We’re pleased to announce that the Library has bought the new Oxford World’s Classics e-book collection, following a well-received trial earlier this year.
This provides access to 301 novels and other works from the 18th and 19th centuries from around the world, including novels by writers such as Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, Emile Zola and Fyodor Dostoevsky, as well as works such as Charles Darwin’s On The Origin of Species and John Stuart Mill’s On Liberty.
OWC authors
Each work is accompanied by extensive hyperlinked notes, introductions, bibliographies and commentaries. You can browse or search the entire collection in various ways (for example: by author, subject, keyword or time period). Every book in the collection is also individually catalogued on Library Search (here is an example).
When reading a book, you can highlight text and make and save annotations (you’ll need to create a Personal Profile first).
Elsevier’s Clinicalkey Student gives you electronic access to some of the most popular recommended clinical textbooks plus lots of other really useful resources including images and video. Subjects covered include medicine, dentistry and pharmacy. It allows you to add a book to your own Bookshelf, highlight text, add notes, create flashcard, make presentations and more. All of which is described below with videos to watch.
All of the eBooks available from Elsevier’s Clinicalkey can be found individually by searching for them on Library Search. To search or browse the collection go to Library Search and search for Clinicalkey.
To Login
To find out how to login and search for a book follow the instruction below or watch this video to get started.
Click on Log in via your institution on the right hand side
In the Institution search box type Newcastle University
Login using your University Username and Password
You are now ready to search for content either:
a book by title, author or keyword
a subject keyword for any content e.g. book, chapter, video available
Using the Bookshelf
To find out how to use the Bookshelf follow the instruction below or watch this video to get started.
To add a book to the Bookshelf you need to be within the content of a chapter. Search for the book by title, author or keyword
Click View book TOC
Click on the chapter you want
Click Add to Bookshelf on right hand side
If you want to see the book on your bookshelf, click Launch Bookshelf
If you click on the Home option this will show you all the books you have added to your Bookshelf
Once you have added to your Bookshelf you can go straight to it from the homepage by clicking on Bookshelf
For more details on using the Bookshelf watch this video.
Highlighting and Saving Text
When you are within the text of a chapter you can highlight any part to save it as a note for later. See instructions below and for more detail watch this video on Highlighting and Saving text.
Highlight the text you want to save
Select either green or yellow to highlight the colour
Give the note a name to show what it is
To look at all your notes click on the Notepad option on the left of the screen.
Creating Flashcards
When you are within the text of a book you can highlight any part to create a Flashcard. See instructions below and for more detail watch this videoon Creating Flashcards.
Highlight the text you want for the front of the flashcard
Choose an existing Deck or a New Deck and Create it
Highlight and select Copy to get the text for the back of the card – Paste this text into the card
Save the card
You can create as many decks as you want and as many cards you want in each deck
By clicking on the Play button in the top right hand corner of the deck you can run through the cards to test your knowledge
Creating Presentations
You can share the latest evidence-based information with colleagues by exporting images with their citation and copyright information into a PowerPoint presentation.
See instructions below and for more detail watch this video on Creating Presentations
Search or Browse for an image
Click the Add to Presentation link at the bottom of the image
Select an Existing Presentation from the drop down menu
Click Add
OR
Click Create a New Presentation
Give it a name in the Presentation Name box
Click Add
Download the presentation and save as a .ppt file. You can then add your own slides and text to complete your presentation.
Using the Clinicalkey APPs
There are two types of Bookshelf apps:
Mobile App (iOS or Android): You can download the mobile app directly in the iOS or Android app store. To find the app, search for the name of the app (Bookshelf ClinicalKey Student).
Desktop App (Windows 10+): The app name appears as ClinicalKey Student Bookshelf. During the download process, you will be prompted to install the app and agree to the terms and conditions. This will create a menu icon and add a shortcut on your Windows 10 desktop.
Desktop Apps (Mac OS): Download the Mac version and follow the steps on the screen to complete the download and install the app.
