{"id":27,"date":"2020-09-07T11:55:15","date_gmt":"2020-09-07T10:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/physical-sciences-library-guide\/?page_id=27"},"modified":"2024-02-28T17:34:06","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T17:34:06","slug":"finding-resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/physical-sciences-library-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting started"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This guide identifies the most useful resources for Physical Science and keeps you up to date with library skills and news for your subject area.<\/p>\n<p>The best place to start searching for resources for your course is your online reading list and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/librarysearch.kent.ac.uk\/client\/en_GB\/kent\">LibrarySearch<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The best place to start searching for resources for your course is your reading list and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/librarysearch.kent.ac.uk\/client\/en_GB\/kent\">LibrarySearch<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Your online reading list can be found via your course Moodle. Here is a short video with instructions on how to access and use your reading list.<\/p>\n<div class=\"kent-video-wrapper\"><span class='embed-youtube' style='text-align:center; display: block;'><iframe class='youtube-player' type='text\/html' width='1140' height='672' src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7rfG2JicOoc?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;wmode=transparent' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen='true'><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Links to digital resources are available from here so may require your Kent Login to access them.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on library services including how to borrow, make reservations, checking your library account etc, please see our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/library-it\/guides\">full list of library guides<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Books<\/h4>\n<p>We have a large collection of\u00a0 books on physics and astronomy in the library as well as in related topics in chemistry, mathematics and engineering.<\/p>\n<p>As well as using LibrarySearch to find specific titles you may want to browse topics areas on the library shelves. These will generally be found on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/is\/templeman\/pdf\/floor-plans.pdf\">Floor 1\u00a0 Block B<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The first two letters of a classmark identify the topic within your discipline. You can look for these on the end of our shelving. For example,<\/p>\n<p><strong>QB<\/strong> \u2013 Astronomy\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <strong>QC<\/strong> \u2013 Quantum physics<\/p>\n<p><strong>QA<\/strong> \u2013 Computional Methods\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <strong>TA \u2013 <\/strong>Photonics<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/guides\/finding-books-and-library-resources\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Find out more<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0about finding books at the Templeman.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Borrowing items<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/guides\/borrow-from-the-templeman-library\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-135 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/anthropology-conservation-library-guide\/files\/2023\/02\/borrowing_800w_800w.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"197\" \/><\/a>Using your Kent One card, you can borrow up to 40 books from the Library!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/guides\/borrow-from-the-templeman-library\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Find out more<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0about borrowing from the Templeman.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Ebooks<\/h4>\n<p>You might also want to browse the following ebook collections for a specific topic:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chain.kent.ac.uk\/login?url=http:\/\/iopscience.iop.org\/bookList\/10\/1\">IOP Science Books<\/a> &#8211;\u00a0 collection of books from the Institute of Physics<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/link-springer-com.chain.kent.ac.uk\/search?facet-content-type=%22Book%22&amp;just-selected-from-overlay-value=%22Physics%22&amp;showAll=false&amp;facet-discipline=%22Physics%22&amp;just-selected-from-overlay=facet-discipline\">SpringerLink<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 good range of research\u00a0 and reference books in computer science. Filter by discipline.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www-sciencedirect-com.chain.kent.ac.uk\/browse\/journals-and-books?contentType=BK&amp;accessType=openAccess&amp;accessType=subscribed&amp;subject=physics-and-astronomy\">Science Direct<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 covering a range of computer science topics. Filter by domain.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www-cambridge-org.chain.kent.ac.uk\/core\/browse-subjects\/physics\">Cambridge Core<\/a> \u2013 browse by \u2018physics and astronomy\u2019<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/library-it\/your-digital-library\/digital-resources-directory\/143\/ieee\">IEEE Xplore<\/a> \u2013 browse books by subject from a wide range of computing topics, aerospace and photonics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a class=\"customize-unpreviewable\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/guides\/find-and-use-e-books\">More advice on how to find and use e-books<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul class=\"kent-social-links\"><li><a href='http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/physical-sciences-library-guide\/&amp;t=Getting started' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-facebook' title='Share via Facebook'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=Getting started%20https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/physical-sciences-library-guide\/' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-twitter' title='Share via Twitter'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/share?url=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/physical-sciences-library-guide\/' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-google-plus' title='Share via Google Plus'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='http:\/\/linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&amp;url=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/physical-sciences-library-guide\/&amp;title=Getting started' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-linkedin' title='Share via Linked In'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='mailto:content=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/physical-sciences-library-guide\/&amp;title=Getting started' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-email' title='Share via Email'><\/i><\/a><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This guide identifies the most useful resources for Physical Science and keeps you up to date with library skills and news for your subject area. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/physical-sciences-library-guide\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56317,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/physical-sciences-library-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/physical-sciences-library-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/physical-sciences-library-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/physical-sciences-library-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/56317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/physical-sciences-library-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/physical-sciences-library-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":156,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/physical-sciences-library-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27\/revisions\/156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/physical-sciences-library-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}