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Library Introduction

Library Introduction. Finding what you want to read in the library Getting what the Library doesn’t have. Rowena Stewart, Academic Support Librarian rowena.stewart@ed.ac.uk Tel: 0131 650 5207. Which Library holds your print Collections?.

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Library Introduction

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  1. Library Introduction • Finding what you want to read in the library • Getting what the Library doesn’t have Rowena Stewart, Academic Support Librarianrowena.stewart@ed.ac.ukTel: 0131 650 5207

  2. Which Library holds your print Collections? The Main Library holds the print collections for Health in Social Science and Medicine (plus most of the Arts and Humanities Collections). • Western General and RIE have libraries too. Intra-library loans for material in other sites • There are department libraries, eg Psychology & Philosophy Library in the Psychology Building (7 George Square)

  3. Finding what you want in the Library Library Catalogue • print and electronic resources • renew books on loan Electronic Journal webpages  Electronic journals only  slightly more up to date than the library catalogue When you have a reference (or citation) for what you want to read, use:

  4. Which bits of a reference to use? • Burnard, P. (2011) Nursing research in action: developing basic skills (3rd ed) Basingstoke:Palgrave Macmillan. • Peters, L. and Sellick, K.(2006) Quality of life of cancer patients receiving inpatient and home-based palliative care, Journal of Advanced Nursing, 53(5): 524-33.

  5. Which Library? On the Library homepage at http://www.ed.ac.uk/is/library Library Catalogue • print journals and (online or print) books • renew books on loan Library tab on MyEd

  6. Which bits of a reference to use? Book - use title or author. Journal article - use the journal name. • Don’t type in The or An etc from the beginning of a book or journal title

  7. Which Library?

  8. Borrowing Books • 25 books (including up to 3 Reserve books) • Standard loan = 4weeks. • Short loan = 1 week • Reserve books = up to 3 hours or overnight • Self-issue and self-return • But please ask the Helpdesk staff if you have questions etc.

  9. Renewing Books • Most books (excluding Reserve books) may be renewed up to 5 times • Can’t renew if: recalled, fines too high or on/after due date http://catalogue.lib.ed.ac.uk/vwebv/login

  10. 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 for overdue standard loan books [on day 6, fine is added at cost of 6 days overdue] • no grace period for overdue recalled books • Borrowed books you want (borrower has week at most): Request Charged or Annexe Item

  11. Online Collection • Ebooks are in the library catalogue • [electronic resource] in the title means you can read online • 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 http://sfxhostedeu.exlibrisgroup.com/Edinburgh/az

  12. Ejournals From the ejournals page or the library catalogue journal record, check what years the different links/websites give you. Ebooks Use the link “Click here for full text”

  13. Off-campus access to online collection Through EASE (authentication) / MyEd (portal) VPN– access to University network + wireless access - www.ed.ac.uk/is/vpn Eduroam – JANET Roaming Service : secure internet access from eduroam-enabled institution around the world- www.ed.ac.uk/is/wireless/jrs Use eduroam not central to connect to “normal” campus network www.ed.ac.uk/is/wireless Get Connected

  14. Inter-Library Loan (I.L.L.) for what we don’t have • 5 free per year • then £5 per request received • 2 renewals which are done via Helpdesk or I.L.L. staff. More information: http://www.ed.ac.uk/is/inter-library ILLiad form: http://illiad.lib.ed.ac.uk/illiad/ • “Intra-library loan” - Get material from other UoEdinburgh libraries sent to KB • same form • FREE • Visiting/Borrowing from other Libraries: • www.ed.ac.uk/is/inter-library >Access to other libraries • Plus: • NHS Knowledge Network - http://www.knowledge.scot.nhs.uk/ • RCN and/or other professional bodies and their resources

  15. Suggest the Library buys Something Books: http://www.ed.ac.uk/is/RAB

  16. Searcher – the default tab Library catalogue plus databases etc. Good for finding academic literature for essays and reports. Default limit set to what you can read now.

  17. Where to find (out about) databases Library catalogue and e-journal pages tell you what journals we have, egJournal of Advanced Nursing, butnot that, egShahoei et al’s article ‘Safe passage’: pregnant Iranian Kurdish women’s choice of childbirth method in the October 2011 issue. Searcher and more subject-specific abstracting and indexing databases can help you find relevant academic articles., eg CINAHL Plus A-Z list and lists by subject http://www.ed.ac.uk/is/databases-subjects

  18. Printing and photocopying paid via your Print account which you can top up via the machines, asking library staff and via MyEd’s Online Print Credit channel. Printing via a web interface: www.ed.ac.uk/is/everyoneprint Connecting your laptop: follow the links from Connecting to network printers Printing – http://www.ed.ac.uk/is/printing uCreate provides multimedia and specialist IT facilities on a self-service basis including printing posters.

  19. Study spaces in the Libraries There is a variety of study areas. Some can be booked via the MyEd “Student Study Space” channel but there are no bookable group study rooms in the Main Library. Group Study Spaces Other places to study in the “Central Area” Main Library locker rental & daytime use lockers – information about locker use or ask Helpdesk staff

  20. Contacting Information Services • If you have a learning technology, IT or library enquiry, contact the IS Helpline: • Self-service portal: www.ed.ac.uk/is/selfservice • Email: IS.Helpline@ed.ac.uk • Phone: +44 (0)131 651 5151 • There is an IS Helpdesk in each of the IS managed libraries - www.ed.ac.uk/is/library-locations Help • IS Skills Development open courses and manuals – www.ed.ac.uk/is/skills • ISiSkills– www.iskills.is.ed.ac.uk • uCreate – www.ed.ac.uk/is/ucreate

  21. Help I’m happy to take questions or see people/small groups individually Rowena Stewart, rm1406 JCMB, The King’s Buildings Tel: 650 5207 e-mail: rowena.stewart@ed.ac.uk This presentation at www.ed.ac.uk/is/subject-guides-nursing

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