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Help Sheets and Documentation

This page contains links to leaflets and guides to help you use library services and facilities. For more help and information please contact your subject librarian or an information desk.

Access to Library Services

• Admissions Policies for Non-Members of the University
• Graduate Use of Library
• Using Other Libraries (pdf version, 54 KB) (Word version, 116 KB)

Using Library Services

• Library Language: words and their definitions
• Accessing Online Journals (pdf version, 142 KB) (Word version, 139 KB)
• Disabled Users, Information for (pdf version, 76 KB) (Word version, 46 KB)
• Dyslexic Users, Information for (pdf version, 84 KB) (Word version, 46 KB)
• Finding books (J.B. Priestley Library) (pdf version, 64 KB) (Word version, 40 KB)
• Group Study Rooms: how to book on BRADfinder
• Information about the Secure Electronic Delivery Service (SED) from the British Library for Inter-Library Loans (pdf version, 331 KB) (Word version, 322 KB)
• Inter-Library Loan/Article Request form (pdf version, 243 KB) (Word version, 120 KB)

Regulations and Policies

• Library Regulations
• Use of Mobile Phones in Learner Support Areas: Code of Practice
• Library Collection Development Policy (pdf version, 94 KB) (Word version, 52 KB)

Citation and Referencing

• Case Citation - guide to citing law cases (pdf version, 125 KB) (Word version, 56 KB)
• Citation and Referencing for the Social Sciences (pdf version, 123 KB) (Word version, 125 KB)
• Combination of Harvard and "numbered note referencing" for Law (pdf version, 576 KB) (Word version, 79 KB)
• EndNote help page
• Harvard style referencing guide for Engineering, Design and Technology (pdf version, 238 KB) (Word version, 143 KB)
• Harvard style referencing guide for Health Studies (pdf version, 500 KB) (Word version, 98 KB)
• Harvard style referencing guide for Social Work (pdf version, 214 KB) (Word version, 133 KB)
• IEEE Referencing System (pdf version, 151 KB) (Word version, 47 KB)
• Plagiarism explained
• Referencing for SCIM students using the Harvard System (pdf version, 229 KB) (Word version, 142 KB)
• SLED guide to referencing using the Harvard System (pdf version, 147 KB) (Word version, 88 KB)

Database and CD-ROM Guides

• AMED (pdf version, 445 KB) (Word version, 484 KB)
• ASSIA - Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts (pdf version, 215 KB) (Word version, 374 KB)
• Barbour Index (pdf version, 197 KB) (Word version, 368 KB)
• British Standards Online - BS Online (pdf version, 286 KB) (Word version, 707 KB)
• CD-ROM Service
• CINAHL (pdf version, 863 KB) (Word version, 1.07 MB)
• The Cochrane Library:
  • quick reference guide (external link to the pdf version)
  • extended user guide (external link to the pdf version)
• Compendex® (pdf version, 263 KB) (Word version, 316 KB)
• Construction Information Service ( pdf version, 320 KB) (Word version, 197 KB)
• COPAC (external link)
• Digimap® - a guide (pdf version, 108 KB) (Word version, 101 KB)
• Guardian (pdf version, 67 KB)
• HMIC - Health Management Information Consortium (pdf version, 326 KB) (Word version, 520 KB)
• IBSS: International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (pdf version, 116 KB) (Word version, 47KB)
• IEEE Xplore® (pdf version, 317 KB) (Word version, 369 KB)
• Medline (pdf version, 416 KB) (Word version, 1 MB)
• Maternity and Infant Care (pdf version, 803 KB) (Word version ,952 KB) 
• Le Monde CD-ROM (pdf version, 155 KB)
• Patent Searching with Esp@cenet, USPTO and SciFinder Scholar (pdf version, 251KB) (Word version, 50KB)
• Social Care Online (pdf version, 328 KB) (Word version, 378 KB)
• Social Trends (online version of 25 Years of Social Trends, 1999-) (pdf version, 100 KB) (Word version, 119KB)
• Times and Sunday Times: Guide to using the CD-ROMs (1992-1995, 1996)
• Web of Knowledge for Engineers (pdf version, 284 KB) (Word version, 709 KB)
• Die Zeit CD-ROM

