1. SALT Mentors – Advice for
Library resources
Clare Scott
Faculty Librarian for Arts &
Humanities

2. Aims
• Students will listen to other students – which is
great – but we need the right message
• List of links
• Key messages
– Login to MUSE
– Some things are Print Only
– Arts students need to use the Research Library (WBL)
– You can contact me by email directly for help
Particular issues that affect dual students?

3. Why use a Subject Guide?
• Good place to start for an essay/independent
research project – use all that are appropriate for
your studies (Key resources by Subject)
• http://www.shef.ac.uk/library/subjects/subjects
• Databases –
– what are they ?
– why are they useful? General and cross-searching
– when?
– Saving searches – download/email
Reference and Data sources – Scholarly approaches
Google Scholar and setting preferences

4. More Library help
• Information Skills Resource
– Referencing tutorials by subject (use all that apply)
– Including advice for specialist materials e.g. Maps
and Manuscripts/Primary sources
– Database and searching advice
– Plagiarism tutorial
– Literature Review advice (Researchers Tab)

5. StarPlus – the new Library Catalogue
• http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/library/services/catalogue Link from Library
webpage
• Login to ensure full functionality – if you are not already logged into MUSE
you will be prompted to do so
• Still a Beta service – but will be the Catalogue from the next academic
session
• University Collections – a search of what we own at UoS Library (print and
electronic)
• Articles & more - a search of what we own plus other resources –
databases (BBIH, Historical Abstracts, WoK, Scopus and other free
resources including full text ebooks from Hathi Trust)

6. StarPlus University Collections Tab
• Books and journals – p + e
• Search using Keywords, titles or author names
(Advanced Search is available)
• Filters or Facets on the left allow you to refine
your searching

7. StarPlus Articles & More Tab
• You must be logged in for full text access
• Use this for journal articles on a particular
subject or a specific article
• Default search is Primo Central
• Alternatively use the Subject Quickset from
the drop down menu

8. StarPlus Articles & more for History
Primo Central
History databases that can History Quick Set: British
be searched individually Humanities Index, Arts &
and directly: Historical Humanities citation index
Abstracts , America, via WoK, Historical
History & Life, Bibliography Abstracts
of British and Irish History

9. StarPlus Articles & more for Biblical
Studies
Primo Central
Religion and theology Biblical Studies
databases that can be Quick Set: ATLA
searched individually Religion database,
and directly: ATLA British Humanities
Religion database Index

10. StarPlus Articles & more for
Archaeology
Primo Central
Archaeology databases
that can be searched Archaeology Quick Set:
individually and directly: Anthropological Index
BIAB, International Online, SCOPUS,
Medieval Bibliography, British Humanities
Anthropological Index Index
Online

11. StarPlus Articles & more for English
Literature
Primo Central
English Literature
English Quick Set: Arts &
databases that can be
searched individually and
Humanities citation index
directly: MLA via WoK, JSTOR, MLA
International International Bibliography,
Bibliography, LION LION

12. StarPlus Articles & more for English
Language and Linguistics
Primo Central
English Language and
Linguistic Databases that can English Quick Sets: Arts &
be searched individually and Humanities citation index
directly: Linguistic Abstracts via WoK, JSTOR, MLA
Online, MLA International International
Bibliography Bibliography, LION

13. StarPlus Articles & more for Modern
Languages
Primo Central
Modern Languages databases Modern Languages Quick
that can be searched Sets: MLA International
individually and directly: MLA Bibliography, Linguistics and
International Bibliography, Language Behaviour
Oxford Language Dictionaries abstracts, WoK
Online

14. StarPlus Articles & more for
Philosophy
Primo Central
Philosophy databases that can Philosophy Quick
be searched individually and
directly: Oxford Scholarship Sets: Philosopher’s
Online Philosophy Collection,
Philosopher’s Index, Arts &
Index, British
Humanities Citation Index via Humanities Index,
WoK
WoK

15. StarPlus Articles & more for Music
Primo Central
Music databases that can be
searched individually and Music Quick Sets: Naxos
directly: RILM abstracts of music library, Oxford Music
music online, Naxos Music Online (inc. Grove), RILM,
Library, Oxford Music Online JSTOR Music
inc. Grove

16. Issues for Dual students
• More than one referencing system to learn
• Languages – material available on wide variety
of topics in different languages
• Other issues I have not thought of??

17. Contact Details
• Clare Scott
c.scott@shef.ac.uk
Tel. 27284
Clare Scott webpage with links to Subject Guides
BLOG
http://www.librarydevelopment.group.shef.ac.uk/blogs
/arts/