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Library Offsite Service

Key Library Resources – What’s New in 2017!

Have a look at the new Key Library Resources for 2017. New in this year: top quality research from a wider range of journals published by Taylor and Francis.

Written By

Library Offsite Team

Published on 25 Jan 2017

And in addition to this new collection we’re constantly making new journal titles available. This enables you to access top quality research for your topic. We’ve added titles from a broad range of subject areas, including:

International Journal of Sports Marketing and Sponsorship
International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
Several law journals, including Current Legal Problems andBusiness and Human Rights Journal

Why not check out the full list of new titles.

We have lots of help and guidance on using Discover to search for articles and journals along with a handy videos. Also for information on E-journals please see the FAQs provided.

You can check out recent book titles relevant to your course by clicking on Subject Support on the Library homepage, choose your subject area and click on the Books tab within your Subject Guide.

You will also find further relevant information and the contact details for your Academic Librarian on your Subject Guide or if you need help with planning your research for an assignment this is an excellent place to start.

Why not join us on the Leeds Beckett Distance Learning Community.

Leeds Beckett Distance Learning Community is a place for all Leeds Beckett distance learning students, across all courses, to chat to each other and to ask questions to the Distance Learning Unit.