The Library: Leadership, Governance & People Management

• Book an appointment with your librarian who can help you find the best resources including journal articles, statistics and more. 
• Use the Skills for Learning website for step-by-step guidance on how to plan and manage your workload, and how to structure your dissertation. You will also find a Finding Information page with lots of tips on how to search for sources.
• Search Discover for books on writing your dissertation
• Look at past dissertations for inspiration

Skills for Learning offers support on a variety of academic writing skills: report writing, writing skills for international students, literature reviews and time management advice.  See the Skills for Learning website for step by step guidance on how to plan and manage your workload, and how to structure your dissertation, and see workshops, bookable via MyHub, on topics such as:

• Reports and dissertations
• Word for dissertations and reports
• Statistics - analysing your data

Within Leeds Beckett

You can search the University repository for past Leeds Beckett research and the Thesis and Research Data Repository (Figshare) contains online postgraduate research theses/dissertations from Leeds Beckett students.

The Library also has some hard copies of old dissertations and theses. You can consult these to see how previous students conducted and presented their work.

Search on Discover for dissertations and theses held in the Library:

Online

The Thesis and Research Data Repository (Figshare) contains online postgraduate research theses / dissertations from Leeds Beckett students.

Hard copy (printed)

There are some printed dissertations in the Library.

• Leadership and Management dissertations
• Personnel and Development / Management dissertations

You can also search on Discover for dissertations in other subjects too:

The reference management tools supported at Leeds Beckett are Zotero and Endnote. These tools help you collect and organise your references and cite them in multiple styles in word processors. This guide will show you how to install the software and build your library. All tools work across different platforms, and each web importer works on most browsers, however it is advised that you check the websites to confirm yours are supported.

Choosing a reference management tool is a decision based on personal preference of specific features, or a need to use the same tool as colleagues. Below are some features of potential interest to different students:

• Zotero is Open Source, with no financial interests in your usage. Endnote is owned by large publishing companies and is subject to product development which can result in changes to / loss of features.  
• Both products work with Harvard and APA. Zotero is the better product to use with OSCOLA. 
• Endnote and Zotero allow for font size changes in the application. 
• Zotero allows you to make folders, and add searchable notes and tags to help you organise your collection, Endnote only uses folders and groups. It is important to consider the best way to use these organisational features before applying too many. 
• Zotero takes a snapshot image of web pages, Endnote does not. 
• Zotero and Endnote have built-in PDF viewers with highlight and sticky-notes options, which are searchable.
• Endnote allows you to create a ‘Watch folder’, so any time you save a new pdf file to that location it will upload it to your library. 
• Endnote and Zotero both allow collaboration.

If you are still unsure which tool is best for you, we suggest Zotero as the most straightforward. If you want to change to another tool at any time, you can export your library. If you need further advice please contact your Academic Librarian.