What’s happening: Welcome to Relax and Renew
When: February 15th – 1pm – 2pm
Where: Level 0, Sir Alex Ferguson Library
Enjoy free coffee & cakes and a warm welcome to the Relax and Renew space for Trimester B. Find out about different events we’ll be holding throughout the year and how you can get involved. Explore our Relax and Renew collection or just use the space to look after YOU @ GCU.
We are currently experiencing access issues to the resource i-Law (Building Law Reports), this is due to problems with the platform at the publishers end.
We are currently working with the publisher to resolve this issue ASAP and we apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
If you are having any issues with online resources, please contact the Electronic Resource Team at ertenq@gcu.ac.uk
You asked, and we listened!
We received feedback asking us to extend opening hours in the library at the weekend to offer greater flexibility for students with caring or work commitments. We are delighted to say that from now on for Trimesters A and B, we will be open from 10am until 11pm on Saturday and Sunday. In Trimester C the library will be open until 6pm at the weekend.
https://www.gcu.ac.uk/currentstudents/essentials/library/usingthelibrary/openinghours
The library is happy to announce access to a new online resource, SPORTDiscus with full text.
SPORTDiscus with Full Text is an EBSCO database which provides bibliographic and full-text content for 660 sports and sports medicine journals. The subjects covered in the database include:
Users can find SPORTDiscus directly on the Library’s Discover platform, by searching for “SPORTDiscus” in the Database A-Z or by clicking here.
If you have any queries about using SPORTDiscus, please contact the Academic Librarian team. If you have any issues accessing the database, please contact the Electronic Resource Team at ertenq@gcu.ac.uk
The library is happy to announce that it has now upgraded to the online resource Business Source Premier.
Business Source Premier is the industry’s most used business research database, providing full text access for more than 2,300 journals, including for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed titles. This database also provides access to 8,225 business case studies, over 14,000 company profiles, 7,353 industry reports, over 75,000 videos and 5,298 SWOT analyses.
Users can find Business Source Premier directly on the Library’s Discover platform, by searching for “Business Source Premier” in the Database A-Z or by clicking here.
If you have any queries about using Business Source Premier, please contact the Academic Librarian team. If you have any issues accessing the database, please contact the Electronic Resource Team at ertenq@gcu.ac.uk
The library is happy to announce access to the online resource Business of Fashion Professional.
The Business of Fashion is recognised around the world for its authoritative, analytical point of view on the $2.5 trillion global fashion industry. Their mission is simple: build fashion’s global membership community to open, inform and connect the industry.
Serving members in more than 125 countries, BoF combines independent, agenda-setting journalism with practical business advice, online learning, career-building tools and immersive events and experiences, powering positive change in fashion and the wider world.
Users can now access unlimited articles on the BoF website, as well as their case studies and online courses and more.
Users can find Business of Fashion directly on the Library’s Discover platform, by searching for “Business of Fashion” in the Database A-Z or by clicking here.
First time must users register here using their GCU email address. Users must choose Glasgow Caledonian University as your company when registering for an account in order to access the subscription.
If you have any queries about Business of Fashion, please contact the eresource team at ertenq@gcu.ac.uk
The library is aware of intermittent issues with the online database Westlaw currently, this is due to problems with the website at the publishers end. 
If any users are trying to access the Westlaw database and see an error message that states, “Your profile contains no valid registration keys”, please contact the library team at ertenq@gcu.ac.uk immediately. We will then investigate this issue on your behalf.
Apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.
On Thursday 17th November, at 4 pm, join us for the first meeting of our themed book club Read&Relax in the Relax&Renew area.
Every month, we will choose a theme/topic and read books about it and discuss them at the following meetings.
The reading group is aimed at boosting international students’ English skills through reading, however we encourage any English speaker to join us, as we believe that the best way to learn is through collaboration and shared knowledge.
That is to say that EVERYONE is welcome to join us! All you need is to think of a book that you really liked, so that we can start from there together. We will play bookish games and fun activities to learn together.
Feel free to bring your own snack and drink.
Click here to register.
Do you like reading and talk about the latest books you have read? Join our monthly book club: Read&Relax Thursday 17th November at 4pm. In the library – Relax&Renew area.
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Next week sees the launch of a series of Research Cafés at GCU. A Research Café is an informal opportunity for staff, students, and the public to meet and talk about GCU research.
Each Café will have two contributors, who will each give a short talk and then lead a discussion about their area of research. The other participants – other researchers, staff, students, or members of the public – can join the conversation at any table, choose to change to another table, or leave at any time. Research Cafés are informal events that won’t bring any additional admin to contributors or participants – you need only turn up for the hour, and enjoy a free coffee, or tea, and biscuit!
The Cafés are part of a wider University ‘research sandscape’ initiative intended to seed and nurture connections between researchers from different disciplines and encourage them to generate novel ideas for the Mission Oriented Research support call MORE@GCU.
The Cafés will be held in the Relax and Renew Space in the Sir Alex Ferguson Library and the dates and times for the first 4 are:
LexisLibrary have recently upgraded GCU to their new Lexis Plus UK platform.
Any users who may have had saved searches, bookmarks or alerts set up in the older version of LexisLibrary can migrate their preferences to the new platform. Please follow the instructions below if you wish to migrate any personal preferences. Continue reading