This page is for the following courses. See the resources we offer for other partner courses.
Barr Beacon SCITT
PGCE Secondary
Hereford, Ludlow and North Shropshire College
L5 healthcare assistant practitioner apprenticeship incorporating FdSc Health and Social Care
Prince Henry’s and South Worcestershire (PHSW) SCITT
PGCE Secondary
Somerset Centre for Integrated Learning (SCIL)
PGCE Primary/ Schools Direct/ SCITT trainees
Walsall College
CMDA Apprenticeship
Use Library Search: Partners to find journal articles and book chapters. Alternatively, you can search our databases individually:
Access ebooks for your course from the VLEbooks platform. If you get stuck on the Welcome page, try selecting the Shibboleth option. In order to search the platform successfully, avoid using punctuation in your search (video 0:50).
Our introductory video (3:14) shows you how to log into eresources and avoid some common pitfalls. Our eresources work best with Chrome and Firefox browsers.
You will need your University of Worcester login details to access our online resources. Add @uni.worc.ac.uk to the end of your University of Worcester username to log in, for example:
USER1_PS@uni.worc.ac.uk
If you are logging into VLEbooks and you are asked for a Institution ID, select the Office 365 sign in instead. If you are using a mobile phone, you will need to scroll down to find this.
If you have any problems accessing Worcester eresources, let Ros know.
Cite Them Right Online provides the style guide for Harvard referencing at the University of Worcester. Cite Them Right Online shows you how to reference everything from books to body-art. Try the interactive referencing tutorial.
The University of Worcester short guide to Harvard referencing is a useful quick reference guide. Our referencing FAQs show you how to reference documents such as the National Curriculum, a school policy, or a Mintel marketing report.
If you'd like to learn about managing stress, preparing for exams, and academic writing, see the study skills portal.
We would love to welcome you in our joint University and County Council library, The Hive, if you are able to visit. As a partner student you can borrow up to 12 standard loan items and three University high demand items. If you would like to use The Hive, please register online and we will be in touch when your library card is ready to collect. You will be able to view your partner student library account details, place reservations and renew your loans via The Hive library catalogue.
Open Access ebooks can be found via the Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB), OAPEN, and Springer Open Access Books. In addition, the Open Library provides free access for registered users to a range of ebooks that can be borrowed and read online.
Search ERIC for education related resources.
Open Access search engines Core, Unpaywall, BASE, OA Button and OAIster bring together freely available resources from across subject areas. PubMed Central (PMC) does similar for biomedical and life sciences. Content includes open access articles, books chapters, theses, dissertations and research.
UK theses and dissertations can be found on EThOS. Use DART-Europe to search for European theses. OhioLINK has some US content. OATD brings together theses from around the world. The NDLTD provides a comprehensive list of dissertation repositories globally. You will find abstracts and some full text on all these sites.
Partnership and Transitions Liaison Librarian
Email Ros
Ask me about how to search effectively, how to evaluate sources for academic study and how to reference your sources. Contact me with any queries about our resources and services for students studying with partner organisations.