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Library Resources and Services
Rowena StewartLiaison 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• Finding academic literature on your subject
Noreen and Kenneth Murray Library – print booksKB Library Store - all KB print journals
Informatics, Medicine & HSS in Main Library, George Square
Murray Library building: 08:30 - 23:00
09/noon - 19:00
Print journals in Library Annexe, South Gyle.
Which Library? Library Catalogue
print journals and (online or print) books renew books on loan
On the Library homepage at http://www.ed.ac.uk/is/library
Library tab on MyEd
Which Library?
Borrowing Books
40 books (including up to 3 Reserve books)
Standard loan = 12 weeks. Short loan = 1 weekReserve books = up to 3 hours or overnight
Most books (excluding Reserve books) may be renewed up to 5 times
http://catalogue.lib.ed.ac.uk/vwebv/login
Borrowing Books
• Fines for overdue books - 20p per day for standard books- 50p per day for short loan books- £1 per day for overdue recalled books(- 2p per minute for overdue reserve books)
• 5 days grace applies to overdue standard loan books on day 6, fine is added at cost of 6 days overdue. no grace period for overdue recalled books
For books you want to read but which are on loan: Ask library staff to recall them for you
• Many thousands of journals online
Not always bought from every available host site Not always bought for access from volume 1 to now
• Check electronic journals pages – not the default tab
Online Physics Collection
http://sfxhostedeu.exlibrisgroup.com/Edinburgh/az
E-journalsIn the e-journal pages you can search, browse or look at subject groupings.
The library catalogue link goes to the same information but the ejournal pages are more
up to date with purchases.
Off-campus access to online collection
Through EASE (authentication) / MyEd (portal)
VPN – access to University network + wireless access http://www.ed.ac.uk/is/vpn
Eduroam – JANET Roaming Service – secure internet access from eduroam-enabled institution around the world. http://www.ed.ac.uk/is/wireless/jrs
Use eduroam not central to connect to “normal” campus network.http://www.ed.ac.uk/is/wireless
University of Edinburgh EASE
If you’ve not logged in and can’t get full-text you can try this… …but better
information via Library tools.
Inter-Library Loan (ILL) for what we don’t have
For (non-UoEd) UK theses start at EThOS. If asked to pay use ILL.North American and worldwide – “Dissertations and Theses” (then ILL)
“Intra-library loan” - get material from other UoEdinburgh libraries sent to KB
• same form • FREE
http://illiad.lib.ed.ac.uk/illiad/
30 free per year
[20 for taught postgraduates, 5 for undergraduates]
• then £5 per request received • take e-payment requests to Physics Admin
Suggest the Library buys Something
Books:http://www.ed.ac.uk/is/RAB
Journals – me (Liaison Librarian) or library rep: Victoria Martin
Databases for Reviewing the Literature
You will need at some stage to find out what has already been published in your research field:
• WoK (Science Citation Index , Proceedings…)– Tracking a particularly useful article through the literature since it was
published. Also journal impact factors.• Inspec
Pre-prints, fulltext repositories - ArXiv.org, ADS, CERN
Full-text from publishers – IEEE, AIP, IoP, APS
Index to Theses – UK and Irish ThesesEThOS (UK) & Dissertations and Theses (North America+) – full text theses ERA – full text of recent UoEd theses - http://www.era.lib.ed.ac.uk/
Where to find (out about) databases
A-Z list and lists by subjecthttp://www.ed.ac.uk/is/databases-subjects
Subject guides to go to pages which include this presentation.
Searcher (default tab) for quick searches and probable full-text
Types of Resources
Follow link “Types of resources” athttp://www.ed.ac.uk/is/finding-resources
Help
Rowena Stewart, rm1406 JCMBTel: 650 5207
e-mail: [email protected]
This presentation at www.ed.ac.uk/is/subject-guides-physics
ISiskills – www.iskills.is.ed.ac.uk
eg EndNote
http://www.ed.ac.uk/is/help
IAD Programme: Finding Academic Literature http://www.ed.ac.uk/iad
• Chemistry, Maths & Physics: Tues 22nd Oct, 9.30am rm3212 JCMB• Multiple others• Happy to see people/take questions individually: