Collections and support

• Check our Library webpageLink opens in a new window for up to date information about Library services. These include click and collect, postal loans, a scanning service a freepost service to send back any books you need to return.

• Don't forget about our online collections to help you with your academic research, including the Library's specialist databases for PhilosophyLink opens in a new window. These include key resources such as PhilPapersLink opens in a new window and Philosopher’s IndexLink opens in a new window, as well as huge collections of primary sourcesLink opens in a new window.

• Our e-book collectionsLink opens in a new window are also worth searching directly, as they will allow you to search the full text of the books you have access to. The best collections to start would be:

Cambridge CoreLink opens in a new window: the platform for Cambridge University Press e-books, including the Cambridge Companions, and some other presses.

Oxford Scholarship OnlineLink opens in a new window: the platform for Oxford University Press e-books.

ProQuest eBook CentralLink opens in a new window: over 150,000 academic e-books from a wide range of publishers.

SpringerLinkLink opens in a new window: includes thousands of humanities e-books from Springer and Palgrave

Taylor and Francis e-book platformLink opens in a new window: over 15,000 e-books from Taylor and Francis.

• There are other free, open access resources that you can use. These include:

Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)Link opens in a new window: Online directory that indexes and provides access to high quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals.

Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB)Link opens in a new window: A non-profit platform for Open Access academic books.

OAPEN LibraryLink opens in a new window: A non-profit platform for Open Access academic books in the Humanities and Social Sciences.

Open Library of the HumanitiesLink opens in a new window: A charitable organisation and publishing platform that hosts Open Access academic journals in the Humanities.

• For help using the resources for Philosophy, we have opened up the Moodle course, Research Skills for PhilosophyLink opens in a new window, so anyone can enrol on it. It is particularly useful for students starting out with philosophy research or anyone wanting a refresher on research skills. There are more general tutorials to help you find, reference and present your research, available through our Library Online CoursesLink opens in a new window.
• Most importantly, please do get in touch with me, Sarah Ahktaruzzaman (S.E.Ahktaruzzaman@warwick.ac.uk), with any questions or requests for support. I am happy to help any way I can, by email, phone or Teams chat.

Support for postgraduate research

• Our postgraduate Community Engagement team is working remotely to support your studies and help you to stay in touch with your community. Details of the support and online events are available on the PG Hub websiteLink opens in a new window.

• The Library's Scholarly Communications Team are here to support postgraduate researchers throughout the lifecycle of your research project. We provide training and advice on managing your research data (including creating a Data Management Plan), publishing and disseminating your research and using metrics to help you to evaluate its impact.

  We also offer guidance on copyright for research, teaching and learning and advise on the options available to make your research outputs Open Access, including Open Access funding and how to use the Warwick Research Archive Portal (WRAP).

  You can contact us at scholarlycomms@warwick.ac.uk.

Library Accessibility Services

RNIB Bookshare is an online educational Library, accessible by students with a print disability (eligibility includes visual impairment, dyslexia, autism, dyspraxia, AD(H)D and physical disabilities which affect the use of print material.) We hold an institutional account at Warwick, so you simply need to register via a form and we will contact you with your username and password. If the you do not want to declare your diagnosis, there is an option to upload evidence rather than register fully with Disability Services. Once you have access you can browse the catalogue independently and view accessible copies of print books, which can then be further used with software to change the visual appearance or to have it read aloud.

The Library has an assistive software page with further information on what software is available whilst studying at Warwick. Recently, we produced an inclusive productivity tools page for all students and staff, which promotes freely available software to support a wide range of areas around productivity such as organisation, time management, reading, notetaking etc. You can filter the software by study need and operating device.

For students using e-books, we have a new YouTube playlist around how to adapt and utilise e-books including searching, highlighting/note-taking and improving the e-book readability.