QMULibGuides: E-PG Cert Professional Education: Home

Welcome to your libguide!

Welcome to your subject guide to link you to the books, journals, key databases, new research and other online resources for your subject. If you're not sure where to start, let these pages be your inspiration!

Books: search the library catalogue or Discover for books
Journals: search for e-journals and print journals when you have the reference information for a given article or do a keyword search to browse journals on a subject
Databases - Literature Searching: a list of databases relevant to your subject and how to use them. Use these to do a literature search for articles on a given topic
Research Methods: resources on how to do research from beginner level to advanced
Web resources: list of freely available links useful to you subject
Referencing: everything you need to know about referencing in the QMU Harvard style
Other libraries' resources: where you can go to find resources QMU might not have, or libraries closer to you

To access the Library's online resources we recommend that you use the University's Remote Access which has information on how to log into the QMU network off campus. Logging into the network in this way will give you seamless access to resources and your files as if you were using a computer terminal on campus. Please use Method 2 in How to Connect Remotely to download an install the remote desktop.

Library workshops

Library Services run a series of workshops, scheduled throughout the year, on topics to help you with finding, accessing and using resources and tools for your work.

To find out what workshops are available and to book a place see the calendar below or visit our events booking page.

Workshops

QMU Learning Resource Centre (LRC) Discover Library Essentials Induction Video

Please watch the first video - Introduction to Your Librarian - before watching the induction. This provides new QMU students with information on how your liaison librarian can support you with in your study journey, while the induction video below is shows you how to use some of our library resources and the support available to students within the LRC.

For more library videos, please check out our QMULRC YouTube Channel.

Study skills support

Effective Learning Service
The Effective Learning Service (ELS) offer guidance and support to all students who wish to develop their academic writing and study skills. Their aim is to help you become as self-reliant as possible as you progress through your degree programmes here at QMU.

Study Skills Workshops

Do you want to find out:

What ‘studying’ is all about?
Tips and strategies for independent learning?
Effective ways to plan, write and research?

Book a study skills workshop!

The ELS series of videos to help you develop key academic skills:

Studiosity
QMU has partnered with Studiosity, an external online service accessed via the Hub, to provide 24/7 constructive feedback on key elements of academic writing to all undergraduate and postgraduate students. This service is additional to the support offered by our Effective Learning Service.

Studiosity will review your draft work and give you quick feedback about how to improve your academic writing style.

Your Liaison Librarian

Ileana Thomson

Email Me

Subjects: Business, Enterprise and Management, Copyright, Education, Information and Digital Literacies, Psychology, Sociology

@QMULRC

The Conversation

The Conversation
This link goes to the Education section of The Conversation, a freely available independent source of news and views from the academic and reseach community run by professional editors working with university and research institute experts.