How to research your assignment

Having trouble researching your assignment, take a look at this helpful multimedia guide produced by some library colleagues.

It breaks up doing your research into three stages, advising on keyword selection, where to look for the information and useful search techniques to try out.

You will find lots of books in the library and online which will help with doing your research too, try looking on Library Search for topics on research and library skills, critical thinking and study skills.

Accessing other libraries

Search25, a service that searches academic library collections in London and the South east, was launched this week.

If you want to search collections beyond London, you can use COPAC.


The Library offers an Inter-Document Delivery (IDD) service, which you can use to order books and journal articles not available in our collections.

You may wish to apply for a SCONUL card, which allows you to use other university libraries. Just ask at your library counter for more information.

Don't forget the RIBA Library which is just around the corner on Portland Place, photographic proof of identity is required for non members.

NBS TV Video

A new development ready for the academic year is that NBS (National Building Specifications), have made NBS TV free to air for the rest of the year!

It may be a good source for background research before delving into journals and books; it is an innovative way of research from reliable sources.

Click below for an example of the type of programmes available:

BIM and construction law - NBS TV video

Welcome

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Box of Broadcasts (BoB)

We have recently subscribe to the Box of Broadcasts resource or BoB for short, an off-air recording and media archive service. It has a TV scheduling service that allows users to record TV and radio programmes to be broadcast as well as retrieving programmes from a selected list of channels. Once programmes are recorded they can be streamed in flash and accessed online.


The archive currently offers over 45,000 TV and radio programmes covering all genres, with an archive of recorded programmes available indefinitely to users. Other features include the ability to create clips and playlists and then share with others.

You can access BoB via Library Search by typing the title into the Book, journals and more tab and then clicking on the link, you will be able to access off site in the UK using the institutional login.

Watch an overview below:

Free lecture: host cities and Olympic games

(Left) Olympic Memorial Tower, Metropolitan Komazawa Olympic Park at Setagaya, Japan. Photo by jumbo185usa from www.flickr.com. Used under a Creative Commons License.

(Right) The Arcelor Mittal Orbit. Photo by Andy Wilkes from www.flickr.com. Used under a Creative Commons License.


Not the winning but the taking part: what do the host city experiences of London and Tokyo signal for the future of the Olympic Games?



Date: 15th June 2012

Time: From 6:30 pm


Venue: JETRO London, Mid City Place, 71 High Holborn, London


As London readies itself to host the 2012 Olympic Games amidst extensive discussion of what the legacy of the event will be, there is also a great deal of interest in similar topics in Tokyo as it prepares its bid to host the Games in 2020. The Tokyo 1964 Olympic Games were a key part of the development of Japan in the context of its post-war recovery and had an important role in how the city came to be as it is today.


This historical story will be addressed by Prof Yasushi Aoyama, Professor at the Graduate School of Governance Studies of Meiji University, Tokyo, and former Vice-Governor of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. Prof Aoyama will also provide a Japanese perspective on the London 2012 Games as part of considering what the role of the Olympic Games can and should be in the future, considering the Olympic movement’s interaction with problems facing cities around the world.


His presentation will be responded to by Prof John Gold of Oxford Brookes University, who is the co-author of Olympic Cities City Agendas, Planning, and the World’s Games, 1896 to 2016 and an international authority on the history of urban festivals. Therefore this event will provide an intriguing range of perspectives on the impact of the Olympic Games in terms of politics, development and how cities evolve over time, whilst looking forward to see what positive role the Games can play in the future.


This event is free but booking is essential. To reserve a place, please contact event@jpf.org.uk with your name, details and those of any guests before Wednesday 13th June.


The Japan Foundation, Russell Square House, 10-12 Russell Square, London, WC1B 5EH