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08/05/2012 - 14:23

Library Services will be running the following online training sessions for registered OU students and staff from 7 - 13 May: 

27/04/2012 - 09:03

Library Services will be running the following online training sessions for registered OU students and staff from 30 April - 06 May: 

19/04/2012 - 15:59

Library Services will be running the following online training sessions for registered OU students and staff from 23 - 29 April: 

20/04/2012 - 12:13

OU students and staff can now use Oxford Dictionaries Pro via the online library.

This new resource will give you access to up-to-date online dictionaries, thesauruses, and language reference content.

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13/04/2012 - 09:42

The UK Data Archive and related sites (Census.ac.uk, ESRC Data and the Economic and Social Data Service) will be undergoing emergency maintenance over the weekend from the 13th to the 15th of April.
 
These sites will be unavailable from 5.00pm on Friday 13th April until 8.00pm...

13/04/2012 - 08:32

Next week Library Services will be running the following online training sessions for registered OU students and staff:

  • How to find ejournals
    • This is an ideal session for anyone wanting to learn how to find and download full-text online...
10/04/2012 - 10:47

Library Services is pleased to announce that it has trial access to 'Defining Gender' which provides access to materials to support the study and analysis of gender, leisure and consumer culture.

This database is a full-text, searchable resource, containing a wide variety...

05/04/2012 - 17:02

Next week Library Services will be running the following online training sessions for registered OU students and staff:

 

How to use One Stop Search

This is a great introduction to the Library Services online search tool. The ‘...

04/04/2012 - 16:43

The Library helpdesk will be operating a reduced service during the Easter holidays and the Library building in Milton Keynes will be closed on Good Friday (6 April) and Easter Monday (9 April).

Electronic resources such as ejournals and newspapers will continue to be available on the...

29/03/2012 - 14:33

The IEEE Xplore database is undergoing a major upgrade for April. 

  • Saved Searches and Search History will be deleted: Due to updates to IEEE Xplore search capability, all existing saved searches and search history records will be DELETED after 1 April 2012....

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