This page is for the following courses. See the resources we offer for other partner courses.
Heart of Worcestershire College
FdA Payroll Management
FdA Early Years
Your college provides key texts for your course.
You can also borrow books from The Hive or any Worcestershire branch library. Register online to request your student library card for The Hive. To check which books we hold in The Hive and other libraries in the county please use The Hive Library catalogue.
| Item type | How many can I borrow? | How long can I borrow them for? | Maximum number of auto-renewals |
|---|---|---|---|
| University High Demand (blue label) | 12 | 2 weeks | 9 |
| Other items (no label) | 12 | 3 weeks | 9 |
| University AV (green label) | 3 | 3 weeks | 9 |
When you bring your items back, keep your receipt as proof of return.
We encourage you to bring your items back as soon as you’re finished with them. Log in to your library account to see what you have borrowed, and its current due date. We’ll automatically renew items on your account up to nine times, providing they are not reserved by another borrower. We’ll email you to confirm whether your items have been auto-renewed. Check your university email regularly to keep up to date.
If another borrower has reserved an item on your account or we have already renewed it nine times you will need return it.
It is your responsibility to return your items on time.
Worcestershire County Council chargeable items (AV) are not included in auto-renewals and must be renewed and paid for separately.
If the item you want is on loan or at another branch library, you can reserve it via your library account. You can reserve up to five items at a time. You can choose to collect your reserved item from any Worcestershire branch library.
We’ll email you when your reservation is ready. If you selected The Hive as your pickup location, collect your item from the reservation shelf on level 1. It will be shelved in alphabetical order by your surname.
| Item type | Where can I collect my reservation from? | How long will I have to collect my reservation? | Where can I return it? |
|---|---|---|---|
| University High Demand (blue label) | Any Worcestershire branch library | 7 days | Any Worcestershire branch library |
| Other items (no label) | Any Worcestershire branch library | 14 days | Any Worcestershire branch library |
| University AV (green sticker) | Any Worcestershire branch library | 14 days | Any Worcestershire branch library |
If your item is 30 days overdue, a ‘late charge’ of £12 will block you from borrowing or renewing other items. You will need to return the item, or supply a good quality, identical replacement copy of the item to have the charge removed. If an item is not returned after 45 days the charge rises to £30, and the debt will be passed to UW Finance.
You can pay charges in The Hive or any Worcestershire branch library using the self-service machines to pay by cash or debit/credit card. There is a minimum payment of £1 by card.
Get in touch with us at libraryaccounts@worc.ac.uk as soon as possible if you have lost a University of Worcester item, if you have an issue with charges, or if you think an item on your account is incorrect.
You can access a selection of University of Worcester research databases from within The Hive only.
Journal articles are also available via Access to Research from computers within The Hive and other Worcestershire County Council Libraries.
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.
The University of Worcester uses the Cite Them Right 12th edition Harvard style for referencing. Download our short guide to Harvard referencing.
Advice and support with referencing is available from the Ask a Librarian team. For more in depth instruction regarding referencing, book an appointment with Ros either online or in The Hive.
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.