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Library Introduction. Finding what you want to read in the library Getting what the Library doesn’t have. Rowena Stewart, Liaison Librarian [email protected] Tel: 0131 650 5207. Which Library holds your print Collections?. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Library Resources and Services
Rowena StewartAcademic Support Librarian
To cover:• Where your books and journals are• Finding out if the Library has what you need• Getting what the Library doesn’t have
Tel: 0131 650 [email protected]
The Main Library holds the print collections for Health in Social Science and for Medicine (plus most of the Arts and Humanities Collections).
Which Library holds your print Collections?
Western General and RIE have libraries too
DiscoverEd
From the Library homepage http://www.ed.ac.uk/is/library
Library tab on MyEdwww.myed.ed.ac.uk
Online and print, journals and books plus records of articles, theses, conference proceedings…
Borrowing Books
50 books - including up to 3 Reserve books.
Standard loan = 4 weeks. Short loan = 1 weekReserve books = up to 3 hours or overnight
Self-issue and self-return
But please ask the Helpdesk staff if you have questions etc.
Which Library?
“double quotes” force a search for the phrase.
Which Library?
• Renew books, etc which you have borrowed.• See what you borrowed in the past.• Request early return something you want to read which has been
borrowed by someone else.
• Find as many results as there are to find (esp off-campus).• See loan period for you.
• Save records.• Save searches to run again.
DiscoverEd Sign-in
Sign-in with your EASE username and password to:
Renewing BooksReserve books cannot be renewed but most others may be renewed for up to:
You can’t renew if: you’ve reached renewal limit, the book’s been requested by someone else or your fines are too high.
If you think none of those apply but you still can’t renew what you would like to, contact library staff and they’ll be able to help or to explain.
• 18 months in total, ie from first issue date, for (STANDARD) 12 week loans.
• 4 months for (SHORT) 1 week loans.
Borrowing BooksFines for overdue books:
20p per day for standard books / 40p per day for short loan books [maximum £10] – with one day’s grace. On day two of being overdue fine will equal cost of two days.
N.B.£1 per day for overdue recalled books [maximum £10]2p per minute for overdue reserve books [maximum £25]
Borrowed books you want (borrower has week at most):
Which Library?For information on the different experiences you can have with ebooks see:
Navigating ebooks (pdf)
Carlisle, D. (2014) Compassion makes good care great, Nursing Standard, 27 May 2014, Vol.28(38), pp.21
Journal Articles
Off-campus access to online collection
EASE (authentication) / MyEd (portal)
VPN – access to University network + wireless access – www.ed.ac.uk/is/vpn
Get Connected sessions. Main Library, George Square
Connecting to the network www.ed.ac.uk/is/wireless
Many thousands of journals online• Not always bought from every available host site• Not always bought for access from volume 1 to now• Some issues (even titles) only taken in print.
Journals (by journal title)
“double quotes” force a search for the phrase.
Carlisle, D. (2014) Compassion makes good care great, Nursing Standard, 27 May 2014, Vol.28(38), pp.21
Journals
Databases for Reviewing the LiteratureTo find what has already been published in your field:
www.ed.ac.uk/is/databases-subjects > Nursing (etc)
CINAHL Plus
• Nursing
PsycINFO• American Psychological Association for psychology and psychiatry
EMBASE and MEDLINE• Both clinical medicine and related fields. • Former has coverage of more European-based journals.
ASSIA and Social Services Abstracts• Research done or reported for those working outside a clinical setting
DiscoverEd includes article level records. Default setting is to what you can read because the library has bought it.
Databases for Reviewing the Literature
Inter-Library Loan (I.L.L.) for what we don’t have
https://ed-ac.illiad.oclc.org/illiad/logon.html
30 free per year• then £5 per request received • 2 renewals which are done via Helpdesk or I.L.L.
staff.• More information at www.ed.ac.uk/is/inter-library
Plus:• NHS Knowledge Network - http://www.knowledge.scot.nhs.uk/ • RCN and/or other professional bodies and their resources
“Intra-library loan” • Get scans of chapters or articles or physical items held in the libraries not within
walking distance of the Main Library. same form • FREE• Annexe scans/items - same (week)day if in before noon
uCreateProvides multimedia and specialist IT facilities on a self-service basis including printing posters. Equipment loan too.
www.ed.ac.uk/is/ucreate
Printing via a web interface: www.ed.ac.uk/is/everyoneprint
Connecting your laptop: follow the links from Connecting to network printers
Printing – www.ed.ac.uk/is/printing
Printing and photocopying Payment via your Print account which you can top up at the machines, by asking library staff and via MyEd’s Online Print Credit channel.
Contacting Information Services (IS)
IS Helpline for learning technology, IT or Library enquiries:• Self-service portal: www.ed.ac.uk/is/selfservice • Email: [email protected]• Phone: +44 (0)131 651 5151• Follow: IS Helpline Alerts@isalerts - https://twitter.com/isalerts
Staffed IS Helpdesk are in each of the Information Services managed libraries - www.ed.ac.uk/is/library-locations
Mobile Device Clinics • Help diagnosing and fixing software faults as well as
general system clean-up and maintenance. • Book via MyEd Events channel.
– www.ed.ac.uk/is/MDC
Help
• IS Skills Development open courses and manuals – www.ed.ac.uk/is/skills
• Institute for Academic Development – www.ed.ac.uk/iad/postgraduates
I am happy to see people on an individual basis or to answer questions directly:
Rowena StewartTel: 0131 650 5207e-mail: [email protected]
EndNote reference management software – see you next week.