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We regret that the Library is no longer able to accept donations of textbooks from students.
If you would like your books to go to a good home these options are worth considering:
• Submit a book to the online second-hand book shop run by The Guild
• Donate your books to the charity Book Cycle located near Exe Bridges at 7 West Street, Exeter, Devon, EX1 1BB. Contact by or telephone 01392 420 021
• Donate the books to the Hospiscare Book Shop located at 84 South Street, Exeter, Devon, EX1 1EQ
The RightsInfo website was launched in 2015. It makes great use of inforgraphics and social media to share clear and reliable human rights information. The project is the brainchild of leading barrister Adam Wagner, founder of the acclaimed UK Human Rights Blog.
As explained on RightsInfo
website:
“Human rights in the UK have an image problem. The public debate is based on misinformation and lack of understanding. Laws and judgments are aimed at specialists. This means that most people are ambivalent or negative towards human rights.
That is where RightsInfo comes in. We believe there is huge potential to do a better job at explaining why human rights matter and how they can change people’s lives. RightsInfo is about using social media to find new ways to talk about and deliver human rights stories and information.”
Take a look at this short video to learn more or have a browse around the site. You can keep up to date via Twitter and Facebook too.
The University has access to the World Treaty Library via Hein Online. You can access it via the library catalogue or the Electronic Library.
Here is a flavour of this great new resource:
“Various efforts have been put forth over the past decades to create a universal collection of all the treaties of the world. We have created a solution. Now for the first time, through the cooperation of Tufts University, Brill Publishing, the United Nations, and various others, you will be able to search across all the major treaties in the world in one database.
We are pleased to present HeinOnline’s World Treaty Library. This monumental collection brings together works from Rohn, Dumont, Wiktor, and Martens to create the richest collection of world treaties ever available, covering the time period from 1648 to the present.
All together more than 180,000 treaty records have been identified. Through in-depth indexing of all the treaties and cross citation linking, we have created a powerhouse search tool. Use it to locate treaties using such fields as keyword, country, treaty number, treaty type, party, subject, and many more!”
To find out more about the content coverage and how to search, see the quick reference guide, brochure or training video available via Hein.
Parliament
examines what the Government is doing, makes new laws, holds the power to set taxes and debates the issues of the day. The House of Commons and House of Lords each play an important role in Parliament’s work.
The workings and processes of Parliament can be difficult to understand at first. However, the Parliament website is full of really useful information, guides, training materials and much more to help you build your knowledge and understanding.
You can find out how law is made, find out which are the key issues for the 2015 Parliament to debate and consider, plan a visit or take an online tour, find out how you engage with Parliament as well as delve into many more aspects of Parliamentary business.
Take some time to explore the Parliamentary website to find out how it can help with your learning or research. You can also contact various Parliamentary departments and staff contacts direct if you need further assistance.
The end of term is fast approaching! If you’re taking off for the Summer then from all of us at the Library, have a great time and enjoy the break! But don’t forget our Libraries will be open every day throughout the summer and that our loan rules continue to apply as normal throughout the vacation period.
What does this mean for you?
This means for the many students and staff who arrive or choose to stay in Exeter during holiday periods we are here and open to provide support, study space and the resources you need. If you are going away from Exeter you are welcome to take books with you (although we advise against taking Library resources abroad) but do keep in mind that you will be responsible for renewing any items you borrow regularly throughout the vacation. You can do this online by logging in to your Library record. Please remember also that books can still be recalled by other library users.
How do recalls work?
If a book on loan to you is requested by another Library user, you will get an email informing you of this and providing a new date by which to return it. So it is important you check your email regularly if you are borrowing stock during the holidays. Recalled books cannot be renewed and may be due earlier than the original due date. With normal loan books, you should get a week within which to return the item. This should be sufficient time to return the items by UK post if necessary and you are welcome to do this.
Our recall policy exists to ensure fair access to our stock for all library users, so don’t forget if the books you need are on loan you can recall them at any time of year. Learn more about how to place reservations here.
As always if you need help, or have any questions about managing your library record do please get in touch:
Make your summer stress free by returning any books you won’t be using before you leave Exeter
Are you gearing up for the exam season? So are we! We know that study space provision is hugely important during the revision and exam period, so this is why we’ve been busy expanding our seating and arranging extended opening hours in our study centres across campus.
Here’s a brief to guide to the improvements we’ve made and the study spaces that are available for you over the next month or so. There are a few changes to watch out for.
