Research and Library

This service supports the deposit and increased visibility of research publications, research data, theses, and other research related outputs (such as code and methods). It also enables researchers to be compliant with their funder and publisher policies.

LUPIN (Loughborough University Publication Information system) is a database of current and historic research outputs published by Loughborough University authors. It integrates fully with the Research Repository, so provides a single entry point for publications information at the University.

The Bristol Online Survey (BOS) lets you design, run and analyse questionnaires over the web. It is hosted and run by ILRT at the University of Bristol, and was developed to run the Careers in Research Online Survey benchmarking project across UK HE in 2001. BOS is now used by over 300 organisations, and Loughborough University has an annually-renewed campus-wide license.

The Reading List Management System enables students to access online reading lists and easily check availability of recommended resources. It allows appropriate staff to create and maintain reading lists, and feed into the acquisition processes to support the Library’s collection management.

The Library Management System manages the acquisition and cataloguing of physical and electronic resources, and controls the circulation of physical stock.

The Library catalogue is a discovery solution allowing users to search across numerous Library resources including; physical stock, IR content, subscription based and free online e-journals, e-books and databases.

All staff & students who are conducting research studies involving human participants are required to submit an ethical approval submission and, depending on the nature of the study, receive sign off at either School or Human Participant Sub-Committee (HPSC) level, or requires external NHS REC approval. Currently this is a paper-based process which compromises our ability to effectively collect, monitor, process, store and report the data.

The Ethics RM system allows staff and students to submit an ethical approval submission electronically. Depending on the questions answered, it sends the form to the appropriate committee for review and sign-off if required.