White Rose University Press launches

White Rose University Press (WRUP) is a new open access digital publisher of peer-reviewed academic journals and books, publishing across a wide range of academic disciplines.  WRUP is run jointly by the Universities of Leeds, Sheffield and York.

White Rose University Press is committed to innovative, open access dissemination of research and teaching materials, ensuring academic quality, and supporting innovation in publishing.

To find out about publishing books or journals with White Rose University Press visit http://universitypress.whiterose.ac.uk/ 

Researching for your dissertation over the Summer?

Searching for Researching workshop - 301: Student Skills and Development Centre, Glossop Road Thursday 12 June, 12-1

Come and find out about the information sources available to you, search tips to help you get the most relevant results for your project, evaluating information, plagiarism and referencing.

Follow the link above to book a place. 

Open Access Made Easy

Making your research open access has never been easier now that the link between myPublications and White Rose Research Online is live. White Rose Research Online is Sheffield's open access institutional repository, and all staff are welcome to deposit an author version of their peer-reviewed articles, plus any other research outputs, including conference proceedings, posters, monographs and more. 

Please watch our short video to see how simple it is to deposit your research in WRRO.


As ever, the Library's open access team are happy to provide more tailored information to departments, research centres, and research groups across the University, regardless of funding sources or levels. Please contact us at OAEnquiries@sheffield.ac.uk if you have any questions or if you would like to schedule a meeting. If you would like more information on WRRO, please email eprints@whiterose.ac.uk.

The University of Sheffield Research Data Management Survey

The University is undertaking a survey of research data management practices within its research community.  If you undertake research in any faculty at the University of Sheffield, the Research Data Management Service Delivery Group would like to gather feedback on how you manage your research data.

For the purpose of this survey, research data refers to any type of data created, collected, or generated in a digital or non-digital form that is analysed to produce original research results.

The questionnaire is designed to:

• Assist in the understanding the types of research data held by researchers
• discover the influences and barriers to managing research data
• establish what advice and support you require
• identify current levels of research data management practice in faculties

We will use the information you provide to:

• inform the RDM user requirements gathering
• assess what research data we are seeking to manage
• deliver tools, infrastructure, and policies to facilitate good research data management practice at The University of Sheffield

The survey should take you about 10 to 15 minutes to complete and it can be completed anonymously. If you would like further information on research data management or would be willing to participate in a follow-up interview, then please enter your name and email address at the start of the survey.

This survey is conducted by the University Research Data Management Service Delivery Group, which is exploring issues around a research data management infrastructure (technical and human) to support the research data lifecycle, acknowledging and responding to different practices across subject disciplines.

Take the survey

Library Sessions in 301: Student Skills and Development Centre

The University Library is collaborating with 301: Student Skills and Development Centre 

The first sessions, ‘Searching for Researching: finding quality resources for your undergraduate research project’ are aimed at any undergraduate student who is carrying out their first research project. These will be held on the following dates:

Tuesday 16th April 5.30-6.30pm

Friday 17th May 12-1pm

The next session, ‘Searching for Research: finding quality resources for your research project’ is aimed at Taught Postgraduates and any Undergraduates working on their dissertations over the summer. These will be held on the following date:

Thursday 6 June 5.30-6.30pm

For booking information please see here

The new 301 centre on Glossop Road

New web pages to improve your information skills

Be sure to have a look at our fantastic new web pages on information literacy.

Find out what information literacy is and what it can do for you by watching the video ‘What is Information Literacy?’

Find out how information literacy can help you with writing assignments and conducting research. The pages are split into useful sections to support you at different stages: Getting started, Writing assignments, Research skills, and Employability.

The information literacy pages are one part of our Learning and Research Services web pages which have also had a face lift to make finding information easier.

Find useful subject resources, get help with research, find your librarian, and see how they can help you.

All from Learning and Research Services on the Library home page.

Are you doing research? Want to use the British Library?

 Did you know that the University Library runs a free minibus service to the British Library at Boston Spa? Find out more at: http://www.shef.ac.uk/library/services/illbus.html

or phone 0114 22 2 7245 or email lib-dsu@sheffield.ac.uk