PhD Induction 2017 Marshall Library of Economics

Introduction Library registration forms University Card : ‘Registration’ – with the Library ‘Activation’ – with Faculty custodian Feedback forms

When is the Marshall Library open? Day Term Vacation Monday - Friday 9am – 9pm 9am – 5pm Saturday 11am – 5pm Closed Sunday 1pm – 5pm (Easter Term only)

Please note … Warning bells ring 15 & 5 minutes before the library closes Access by University Card : Weekday evenings (4.30 – 9pm) Saturday (11am-5pm) Sunday (1-5pm, Easter Term)

What are the main categories of books? Short Loan : Text books on Undergraduate / MPhil reading lists – located on the first & second floors of the reading room. Open Shelf : Located on the first & second floors of the reading room.

Reference: Non-borrowable & shelved with Open Shelf books in the library reading room Basement : Borrowable but shelved in closed stacks in library basement. These may be requested online from the library catalogue or at the Issue Desk

How many books can PhD students borrow, for how long & what fines are charged? 15 Book category Loan Duration Overdue Charges Short Loan 28 days (renewable) 50p per day (£1 if requested) Open Shelf 25p per day (50p if requested) Basement Could add more books if needed. Staff can override system at desk

Take books & University Card to the Issue Desk How do you borrow books? Take books & University Card to the Issue Desk Issued Stamped Desensitized

How do you return books? At the Issue Desk … … Or to the Book Drop which is open whenever the Library is closed OR after 4.30pm weekdays and throughout the weekend

How do you request books on loan? Either: At the Issue Desk Online via iDiscover E.g. Carrier, J.G. (ed.) (1997) Meanings of the market. Oxford: Berg

Please note … You’ll receive an email as soon as your book is available to collect You can also cancel any requests online that you decide you no longer need Items on hold won’t be kept for you indefinitely Overdue charges double if requested items aren’t returned by the specified time If you have two requested overdue items your account is automatically blocked

How do you renew your books? Either: At the Issue Desk Online via iDiscover – MyLibrary Account

Please note … Requested books cannot be renewed No. of renewals Book category No. of renewals Maximum loan duration Short Loan (3 day) 5 15 days Open Shelf (7 day) 35 days Basement (28 day) 7 196 days Requested books cannot be renewed

How do you find books & other eresources in Cambridge?

What is iDiscover? A single interface allowing you to search the University’s libraries print & online collections. You can log into it to manage your loans, requests, fines & saved search results. What are you searching? The catalogues of physical items in most University libraries Subscribed eresources including ebooks, journals, databases, open access items in the University’s institutional repository and electronic legal deposit.

Problems accessing ebooks … ? Provides information about accessing ebooks off campus and an email address to report ebook problems Provides information about using Raven to access ebooks off-campus Notes

Locating Electronic Legal Deposit ebooks using iDiscover Access is very restricted … Some printing is possible … Notes

Finding online journal articles using iDiscover Notes http://libguides.cam.ac.uk/eresources

Finding printed journals … Notes

Finding Newspapers Online current newspapers are available via LexisNexis and Factiva Daily papers available in Marshall Library Social Area: FT, The Economist, Guardian, The Times and Daily Telegraph Check out other content via the Newspapers Libguide http://libguides.cam.ac.uk/newspapers

What else do you need to know? Online fines payment Can’t pay fines via iDiscover Need to go to the Marshall’s web site Each library has separate fines payment Overdue books need to be returned before fine can be paid

Manuals supporting software used in the Faculty 70 HA – 70 HZ http://www.marshall.econ.cam.ac.uk/onlineresources/software-support

Finding Data Use the List available via Marshall Library – useful for finding how to access particular resources: http://www.marshall.econ.cam.ac.uk/onlineresources/economic-data Macroeconomic data Microeconomic data Banking and Finance data

Bloomberg & EIKON Available on dedicated terminals in the Library International company & economic data and news, recent and historic. Import/export from Excel Book to use the terminals online or at the Library http://www.marshall.econ.cam.ac.uk/contactus/datastream-bloomberg-booking-form

Further help with iDiscover … Cambridge LibGuide : iDiscover iDiscover Quick guides Video guides to iDiscover Marshall Library iDiscover Worksheet covers full functionality including saving records Notes

Inter-Library Loan Books, Journal articles, British PhD theses etc. Apply for Inter-Library Loan centrally via Cambridge University Library http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/departments/inter-library-loans Currently this costs £5.00 to all University members

Purchasing books for research Don’t forget to ask us if you need us to purchase books for your research – we will try and get books if they are needed. Online Request Form: https://www.marshall.econ.cam.ac.uk/contactus/book- purchase-suggestion-form Email: marshlib@hermes.cam.ac.uk Ask us at the desk

Research Data Management & Open Access Faculty of Economics Data Champions: Craig Peacock (IT Manager), Clare Trowell (Marshall Librarian) Data Management Plans ORCID Altmetric Open Access

Library support for teaching Reading Lists CORE READINGS - week by week or topic by topic. We will buy sufficient copies of textbooks according to student numbers. eCOUNTER ITEMS (digitised readings) KEY CHAPTERS & JOURNAL ARTICLES. We are able to digitise up to 5% or a single chapter, whichever is greater. If you want to use online working papers or a specific electronic article we can advise you on how to make stable links for your core readings. FURTHER READINGS & BACKGROUND READINGS OR BIBLIOGRAPHY If you share further reading lists during the course via lecture slides, for example, please send an email to the Marshall Library (marshlib@hermes.cam.ac.uk).

Finally, further information & help is available … From the Marshall Library web site http://www.marshall.econ.cam.ac.uk F From Cambridge LibGuides http://libguides.cam.ac.uk/ By emailing us at marshlib@hermes.cam.ac.uk At the Issue Desk