This page will help you get more out of your Library resources for your assignments, projects and dissertations in Physics.
Use the University VPN to access to these resources, any time, anywhere.
Books provide an excellent overview of a topic and are a great resource when starting an assignment. Refer to any Reading Lists you may have been directed to or use the Library Catalogue to search for topics.
A short (2 min) video on the basics of accessing books and ebooks in the Computing subject area.
If we don't have a book you're interested in, we may be able to obtain it via Interlibrary Loan.
The basics of accessing books and ebooks in the Computing subject area can be found here.
For a look at an ebook package (in this case Ebook Central) in a bit more detail, see this short video.
Advanced users may wish to look at some of these scholarly ebook collections: (Note that we have other specialist subject collections under other Subject Pages.)
fully searchable in EBSCO Discovery
A variety of reference works, including dictionaries, which tutors may well prefer to Wikipedia, and it even tells you how to set out a reference to what you find. Try out the 'Mind Map' feature to see how your keyword links to others - useful for essay planning and dissertation work.
These short videos show you how Credo can speed up your research:
- Search tips
- Using the automated mind map
An online reference collection, featuring full-text content from subject-specific reference titles. Do a keyword search of the whole collection or browse for a reference work by subject. Get help planning your research by visualising your topic with a concept map.
Additional access instructions:
This book is a 10-volume collection of hundreds of new previously unpublished authoritative research articles contributed by thousands of experts and researchers from around the globe covering a full range of perspectives, applications, and techniques. With critical perspectives on the impact of information management and new technologies in modern settings
Access around 800 e-textbooks from Cambridge University Press. Titles cover many subjects across the Humanities, Social Sciences, Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Medicine and Nursing. Anyone with a UoP username can access all the content but if you want to take advantage of extra features such as bookmarking, annotations, reading on a mobile device and copying/printing up to 15% of any title, you should register for a personal account on the Cambridge package. This short video shows how you can use bookmarking, highlighting etc. available via the Read online button.
You can store up to 20 books for offline reading on a computer or mobile device and features such as bookmarks and highlights will sync between your online and offline versions. To take advantage of this select the ‘Add to offline bookshelf’ button on the book page. Once this is done, you will receive a message to confirm it has been added for you so that you can read the book using the Cambridge Spiral app.