Inter-semester break

Although Semester 1 ends today and next week is classed as a 'reading week' for some students, all three libraries will be fully open for the usual term-time hours, so come in and make the most of our resources. Also good luck to those students sitting exams next week!

A quote for today...

"A library is thought in cold storage" Lord Samuel, 1870-1963, British Liberal politician. Taken from The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations accessed via Oxford Reference Online (which is available via the library webpages).

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Interesting quote for the day...

"If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need" Marcus Tullius Cicero, 106-43 BC, Roman statesman, orator and writer.

Welcome back!

Happy New Year everyone, hope you had a good break and are raring to go! It's that time of year for making new resolutions, so why not apply this to your SMU library and try a new service that maybe you haven't before? Perhaps you could 'borrow' an e-book for the first time, or as an alternative to 'Google-ing' something use one of our databases, or maybe just check out/in your own items using our self-service kiosks. We've lots of resources and services to help you with your course over the next couple of terms, so please come in and discover something new this year!

Brrrrrrrr!

It’s cold out there and it looks like the snow and ice will be with us for a while. If you can’t get to your SMU library, or would prefer to stay in the warm at home, don’t forget we have a wealth of material available for you online via the Library web pages (www.smu.ac.uk/library). Find ebooks on the Library catalogue, search for ejournals using the eJournal Quick Search box, and look for journal articles online using our Databases. Now you can keep up with your studies wherever you are and whatever the weather!

If you are feeling intrepid enough to make the journey in, you’ll find our vacation opening hours on the website too. We at SMU Library and Learning Resources hope you’re keeping safe and warm this winter and wish you all the best for the festive period. Merry Christmas and a happy New Year everyone!

Just a little reminder!

Don't forget to renew any items you have borrowed from the library if you would like them over the Christmas vacation! Both weekly and ordinary loan items are now due back in January when issued/renewed, with two-day loan items following suit from Thursday, and overnight loan items from Friday. If you have any queries, please just ask a member of library staff!

For details of when your SMU Libraries are open during the Christmas vacation, please see the notices link on our library homepage...