Searching for print and electronic books By Paul Biggs Librarian for Psychology, Sport & Exercise, Biology & Biomedical Sciences and Education Title Slide

In This Session We Will Cover How to search for a print book How to access a book from Summon Placing a hold on your book Renewing your book (automatic renewal) Placing a hold on your books – a Postal Loan Searching for an electronic book Our eBook collections What we will cover in this session

Accessing Books & ebooks You can search for Books & eBooks via your Subject Resource page. You need to select the finding books tab and search for a book using the search box. This will take you through to our search engine Summon. Access http://libguides.staffs.ac.uk/clinbiomec/books

Accessing a book You can see if we have the book as a physical copy in the library or as an electronic book. Select the book link This will take you through to the book record on the Library Catalogue and tell you where the book is located

Placing a hold on your books You can place a hold on your books via your account on the library catalogue via http://libcat.staffs.ac.uk/cgi-bin/koha/opac-user.pl To place a hold on the book you can select the book On the Library Catalogue select place hold, log into your account and follow the instructions

Placing a hold on your books A Postal Loan If you are a Distance Learning Student living in the UK we provide a postal loan service. When placing a hold on a book log into your account. Make sure when you place a hold you open up the options and in the box type “Off Campus User”. Select Place Hold For more information visit the Off Campus User page http://www.staffs.ac.uk/support_depts/library/off-campus/

Renewing your books Your books will automatically renew every two weeks if they are not requested by other students You could have the book out for up to 1 year before you have to bring it back! However! If the book is popular and other students request it – you will get an eMail reminder to your student eMail inbox to bring the book back. Make sure you bring it back otherwise you will be charged £1 a day (excluding weekends)

Search for an ebook Navigate to http://libguides.staffs.ac.uk/clinbiomec/books and search for a book Select Full Text Online. This will show you a list of eBooks

Accessing an ebook To access an eBook select the Full Text Online link You will need to log into the eResource using your username & password

Accessing an ebook You then have the option of reading the eBook online or downloading it in PDF format We have a guide highlighting useful eBook tools via http://libguides.staffs.ac.uk/clinbiomec/guides

Ebook via the library catalogue Sometimes you might be directed via the Library Catalogue to access an eBook. In this case just select the Click Here to Access Online button and follow instructions given above about signing into eBooks

Accessing Books via an online reading list You might have an online reading list within your Blackboard course. Open up your list – this is an example of a list http://staffs.rebuslist.com/list.php?list_id=1780 If you are accessing a book. Select the book title. This will take you through to the record on the library catalogue. You can then locate the book or place a hold on it if the book is already out on loan

Accessing EBooks via an online reading list To access eBooks via an online reading list you need to select the read eBook icon This will take you to a log in page and you will need to log in using your university username & password. Make sure pop-up blockers aren’t stopping the page from displaying

ProQuest eBook Central: a collection of eBook titles Ebook Collections The Library has 4 eBook collections that are useful for the subject area of Clinical Biomechanics: ProQuest eBook Central: a collection of eBook titles Dawsonera: 1000’s of books specifically chosen by your lecturers EBSCO eBook collection: A collection of eBooks PsycBOOKS: A comprehensive collection of academic psychology eBooks These providers are accessible via your Subject Resource Page