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Exam Stress Buster & drop in sessions

Exam Stress Buster

http://www.artofliving.org UK Registered Charity: 1131480 / SC041411

The Counselling and Support Service and Jaydeep Pancholi invite you to drop in for free meditation sessions to help dispel your anxiety and stress.

Where:
The Anderson Room, top floor, Cameron Smail Library

When:
Mondays: 25th April, 2nd, 9th & 16th May: 1215 – 1245
Thursdays: 28th April, 5th, 12th & 19th May: 1615 – 1645

Exam stress drop in sessions

For anyone who is struggling or feeling very anxious.

Where:
Student Support and Accommodation Office, Hugh Nisbet building

When:
Monday-Friday throughout the exams: 1400 – 1500

No appointment needed – all welcome!

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by Moira Stephen on 23 April 2016 • Permalink

Posted in Built Environment, EPS, HWU Edinburgh, Life Sciences, MACS, News and Information, Petroleum Engineering, SoSS, Staff, Student, Textiles and Design

Posted by Moira Stephen on 23 April 2016

https://informs.hw.ac.uk/2016/04/23/exam-stress-buster-drop-in-sessions/

Transform IT – Transform Your Tech, Change the World (Malaysia campus)

The ‘Transform IT – Transform Your Tech, Change The World’ campaign was launched this week at Heriot-Watt University Malaysia.

Transform IT is a programme where old digital devices can be donated and refurbished to be given to non-governmental organisations, welfare homes and community centres nationwide or responsibly recycled to ensure no damage is done to the environment.

The campaign is in partnership with social enterprise SOLS Tech, HP Malaysia, and AIESEC Student Club at Heriot-Watt University Malaysia.

For more information see: –

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by Moira Stephen on 08 March 2016 • Permalink

Posted in Built Environment, EPS, HWU Malaysia, Life Sciences, MACS, News and Information, Petroleum Engineering, Staff, Student, Textiles and Design

Posted by Moira Stephen on 08 March 2016

https://informs.hw.ac.uk/2016/03/08/transform-it-transform-your-tech-change-the-world-malaysia-campus/

Study space update (Edinburgh campus)

The following information supplements that already available on the Other Spaces tab at www.hw.ac.uk/studyspace

Rooms available for study during exam period.

25 April – 20 May 2016: from 09:15 – 22:15

Teaching rooms

David Brewster

DB1.15

Edwin Chadwick

ECG.01
ECG.02

William Arrol

WA1.08
WA1.10
WA1.31
WA3.03

Earl Mountbatten*

EM3.02
EM3.03
EM3.06
EM3.07

James Nasmyth

JN1.01
JN1.02
JN1.03

PC Labs

Earl Mountbatten*: – EM2.52
Edwin Chadwick: – EC2.04
Mary Burton: – MBG.22

Other rooms

Mary Burton Building
18:15 – 22:00 weekdays
08:30 – 22:00 Saturday & Sunday

Ground floor: All ground floor teaching rooms and computer labs

First floor: MB 1.47 and MB 1.62

* Earl Mountbatten is electronically locked around 7 pm (automated system) – no one can enter the building after this time.

Students already in EM can stay until 10 pm but they MUST sign the “out of hours” book at the North entrance/red canopy leading to the car park so that we know who is in. The North entrance is the only exit after 7 pm (please use exit release button).

The Chaplaincy Centre Lounge can also be used as a study area: –
Saturday 30th April; 7th & 14th May: 09:00 – 19:00
Sunday 1st, 8th & 15th May: 15:00 – 19:00

Other teaching rooms may be available – you can check room availability at Online Timetables.

If you wish to enquire about making a room booking contact roombookings@hw.ac.uk

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by Moira Stephen on 04 March 2016 • Permalink

Posted in Built Environment, EPS, HWU Edinburgh, Life Sciences, MACS, SoSS, Staff, Student

Posted by Moira Stephen on 04 March 2016

https://informs.hw.ac.uk/2016/03/04/study-space-update-edinburgh-campus-2/

Nexis: Global news and business research service

Nexis: Global news and business research service

We have a new subscription to Nexis (replacing the previous subscription to Factiva).

Nexis is Ideal for lecturers and students specialising in: Business, Management, Politics, Linguistics, Languages, Social Sciences and more. It provides full text access to UK and international newspapers and trade press, with foreign language news sources in over 26 languages and also:

Full text access to The Financial Times (30 day embargo)
• Company and industry information from Extel Cards, Hoover’s profiles, ICC Financial Analysis Reports and Worldscope.
• Company Dossier
• Economic and political profiles for countries.
• Biographical information including Debrett’s People of Today and Who’s Who

Nexis is available from the A-Z list of databases.

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by Catherine Ure on 16 October 2015 • Permalink

Posted in Built Environment, Electronic Library Services, EPS, Life Sciences, MACS, Petroleum Engineering, SoSS, Textiles and Design

Tagged newspapers

Posted by Catherine Ure on 16 October 2015

https://informs.hw.ac.uk/2015/10/16/nexis-global-news-and-business-research-service/

More Online Journals

We have expanded our provision of full-text journals from the Proquest databases and now have access to the following:

ProQuest SciTech Collection
• Research literature in science, technology and engineering
• 5,600 full-text titles
• 1,700 full-text environmental impact statements

ProQuest Social Sciences Premium Collection
• Comprehensive bundle of full text and A&I social sciences literature
• Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts
• 640 full-text titles

ProQuest Art, Design and Architecture Collection
• Collection of A&I databases and journals in full-text
• 400 full-text titles

Proquest databases are listed in the A-Z list of databases.

