What’s New in it services and the Library September 2015
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- Thinking of buying a laptop
- Sunray cluster replacement
- New Library resources The Library has made available the following additional online resources since the start of 2015: Databases
- Multimedia and Interactive resources
- Archives and eBook packages
- Problem with your computer
- Edge browser and University applications
- Library support for disabled users
- New scanning to email facility
- Strong password best practice
- Improvements to eduroam (WiFi)
- Windows devices Accept the certificate if prompted. More detailed information will be available later. About UoB mobile app
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What’s New in IT Services and the Library September 2015 WelcomeWelcome back to those of you who are returning for a new year at Bradford, and also to those of you who are new! We hope you enjoy your time with us and wish you every success in your studies. We provide: a range of study environments in the J. B. Priestley Library and the Management and Law Library, all with long opening hours; books, journals and online information services to support learning and research; academic and technical guidance, with 24 / 7 access to computing facilities, including free email and internet access; seminars, workshops and professional expertise to help with IT and research skills for your academic work; industry-standard business systems and infrastructure to support the University's learning, teaching and administration. Our websites gives access to all our services. We hope that whether you are on campus, at home, at work, or based at one of our collaborative partner institutions, you will find useful information, advice and guidance here www.bradford.ac.uk/information-services Sara Marsh,Director of Information Services
Office 365 ProPlusStudents and staff can download the latest version of Microsoft Office via Office 365 ProPlus free of charge through their University Office 365 email account. It can be installed on up to five personally owned PCs or Macs, as well as mobile devices including iPad, Android and Windows tablets. Office 365 ProPlus is licensed by Microsoft for home use only and therefore should not be downloaded on University PCs.For more information see www.bradford.ac.uk/it-services/help/help-sheets/office-365/proplus Thinking of buying a laptop?There are many options to consider when purchasing a new laptop. Whether you need a general purpose device or something for running specialist applications, see our advice at www.bradford.ac.uk/it-services/students/laptops Library language: words and definitionsIf you’re struggling to understand some of the words we use in the library, look them up on our ‘Library Language’ page, where we’ve created a list of words and definitions. You can find this page under the ‘Help’ section on the library home page: www.bradford.ac.uk/library. Referencing stylesWe have reduced the number of referencing styles in use in the University from 14 to 4! This means there might be slight changes to the style in use for your programme. For more information see www.bradford.ac.uk/library/help/referencing Sunray cluster replacementThe Sunray clusters in room 0.38, Student Central and room F42 Richmond building have been replaced with PCs. Laptop and laptop lock loansIf you choose to borrow a laptop from the Library you can now install your own software for the duration of the loan period. When the laptop is returned the software will be removed ready for the next user. If you have your own laptop you can choose to borrow a Kensington lock to secure it. Please ask at the Library Enquiry Desk. New Library resourcesThe Library has made available the following additional online resources since the start of 2015: DatabasesASM Alloy and Phase Diagram Database ASM Medical Materials Database Cambridge Crystallography Data Centre EMBASE
SCOPUS SportsDiscus Multimedia and Interactive resources:Henry Stewart Talks: Biomedicine and Life Sciences Henry Stewart Talks: Management Journal of Visualized Experimentation JoVE: Science Education Royal Marsden Manual of Nursing Procedures Social Work Toolkit eJournals and journal archives:Cambridge University Press eJournal package JSTOR Arts & Sciences – collections V, VIII-XII Royal College of Nursing eJournals Taylor & Francis eJournal package Annals of Internal Medicine British Journal of Community Justice Fathering FT.com
Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology Science
ICE Virtual Archives top-up 2015 From Nature Publishing:
Wiley archives:
SAGE archives:
Archives and eBook packagesChatham House Online Archive Part 2 Financial Times Historical Archive CHEMISTRYnetBASE eBooks These and the other Library online and print resources can be located via the Library’s homepage at www.bradford.ac.uk/library £2 printing creditIf you are a new student in September 2015, we’ve added £2 to your printing account, to help get you started. Logging inThe format of your login details differs depending on which service you are accessing: username (eg jbloggs2) and password – for PCs, Blackboard, e:Vision, PebblePad, and RoamNet; username@bradford.ac.uk (eg jbloggs2@bradford.ac.uk) and password – for email and eduroam; University of Bradford number and Library PIN – for your Library record and printing. If you forget your password or Library PIN you can set a new one in the About UoB app, on the web at www.bradford.ac.uk/it-services/password or at a password kiosk in the J. B. Priestley Library, the Hub or the Cartwright Building at the Faculty of Management and Law.
