The library is a member of a number of schemes that enable its members to use the facilities of other Higher Education libraries in the UK, including SCONUL access.
ISBNs
Readers will be familiar with the wide spread use of ISBNs (International Standard Book Numbers) which are assigned to almost all published books. In line with this practice, all University print-based publications should have an ISBN assigned to them prior to publication. This process is managed by the Library and largely extends to administering the allocation of ISBN numbers and maintaining documentation of our output.
Actual production of publications should be arranged by faculties and departments with USW print & design or external printers. Similarly, faculties and departments are responsible for marketing, distribution and, if necessary, sales of their publications.
When a new publication is about to go to print, please provide our systems and content manager, Wayne Morris, with the brief bibliographical details, i.e. author, title, publication date. A copy of the title page is usually sufficient. An ISBN which can be incorporated into the monograph will then be sent to you.
Copyright
The ISBN should appear on the reverse of the title page, sometimes called the copyright page or the imprint page and on the outside back cover of the book. If the book has a dust jacket, the ISBN should also appear on the back of this. If the publication is not a book, the ISBN should appear on the product (tape/CD) and on the packaging or inlay card.
If you have not already done so, please insert the following Copyright and Moral Right statements on the reverse of the title page of your publication. By asserting your Moral Rights you are asserting your right to be identified as the author of this work.
This statement should appear as follows: Copyright © University of South Wales, [year]
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means without written permission from the publishers.
[Author/s] has/have asserted his/her/their right to be identified as the author/s of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
Legal deposit
It should be noted that we are legally bound to send copies of our publications to each of the following legal deposit libraries:
In addition, we would like at least one copy for our University Library collections. For this reason, seven copies of each publication should be supplied to the Library for this purpose. Please address your copies to:
Systems and Content Manager
University of South Wales
Student Centre & Library
Room L230
Treforest
PONTYPRIDD
CF37 1DL
Further information
You can find out more about ISBNs from the ISBN agency (external link) and legal deposit from the Agency for the Copyright Libraries (external link).
Our large collection of e-resources, databases, ebooks and e-journals can be accessed directly through FINDit
You can search a list of all our databases Find Databases A - Z.
To find print or audio visual materials use the library catalogue.
Your Faculty Librarian will be happy to show you how to use these resources.
Some of the most popular British theses are now freely available electronically through the British Library’s EThOS service. EThOS holds thousands of theses which have been scanned, others can be scanned (on request) free of charge and others theses are only available for a fee.
You will have to register with EThOS to access or request theses.
Other options can be found on our Theses Page.
