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Applied Computing, Computer Science, Communications Technology and Mathematics

What your Librarian can help with

This guide is aimed at students on courses in the Computer Science and Applied Computing cluster and the Communications Technology and Mathematics cluster. As your Librarian, I can help you with finding and referencing resources, and signposting other university services.

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Looking for journal articles?

LibKey Nomad

Get fast access to scholarly articles

LibKey Nomad is a great tool which helps you to easily find scholarly journal articles.  When you are searching on the web, Nomad lets you know if any of the content is available from our library subscriptions or open access alternatives. 

All you need to do is add an extension to your web browser. 

Go to libkeynomad.com, select your browser at the bottom of the page and follow the instructions to add the extension. When prompted, select London Metropolitan University as your organisation. 

When searching the web look out for the Nomad button to link you to the article.

The Nomad Button- a blue button indicating what the user can do e.g. download PDF 

Search for journal articles using DOI or PMID using LibKey.io

LibKey.io provides access to journal articles using either the digital object identifier (DOI) or PubMed Identifier (PMID). If the article is available through the Library’s subscriptions or it is Open Access you will be able to access the PDF or the article link.

If you don't know the DOI or PMID you can search for journals and journal articles using Library Search.  See Understanding journals - Finding information - LibGuides at London Metropolitan University for more guidance.