New e-resource: Open Book Publishers

We've joined the Open Book Publishers' Library Membership Scheme.  Open Book Publishers publish peer-reviewed open access monographs in the Humanities and Social Sciences.

This scheme offers staff and students full access to various formatted digital edition.  You can access this resource from here.

You can also access this resource from StarPlus and individual titles are also searchable in StarPlus as part of the Directory of Open Access Books collection.

Spotlight on.... PathCAL

PathCAL is a set of web-based tutorials designed to help students understand the basic pathological principles of disease by exploiting techniques in learning psychology. 

The tutorials can be used by beginners for learning the subject for the first time or by more advanced students for review and self- assessment. The tutorials were written and developed by experienced university teachers over a ten year period and have been subsequently edited and enhanced by both staff and students. There are 115 tutorials with more in development.

Why not take a look at this resource and see how it can work for you! 

BrowZine now available for iPhone

BrowZine for iPhone is now here!

Want to browse and read academic journals on your smartphone? The BrowZine app is now available for the iPhone, which means you can access all online journals with a University of Sheffield subscription from your phone as well as tablet devices.  

With this new release, you have the option to create a BrowZine Account. If you have BrowZine installed on your iPhone and iPad, you may now “sync” your My Bookshelf contents. If you add a journal to My Bookshelf or clear a new article notification from your iPad, it will automatically appear on your iPhone.

      

Saved Article Limit Raised to 500

Based on popular demand, the Saved Article limit has been raised from 100 to 500 articles. BrowZine provides even more opportunity to browse now and read articles later.

Expanded My Bookshelf

For Android tablet users, the My Bookshelf space has been expanded to 64 journals in 4 bookcases.

System Requirements

iOS 7.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. The app is optimised for iPhone 5.

Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) and above 

Kindle Fire HD tablets.

Availability for other smartphones is not currently available. 

*Trial electronic resource* - BrowZine

The University Library has a trial subscription to BrowZine, a new tablet application (iOS & Android) that allows you to browse, read and follow scholarly journals in a format optimised for your iPad or Android tablet.

If you’d like to try this resource, then visit this page and remember to leave us some feedback on what you think to this resource! 

The trial to BrowZine will end on 1 March 2014

*New Resource* - BoB

The University has recently purchased a subscription to Box of Broadcasts (BoB). 

BoB is an off-air recording and media archive service that allows you to record TV and radio programmes that are due to be broadcast over the next seven days.  As well as this, you also have access to programmes broadcast over the previous week.  You can also create video clips and access transcripts of the programmes.

BoB has excellent video tutorials that take you through the basics of searching and recording, through to creating video and audio clips and searching transcripts.

BoB is produced by the British Universities Film & Video Council (BUFVC), Cambridge Imaging Systems and Bournemouth University

NEW Library catalogue!

Have a look at our new Library Catalogue, StarPlus.
You can search for books and other items in our libraries, as well as electronic and digital material, all from one place.
Log in using your University login and password for direct access to full text where it is available and other features such as saved searches.

Use the ‘University Collections’ tab for electronic and print books, journals, maps, theses, databases and more.
Use the ‘Articles and more’ tab for journal articles from multiple databases using the Quick Set for your department.
For full database functionality such as personalisation, use the native search interface.

So check it out and tell us what you think. We’d love your feedback to help us develop the service so please email lib-primo@lists.shef.ac.uk with your comments. And don’t worry, Star won’t be going anywhere just yet.

Goodbye Athens: Hello seamless access to eResources

My name is Rachel Mason, I’m part of the Library’s eServices Technologies Team -we work closely with CiCS to ensure that you can access Library eResources
through MUSE, wherever you are in the world, 24/7. Over the last year, in line
with national changes, we’ve been working hard to set up Federated Access
Management (FAM) at the University. From 1 August 2008, this improved service
will be integrated into MUSE and will replace the old Athens system, and the
old Athens protection will be removed from all Library eResources.

So no more Athens, and no need to click on Athens links in order to access
Library eResources! FAM will work in the background to make your eResource
access even more simple - in other words, MUSE will do the hard work, so you
don’t have to! To access eResources from 1 August 2008, simply login to MUSE
with your institutional username & password and connect via the eResources
links on the Library tab in MUSE. (Or access via the eResources A to Z links on
the Library Web pages - you’ll be prompted to login to MUSE as necessary.)

You can find more information about this at:
http://www.shef.ac.uk/library/libnews/accessman.html. Happy studying - and
remember, from 1 August 2008, at Sheffield, Athens will be a thing of the
past!

