Library support for international students

• Quick start guide to library services
• Library terms / jargon / glossaries
• Helpsheets

• Help in doing library research
  • Ask a Librarian
    
    
• Helpsheets in using electronic databases
  
  
• Oxford Reference Online (premier ed. by LSBU library)
  
  
• Workshops:
• Library workshops
• IT workshops
• Study skills workshops
• Communication Skills workshops

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• What is plagiarism
  
  
• How to reference properly
  • Harvard style
  • Numeric style (for some engineering students)
  • Oscola style (for law students)
    
    
• Using referencing tools:
  • RefWorks
  • EndNote Web via ISI Web of Knowledge
  • Word 2007 (see brief description here)
    
    
• Self learning module: Accurate Referencing and Avoiding Plagiarism on Blackboard (bb)
  

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• Connecting to the wireless network
  • Mobile phones
  • Laptops
    
    
• Connecting to the Internet from the Halls of Residences
  
  
• IT workshops



• IT Helpsheets
  
  
• Email the IT Support Helpdesk (Tel: 0207815 6678)

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• Student Advice ( visa extension, doctor's registration, and other social events etc.)
  
  
• International Students Office

• Chinese Library in Charing Cross, London
• Danish Collections in the British Library
• German Historical Institute Library
• Italian Cultural Institutes Library
• Spanish library
• Thai Collection in the British Library

• Online newspapers from different countries
• World newspapers and magazines

• Access to other libraries

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• Self learning resources - Preparing for Success
  
  
• Life in the UK (by the British Council)
  
  
• Scholarships search
  • Scholarships search by Hotcourses
• Scholarships search by the British Council
• Commonwealth Scholarships

• Your subject Information Adviser
• Email Library general helpdesk
• Email Ask a Librarian for research questions

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