Student Portal Napier University

Study and research

As a student at Edinburgh Napier University you'll have access to literally millions of online resources - books, ebooks, ejournals and audiovisual resources. You'll also be able to request resources from other libraries in Edinburgh, and the rest of the UK. Our Subject Librarians are on hand to offer you subject-based advice and guidance.

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Subject Guides

Find guides for the best way to find information for your subject, as well as guides to research tools, data analysis software and more.

Bibliographies and Referencing

Find and use the guidelines for your School, as well as help with using software like Endnote and Mendeley to keep track of your references.

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Study Skills

Our collection of useful links and book suggestions around topics like essay and report writing, evaluating information, survey methods and more.

Looking beyond our libraries

As you continue through your course of study, you may want to access books and ejournals we don't have in our libraries. Find out more about how you can use libraries in Edinburgh and other parts of the UK, or use our inter-library loan services to borrow books from other libraries or have copies of ejournal articles emailed to you.

Postgraduate Research

You'll find specific information for going further with your studies - our Research Cycle highlights the support available from Information Services at each stage.

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Keeping up to date

For more in-depth research, you will want to keep up to date with new articles as they are published. Here are the automated services which can help.

Reference and theses

Find help with searching for official publications, statistics, and theses from Edinburgh Napier or other institutions.

Copyright

It is up to you to make sure you don't plagiarise the work of others in your study and research.
See more at Referencing and Academic Integrity.

You can find out more about the background to copyright and the amount you can photocopy, scan or download for personal study in the Copyright Guidance LibGuide.