24/7 availability as usual (swipe access after 20.00 on week days, 18.00 at the weekend)
More seating! This week we’ve added 44 brand new study spaces, split between the Law Library (Level -1) and Level +1. This is in addition to the new seats in Express Collections added earlier this year.
Seminar Room access via the Library. From 09.00 on Friday 27th April the Forum Seminar Rooms on levels 0 and +1 will become part of the Library, further expanding the study spaces that are available to you 24/7. Remember to enter and exit these rooms via the Library (through the doors by the computer clusters) not via the Forum.
Quiet study room in The Forum Library
Opening hours extended to 24/7 (swipe access) from 27th April
Opening hours extended to 24/7 (swipe access) from 27th April
Additional study space available in Seminar rooms A/B and C from Monday 13th April (open 08.00 – 20.00 week days, 10.00 – 18.00 at the weekend)
Will be in use for exams during this period and is therefore not available as a study space
Open 08.00 – 20.00 Monday – Friday, 10.00 – 18.00 at the weekend.
24/7 Study Space available in the Luke’s Library computer room and 24/7 room.
Open daily 08.00 – 21.30
Study space in Giraffe House
Don’t forget study seats are also available in the Student Services Centre, Forum Street Balcony, Forum Expo Labs and in many other buildings across our campuses. You can check availability in advance using the iExeter app.
Follow these tips to help you and fellow students get the most out of our study spaces:
1) Use one seat when working; leave enough room for someone else to sit and work
Always leave a card when you take a break and return within 1 hour
2) It is OK to take a break for about an hour (60 minutes) if you are working in the library for a long time; but always return promptly within one hour. leave one of our Taking a Break cards so others know you are coming back.
3) Remember the Library is a public space! Always take valuables with you or lock them safely in a Forum Locker.
We’re really pleased to be in the process of installing almost 50 new study desks in the Forum Library, just in time for the exam period. The new study spaces will be located in the Lasok Law Library (Forum Library Level -1) and on Level +1 outside the Neil Cross group study room.
We recently added new study desks in Express Collections, now even more are on the way!
While these spaces are being cleared and the new desks installed you may experience some disturbance in the vicinity of these spaces between now and April 17th. We apologise for this but are confident that the end result – more study seats in the ever popular Forum Library – will be worth it.
If you’re looking for silent study space in the next week it might be worth avoiding these two areas of the Library. Why not use the silent study room on Level 0 which is well away from the areas affected? Other great quiet spaces to study on Steatham Campus this week include Research Commons, The Loft or the Amory Study Centre. Find out more about these and other available spaces on our website.
A great way to prepare for your exams is to have a look at some of the past exam papers for each of your modules. These can give you a flavour of the tone of the questions and the sort of topics you are likely to encounter. Did you know past papers are readily accessible online? There are currently over 9,000 past papers available for you to view in the University of Exeter Past Exam Paper Archive: click here to access it (you will need to authenticate with your usual university username and password).
Once you’ve logged in, you can search the archive by college, module code or title keyword. Papers can then be viewed as PDFs.
A screenshot of the archive search screen
Anyone doing research needs to find the best range of sources of information. We all get used to using the main journals, databases and resources for our own subject. Increasingly, though, we choose projects which cross over into other subject areas – cosmetic surgery marketing might combine sociology, health and marketing topics, while children’s attitudes to money could include psychology, education and economics. Programmes such as Grand challenges can take you even further into interdisciplinary areas, as you work with colleagues from across the University to address real-life issues.
So where can you look for additional sources? Google will help you find useful information, but you may discover that we don’t have access to the full text. To save time you could explore what’s available via Exeter’s subscriptions on the Electronic Library.
As an example, let’s look at Business resources – these often overlap with other subject areas including Geography, Psychology, Politics and Law. Two of the best general databases are Business Source Complete and ProQuest Business. Both have the full text of over 3,000 journals covering subjects relevant to Business Studies, along with news releases and reports. They are easy to use and anyone can log on via the Electronic Library – just select Business as the subject area and click on Find resources.
Other more specialist databases cover company information, finance and market research. If you need help in finding out which databases to use have a look at the pages on Researching Business Online on our subject guide. This has details of all the main databases and includes links to online tutorials if you need help.
Through the Electronic Library you have access to all of the Library’s resources – not just those aimed at your own courses. Why not explore, and see what else you can discover?
To request books located at Penryn Campus Library, you need to do the following:
