Welcome to Solent Library

As a postgraduate student there are special services that you are entitled to within the library:

• Borrowing allowance of up to 25 items at a time

• Library study rooms and computers bookings 

In addition you are entitled to:

• Inter-library loans.

• Access to external collections via the SCONUL Access scheme.

You will find your subject support for your postgraduate studies via subject-focussed LibGuides.  Use the link to see the full listing of subjects to find recommended resources for your subject as well as who to ask for help if you get stuck.

As well as the subject LibGuides available for your studies you may also find the following useful: 

• Solent Researchers (open access publishing, research data management, Pure)

• Open Access Resources

• Copyright for Solent Students

• Systematic Reviews

Google Scholar is a search engine that allows you to search for more academic content on the web.  You can use it to track down journal articles, book details and more.  You can set it up to show you which results you can access via a Solent University library subscription.
 

Link to full text content from Solent University Library

This will tell you if the Library has a copy of the article for you to read or not.  To set this up on your device:

• In Scholar, click on the icon in the top left corner:  
• Select Settings and then select 'Library Links'.  Enter 'Solent' in the search box then select Solent University - Is it @ Solent and Save. 
• Any results available via Solent will now show this link to give you access: ​​

OFF CAMPUS: You must check the access information for each article via the Is It @ Solent screens and login to view. 

Send reference details to RefWorks

Set up a link to 'Import into RefWorks' for each result in your list.  To set this up, go into the  menu, select Settings and in the 'Bibliography Manager' section, select RefWorks and save.

Basic and Advanced search
Enter your search terms into the Basic search box.  If you want more control over your search, you can access the Advanced search via the  icon.

Results list

Your results list will include a number of options for each result where you can view other items that might be of interest, mark the item to read later and send the reference to RefWorks etc.

• Select the to add the article to your 'My library'.
• Cited by: links you to other resources which have referenced (cited) that document.
• Related articles: see a list of other articles you may be interested in.
• Import into RefWorks: send the reference details into RefWorks (or use the option under the  to send to RefWorks).

My Library

Sign in and access articles you have saved.  Save articles by clicking on the star icon beside it in the results list.