EBSCO are updating their databases to a new look searching system on the 5th August 2025.

A list of EBSCO databases we have access to is on this Quick Guide to Using Ebsco Eresources

If you use any of these databases and have Saved searches and records, these will be automatically transferred.

Custom folders and Alerts will not transfer.  The new interface will give you an option to download a report of your old folders (In projects) but this is a large unwieldy file.  There are a few things you can do in the current site to avoid this:

• Delete any custom folders you no longer need.
• If you have saved searches in a custom folder, you can select it and "Move to" the Saved searched folder.
• Back up saved items in RefWorks.
• Search Alerts will need to be retrieved and saved as a search to be recreated in the new interface.
• Journal alerts will need to be set up in the new interface, so keep a list.

Any queries email skills@cumbria.ac.uk

Further details of the changes will be posted very soon.

13th June 2025

Need some Holiday Reading?

Pop into your campus library to see what we have in stock in our Reading for You collections. We have quite a range now and you will get an idea of what we have in stock on the displays in the libraries over the summer.  The collections contain a good range of
both fiction and non-fiction titles, and we highlight some on here. If you spot something in stock at another campus you can put in a request for that title to be delivered your own campus library. We welcome suggestions of titles to buy too!

Happy Reading!

13th June 2025

Dates for Webinars until July are now live on Webinars: Library and Academic skills

There are a variety of topics and timings so check out the table for details. 

If you cannot make the dates for a specific topic check in the blue banners if we have a pre-recording of the key points from that webinar. 

NB Bookings close 24 hours before the time of the webinar. Details of how to join the session will be sent to you by email.

14 June 2025

You use critical thinking and reading skills every time you access a piece of information. That could be the news, something on social media, or an academic source like a textbook or journal article. Join the Library and Skills@Cumbria Team to develop these skills. You may be increasingly aware of bias and the term “fake news”. But what do they mean?  

Find out how digital and online misinformation, disinformation and malinformation works, and how you can protect yourself and others from it. 

Attend our webinar: Stop, Verify, Correct on Friday 28th March at 13:00. This is part of our Enhancement Week programme
Access our tutorial  
Upskill your critical approach
Access the handout about Misinformation and StopVerifyCorrect. 

21 March 2025

Sign up to our two Live Well Learn Well webinars delivered jointly by the Skills@Cumbria and Mental Health and Wellbeing teams. 

Managing Academic Stress

Develop an understanding of the causes and consequences of academic stress as well as techniques and strategies to help you manage overwhelm with your studies.

Procrastination

Do you find yourself avoiding coursework or putting off an assignment? This webinar will help you identify the reasons behind procrastinating behaviour and help you work out ways to overcome it.

We know students like to use Google Scholar to search for journal articles as part of their literature searching journeys.

But did you know you can set up Google Scholar to link easily from your results to the full text resources we provide for you?  

Find out more on our updated video or click here to read up about it.

Any questions please email skills@cumbria.ac.uk 

27 January 2025

 Two new videos to help you with using Refworks.

Refworks is a reference management tool to help you manage your references, create reference lists and even help when writing your assignments in Word or Google Docs.

For an introduction to Refworks click here.

To use Refworks in Word using a tool called Reference Citation Manager click here.

Did you know we run webinars on Refworks? Check out dates on our Webinars page

Any queries email skills@cumbria.ac.uk 

27 January 2025

Our first Visual Journey Lancaster Campus has gone live!  This shows you around the books, study spaces and where to ask for help within the library. 

10 December 2024

Our new Quick Guides to searching on Onesearch are now live!

Two new guides to help you to get the best out of using Onesearch:

Basics - to get you going see our Quick guide to OneSearch - basic

Advanced Search - check out further tips and more complex searching on our Quick guide to OneSearch - advanced

Any queries about searching email skills@cumbria.ac.uk 

2 September 2024

Thinking about writing a journal article and wondering how to choose a journal to submit to?  We have created this guide about choosing which journal to aim for when there are so many titles to choose from! 

 For staff there is a more detailed guide on Sharepoint

For any queries please email skills@cumbria.ac.uk in the first instance and we will signpost you to the right place to answer your query.

26th July 2024 

Staff from Professional Services are very welome to use our libraries and services.

Find out more on this link

02 August 2024

Share your love of reading with others and help us develop our Reading for You wishlist.  Add your favourite authors, titles, or categories of books to our Padlet.  Simply click on the + symbol to add your comment, link, or image.

22 March 2024. 

Our Ask a Librarian Chat Service is now available online 24/7.  

9am to 5pm - you would be chatting online with staff from the University Library

5pm - 9am - overnight you will be helped by a librarian based overseas, mostly in the USA. 

Use the form on the link above or look for the orange 'Ask a Librarian' tabs on Onesearch and selected library webpages.

You can also pop into a campus library too, and ask for help at the library desks. 

23rd  February 2024

Zone 2 at Brampton Road Library has been given a new look!  Please drop in and take a look - there are more study desks, a social seating area and new displays.  We hope you like it and would love to hear what you think via our feedback form. 

22nd January 2024

The Accessible study room has been very popular!  You can see more below about what is contains. We would love to hear what you think of it and how you have been using it on our feedback form

In the room on the 1st floor you will find:

• an adjustable height desk with ergonomic chair
• a double-screen PC with accessible software and adjustable desk lighting
• variable LED lighting and a sensory projector, both with remote controls to change colours, brightness and lighting effects
• a desktop book stand and perspex writing slope 
• a yoga mat, balance cushion and fidget toys
• a soft seat for breakout and relaxation
• adjustable blinds to filter natural light

You can book the room on our website here.

22nd January 2024