Free trial of Factiva available

A trial of Factiva.com is available until September 9th. Access is via IP address and is available on-campus only. Factiva.com covers business, economic, and industry information – including all the major engineering industries.It provides full-text access to thousands of journals, newspapers from around the world with content delivered in 22 languages and Factiva Intelligent Linking providing the technology to seamlessly search across content types. To access the trial please go to:Factiva Trial

A comprehensive user guide is available at: http://www.proquest.co.uk/pqtraining/docs/factiva_inside_out_user_guide.pdf Please remember to logout (using the link at the top right of the screen) after use.We welcome feedback – good or bad – on this trial, please contact Steve Corn s.c.corn@lboro.ac.uk with your comments.

“Have your Say” report now available!

Many thanks to the 91 members of the Engineering Faculty that responded to our recent “Have your Say!” survey.  The full report is now available at http://broadcastengineering.wordpress.com/report-of-the-have-your-say-survey/

As we act on your recommendations, we will be advertising developments via the Blog.

Free Internet tutorials on finding engineering information on the web

The Intute: Virtual Training Suite provides free Internet tutorials to help you learn how to get the best from the Web for your education and research.  Check out their tutorials in the following engineering-related areas:

• Aeronautical Engineering
• Civil Engineer
• Construction
• Earth Scientist
• Electrical Engineer
• Engineering (General & Automotive)
• Health and Safety
• Materials Engineer
• Mechanical Engineer
• Petroleum and Offshore Engineering

Borrow from other academic libraries with SCONUL Access

From 1st August Loughborough University Library is a member of the SCONUL Access scheme. SCONUL Access has been formed from the merger of two existing schemes – SCONUL Research Extra and UK Libraries Plus and is a reciprocal service supported by over 170 academic libraries in higher education institutions across the UK and Ireland. 

SCONUL Access provides borrowing privileges for most:

• academic staff on open or fixed term contracts
• postgraduate research students registered for a PhD, MPhil or similar qualification
• part-time, distance learning and placement students
• full-time postgraduates

SCONUL Access also provides for a reference only service for most full-time undergraduate students.

You must complete an application form (available online or from the Library Issue Desk) and will be given a SCONUL Access card to take to other institutions.

Please note, that unlike UK Libraries Plus, there are no restrictions on the number of universities that can be visited and that old SCONUL Research Extra cards and UK Libraries Plus slips will be accepted whilst they are still in date, so there is no need to reapply if you still have one of these old forms.

For further information ask at the Issue Desk in the Library, visit the Library webpage on Access to other Libraries  or the SCONUL Access website.