Bradford Scholars Guides

• Bradford Scholars - repository benefits (PDF version, 89 KB) (Word version, 114 KB)
• Bradford Scholars FAQs
• Copyright fact sheet (pdf version, 234 KB) (Word version, 116 KB)
• Bradford Scholars Policies (pdf version, 275 KB) (Word version, 66 KB)
• Bradford Scholars Deposit Terms & Conditions (pdf version, 181 KB) (Word version, 48 KB)
• Bradford Scholars Digital Preservation Policy (pdf version, 90 KB)  (Word version, 120 KB)
• How to deposit papers in Bradford Scholars (pdf version, 985 KB) (Word version, 1.4 MB)

Guides to Library Collections

EDC (European Documentation Centre)

• EDC - European Documentation Centre (pdf version, 80 KB)

Distance Learners

• Library Services for Distance Learners (pdf version, 97 KB) (Word version, 51 KB)
• Distance Learning Photocopy Request Form (pdf version, 63 KB) (Word version, 120 KB)
• Distance Learning Postal Loan Request Form

Guides to Finding Information in Your Subject Area

Bradford Centre for International Development

• Searching and Citing: some useful web addresses (pdf version, 94 KB) (Word version, 46 KB)

Computing, Informatics and Media

• Computing Checklist (pdf version, 80 KB)

Engineering, Design and Technology

• Information Sources Guide: Chemical Engineering (pdf version, 181 KB) (Word version, 130 KB)
• Information Sources Guide: Civil Engineering (pdf version, 187 KB) (Word version, 131 KB)
• Information Sources Guide: Design (pdf version, 137 KB) (Word version, 127 KB)
• Information Sources Guide: Electronics and Telecommunications (pdf version, 202 KB) (Word version, 131 KB)
• Information Sources Guide: Engineering (General) (pdf version, 147 KB) (Word version, 98 KB)
• Information Sources Guide: Mechanical and Automotive Engineering (pdf version, 171 KB) (Word version, 64 KB)
• Information Sources Guide: Medical and Healthcare Technology (pdf version, 123 KB) (Word version, 131 KB)
• Information Sources Guide: Technology Management (pdf version, 134 KB) (Word version, 133 KB)

Health and Safety

• Information Sources Guide: Health and Safety (pdf version, 208 KB) (Word version, 103 KB)

Law

• EU Court of Human Rights - Law reports (pdf version, 146 KB) (Word version, 58 KB)
• EU Legal Information (pdf version, 126 KB) (Word version, 66 KB)
• Law Journals (pdf version, 147 KB) (Word version, 45 KB)
• Law Reports (pdf version, 159 KB) (Word version, 53 KB)
• Law Textbooks (pdf version, 147 KB) (Word version, 49 KB)
• Online Resources for Law (pdf version, 143 KB) (Word version, 54 KB)
• Statutes (pdf version, 149 KB) (Word version, 51 KB)

Management

• Bestsellers: selected readings on popular topics from the Management Library (pdf version, 280 KB) (Word version, 148 KB)
• Company Information (pdf version, 116 KB) (Word version, 122 KB)
• Journals - Is the journal peer reviewed? (pdf version, 47 KB) (Word version, 116 KB)
• Key online resources for Management (pdf version, 148 KB) (Word version, 127 KB)
• Marketing Information (pdf version, 122 KB) (Word version, 130 KB)
• School of Management Dissertations: Examples of Good Practice

School of Lifelong Education and Development

• Checklist for SLED Students (pdf version, 89 KB) (Word version, 52 KB)

Copyright

• Copyright and e-Theses (pdf version, 336 KB) (Word version, 817 KB)

Library Information

• Library Homepage
• Catalogue & Renewals
• Athens Password Request
• eResources
• EndNote
• Inter-Library Loans
• Reading Lists
• Copyright
• CD-ROM Service
• Electronic Journals
• Ebooks
• Reference
• Opening Hours
• Contact Us
• Regulations & Policies
• Feedback Form

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• Students
• Staff
• Researchers

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