you help and support where you are working.

This is the first phase of a trial and will help us in planning our service developments. During the trial, the Helpdesk service will continue to operate as usual from Level 4 of Adsetts and the entrance of Collegiate Crescent.

TV Recordings: 8-14 May 2010

The following programmes will be recorded during the week: 8-14 May 2010.

TV and Radio Recordings: 1-7 May 2010

The following programmes will be recorded during the week: 1-7 May 2010.

TV Recordings: 24-30 April 2010

The following programmes will be recorded during the week: 24-30 April 2010.

TV Recordings: 17-23 April 2010

The following programmes will be recorded during the week: 17-23 April 2010.

TV Recordings: 10-16 April 2010

The following programmes will be recorded during the week: 10-16 April 2010.

TV and Radio Recordings: 3-9 April 2010

The following programmes will be recorded during the week: 3-9 April 2010.

TV and Radio Recordings: 27 March - 2 April 2010

The following programmes will be recorded during the week: 27 March - 2 April 2010.

TV and Radio Recordings: 20-26 March 2010

The following programmes will be recorded during the week: 20-26 March 2010.

Management Book of the Year Competition

On 4 March, World Book Day, CMI in association with the British Library launched a new competition to raise awareness of how management theories and thinking can be better applied in practice. The Management Book of the Year competition will aim to uncover the UK’s best books on management – those which will help transform the working practices of managers. Its goal is to raise the profile of the great management writing being produced by UK authors and bring it to a wider audience, demonstrating the relevance and impact of management research on the UK economy.

Publishers and authors can enter books across three competition categories, ‘Practical Manager’, ‘Innovation and Entrepreneurship’ and ‘Digital Management Book’. Management Book of the Year is also the first book competition to have a category dedicated to digital books. There is a dedicated micro-site at http://www.managementbookoftheyear.org.ukwhich provides comprehensive information.

TV and Radio Recordings: 13-19 March 2010

The following programmes will be recorded during the week: 13-19 March 2010.

Trial article recommender service

Please check out our new SHU Links article recommender service known as bX, available on SHU Links menus from 5 March. We have bX on trial until April 1 and we need your feedback to help us evaluate it and decide whether to keep it as a regular service.

It is similar to the Amazon and other recommender services which you may have come across on the internet:
e.g. "Customers who bought this item also bought …"

When you search for a journal article and get the corresponding SHU Links menu, the new bX service shows you other academic material, mainly e-journal articles, which various other users also consulted when they linked to this particular journal article. You will see the text "People who consulted this item also looked at ... " followed by a list of articles which may be helpful to your search. Some of these will offer the article full text and some won't but may still be of interest for follow up.

These "recommendations" are computed from a large external database containing the anonymized article usage information contributed by hundreds of other libraries with the same software as SHU Links. Sometimes there won't be any recommendations but results are continually improving as the usage database grows bigger over time.

When you’ve tried it, we would be grateful if you could pass on your views about this service in one of the following ways:
• the SHU Links feedback form (on any SHU Links menu)
• an email to Alison Lahlafi a.e.lahalfi@shu.ac.uk

TV and Radio Recordings: 6th-12th March 2010

The following programmes will be recorded during the week: 6th-12th March 2010.

NEW Online Research Guide

A guide to useful resources for researchers (staff and students) is now linked from the Library Gateway. This guide includes information on:

• Learning and Information Services support for research
• RefWorks, including an online tutorial
• Citation searching
• Alerts
• Impact factors
• Theses
• Where to find details of current research

If you have any comments on the guide - eg. other things you would like to see included, please email Alison Lahlafi a.e.lahlafi@shu.ac.uk

Video, images and audio - NEW e-booklet

This e-booklet available from the library catalogue is a brief introduction to the things you need to consider when using media resources. There are interactive elements on the pages and by clicking on any of the colourful images or text that is red you can link to external resources should you wish to explore any of the themes further.

