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New exhibition in the Library Gallery, opens 14th February 2024

Between Monday February 12 and Sunday February 18 we will again be running our Book Giveaway to students and staff. The giveaways will be happening in both SDRL and Taylor Library. The SDRL one will happen on Floor 1, just outside of the lifts. These are books that have either been...

Find out how to apply for a new series of Research Awards to support work with the collections.

£500 TO GROW YOUR COLLECTION. The Thomas Reid Collecting Prize 2023/24 is open for applications.

The Library Digital Skills Team will be hosting four conversation sessions about AI: 23 November 10.30-11.30am (PGR students) 23 November 2-3pm (UG and PGT students) 28 November 11.30am-12.30pm (staff, with research focus) 04 December 3-4pm (staff, with teaching focus) For full details and to book your place, go to the Course Booking system. Just search for ‘Artificial Intelligence’...

Come along to our workshop on Academic Integrity and searching Library Resources effectively on 22 November.

Are you just starting your degree? Getting stuck into your research? Writing up your PhD? Wherever you are on your postgraduate research journey, we have a skills workshop for you. Our tailored programme of courses takes you from the foundations of effective literature searching through to managing your references and communicating...

The IT Service Desk's Training and Documentation Team will offer the following sessions for PGT students:  Microsoft Word: Working with long documents By the end of this course you will be able to define and use an appropriate template, understand and modify inbuilt styles, apply multi-level numbering, apply page and section breaks,...

Staff at the Library will very soon be runing a series of four Literature Searching sessions for taught postgraduate students.  Across the four workshops we will look at planning and designing search strategies, getting the best out of Google, and using the discovery tool Primo to find print and electronic materials. We will...

Earlier this year, our graduating students donated a huge number of their used textbooks for new students to take home for free. The time for passing them on is nearly here. This is only open to 51cg students. Come along to Sir Duncan Rice Library on Wednesday 13th September...