Using the University of Northampton Library: an ‘EWO’

guide for students based at other locations

Please note: The University’s official term for arrangements made

through educational partners is ‘Education with Others’ (EWOs).
Welcome
Hello, we are a small team of Academic Librarians,
based at the University of Northampton (UN).

As you are studying with us from another location, you may not have had the opportunity
to learn about the different online resources you have supplementary access to through
the University of Northampton’s library.

In this presentation, we would like to introduce you to some of these resources.

The presentation will cover:

Getting started
Electronic books
Finding journal articles
Other useful resources
Staff note: This presentation is also a good
introduction to the resources if you are
responsible for teaching on a University of
Northampton programme.
Getting started – ‘Information pages’
The ‘Education with Others (EWO)’ pages have been designed to give you the guidance,
information and links to resources from Library and Learning Services at the
University.

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Getting started – ‘Information pages’

The next slides will show you

how to access the Searching
supplementary resources books and
provided by the University of other
Northampton Library. resources
Getting started – your University Login
You will need your University Login to access the online resources (this is emailed to
your after you have enrolled)

The username is your University student number

You will be emailed a temporary password, but you must change it.

For more information, go to:

https://skillshub.northampton.ac.uk/2013/07/24/your-university-login/

Staff note: If you are teaching on a University of Northampton programme,

you should have an ARMS account. This provides you with the username
and password required to access UoN resources.
Electronic books
Books are often a useful starting point for research. You may have access to many useful
books in your home or a local library, but you can also search the University of
Northampton Library’s collection of electronic books.

The next section will show you how find library e-books.

Please note: The Library has invested in a number

of publisher e-book collections. These offer a good
selection on e-books on a range of topics and are
straightforward to use.
Electronic books
The Library has created 2 separate A-Z lists for ‘EWO’ access to
online resources. These are linked on the ‘Information pages’ under
the ‘Resources’ section and may also be linked from the Support
and Resources section within NILE.

Direct links to these lists are as follows:

• Access to resources in the UK
• Access to resources outside of the UK

Please note: Access to resources is contingent upon licenses. These lists

provide the links to databases that have been verified with suppliers for ‘EWO’
access.
Electronic books
The databases that contain e-book collections are:
• Cambridge Books Online
• Routledge Handbooks Online
• Sage Research Methods
• SpringerLink
• Taylor & Francis
These publisher collections offer straightforward PDF downloads with no time restrictions.

Select one of these databases from the A-Z page.

Please note: The next slide shows an example search using SpringerLink –
other databases will look different but are used in a similar way
Electronic books
Select SpringerLink from the A-Z
menu and click

You will be prompted to enter your

University Login:

Please note: SpringerLink contains both

journals and e-books
Electronic books
Once you have logged in, select a topic from the
menu or enter keywords in the search box.

On the next page, untick ‘Include

Preview Only Content’ to ensure
that your results only display content
that can be accessed in full.
Electronic books
Use the filters to display the content
that includes a ‘chapter’ or a ‘book’
on the topic you have searched.

You can then look through the results and download any PDF content you
wish to view.
Journal articles
Journals are important for academic research. You may have access to journals through
your home or a local library, but you can also search for journal articles via the databases
available to you through the University of Northampton.

The next section shows you how to use the library databases to find journal articles.

Please note: the following slides contains

examples from 2 different databases on the A-Z
‘EWO’ resources list - ABI Global (business
database) and Westlaw (legal database).
Journal articles
From the A-Z list, select a database that you wish to
search and click on

Sign in with your University Login when prompted

(note: if you have already signed in to a different
database, you may not be prompted again).

The example used next is ABI Global.

Please note: ABI Global is a useful database for business topics and covers
a range of sources, including many journals and some news publications
e.g. the Economist and the Financial Times.
Journal articles
Enter appropriate keywords in
the search box – if you enter
more than one word, use ‘and’
to link your terms (this will
narrow your search).

Select the Full text option if you

want to only search items that are
available in full.

Please note: Other databases have a ‘full text’ option or something similar
e.g. on Emerald you can select ‘only content I have access to’.
Journal articles
Use the filters on the
left to focus your
search e.g. to
Scholarly (academic)
journals and by
publication date

Use ‘preview’ to view any interesting items.

Note any new keywords that may help you to improve your search.
View the full text of any useful items.
Journal articles
The next example is from Emerald.
From the A-Z list, select this database and click on
Sign in with your University Login if prompted.

Select Advanced Search.

Please note: Emerald is a key

publisher of academic journals
and business case studies
Journal articles
Enter appropriate
keywords in the search
boxes, choose the date
range and select Only
content I have access to
before you click to
search.
Other resources
Other resources on the A-Z list may contain
different information e.g. Sage Video provides a
collection of video interviews of leading experts
around the world. Further information about each
resource is available when you click on the title.

Finally, don’t forget to take a look at the

Skills Hub for helpful videos and guides
(particularly the section on Academic Skills). This
includes the Harvard Referencing Guide and
videos on ‘What is a journal?’ and ‘Evaluating
information’.
 Thank you
for listening