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Information for researchers

Faculty Librarians

Our Faculty Librarians can work with you at any stage in your research process, and advise on all the following areas

Research students
Library Doctoral Development Programme
Information skills resource online tutorials and guides
eTheses recorded copyright lecture, guides and FAQs
WREO (White Rose eTheses Online) Deposit your eThesis here
Access to other UK and European digital theses
Publish and promote your research
myPublications University publications management system
WRRO (White Rose Research Online) Deposit your research here
Guide to copyright regulations and licences
University of Sheffield Open Access - Introduction
Identify publications and data sources in your subject
Subject guides to resources in the Library and on the Internet
Freely available Internet research resources
Research data management
Why manage research data?
Major funders' research data management policies
Develop a data management and sharing plan
MANTRA: online research data management training
Access material from outside our collections
Online requests, & free British Library bus
SCONUL Access: visit & borrow from UK higher education libraries
Research metrics
REF 2014
Measuring journal impact
H index: what is it? How do I calculate it?
Keep up-to-date
Major external services and the Library’s Netvibes service
Automatic alerts using RSS feeds and Google Reader
Funding schemes and opportunities
Research and Innovation Services advice
Manage your references
EndNote Web & EndNote
Using EndNote Web and EndNote with Library eResources
Research computing
Hardware and software support from CiCS