Rachel

Goodbye Athens: Hello seamless access to eResources

My name is Rachel Mason, I'm part of the Library's eServices Technologies Team -we work closely with CiCS to ensure that you can access Library eResources
through MUSE, wherever you are in the world, 24/7. Over the last year, in line
with national changes, we've been working hard to set up Federated Access
Management (FAM) at the University. From 1 August 2008, this improved service
will be integrated into MUSE and will replace the old Athens system, and the
old Athens protection will be removed from all Library eResources.

So no more Athens, and no need to click on Athens links in order to access
Library eResources! FAM will work in the background to make your eResource
access even more simple - in other words, MUSE will do the hard work, so you
don't have to! To access eResources from 1 August 2008, simply login to MUSE
with your institutional username & password and connect via the eResources
links on the Library tab in MUSE. (Or access via the eResources A to Z links on
the Library Web pages - you'll be prompted to login to MUSE as necessary.)

You can find more information about this at:
http://www.shef.ac.uk/library/libnews/accessman.html.  Happy studying - and
remember, from 1 August 2008, at Sheffield, Athens will be a thing of the
past!

Rachel

Clinical medicine eBook

Hi

There is currently a problem with access to the e version of Kumar and Clarke's Clinical Medicine. This is a combination of technical problems and problems with negotiations with the publisher. Our techie people are on the case of this and I'm hoping it will be resolved soon. In the meantime there are multiple copies of this texbook in both of the Health Sciences Libraries at WB 102 (K) and in the Information Commons at 616 (K). I'll post a note when access is restored.

Vic

Bookmarking eResources in your Web browser

Ok, so you all keep telling me that connecting to a Library eResource involves too many clicks and I have to say I am inclined to agree. At the moment our eTechnologies  team are working on a project which will authenticate access to the resources using a different system to Athens (Shibboleth) and I am hopeful that the access will then be much quicker and more straightforward.

In the meantime, if you have resources which you visit frequently then it may be worth bookmarking them. This must be done in the following way to ensure access is facilitated:

eJournals and eBooks

• Open your preferred browser


• Connect to the a-z eJournal or eBook listing


• Right click on the required title


• Add to favourites (IE) or bookmark this link (Firefox)

Databases

• Open your preferred browser 


• From the a-z list select the required database


• Right click on the 'connect to ...' link in the quick links box


• Add to favourites (IE) or bookmark this link (Firefox)

When you return to your bookmarked page you will be asked to log into MUSE to meet with our legal obligations. You only need to do this once per browser session. Hope this helps.

I'll keep you posted on the Shibboleth developments.

Vic

Off campus connections to electronic journals

Did you know that all of the journals listed on the University of Sheffield's eLibrary are available from any internet connection in the world? Connecting off-campus is not always as straightforward as connecting from a University pc and as many of you are away on placement, or going home for Easter, I thought it timely to give you some connection advice. Here is what to do in 8 easy (!) steps:

Step 1: Connect to www.shef.ac.uk

Step 2: Login to MUSE

Step 3: Click on the Library tab

Step 4: Select eJournals (under eResources)

Step 5: Select a-z list

Step 6: Find the required title and check the years covered by our subscription. An open ended range indicates that we are still subscribing.

Step7: Click on the required title. The article may open immediately here. If not carry on to step 8.

Step 8: (Where most people fail but it really is easy – once you know how). Connections differ according to the supplier. Often they require you to click on 'login' followed by 'Athens login' or perhaps you will see 'Athens login' immediately. Do not at this stage enter any passwords. All the connections work via MUSE and by simply clicking on 'Athens login' access should be facilitated.

As I said the connection routes vary depending on the supplier and detailed connection instructions for all the suppliers we work with can be found at: http://www.shef.ac.uk/library/elecjnls/ejsup.html If you don’t get access please, please, please contact the Library:

• 0114 2712030


• hsl.rhh@sheffield.ac.uk


• v.grant@sheffield.ac.uk

We can advise you of the route in. Do not enter your credit card number as some of the screens suggest. The University Library is paying huge sums of money to the publishing companies for institutional access to these journals and you therefore don't need to pay again. Buy some Easter eggs or something instead ;-) Remember too that if a journal is not part of our holdings we can still get the article for you from the British Library. Medical students get a free allowance (5 per yr) to do this. Ask at the Library Counter for more info.

Happy Easter Med Students. I'm away for a couple of weeks now. Blogging will resume at the beginning of April.

As long as my musculoskeletal system remains intact during my skiing holiday that is :-)

Vic