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Updates on access to Library resources (journals).

In January, there will be changes to access to some Library resources (journals).
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Anatomy at Sheffield exhibition

Find out more about the new exhibition at Western Bank Library.
Statistics with JASP: First Steps for Psychology Students

Statistics with JASP: First Steps for Psychology Students by Dr Rebecca Denniss and Dr Stanislava (Stan) Naneva

We are pleased to announce the publication of a new Open Educational Resource (OER) on the Sheffield Pressbooks Network.
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Ebooks for students at the University of Sheffield: challenges and opportunities

In the past year, access to print books in the Library has been very limited due to the pandemic.
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Bob Brighton collection: A life in colour

The University heritage collection consists of thousands of objects that the University of Sheffield has acquired since its foundation in 1905.
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Digitisation During a Pandemic: New Approaches to Providing Access for Teaching

When the COVID-19 pandemic changed academic life, the University of Sheffield Library was in a strong position to continue to offer many of our services.
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Stepping up to the DMP challenge

The Scholarly Communications Team in the University of Sheffield Library has been supporting Research Data Management for several years, and the summer of 2019 presented the team with a new challenge.
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Mine or Not Mine?

Over the last 12 months we have run a pilot project to explore providing text and data mining support services to researchers at the University of Sheffield.