Information Studies in the Library and on the Internet
Library everywhere!
Many library resources and services are available from any location at any time via MUSE. This guide will help you find the library and Internet resources you need to study information management, librarianship, and information science
| To find books, including electronic books (ebooks) and other material, the best place to start is StarPlus, the library catalogue. |
| If you want to find material on your reading list then check the Resource Lists for your Department. |
| There are a number of sites which hold material of interest to staff and students in the Department of Information Studies. The Information Commons and St. Georges Library cover information studies, computer science, economics, engineering and management books (with journals at St. George's Library), while the Information Commons and Western Bank Library hold collections covering social sciences, arts and humanities, education, politics, pure science and preclinical medicine. |
| For current information and the latest research, you need to look in the key journals for your subject. Increasingly they are available in full text electronically, but as some are still only available in print, you should search the library catalogue to find our complete stock. |
| To find journal articles by topic, you need to search using databases. Some databases provide access to full text articles electronically, in addition to citations (bibliographic details of articles) and abstracts. |
| Information found on the Web is not always of a good academic standard. For good ‘quality-assured’ links to information suitable for academic use, choose the appropriate subject gateway for your topic. |
| It is very important that you develop the necessary skills to find information relevant to your studies. There are various online tutorials to help you. |
| Alastair Allan, based at the Western Bank Library, is the Academic Liaison Librarian for this subject area, and can be contacted for assistance in finding information and resources for this subject.
Email: a.allan@sheffield.ac.uk |