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Finding you need more help off campus?  Your Library Academic Support Team offer online one-to-one appointments.  To arrange one, please contact your Library Academic Support Team here.

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There is a wealth of online training and support that you can access 24/7 via our Skills for Learning website.  It contains information and support with: academic writing, critical evaluation, referencing and avoiding plagiarism, finding and using academic information and developing your digital and IT skills, to name but a few! It includes eLearning, videos and a range of help guides. Go check it out!

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Important

The Library Skills for Learning support team is continuing to work as normal except we are no longer doing face to face services. Workshops and 1-1s can be booked via Advantage as normal but will be delivered on-line instead of face to face.

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Important The Library Skills for Learning support team is continuing to work as normal except we are no longer doing face to face services. Workshops and 1-1s can be booked via Advantage as normal but will be delivered on-line instead of face to face.

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Our 'Library support for learning off campus' blog post will introduce you to all of the library services and support you can use and access, making learning off campus easy!

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Tracy shows you how to make the most of the library when studying off campus

As a student at Salford, you have access to a wealth of library services, support and resources, much of which is available online.

In this blog post, we've pulled together some useful starting points for students who study off campus to ensure you know how to make the most of what's on offer.

Finding resources

Many library resources are available from off campus. All of The Library's electronic resources can be found through Library Search, and are all accessible 24/7 from any device with internet access. All you need is your network username and password, and the knowledge of how to access them!

Let's take a look at the best ways of finding academic information from off campus...

1. Use Library Search
Library Search is the portal into all of The Library's resources. It allows you to see what information The Library has access to. By signing into Library Search with your network username and password before you start to look for information, you are telling it that you are a registered student and this makes access much easier. Find out how to use Library Search here.

Tip: Even if you know the name of the electronic resource you want to access, we recommend accessing it through Library Search if we have it, rather than going directly to it. This is because it can save you repeatedly signing in to each electronic resource you want to access and gives you extra functionality, such as saving what you find.

2. Install Library Access

Library Access is a free browser add-on that syncs with our Library resources. It makes it simpler to access articles, journals and databases, particularly when you are studying off campus. You can find out more, including how to install it here.

Tip: Install this early on, as it can save you lots of time. With one click, Library Access will try and find full text access to resources for you. It also makes it easier to find resources using search engines like Google Scholar, as it can work with these to link you to full-text available.

3. Keep your browser up-to-date!

Sometimes, students encounter problems with items not opening or displaying correctly. Most of the time, this can be solved by ensuring your chosen browser is the most up-to-date version. If you encounter and problems opening or displaying electronic resources, try updating your browser. This is also useful for any web pages you may be trying to view that don't display correctly. Learn how to update your browser here.

Skills for Learning online workshops

You can book on to many online workshops run by The Library to help you develop your library, study and digital skills workshops. Online workshops include:

Avoiding plagiarism in your work

The what, why, when and how of referencing

Introduction to critical and analytical skills

Introduction to EndNote X9

30 minute focus: Making the most of Library Search!

30 minute focus: Identifying keywords and phrases for your search

30 minute focus: Evaluating the sources you find

30 minute focus: Finding and using Books

30 minute focus: Finding journals and articles

30 minute focus: Finding and using databases

30 minute focus: Anatomy of a journal article

You can see what online workshops are running, and book on, here.

Online one-to-one appointments

Your Library Academic Support Team also offer online one-to-one appointments. You can make an appointment for help with a wide range of library, study and digital skills. These can be arranged by contacting your Library Academic Support Team here; let your team know which dates and times you are available and they will look at setting an appointment up for you. These appointments are available during standard working hours (usually 9am-5pm), Monday to Friday. Contact your Library Academic Support Team for further information.

Off campus learners webpage

One useful information source is our Skills for Learning Off campus learners webpage. This is full of useful information about services and resources the Library offers, and includes links to useful services to help you make the most of the library off campus.

Skills for Learning support 24/7

There are many online resources available to help support your learning, ranging from eLearning guides and videos. Skills for Learning can be found here.

Finally...

If there's anything you are not sure of, or you have any questions, you can contact your Library Academic Support Team. Find out how to contact them here.

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As a student at Salford, you have access to a wealth of library services, support and resources, much of which is available online. In this blog post, we've pulled together some useful starting points for students who study off campus to ensure you know how to make the most of what's on offer.

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Library Access is a browser extension, or add-on, which makes it simpler to access articles, journals and databases when you studying off campus. It also allows you to highlight and search for keywords quickly and effectively.

Find out more by watching the video and learn how to install it on our website.

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Library Access - Access to research anytime, anywhere

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Follow our Skills for Learning blog to keep up-to-date with The Library and get handy library, study and digital skills information.

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You Want It We Get It is a free service for current staff and students to request books and journal articles not held in Library stock.

This service is useful for off-campus study because you can use it to request eBooks for the Library (where available), electronic versions of articles we don't stock and electronic book chapters where we only have a book in print (all in accordance with copyright restrictions). .

Find out more on our website.

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Off campus students library services webpage

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Off campus students library services webpage

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We've developed services to help you access as much as possible from your home or workplace.

Check out all services here.

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SCONUL Access is a free-to-use scheme that allows many university library users to borrow or use books and journals at other libraries in the scheme. There are over 180 UK-based universities in the scheme.

Find out more at their website.

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Eduroam is a free, worldwide wireless internet service which allows users from one educational institution to connect to the Internet or to their home institution’s data network, when visiting another  institution.

Find out more here.

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Students studying on distance learning programmes can request scanned copies of journal articles or book chapters that are in the printed Library stock.

NB. This is only available for students studying on a registered distance learner programme.

Find out more, including requesting resources and the restrictions here.

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