Library

Our web pages offer you access to general information about the library, to services that we offer, to our library catalogue, to electronic resources and to guides and online help.

• To find out about borrowing information, etc, please click on Services on the left hand menu.

• To look for stock on the library shelves - books, print journals, CD's, DVD's, etc., click on Library Catalogue.

• To access our electronic resources to look for articles on your topic, electronic books and electronic journals, click on Electronic Resources.

• For useful links, including how to access other academic libraries, and how to access Enabling Support and Effective Learning support, click on Useful Links.

Each campus also has Subject Librarians who will often take you for classes during your modules to introduce you to different aspects of Information Literacy. You can also contact your Subject Librarian for help in using and finding resources and materials. Two or three students can be seen together in a tutorial if you want to come with a friend. Click on the link to find out how to contact your Subject Librarian.

 

• Your student card is also your library card.

• Before you borrow books, first activate your library card at the Service Desk and get an induction pack.

• Learn your network password so you can access our electronic resources - search for books and articles online.

• You are allocated £10 worth of print credit per year for use on campus.

• Books and other loans can be renewed in person, over the phone at your local campus, or online.

Moodle is the UWS Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) where your lecturers will put your modules and course materials. The Library has a module called My UWS Library that everyone in the University has access to. Log on to Moodle with your banner number. Your password is your 6 digit date of birth. 

If you are unable to come into the library because you live a long way from any of our campus libraries it is important to make full use of our electronic resources and online support here.

We have hundreds of electronic books available on many different subjects and the number is growing all the time. There are over 600 titles available in Healthcare, Nursing and Midwifery and related subjects. These are exactly the same as the printed books you would find on the shelf. Use the Library Catalogue to search for these: use the "More Searches" drop-down menu and select "Advanced Search". Limit the "Material Type" to "E-Book".

In addition to the electronic resources and support, there are other ways we can try to help you access either our library or an alternative library nearer your own home.

• Register as a "distance user". If you live in the UK, but are too far from any of our campus libraries to visit them, you can register as a distance user with the library. When you first enroll at UWS, contact Sheila MacPherson (tel. 0141-848-3753) to see whether or not you qualify. This will enable books and articles available on the Library Catalogue to be sent to you. This does not apply to books and articles that we have available electronically and you will be required to cover the postage for sending the book back
• Become a member of the SCONUL scheme. This allows library users working or studying at participating higher education libraries in the United Kingdom and Ireland to use the libraries of other participating organisations. This means you have the chance to access other University libraries nearer to your home or place of work.
• If you work in the NHS, make use of your local, or placement, hospital library and, as well as making use of UWS electronic library, join the NHS's eLibrary (Knowledge Network in Scotland, NHS Evidence in England). 
• Use your local public library and reference libraries.