Leeds Beckett University - City Campus,
Woodhouse Lane,
LS1 3HE
Library support
Library Support for course planning and development.
Your Academic Librarians:
- Support course planning, design and (re)validations
- Advise on appropriate resources for your course and on reading list development
- Help you to integrate academic skills into your course modules
- Are a first contact point between Library Services and your School
Library and Learning Services Key Data and Insights Reports
Our Key Data and Insights Reports present a School-specific view of services provided by Library and Learning Services. They provide insight into student and staff use of services and resources and highlight future priorities.
Information Resources
Library Services produces an annual Library Services produces an annual Information Resources Plan outlining how, in collaboration with the Schools, a relevant and accessible range of learning resources are acquired and made available to support the University’s teaching, learning and research.
Discover is our academic search engine which searches a wide variety of academic databases, books, eBooks, journals and other resources. If you are looking for a specific resource you can also search our A-Z list of databases or our A-Z list of journals.
Subject guides highlight subject-specific resources for students.
If resources are not available online, the Library's Digitisation Service can (subject to licensing) make chapters or articles available so you can link to them from MyBeckett. For more information, please see our guide Scanning print materials for use in MyBeckett.
The University has an online reading list system. It enables students to access an online list of recommended resources for their module which are accessible directly from MyBeckett, making it simpler for students to go directly to their resources.
All modules are required to have a reading list.
Lists can be managed from the relevant module page of MyBeckett. There is support available for editing your online reading lists or please contact your Academic Librarian team.
The following guides have been created to support you in diversifying your reading list content:
Library Academic Support Team case studies and projects
We work with academic colleagues to embed academic skills into the curriculum to help you to develop your students’ skills to improve their performance. See the case studies below for more information. Request sessions and see other ways we can help develop your students' academic skills.
Findings from our recent projects on level four students, the impact of our teaching and international students inform our support for Schools and help us all understand the changing academic skills needs of our students.
- Carnegie School of Education - enhancing level-specific academic skills tuition
- Carnegie School of Sport - integration of Skills for Learning e-resources into the curriculum
- Leeds Business School - enhancing international student support
- Leeds Law School - embedding legal database training
- Leeds School of Arts - using the Library for report research with Interior Architecture and Design students
- School of Built Environment, Engineering and Computing - developing relationships to support international students
- School of Events, Tourism and Hospitality Management - enhancing ETHM academic integrity and international student support
- School of Health - enhancing academic skills instruction
- School of Humanities and Social Sciences - enhancing academic writing skills in the School and beyond