Need help with IT?The IT Advice Team is here to assist. We are open 10:00 –18:00 Mon-Fri on floor 01 in the J. B. Priestley Library. Just drop in! Email: itadvice@bradford.ac.uk , phone: 01274 23 5331 Problem with your computer?The PC Clinic is a diagnostic troubleshooting service dealing with software and minor hardware issues on your own PC or laptop. The service is available by appointment only .To book please contact 01274 233333. Abode Creative CloudAdobe Creative Cloud “Design Web Premium” is now available on cluster PCs. This gives you access to over 20 Adobe Creative Cloud applications including the following: Adobe Indesign CC Adobe Photoshop Lightroom . Adobe Muse. Adobe Dreamweaver. Adobe Flash Professional. Adobe Gaming. For more information see www.bradford.ac.uk/it-services/help/help-sheets/graphics/adobe-cc/ Edge browser and University applicationsIf you’ve upgraded your own PC or laptop to Windows 10 then you’ll know that the default browser is ‘Edge’. Some services (eg Blackboard) aren’t quite working with Edge yet. If you find problems, please use another browser (eg Firefox or Chrome) for the time being. Library support for disabled usersAdditional Library support is available for disabled users. You can find information at: www.bradford.ac.uk/library/help/disabled-users. For more information, or to discuss individual provision, please contact lib-accessibility@bradford.ac.uk, 01274 236033. New scanning to email facilityYou can now scan using the Library MFD machines that you currently use to print and photocopy. This is a much faster way of scanning particularly multiple page documents. The scanned document will then be sent directly to your email. New Microsoft Office VersionMicrosoft Office 2013 is now available on student cluster PCs. Password securityIt is essential that you protect your data and your personal identity by choosing a strong password. Weak passwords are believed to be one of the major ways that ‘hacks’ into personal accounts are successful. Strong password best practicePasswords should be longer than 8 characters – longer passwords make stronger passwords. Password should be easy for you to remember and so NEVER need to be written down. Passwords should contain upper and lower case letters, numbers and punctuation. Passwords should not be based on personal names or user names, e.g. jrbloggs@bradford.ac.uk cannot have the password jrbloggs, jrBLoggs, or jrBloggsisAce. Passwords should not be based on words that can be found in any dictionary, including foreign language dictionaries. Whilst substituting letters with numbers can be a good thing, common substitutions such as 1 for I, 0 for 0, etc., confer no additional security when applied to simple dictionary words. Password cracking tools have rules in place to test for these. Passwords should not be reused for different services. The best passwords can be based on phrases. Choose a line from a song, book or poem and use the first letter of each word. Eg Phrase: The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain, initial letters: trisfmotp, password: Tr!SfM0tp Finally, no member of staff is permitted to ask for your password. Your password is the key to your safe and should never be shared with anyone.
Keep your details safeNever enter your University username and password on any website, other than University of Bradford systems. Always access the systems you need (eg Blackboard, email, e:Vision) via the University's internal home page. Never share your password. The University will never ask you to confirm your password, especially not via an email or phone call. If you receive an email claiming to be from an IT department asking you to supply your password, simply delete it – emails like this are phishing emails, intended to steal your account details. When registering for an account on non-University websites, never use the same password that you use for University systems. For more tips see: www.bradford.ac.uk/it-services/students/online-safety Microsoft IT AcademyE-Learning from Microsoft. Would you like to: Improve your Microsoft Office skills? Develop more technical Microsoft expertise? The University of Bradford has subscribed to the Microsoft IT Academy Program, giving our students access to a wealth of self-paced, interactive online learning from Microsoft. Within the next few weeks you will receive an email inviting you to activate your Microsoft IT Academy E-Learning account.
Clicking on the link in this email will give you access to 500+ E-Learning courses from Microsoft, in a range of languages, at Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced levels, including: Microsoft Office 2010 / 2013. Word.
Excel. PowerPoint. Access. Office 365. SharePoint. Windows 7 / 8. Microsoft SQL Server. Microsoft Windows Server. Microsoft Exchange Server. Microsoft Visual Studio. Land a job“The bottom line is that today’s job market is extremely challenging, and there are a lot of qualified candidates out there. Being competent at Microsoft Office Excel, being certified, really gives you an advantage in landing a good job.” Bradley Breeding, Financial Analyst, Tulane University, Freeman School of Business Improvements to eduroam (WiFi)We have changed the way that eduroam checks usernames and passwords. This gives a more reliable connection than the current system. Some devices, especially Apple and Windows, now have to accept a certificate to connect to eduroam. Android devices should connect automatically. Apple devicesIf you connect to eduroam on an iPhone or iPad you may see a screen with the heading 'Certificate'. 
1.Check that the name is citrine-c.net.brad.ac.uk 2.Select Accept or Trust. You should now be connected to eduroam. TroubleshootingIf the WiFi symbol on the top of your device has disappeared, and you know the room has WiFi, you may need to do the following:
3.If WiFi is turned off, turn WiFi on. 4.Select the network named eduroam. 5.You may need to fill in your username and password.
6.Select Join. 7.When asked, choose to accept the security certificate.
Windows devicesAccept the certificate if prompted. More detailed information will be available later. About UoB mobile appImproved menus and design
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