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by Catherine Ure on 16 October 2015 • Permalink

Posted in Built Environment, EPS, HWU Dubai, HWU Edinburgh, HWU Malaysia, HWU Orkney, Life Sciences, MACS, Petroleum Engineering, SoSS, Textiles and Design

Tagged business, computer science, engineering, journals, languages, mathematics, science

Posted by Catherine Ure on 16 October 2015

https://informs.hw.ac.uk/2015/10/16/more-online-journals/

Knovel and Geofacets trials – feedback

Out trials to Knovel and Geofacets will end on 17 March 2015, so there are still a few days left to try out them out:

If you have tried out these products, we would very much appreciate your feedback:

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by Sarah on 13 March 2015 • Permalink

Posted in Built Environment, News and Information, Petroleum Engineering

Tagged Feedback, Resources, Trials

Posted by Sarah on 13 March 2015

https://informs.hw.ac.uk/2015/03/13/knovel-and-geofacets-trials-feedback/

Geofacets and Knovel trials

Heriot-Watt currently has trials of two new resources, Knovel and Geofacets.

Knovel is an applied engineering resource, giving fully searchable online access to hundreds of eBooks and technical information about materials and properties. (It is different to the Knovel eBooks provided by professional bodies such as IChemE.)

Geofacets is a maps database, which can be searched with geographic and keyword searches. It is primarily aimed at geoscientists and petroleum engineers, but may be useful to staff and students from other disciplines.

These resources will be available until mid-March. Please send any feedback to your Subject Librarian.

Edinburgh campus staff/research postgraduates
The suppliers of Knovel and Geofacets will be at Edinburgh campus on Wednesday 25th February to give short demonstrations of Knovel and Geofacets, and to answer any questions you have about these products. Please sign up for these sessions via the links below:
Knovel: http://854.v1.libcal.com/event.php?id=928820
Geofacets: http://854.v1.libcal.com/event.php?id=928822

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by Kirsty Thomson on 20 February 2015 • Permalink

Posted in Built Environment, EPS, Petroleum Engineering

Posted by Kirsty Thomson on 20 February 2015

https://informs.hw.ac.uk/2015/02/20/geofacets-and-knovel-trials/

New Engineering Disasters Resource

Heriot-Watt staff and students now have access to Engineering Case Studies Online, which will be useful for students and staff studying all types of engineering.

These case studies focus on the causes of engineering failures, and give a short summary of the incident, alongside original documents, eyewitness accounts, inquiry reports and TV documentaries.

Many well-known engineering disasters are covered, including:

Piper Alpha

Windscale Fire

Space Shuttle Challenger

Big Dig Ceiling Collapse

If you have any questions about using Engineering Case Studies Online, please contact your Subject Librarian.

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by Kirsty Thomson on 16 February 2015 • Permalink

Posted in Built Environment, EPS, Petroleum Engineering

Posted by Kirsty Thomson on 16 February 2015

https://informs.hw.ac.uk/2015/02/16/new-engineering-disasters-resource/

Extra Study Spaces: 13th January – 4th April

Looking for a space to study on the Edinburgh Campus? The following rooms will be open for students Monday – Friday until 10:00 pm from 13th January – 4th April 2015.

Vacation and exam period study spaces

Building	Room Nos
Edwin Chadwick	1.01, 1.02
James Nasmyth	1.01, 1.02, 1.03
Earl Mountbatten	G44, G45, G61
	1.1, 1.70, 1.82, 1.83
	2.44
	3.2, 3.3, 3.6, 3.7, 3.36
Colin Maclaurin	G01
William Arrol	1.08, 1.09, 1.10
David Brewster	1.13, 1.14, 1.15
William Perkin	1.07, 1.08, 1.09, 1.10
Mary Burton	1.25A, 1.47

The rooms might also be available during the day when not being used for teaching – check availability in the teaching timetables.

As well as the 110 PCs in the Cameron Smail Library, there are hundreds more in labs around the campus, with printing & scanning attached. Check PC availability.

The James Watt Centre is also open for studying on

February:

2nd, 3rd
16th, 17th, 18th
24th & 25th

March:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 6^th
10^th, 11^th, 12^th
16th,17^th,18^th,19^th
24^th ,25^th, 26^th29^th
31^st

See the Edinburgh Campus map if you want to check where a building is.

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by Moira Stephen on 05 February 2015 • Permalink

Posted in Built Environment, EPS, General, HWU Edinburgh, Library Building, Life Sciences, MACS, Petroleum Engineering, Student

Posted by Moira Stephen on 05 February 2015

https://informs.hw.ac.uk/2015/02/05/extra-study-spaces-13th-january-4th-april/

IS Update | January 2015

So it’s the end of week 3 already! As the New Year seems like a distant memory, and you have been busy settling in to Semester 2, IS have also been keeping busy, so here is the January round up. For a PDF of this IS Update, click here.

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