Getting Back into Study: Refresher Guide for Students (HWLS): Your Subject Guide

Why use subject guides?

We have a range of subject guides to support the broad range of subjects studied and researched at Sheffield Hallam University. Here you will discover how to find books, journals, and information for your work. 

How to choose which guide to use?

Each guide covers a range of different courses that fall within that subject area.  You can choose the guide that is linked to your subject: for example if you are studying Occupational Therapy you would look at the Health guide.  If you are working on an assignment that crosses into multiple areas, you may like to look at a range of guides: for example the Nursing & Midwifery guide and the Psychology guide to find specialist resources that support both subjects.

The guides relevant to your areas of study are linked below: Allied Health, Nursing & Midwifery, Social Work/LDSN, Sport. Other relevant guides are linked to within your subject guide. You can also find the links to the subject guides on the Library Online homepage, but we have put them here for ease of access too.

How are the guides created?

The guides are maintained and edited by the Subject Librarian for that specific subject area.

Your Subject Guide!

Each guide links to the relevant databases for the subject area. Simply look for the 'Journals & Databases' tab. There are specific databases for your area, but there are also multi-discipline databases which cover more general areas of research. You may find searching these resources is also useful for your topic area. For example, if you are researching a topic on staff development within your profession, you may also want to look at the wider literature on staff development in large organisations.