Library A-Z

A comprehensive list of services, software and support that the University Library can provide. Some pages may require a student or staff account to access.

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List of Library services

A

About the Library
Accessing eResources
Aerospace Engineering subject guide
Altmetrics
Alumni
AMRC subject guide - Support for apprentices
Animal and Plant Sciences subject guide
Annual reports
Archaeology subject guide
Architecture subject guide
Archives
Assistive software and technology
Audio-Notetaker - Assistive software that supports note-taking in lectures and group meetings
Automatic Control and Systems Engineering (ACSE) subject guide

B

Bibliometrics
Bioengineering subject guide
Biomedical Science subject guide
Book recommendation form
Borrowing from the Library
British Library Boston Spa Minibus

C

Chemical and Biological Engineering (CBE) subject guide
Chemistry subject guide
Civil and Structural Engineering subject guide
ClaroRead - Assistive software that offers reading and writing support for people with dyslexia
Commuter Students (see Inclusive learning)
Community Researcher – see External borrowers
Computer Rooms
Computer Science subject guide
Copyright

D

Databases
Data management
Dentistry subject guide
Departmental Library Coordinators
Disabled and dyslexic students (see Inclusive learning)
Distance learning students (see Inclusive learning)
Doctoral Development Programme
Donations
Dragon NaturallySpeaking - Assistive voice recognition software that converts speech dictation into typed text.

E

East Asian Studies subject guide
eBooks
Economics subject guide
Education subject guide
eJournals
Electronic and Electrical Engineering (EEE) subject guide
Employability
EndNote
English and Theatre subject guide
English Language and Linguistics subject guide
English Literature subject guide
eResources service status
eTheses
Exams, Assessment, and Revision
External borrowers
External readers

F

Faculty and liaison librarians
Film Studies subject guide
Filming and photography requests

G

Geography subject guide
Government Information subject guide

H

Health Sciences Library
History subject guide
Human Communications Sciences subject guide

I

Inclusive learning
Information Commons
Information and Digital Literacy (See Research skills and critical thinking)
Information and Digital Literacy framework
Information and Digital Literacy tutorials (See Research skills and critical thinking)
Information and Digital Literacy workshops (See Research skills and critical thinking workshops)
Information School subject guide
Inspiration - Assistive software that can be used to create mind maps.
Intellectual freedom and censorship
Interlibrary request service
International Faculty
International students (see Inclusive learning)

J

JAWS - Assistive software that reads aloud any text displayed on a computer screen.
Journalism subject guide

L

Landscape subject guide
Languages and culture subject guide
Law and Criminology subject guide
Leisure Management subject guide
Lex - software package specially designed for people with dyslexia or learning difficulties
LGBT+ History Month
Library buildings
Library catalogue
Library Help
Library staff
Licence terms and conditions (eResources)
Life Sciences subject guide

M

Management subject guide
Map collections
Materials Science and Engineering subject guide
Mathematics and Statistics subject guide
Mechanical Engineering subject guide
Medical Humanities subject guide
Medicine subject guide
Membership - Affiliated White Rose Postgraduate Research members
Membership - External borrowers
Membership - External readers
Membership - Alumni
Metrics
MindView - mind-mapping software
Molecular Biology and Biotechnology subject guide
Music subject guide

N

National Fairground and Circus Archive
Newspapers
Northern General Hospital Library
Nursing and Midwifery subject guide

O

Open access
Open days
Open educational resources (OER)
Open educational resources (OER) toolkit 
Opening hours

P

Part-time students (see Inclusive learning)
PC availability
Philosophy subject guide
Photography and filming requests
Physics and Astronomy subject guide
Placement Students (see Inclusive learning)
Politics subject guide
Pressbooks (Sheffield network)
Printing - IT Services
Psychology subject guide

R

Read and Write - a software package designed to support people with visual impairment.
Reading lists 
Resource lists - using the University's reading list system
Readit - Assistive Software that converts printed material into an accessible electronic format.
Recommend a book
Records management
Reference management
Referencing
Religion and Theology subject guide
Request a book that is on loan
Research data management (RDM)
Research skills and critical thinking
Research skills and critical thinking workshops
Researchers - Library support
(Library) resource recommendation form
Royal Hallamshire Hospital Library

S

SCONUL access
Sheffield Authors Showcase
Sociological Studies subject guide
Special Collections
Staff - Information for academic staff
StarPlus
Strategic plan
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals (STH) staff
Subject guides
Subject librarians
Systematic literature reviews

T

Theology subject guide
Tutorials

U

Urban Studies and Planning subject guide

V

Video magnifiers
Visiting other libraries - Reciprocal agreements
Visitors

W

Walk-in access to eResources
Western Bank Library
White Rose Postgraduate Research members
White Rose eTheses Online (WREO)
White Rose Libraries Scheme
White Rose Research Online (WRRO)

Y

YouTube - uniSheffieldLib

Z

ZoomText - Assistive software that can enlarge, enhance and read aloud what is on the computer screen.

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