The University of Chichester Library Services are based in the Learning Resource Centres (LRCs) on both of our campuses. There is a team of professional librarians at each campus who provide specialist support, deliver information skills training and manage the library resources.
Appointments can be booked with Academic Liaison Librarians.
Academic Liaison Librarians provide advice and assistance to find appropriate resources for assignments, seminars and projects. For more information about the best resources to use for your assignments please see the Library Services Moodle.
Library Catalogue
Our Library Catalogue gives you easy access to the physical collections of the University and our large collection of eBooks, along with the ability to search for journal articles using Discovery.
There is more information about searching the catalogue on the Library Services Moodle page under Using the Library.
eResources and eBooks
eResources
Please see the eResources sections on the Library Services Moodle page.
From here you can search for individual journal articles using our Discovery search. You can also search for whole Journal publications and access an A-Z list of Databases and eBook platforms we subscribe to with online guides available.
For more information about the best databases for your subject contact the Academic Liaison Librarians on librarian@chi.ac.uk or book an appointment with an Academic Liaison Librarian.
eBooks
The library purchases eBooks which current students can access using the library catalogue or via eBooks on the Library Services Moodle page.
- VLeBooks - Access to individual eBooks purchased by the University of Chichester.
- Proquest Ebook Central - A collection of more than 179,000 full-text books covering a wide range of academic subject areas, including business, computer and applied sciences, humanities, science, medicine and allied health, and social sciences.
- Ebscohost - eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) is a small, but growing collection of ebooks.
Help and training on Library resources
You can request library training sessions for any of our services by contacting an Academic Liaison Librarian on librarian@chi.ac.uk or booking an appointment. There are also resource guides available on the Library Services Moodle page.
For help and guidance on using the Mendeley referencing tool, please see our Mendeley guide. For general information about referencing please see the academic skills resources and contact the academic skills tutor: Study Skills Moodle page.
Please note, in addition, the TEL (Technology Enhanced Learning) team offer training in IT skills, academic skills, and assistive technology.
Assisted Library Services
Please ask Library staff (or SIZ staff during evenings and weekends) for additional help locating books.
Book an appointment with an Academic Liaison Librarian whenever you like during your course so they can help you with access to print and online resources and any library issues you might have:
Find out more about Assisted library service.
There are also a number of guides to assistive technology for staff and students.