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Accessibility

Further information on the Reading Ruler available to borrow from Information Services

Further information on the coloured overlays available to borrow from Information Services?

Further information on the deaf alerters available to borrow from Information Services

Further information on the infra red personal hearing loop receiver available to borrow from Information Services

Further information on the magnifiers available to borrow from Information Services

Further information on the microdesk available to borrow from Information Services

Further information on the portable hearing loop available to borrow from Information Services

How can I request that my books are placed in an accessible height library collection locker ?

How do I change the screen colour on a public computer?

How do I read and print from an e-book I have found in Primo?

How do I use the Merlin Elite Pro magnifier in Hugh Owen Library Carrel E1?

How do I use the read-aloud function in Kortext?

I am a Care Leaver and about to start first year at Aberystwyth University- what can Student Support Services do to help me?

I cannot access the Physical Sciences Library, how can I use items that are held there?

What facilities are available to make library and computer services more accessible?

What hearing assistance is available in the teaching rooms?

What is Blackboard Ally? (staff)

What is Blackboard Ally? (student)

Where can I find all Student Support FAQs?

Who can login to Caption.ed?

Ebooks

How do I find an e-book in Primo?

How do I open an ebook in an Aspire reading list?

How do I read and print from a CUP e-book I have found in Primo?

How do I read and print from a Cab e-book I have found in Primo?

How do I read and print from a Cambridge Core e-book I have found in Primo?

How do I read and print from a EBSCOhost e-book I have found in Primo?

How do I read and print from a JSTOR e-book I have found in Primo?

How do I read and print from a ProQuest Ebook Central e-book I have found in Primo?

How do I read and print from a Project MUSE e-book I have found in Primo?

How do I read and print from a Springer Link e-book I have found in Primo?

How do I read and print from a VLeBooks e-book I have found in Primo?

How do I read and print from an ABC-CLIO e-book I have found in Primo?

How do I read and print from an Academic Library e-book I have found in Primo?

How do I read and print from an Oxford e-book I have found in Primo?

How do I read and print from an e-book I have found in Primo?

I've found a book in Primo - is it a print book, an e-book or both?

What is walk-in access and how do I use it?

Where are the ebook FAQs?

Reading Lists

Can I add notes in Aspire Reading Lists?

Can I see if a book I've found in Primo is on a module reading list?

How can I indicate in Astra that no reading list is required for my module?

How can I make the digitisation process quicker?

How can I tell if my Aspire reading list is linked to the hierarchy?

How do I add a book in Primo to an Aspire reading list?

How do I add my reading intentions in Aspire Reading Lists?

How do I arrange for students to view a DVD for the study of a module?

How do I copy an Aspire list from one module to another?

How do I find and view digitised documents in my Blackboard module?

How do I link my reading list to a Blackboard module?

How do I log in to Aspire Reading Lists?

How do I prepare for Aspire Reading List Copy?

How do I re-use an existing Aspire list in English for a Welsh-equivalent module (or vice versa)?

How do I request material to be digitised for a reading list?

How do I use the reading lists currently linked to module menus in Blackboard?

How do I view analytics for my Aspire reading list? (staff)

How do library staff make digitised readings available to students?

How does the digitisation service work?

I teach the same content in different modules - do I have to create a new list for each module in Aspire?

If I use the same digitised chapter or article in subsequent years, do I need to re-request the reading again for a module?

It has not been possible to digitise a reading for a module - what can a module convenor do?

What are the benefits to digitising material on my reading list?

What can I do in Aspire Reading Lists?

When will digitised material be available?

Where do I find the reading list for the module I'm studying?

Where is the University Reading List policy?

Why are library staff unable to digitise a reading I've selected for my Aspire reading list?

Using Microfilm Readers

How do I use the microfilm reader in Hugh Owen?

Visitor Access

Can students from other Universities use Aberystwyth University libraries?

Can visitors use the University Library?

How do I give visitors access to Blackboard? (Staff)

How do I pay for an Associate Reader account?

How do I request temporary logins for external users attending a course at Aberystwyth?

I am on the GO Wales scheme, can I borrow from Aberystwyth University?

I am organising a conference/event, will attendees be able to use the wireless network?

I am visiting Aberystwyth from another University, can I use your wireless network?

I am visiting another University, will I be able to use their computer network?