New research resource available

SAGE Research Methods Online is now available on the EBDM & Research page of the HYMS Library website (look under EBDM resources).

This resource contains a substantial collection of ebooks, journal articles, reference materials, videos and tools for exploring all aspects of the research process from identifying and understanding particular research methods to designing research projects, conducting research and writing up findings.

Included are SAGE's "Little Green Books" (the Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences series) and "Little Blue Books" (the Qualitative Research Methods series).

You will need to use your York login details to access this resource.

Backing up your work

The Guardian has an interesting article on its website about the different ways to back up your work as a student:

http://www.theguardian.com/education/2013/aug/01/students-how-to-back-up-your-work

New! HYMS Library webpage for new students

We have created a new page on our HYMS Library webpages especially for new students. The page, which is designed to help students about to start at HYMS, includes tips on how to decide which books to buy for your course, ways to save money when you do decide to purchase a textbook, information about the libraries and about finding and accessing resources.

 

Just click on the New Students tab on the HYMS Library webpages to take a look.

As ever, we would welcome any feedback so please get in touch!  

Waterstones loyalty card

Lecturers should have received an email from the Hull Campus Waterstones store inviting them to take part in their lecturers’ loyalty scheme, which gives a 10 per cent discount. If you haven’t received an email card, and would like to sign up for the scheme, please visit the store.

New home for masterpiece - Hull

Hull Ferens Art Gallery has bought the european materpiece "Pietro Lorenzetti's Christ Between Saint Paul and Saint Peter".

It is currently being looked after by the National Gallery in London before it makes it's way to Hull.

To find out more click here.

UoY - new library website launching next week

A new website for the University of York Library will launch a week today (Tuesday 16th July).
We have put a number of redirects in place so that you can still link to the pages you need from our HYMS Library webpages, but please let us know if you have difficulty finding anything or come across any broken links.

Alternative Guide to the new NHS in England

The Kings Fund have produced this excellent image (as part of an animation) which gives an alternative look at the new NHS in England:

To see it in it's full glory and to watch the whole video (6 minutes) go to http://www.kingsfund.org.uk/projects/nhs-65/alternative-guide-new-nhs-england