Research Guides
A great way to start your research. Find recommended top choices for a variety of resources: books, ebooks, articles, reports, NPS theses, statistics, and more on your topic.
Databases List
When you're primarily interested in articles and reports on a topic, or you want to go directly to your favorite databases by name.
Library Search
Find articles, books, ebooks, and more. Some are licensed, some are publicly accessible.
Single Sign-on
You asked, we listened! Starting in June 2017, NPS credentials became the single means for all library resources and services that require a login. NPS users no longer have to remember multiple logins to multiple online applications.
Homepage Redesign
As part of our new search we redesigned our homepage to feature a prominent central access point to our new search.
Restricted Resources Highlights
Restricted Resources and Services serves as the access point for NPS’s restricted and classified products, as well as the long term archive of physical copies of most NPS theses and faculty reports across the classification spectrum. A few of highlights from this year:
Reference & Instruction Highlights
Implementing the new library search was an all-hands library effort. The reference team took responsibility for:
Metadata Services Highlights
Metadata Services maintains intellectual access to the library’s rich collections through the creation and development of the discovery and retrieval environment.
Facts & Figures
Start your research, get help, reserve study rooms, search for resources, request items, and more - anywhere, anytime!
What is Dudley Building Society?
Dudley Building Society is a mortgage and savings account provider servicing the Black Country for more than 160 years. It offers a range of branch services in the West Midlands area and has members across the UK. Alongside mortgage and savings accounts, Dudley provides home insurance, will writing and a wider range of financial services. It has operated as an independent mutual society since 1858.
How many branches does Dudley Building Society have?
With five branches within the West Midlands, Dudley Building Society was limited to offering traditional branch-based services to regional members. It recognised that members across the whole country needed improved and remote access to savings and banking services. Plus, there was an imperative to be sustainable and relevant in the market.#N#Members used passbook-based savings accounts, and regular customer service processes weren’t simple. To facilitate a move to digital services, Dudley considered how members accessed current services and saw that there were many “inconveniences” associated with transacting. It was clear that the move to online services was the right thing to do, and was what its members wanted.#N#“We had been getting feedback from members about wanting an online service,” says Lorraine Breese-Price, Head of Operations at Dudley Building Society. “Demand was there for it. It was really about finding the right partner for us.”
