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Introductory session
- 1. The UK’s European university Brussels School of InternationalStudies/ Library ResourcesIntroduction
- 2. YOUR DIGITAL LIBRARY Required reading is provided online via ebooks and ejournals. Numerous databases and specialist online resources provide a wealth of resources for your own research. All available 24/7 via your own device.
- 4. RESOURCES Ebook s Peer reviewed Ejournals Legislation Newspapers Multimedia Theses & Dissertations Over 7,000 ebooks covering Law, Politics & International Relations Over 1,000 Law titles 522 Politics titles Specialist databases with case law, legislation and legal commentary. A large collection of UK and international newspapers. Specialist film and audio databases. Access to UK theses and dissertation and theses from around the world.
- 5. SUPPORT: YOUR LIBRARIANS Theresa Thurston Law Abigail Heath (Politics & International Relations) Email: BSISlibraryhelp@kent.ac.uk
- 6. FINDING RECOMMENDED READINGS Your lecturers will provide you with a reading list for your module.
- 7. LIBRARY SEARCH EUROPE You can also search for books on Library Search Europe – search by author and title or by keywords.
- 8. RESEARCH WHERE TO START HTTPS://WWW.KENT.AC.UK/LIBRARY/STUDENTS/BRUSSELS.HT ML Subject Guides www.kent.ac.uk/library/subjects Other Libraries; Open Access; Organisations (UN, Government etc.) Internet & Google Scholar https://scholar.google.co.uk/ DirectionofTravel General Library Resources www.kent.ac.uk/library/resources Official publications, Newspapers, Thesis and Dissertations Document Delivery LibrarySearch Europe http://librarysearch-europe.kent.ac.uk E-Books, Articles Ebook Central https://www.kent.ac.uk/library/students/brussels.html E-Books
- 9. HOW TO SEARCH: KEYWORDS What are the key concepts of your research? Are there other words you could use? How are the concepts described in the literature?
- 10. HOW TO SEARCH: CITATION SEARCHING Who has the author referenced? Has this paper been cited? Following these references you can build up a list of results from a single book or journal article.
- 11. OTHER TIPS Link to University of Kent e-resources Menu Settings Library Links Open access button (finds if article has been published open access)
- 12. REFERENCES
- 13. REFERENCES
- 14. REFERENCES
- 15. REFERENCES
- 16. REFERENCE MANAGEMENT TOOLS Think about how you are going to save your references. You might want to look into using a reference management tool to build up an online library and can also help input references into your work. See our webpages for help with Refworks www.kent.ac.uk/library/res ources/reference-
- 17. LIBRARIES IN BRUSSELS – RESOURCES, STUDY SPACE VUB ULB and specialist libraries Royal Library of Belgium European Commission Library Muntpunt Other study spaces: Most cafes have wifi…
- 18. HELP Any problems let us know: BSISlibraryhelp@kent.ac. uk Twitter: @UniKentEuroLib
Editor's Notes
- This session will provide a introduction to the library resources available, a more detailed session looking at this in more depth will follow as part of Fundamentals, Dissertation and Research.
- The University library is completely digital and provides a huge range of online resources to help you access information for your studies. All of the resources can be accessed anywhere and anytime with an internet connection allowing you to study on your own device and in your chosen location.
- There is a dedicated website page for students based at Brussels with links to the library catalogue and module reading lists, as well as useful information for your chosen subject area and information about the full range of services and support available to you. This is your gateway to the Library collections.
- The Library has a wealth of different resources to support you in your studies. There is a growing number of ebooks with regularly added titles for both Politics and Law. Access is provided to the top peer reviewed journals. Specialist law resources providing access to case law, legislation and legal commentary is available as well as a comprehensive range of newspapers. Students also have access to documentaries through our streaming service Kanopy as well as other multimedia resources. Past theses and dissertations are available too.
- As well as resources you also have access to specialist subject librarians based at Canterbury available 8-4 weekdays. Theresa Thurston provides help and support for law students and Abi Heath is the subject librarian for Politics and International Relations. There is a dedicated email address BSISlibraryhelp@kent.ac.uk, you will also have the opportunity to meet your librarians as part of your Fundamentals, Dissertation & Research module when they provide a more detailed session on researching. Please do contact them at any time with any queries you have or problems finding or accessing resources.
- Your lecturers should provide you with a reading list outlining the readings you need to do each week and providing useful suggestions for your assignments. As well as the module outline you should have an electronic reading list available via moodle, this provides a direct link to all the readings.
- You can also search for books on your reading list via LibrarySearch Europe – the best way to find a specific book is to search by author and a few words of the title. The blue button will provide access to the resource – the first time you access the Library resource you will be prompted to log in with your student username and password.
- As well as looking for specific resources you will also need to research around the subject particularly for your assignments and dissertation. The first place to start your research is LibrarySearch which provides a gateway to the Library resources particularly useful to find ebook and articles. You also have access to an additional 180,000 ebooks from our Ebook central platform via a you read we buy scheme only available to students in our European centres. There are also subject guides pointing you towards relevant databases particularly useful for law resources. You may also want to look at our newspapers or dissertations. Sometimes you will want to search beyond the library resources and you may want to use other university libraries in Brussels, specific organisations or search on the internet. If you are unable to access a book or journal route through any of these routes and it is essential to your research then the Library provides a document delivery service requesting items from the British Library to be sent as PDFs or via post to the centre.
- When you start searching think about what it is that you are trying to find. If you have a specific research question what are the key concepts as these will form your keywords. The Library databases will only search for the words you chose to use so think whether there are any alternative words that may be relevant. Journal articles in particular will often show you the keyword use to index the article so you may want to incorporate these into your search to improve your results.
- A great way to build up your research is starting from a recommended or useful resource and looking at what resources they consulted to build their argument – you can then search for these references. This will obviously only show you research written prior to the original resource so also think about looking at who has since cited them – a number of Library databases including Web of Science and Scopus allow you to view this as does Google Scholar.
- If you prefer to use Google Scholar to research then make sure that this still finds all of the resources the Library has bought by linking your profile to the University of Kent. Find openly available versions of research articles by searching on the open access button website or to make it even easier install the plug in for google chrome.
- Remember that when you use research in your own work that you need to reference this. Most of the Library resources will provide a link to the citation – to find the correct way to reference books on your reading list select bibliography – you can then choose the style.
- Ebooks will also have a link to a cite book or bibliographic information which will provide the reference.
- This may appear slightly different on different publisher platforms – in Oxford Scholarship select the pencil icon to see the reference details.
- Articles will also provide details of the citation.
- It is useful to think about how you are going to organise your references at the start of your research so you can create a system from the start. You may want to explore online reference management tools that allow you to store the reference to create an online library of what you have read. Most of these will also have the option to then input the reference into your written work and generate the bibliography for you. The Library has help pages on setting this up with RefWorks – there are also other options available that you may want to explore.
- If you do struggle at any stage then please get in touch with us. You can email us at BSISlibraryhelp@kent.ac.uk and we will get back to you as soon as possible between 8am-4pm Mon to Friday. You can also use our online chat service – if you explain that you are a student in Brussels this will help ensure our staff give you the correct information. We also have a twitter account where we will post information regarding any issues with access to resources, let you know about new books and resources and provide useful tips.