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QAHE – Computing UR Library Guide

The University of Roehampton’s LibGuide for QA. This guide provides information on Library and IT resources for students and staff.

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Resources

VLeBooks

Use the email address given to you for enrolment as the username and Qa + your DOB eight digits (e.g. Qa01121984) for the password; use qahigher for the Organisation ID if required. If you experience problems accessing VLeBooks this may be caused by your browser (Chrome, Mozilla, Safari or similar) storing your University of Roehampton login used for accessing academic databases. The easiest way to resolve this is to use a different browser for accessing ebooks at www.vlebooks.com. Copy this address to the address bar of another browser, for example, Internet Explorer or Edge, or any other (Chrome, Mozilla, Safari etc.) different to the one you have been using so far. If you experience any other problems accessing VLeBooks please refer to the 'VLeBooks access guide' PDF below.

Printed Books

Please use your campus library in Birmingham, London (Rosebery Avenue) or Manchester. To search for those books, use the library catalogue. To manage your library account, you can download the myCirqa app for iPhones and Android devices. To login, search for Roehampton, choose your campus (Birmingham, London or Manchester), then use your students number for the ID and your date of birth (DDMMYY) – for the PIN.

Reading lists for BSc Computing Technologies.

Referencing Styles

The main referencing style used at UR is our local version of Harvard (see guidance below). Please note: there is no standard style of Harvard referencing, every university/institution has their own version. In addition, please be aware that online reference generators such as Mendeley, Zotero, etc. will also contain a different version of Harvard. 

If you are unsure which referencing style to use please check with your tutors.

RefWorks is reference management software that allows you to:

  • Save references from sources such as ejournals, databases, library catalogues and websites
  • Compile your own database of references
  • Insert correctly formatted citations into your documents
  • Automatically generate bibliographies and lists of works cited

RefWorks can be used anywhere via the internet. It is funded by the Library and is free to Roehampton students.

 

Getting Started with RefWorks​

​Anyone at the University of Roehampton can create an account in RefWorks. To do this:

1. Click on the link below and click the “sign up” link.
2. Fill in your information making sure to use your University of Roehampton email address (you will not be able to sign up with a personal email address)
3. You will receive an email with a link to complete the registration process and activate your account
 
Once you activate your account you’ll get access immediately and can get started adding and managing your references.​
 
Migrating existing references into RefWorks
Users of the old version of Refworks can import their references into new version of RefWorks.