Welcome! Mafalda Sousa Machado Coimbra, september 2017

GENERAL GOALS Collect and provide the necessary documents to learning activities, teaching and research, regardless of their support Help the users in their research Locate documents that the library does not hold Interaction with the Community Interinstitutional cooperation

SERVICES Loans and borrowing Users’s guidance Database / Internet search Interlibrary loans Photopcopying / Scanning (self-service)

USERS’ RIGHTS Attending the spaces during the library opening hours Expect a proper attention on the basis of cordiality and mutual respect Consult the available funds and request home loans, according to the library regulation Request Interlibrary loans Have remote access to information and bibliography and other resources made available by the library Use the computers and the photocopying & scanning services for study and research purposes Make suggestions and complaints

USERS’ DUTIES Users must familiarise themselves with and observe the regulations and procedures of the library Users must comply with the rules and deadlines for home loans Users must properly use the facilities, equipment and bibliographical species Users must not engage in conduct that is likely to cause inconvenience, annoyance, or offence to other readers or members of staff Users must follow all reasonable requests of library staff Users shall be held responsible for any loss or damage of library material

HOW TO BEHAVE IN THE LIBRARY Comply with the library regulations and posted warnings in the reading room Occupy the group study rooms only for this purpose Find out about the guidelines for using the group study rooms and respect them We only have 6 group study rooms. Respect the shifts for their use The Library is not responsible for personal items that are lost, stolen, or damaged on library premises

WHAT YOU CANNOT DO: Smoke, eat, drink (except bottled water) Use mobile phones and pagers Speak outloud Put the books back on the shelf Loss, damage or disfigure by writing or other marks any of the labrary materials

THE LIBRARY ON THE WEB 1- http://www.isec.pt/ Library 2 - Library

SEARCH THE ONLINE CATALOG

ADVANCED SEARCH - GLOBAL BASE Advanced serach allows you to search by author, title, word, etc. and use Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT) Global base gathers the content of the different data bases allowing to search different document types

I know it’s a book, i. e., a monograph HOW TO SEARCH... I KNOW THE TYPE OF DOCUMENT AND ITS TITLE Type of document: BOOK I know it’s a book, i. e., a monograph Type of document: BOOK

KNOWING IF A BOOK IS AVAILABLE FOR LOAN BEFORE GOING TO THE LIBRARY … this one, yes, it can be borrowed Not available for loan

GET MORE FROM THE ONLINE CATALOG… Know more about the contents of the book

GET MORE FROM THE ONLINE CATALOG … Access the full text

GET MORE FROM THE ONLINE CATALOG … …get the link to Google books

GET MORE FROM THE ONLINE CATALOG … access the article abstract

JOURNAL & MAGAZINE ISSUES…

See the table of contentes to know if this issue really interests you CONTENTS OF THE ISSUES See the table of contentes to know if this issue really interests you CONTENTS

LINKS TO OTHER RESOURCES B-ON Access B-ON through the libary Web page “The Biblioteca do Conhecimento Online – b-on (Online Knowledge Library) makes  unlimited and permanent access available, within the research and higher education institutions, to full texts from over 16,750 scientific international publications from 16 publishers, through subscriptions negotiated on a national basis with these publishers.” (in:http://www.b-on.pt/en/what-is-b-on/)

LINKS TO OTHER RESOURCES: libraries; catalogs

LINKS TO OTHER RESOURCES : BDs (OPEN ACCESS)

LINKS TO OTHER RESOURCES: diccionaries; useful information

BIBLIOGRAPHIC RESOURCES BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASES MONOGRAPHS JOURNAL & MAGAZINES ANALYTICS (journal articles / book chapters) NON BOOK MATERIAL 19.432 RECORDS

NUMBER OF REGISTERED USERS LIBRARY USERS USER TYPE NUMBER OF REGISTERED USERS STUDENTS 5.522 PROJECT STUDENTS 128 TEATCHERS 250 SCHOOL STAFF 68 EXTERNAL USERS 4.618 INSTITUTIONS 24

LIBRARY STAFF Carla Ferreira Adelina Carvalho Ana Cristina Rui Russo Manuela Camarinha Ana Mafalda

OPENING HOURS & CONTACTS LIST OF CONTACTS Getting help and contacting us: +351 239 790 290 (ext. 2900) Staff office: +351 239 790 292 (ext. 2920) Librarian office: +351 239 790 291 (ext. 2910) E-mail: biblio@isec.pt URL: http://www.isec.pt/servicos/biblioteca/ MONDAY-FRIDAY TERM TIME 9.00 – 23.00 H HOLIDAY 9.00 – 17.30 H Saturday, Sunday & Portuguese Public Holidays: Closed

LIBRARY PLANT 1 – circulation desk 2 – reading room (books) 3 5 1 – circulation desk 2 – reading room (books) 3 – reading room (journals&magazines) 4 – group study rooms 5 - garden 2 2 4 4 1

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