It is that time of the year to submit this summer’s past exam papers !

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If you would like to submit past exam papers to Teaching and Learning Services (TLS) here’s how to do it !

First method

Download a local copy of the metadata sheet, and add a line of metadata for each exam paper you are submitting, and then email the PDFs together with the completed metadata sheet to readinglists@ucl.ac.uk. There is an example line at the top of the metadata sheet. Feel free to delete this before proceeding.

Second method

Download a local copy of the metadata sheet and add a line of metadata for each exam paper you are submitting. Then upload the PDFs of the exam papers, together with the completed metadata sheet to the ‘Exam Papers Submission’ sharepoint folder‘.

Within the sharepoint folder, create a departmental folder containing your PDFs (e.g. ‘Anthropology 2023) and metadata sheet. TLS will get an automatic alert and will process the papers in due course. There is an example line at the top of the metadata sheet. Feel free to delete this before proceeding.

Please note: You may need to click on “skip verification” if you are off-site to access the metadata sheet.

Which method to use

It does not matter which method you use, but method 2, using the Sharepoint folder is best for larger submissions, which may exceed the maximum size for an email.

In both cases a metadata sheet needs to be completed and submitted along with the exam papers. This is to ensure that each paper has the correct metadata when uploaded to the Explore library catalogue. Please ensure you make clear which line in the metadata sheet relates to which exam paper being submitted, and that you adhere to consistent naming between the PDFs and the metadata.

Once you have submitted your paper(s) using one of the above methods, TLS will contact you to let you know once the process is complete, and your papers will be available on Explore and Digital Collections

Please see our webpages for further information – https://www.ucl.ac.uk/library/digital-collections/collections/exam, and FAQS.

Please note that we have a rolling three or five  year collection of past exam papers depending on departmental needs. However we are now currently in the process of removing any papers prior to 2019, so if you want up-to-date papers to be made available, get submitting now !! 

If you have any queries at all about the process, please don’t hesitate to email readinglists@ucl.ac.uk.

Students involved in the Late Summer Assessments (24 August – 11 September 2020) may need to consult their reading list for revision.

‘Exams Start… Now’ by Ryan McGilchrist

The reading list rollover on 13th July means that the 2019-20 reading lists will archive.  From 14h July the lists available to view will be the new lists for academic year 2020-21;  these are available to update immediately for the new session.

If you are aware of students who may need access to the 2019-20 version of the lists:

• students can take a copy of the list by using the ‘View & Export’ button – before 5pm on 13th July
• or save the URL of the list, which will continue to work even after the list is archived
• or if a list has already archived, let us know that it needs to be revived, and we can do this.

The Exam papers archive remains available all year round, and the papers can also be searched for via Explore, the library catalogue.  Students will need to log in with their UCL ID when accessing these from off campus.

‘Exams Start… Now’ by Ryan McGilchrist

Students involved in the Late Summer Assessments (19th August – 6th September 2019) may need to consult their reading list for revision.

The reading list rollover around 16th July means that the 2018-19 reading lists will archive.  From 17th July the lists available to view will be the new lists for academic year 2019-2020;  these are available to update immediately for the new session.

If you are aware of students who may need access to the 2018-19 lists:

• students can now take a copy of the list by using the ‘Export’ button
• or save the URL of the list, which will continue to work even after the list is archived
• Or if a list has already archived, let us know that it needs to be revived, and we can do this.

The Exam papers archive remains all year round, and the papers can also be searched for via Explore, the library catalogue.

Many UCL courses have an online reading list to guide you in your study. Reading lists are a tailored list of resources which may include links to full text readings, library books or TV clips, which you can access online anywhere, any time.

Your reading list is an essential tool to help you revise for your exams.  It might contain readings which you have read in preparation for class, and they are a quick and easy way for you to look back over them when doing your revision.  Many readings might be key texts which link out to full-text e-journal articles, or e-books.  Where books are in the library, you will see links to the library catalogue (Explore) so you can instantly check whether the book is on the shelf and place a reservation if it is on loan.

Where your tutors have written notes to guide you, or tags to show which resources are essential reading, these will also prove helpful as you go back over the resources you have used this year.   You can sort the list by importance and refer back to any of your own notes that you may have added (remember to sign in first!).  Perhaps most importantly, you can export the readings into a different citation format, invaluable when referencing your sources.

Access the reading lists for your courses directly through Moodle via a link in the ‘Library resources’ block (where you can also see any relevant Online Exam Papers).  Search the ReadingLists@UCL homepage by module code or title, or by your lecturer’s name if they have made this available. You can also browse by department or search Explore, the library catalogue.

You can find more information on the student information webpage for reading lists and if you need any help do please contact your Subject or Site Librarian!

Good luck!