White Rose Libraries: Opportunities to connect and collaborate

Maria MawsonFaculty Librarian for Social SciencesUniversity of Sheffield

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Library contacts

• University of Leeds• Martin Gill, Faculty Team Leader Arts & Social Sciences

m.r.gill@leeds.ac.uk

• University of Sheffield• Maria Mawson, Faculty Librarian Social Sciences

m.b.mawson@sheffield.ac.uk

• University of York• Vanya Gallimore, Cluster Leader Social Sciences

vanya.gallimore@york.ac.uk

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Library web pages for researchers

• Leeds• http://library.leeds.ac.uk/researcher

• Sheffield• http://www.shef.ac.uk/library/services/researchers

• York• http://subjectguides.york.ac.uk/research

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Shared library access

• SCONUL Access – reciprocal access scheme http://www.access.sconul.ac.uk/

• Eduroam – wireless network access

• COPAC – union library catalogue combining access to the holdings of many research libraries www.copac.ac.uk

• British Library – information for researchers http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/index.html

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Online repositories

• WRRO – White Rose Research Online. Shared open access repository http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/

• WREO – White Rose Etheses Online. Open access to doctoral theses http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/

• EThOS – BL Electronic Theses Online Service http://ethos.bl.uk/

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Sharing literature search results

• EndNote Web - web based reference management software available in all three institutions. Use it to share access to sets of bibliographic references

• Similar functionality may also be available in open access reference management software such as Mendeley and Zotero

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Datasets and RDM

• Sources for social sciences datasets include• Economic & Social Data Service http://www.esds.ac.uk/

• UK Data Archive http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/

• Useful sites for information about research data management (RDM) include• Digital Curation Centre www.dcc.ac.uk

• UK Data Archive http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/create-manage

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Research skills training

• Libraries contribute to institutional research training programmes. Areas covered include literature search and review, reference management software, current awareness. Check our websites for details

• Vitae includes advice on developing your skills, including the Researcher Development Framework

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Any questions?

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