RefWorks for Alumni

Previously, graduates of SHU have been able to continue to use RefWorks only on payment of a subscription fee to RefWorks. However, it is now possible for SHU alumni to continue to use RefWorks for free. This applies to staff and students.

Staff and students will need to set up a user-defined login before leaving Sheffield Hallam University.
More information information is available here:

http://shurefworks.pbworks.com/What+happens+when+I+leave+SHU

TV and Radio Recordings: 27 Feb-5 March 2010

The following programmes will be recorded during the week: 27 Feb-5 March 2010.

TV and Radio Recordings: 20th-26th Feb 2010

The following programmes will be recorded during the week: 20th-26th Feb 2010.

Slideshare news channel

Slideshare has just introduced a news channel feature that might be of interest to lecturers looking for new content. This is described in the latest newsletter. Topics may be of particular interest to business and media students, and include marketing materials. Material available through Slideshare can be freely used, but please refer to the terms and conditions to make sure you use the material appropriately.

TV Recordings: 13th-19th Feb 2010

The following programmes will be recorded during the week: 13th-19th Feb 2010. They will be made available to borrow from Adsetts in DVD / CD format, as well as being viewable on campus using the VOD (Video On Demand) service. To use the VOD service just search for the individual programme title on the SHU Library Catalogue, then click on the VOD link.

TV and Radio Recordings: 6th-12th Feb 2010

The following programmes will be recorded next week (6th-12th Feb 2010). They will be made available to borrow from Adsetts in DVD or CD format, as well as being viewable on campus using the VOD (Video On Demand) service. To use the VOD service just search for the individual programme title on the SHU Library Catalogue, then click on the VOD link.

New copyright guide for staff

A new online guide to copyright for staff at Sheffield Hallam is now available via the Library Catalogue This provides guidance on copyright and copying of materials for research, teaching and learning.

TV and Radio Recordings: 30th Jan-5th Feb 2010

The following programmes will be recorded next week (30th Jan-5th Feb 2010). They will be made available to borrow from Adsetts in DVD or CD format, as well as being viewable on campus using the VOD (Video On Demand) service. To use the VOD service just search for the individual programme title on the SHU Library Catalogue, then click on the VOD link.

TV Recordings: 23rd-29th January 2010

The following programmes will be recorded next week (23rd-29th January 2010). They will be made available to borrow from Adsetts in DVD format, as well as being viewable on campus using the VOD (Video On Demand) service. To use the VOD service just search for the individual programme title on the SHU Library Catalogue, then click on the VOD link.

Referencing help

LIS have developed some new staff intranet pages Referencing and Students These cover the following areas:

• What students have told us about referencing
• "Selling" referencing to students
• Feedback and assessment issues
• What LIS can do to help
• Referencing tools

There are some short online tutorials in the section "What LIS can do to help" which students can be directed to in order to work through to improve their referencing.

If you have any comments on these pages, please either post a comment here or email Alison Lahlafi a.e.lahlafi@shu.ac.uk

TV and Radio Recordings: 16th-22nd January 2010

The following programmes will be recorded next week (16th-22nd January 2010). They will be made available to borrow from Adsetts in DVD or CD format, as well as being viewable on campus using the VOD (Video On Demand) service. To use the VOD service just search for the individual programme title on the SHU Library Catalogue, then click on the VOD link.

TV Recordings: 9th-15th January 2010

The following television programmes will be recorded this week (9th-15th January 2010). They will be made available to borrow from Adsetts in DVD format, as well as being viewable on campus using the VOD (Video On Demand) service. To use the VOD service just search for the individual programme title on the SHU Library Catalogue, then click on the VOD link.

TV Recordings: 4th-8th January 2010

The following television programmes will be recorded this week (4th-8th January 2010). They will be made available to borrow from Adsetts in DVD format, as well as being viewable on campus using the VOD (Video On Demand) service. To use the VOD service just search for the individual programme title on the SHU Library Catalogue, then click on the VOD link.