Learning at Work

Useful links

This page will help you get more out of your Library resources for your assignments, projects and dissertations in Learning at Work.

Use the University VPN to access to these resources, any time, anywhere.

Getting Started

Options for getting started with Library resources.

Books

Options for finding book material.

Finding Articles and more

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For some assignments, our Discovery Service will give you enough sources to work with. In fact it may give you too many - so think carefully about exactly what subject you are interested in and the keywords you are using.

Sometimes you may want to try specific databases or journals - perhaps your lecturer has recommended particular names as a good way of finding articles. This page lists key sources for the various subject areas that Learning at Work may cover.

Check out this video on how to find journal titles.

Check out this introductory video on finding journal articles.

If we don't have an item you're interested in, we may be able to obtain it via Interlibrary Loan or watch this video which explains how.

• Why use journal articles?

• Finding articles on a topic

• Indexing databases

• Full text databases

• For Health and Safety information

• Standards & Patents

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• British Standards Online

Guidance on how to download a standard

A database which provides details of tens of thousands of current, draft and withdrawn standards from the UK's national standards body, the British Standards Institution (BSI).
Use of the University of Portsmouth Library British Standards Online subscription is for educational purposes only.
Excessive downloading and printing of the material is prohibited. For more information on these restrictions please contact the library.

Additional access instructions:

Authentication required for off campus access.

• Esp@cenet

Espacenet offers free access to more than 80 million patent documents worldwide, containing information about inventions and technical developments from 1836 to today.

• IHS standards store

Use this commercial site to check the validity of standards across different countries. Search the Library catalogue for the few IHS Standards we have purchased.

Use this commercial site to check the validity of standards across different countries. Search the Library catalogue for the few IHS Standards we have purchased. Comprehensive source of technical industry standards as well as government and military standards.