Category: Students

Main Library Top floor refurbishment

Top floor refurbishment architects impression. Illustration only. Study booths on right, wooden detailing, Open study desks on left. Bookshelves. Green / grey carpeting. purple end wall.

The Main Library Top floor refurbishment is due to start at the end of May,  ( see reminder from   UEG in 3 – Monday 10 April ,  and other communications from the LLC to Schools ).  Plans were devised after  consultation with University staff  & students on the type of space & facilities that would…Continue Reading Main Library Top floor refurbishment

Resources for academic writing

Essays, lab & project reports, presentations, posters, dissertation, thesis , research… – there’s a lot of writing at University.  Here  are some  resources to  help you with writing. Help is available  from  Academic skills  ( asc@dundee.ac.uk) who  offer sessions on academic writing – they do drop-ins and one to one sessions.   The Academic Librarian team …Continue Reading Resources for academic writing

It’s International Open Access Week – find out about the new University of Dundee, Open Access, student journal in this guest blog from Dr Anna Robb and Dr Richard Holme

In early 2020, on the eve of the global pandemic and subsequent lockdowns, two colleagues (Dr. Anna Robb and Dr. Richard Holme, Division of Education and Society) – who lead the highly successful Master of Education (MEd) programme – discussed the prospect of establishing a new open-access journal that would publish and share the best…Continue Reading It’s International Open Access Week – find out about the new University of Dundee, Open Access, student journal in this guest blog from Dr Anna Robb and Dr Richard Holme

Title not in stock? Try MoreBooks@dundee.ac.uk

MoreBooks@dundee.ac.uk  is a service for students (undergraduate,  taught & research postgraduate)  that encourages you to ask us to purchase books relevant to your studies which aren’t in stock (as ebooks or print)  in the Library.  Email us from your @dundee.ac.uk email address,  with the full details of the tile required.  Titles will be bought as…Continue Reading Title not in stock? Try MoreBooks@dundee.ac.uk

 Getting Started Resources: Resources for new students (undergraduate or postgraduate)

A few resources to get you started…. 1. The Library homepage –  www.dundee.ac.uk/library 2. People 3. Guides 4. Library Search 5. The Library App 6. Your online reading/resource list (for taught modules) 7. Referencing 8. Linkedinlearning…Continue Reading  Getting Started Resources: Resources for new students (undergraduate or postgraduate)

Black History Month II – Diversity Initiative reading list & Displays in Main Library

Diversity Initiative resource list screenshot October 2021

Diversity Initiative – Black History Month resource list Two student societies – The Diversity Initiative  (TheDiversityInitiative@dundee.ac.uk)  and Afromedics  (AfroMedics@dundee.ac.uk) – have used our resource/reading list software (which powers module resource/reading lists)  to compile an annotated reading & viewing  list called Diversity Initiative- Black History Month containing  ‘a collection of fiction and factual texts and some…Continue Reading Black History Month II – Diversity Initiative reading list & Displays in Main Library