Authentication requirements depend on the app you are using: mobile or desktop.
Mobile App (iOS or Android): The first time you use the Bookshelf mobile app, you must be in your authenticated medical school’s network when you sign up or sign in. For only this first-time usage, you have to be authenticated by your medical school’s network. After this unique confirmation that your account belongs to a medical school that provides ClinicalKey Student, the app will remember this authentication, and you can use the app online (in any network) or offline.
Desktop App (Windows 10+): You do not need to be on an IP-authenticated network to access the desktop app. Use your ClinicalKey Student username and password to log in to the desktop app.
Our Recommend a Book service for students allows you to tell us about the books you need for your studies. If we don’t have the books you need, simply complete the web form and we’ll see if we can buy them. For books we already have in stock, if they are out on loan please make a reservation/hold request using Library Search.
In Semester One, academic year 2020/2021 we received 193 requests from 77 students totalling £13,529 worth of book orders. We bought the following items after requests from students in GPS:
Our Recommend a Book service for students allows you to tell us about the books you need for your studies. If we don’t have the books you need, simply complete the web form and we’ll see if we can buy them. For books we already have in stock, if they are out on loan please make a reservation/hold request using Library Search.
In Semester One, academic year 2020/2021 we received 263 requests from 97 students totalling £17,343 worth of book orders. We bought the following items after requests from students in SAPL:
Our Recommend a Book service for students allows you to tell us about the books you need for your studies. If we don’t have the books you need, simply complete the web form and we’ll see if we can buy them. For books we already have in stock, if they are out on loan please make a reservation/hold request using Library Search.
In Semester One, academic year 2020/2021 we received 91 requests from 48 students totalling £7,614 worth of book orders. We bought the following items after requests from students in ECLS:
We now subscribe to the Manchester University Press Hive International Relations e-book collection. The collection provides 65 e-books written by leading names in the field covering key issues and debates on global issues such as foreign policy, gender, global ethics, environmental politics and terrorism..
Manchester International Relations aims to explore and analyse the critical approaches to the study of global issues – from authority; citizenship; foreign policy, gender, war and peace to global ethics; human rights; media; environmental politics and international law.
This online resource will help you understand contemporary international relations and the forces that are reshaping global politics in the 21st century by examining international political systems, international political theory, and developments in contemporary global politics throughout Europe, the USA, Latin America, Asia, Africa and the Middle East.
We now subscribe to the Manchester University Press Hive political studies e-book collection. The collection provides 165 books written by leading names in the field covering political events, ideas, movements, roles of government, voters, parties and leaders and the way these elements shape society as a whole.
This online resource will help you to understand contemporary political problems in their historical perspective and will cover key themes such as political thought, concepts and theory, international politics, globalisation and democracy through the ages.
Key features & benefits
A wide-ranging, authoritative coverage of the history of politics, edited and authored by key figures in the field
Cuts across boundaries of political science, public administration, anthropology, social policy studies and development studies and facilitates a conversation across disciplines
Includes extensive original research on recent and ongoing political events, such as Brexit
Our Recommend a Book service for students allows you to tell us about the books you need for your studies. If we don’t have the books you need, simply complete the web form and we’ll see if we can buy them. For books we already have in stock, if they are out on loan please make a reservation/hold request using Library Search.
In Semester One, academic year 2020/2021 we received 79 requests from 42 students totalling £8,254 worth of book orders. We bought the following items after requests from students in NUBS:
We have online access to the International Encyclopedia of Human Geography. This reference collection gives you an authoritative and comprehensive source of information on the discipline of human geography and its constituent, and related, subject areas. The Encyclopedia includes over 1,000 detailed entries on philosophy and theory, key concepts, methods and practices, biographies of notable geographers, and geographical thought and praxis in different parts of the world.
This online copy of the Encyclopedia features extensive browsing, searching, and internal cross-referencing between articles in the work, plus dynamic linking to journal articles and abstract databases, making navigation flexible and easy.
