PGR Induction

Durham University Library: Supporting your research

Contact Details

Academic Liaison Librarian (Research Support)

james.bisset@durham.ac.uk

Phone: +44 (191) 334 1586

Liaison Librarians

Researcher Training

Copyright and Open Access

Library as adviser

Durham University Library: Subject Support

Researcher Development Programme: Sample sessions

Leading

Researcher

Development

Vitae®, © 2010 Careers Research and

Advisory Centre (CRAC) Limited‘

Available at www.vitae.ac.uk/rdf

SconulAccess

REF support

Document Delivery

Library as facilitator

Visibility & Impact

Durham e-Theses

Durham Research Online

Library as promoter

Borrowing rights

IT provision

Study spaces

Library as… a library

Carry your Campus Card at all times!

You will need it to enter the

Bill Bryson and Queen’s

Campus Libraries, and to

borrow items from any of the

university’s libraries.

• PGR / PG study rooms

• Bookable single and

group study rooms

• Bookable assisted

technology rooms

• Quiet & Silent Study

Study Space

• Photocopying & Printing

• Book Scanning

• Loanable laptops

• Wireless network

• Audio-visual

• Microform/fiche readers

• CIS Helpdesk

User Services and IT provision

Borrowing rights

• 40 items at a time

• Loan periods: Reference-only, short loan,

3 day loan, 1 week,

standard (6 months PGRs)

• Self-service

• Reservations and recalls always apply

• We contact you at your @dur.ac.uk email

• Manage your account online

“The amount of journals and monographs we have

access to through Durham Library is just staggering. They take care of us here”

Twitter, December 2013

18,000 full text e-journals, 315,000 e-books

1.6 million printed items

Library as a knowledge base

Library Discover New

Library Discover New

Unique, world class collections driving

and innovating research

Staff expertise in collections and outreach

Rare printed books, medieval manuscripts, photographs & maps

Museums & special collections

Durham University Library: Supporting your research

@dulib

@dumuseums

@drodurham

@PalaceGreenLib

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Durham University Library: Supporting your research

Contact Details

Academic Liaison Librarian (Research Support)

james.bisset@durham.ac.uk

Phone: +44 (191) 334 1586