1. White Rose University Libraries: sharing access, information and skills Maria Mawson m.b.mawson@sheffield.ac.uk Faculty Librarian for Social Sciences University of Sheffield The University Library.

2. Information for researchers University of Leeds http://library.leeds.ac.uk/researcher University of Sheffield www.sheffield.ac.uk/library/research/introduction University of York www.york.ac.uk/library/info-for/researchers 01/03/2016© The University of Sheffield The University Library.

3. Get in touch! University of Leeds research@library.leeds.ac.uk University of Sheffield library@sheffield.ac.uk University of York lib-research-support@york.ac.uk 01/03/2016© The University of Sheffield The University Library.

4. 01/03/2016© The University of Sheffield Collections beyond your own institution COPAC – union library catalogue combining the holdings of research libraries in the UK and Ireland, including the British Library www.copac.ac.uk It may be possible to view the library catalogues of institutions not included on COPAC via their web sites The Archives Hub lists unique archive collections from over 250 institutions in the UK http://www.archiveshub.ac.uk/ The University Library.

5. 01/03/2016© The University of Sheffield Access to other university libraries SCONUL Access is a reciprocal library access and borrowing scheme covering White Rose and other university libraries. Register online at http://www.sconul.ac.uk/sconul-access Your home institution processes your application and sends you an email to take to other institutions Get wireless access through Eduroam The University Library.

6. The British Library and social science researchers Extensive collections, events and training Access to the reading rooms in London and at Boston Spa in Yorkshire http://www.bl.uk/socialsci ences Electronic Theses Online http://ethos.bl.uk 01/03/2016© The University of Sheffield The University Library.

7. White Rose open access repositories White Rose Research Online (WRRO) Shared open access repository for research outputs http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk White Rose Etheses Online (WREO) Open access to doctoral theses http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk 01/03/2016© The University of Sheffield The University Library.

8. Research Data Management & data for social science research All of the Libraries are working to support RDM in their institutions – see web pages for details See also Digital Curation Centre www.dcc.ac.uk Sources for social sciences datasets include UK Data Service http://ukdataservice.ac.uk/ UK Data Archive http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/ 01/03/2016© The University of Sheffield The University Library.

9. Researcher skills development The White Rose Libraries contribute to institutional research training programmes. Areas covered include literature search and review, reference management software, current awareness. Check our websites for details Vitae www.vitae.ac.uk includes advice on developing your skills, and the Researcher Development Framework 01/03/2016© The University of Sheffield The University Library.

10. Any questions? 01/03/2016© The University of Sheffield The University Library.