HSMC postgraduate students

We can help you to............

Find your books

Sources

As an HSMC student you can borrow books from:

- the HSMC Library,

- all university libraries on campus

- via the Sconul Scheme. 

You can access ebooks via the university catalogue.

For information on how to find books and ebooks from these and other sources look in the 'Library Resouces' pages on Blackboard - you will need your university username and password to log on.

Training

Book a Library Induction Session with us in person or over the phone and learn your way around all the resources that are available to you. 

For more information on using the resources or to book a session contact Rachel Posaner.  

Find your journal articles

Sources

As an HSMC student you can access ejournals and paper journals via FindIt@Bham and the HSMC Library. 

For information on how to find journal articles from these and other sources look in the 'Library Resouces' pages on Blackboard - you will need your university username and password to log on.

Training

Book a Library Induction Session with us in person or over the phone and learn your way around all the resources that are available to you. 

For more information on the resources or to book a session contact Lucy Drake. 

Develop your literature searching skills

Accessing the databases

As an HSMC student you can access the databases via FindIt @Bham.

For details on how to access the databases look in the 'Library Resources' section of Blackboard - you will need your university username and password to log on. 

Training

Book a Literature Searching Training Session to learn how to write a search strategy and how to search the databases efficently and effectively.

Contact Rachel Posaner for more information or to book a session.  

Access Blackboard

Blackboard information (from IT Services, covering logging in and browser compatabillity)

On Blackboard (WebCT) you will find a Library resources section with information on all the resources available to you as well as your individual module sections. 

Develop your study skills 

We have a collection of study skills resources - for further details on look in the 'Study Skills' section of Blackboard in the Library resources section - you will need your university username and password to log on. 

Study skills books from the HSMC Library

Keep up to date

News Bulletins

We produce a series of emailed bulletins designed to keep you up to date with current issues.

Register for these current awareness services via the eLibrary

Electronic contents pages: register for journals in your subject area and receive the table of contents every time a new issue is published.  You can set this up via the Zetoc website using your universiry username and password

Monthly database searches: save a search in an individual database and it will rerun every month and send you an emailed report detailing new citations matching your search criteria.  Look in the database of your choice for details.  

Hearing the news about the library

Join the our Facebook group

Follow us on Twitter

Subscribe to our RSS feed

Answer any query

Please get in touch with us if you have any questions, we are very accessible!

Rachel Posaner, Library Manager

Emma Green, Librarian

Lucy Drake, Library and Information Officer

Wendy Spurr, Library Assistant

Email us: hsmc-library@contacts.bham.ac.uk

Phone us on: 0121 414 7389

Fax us on: 0121 414 7051

Skype us at hsmclibrary

Give us some feedback about our service

Write to us at:

HSMC Library & Information Service,
Park House,
40 Edgbaston Park Road,
Birmingham,
B15 2RT.