Library Introduction Rowena Stewart, Academic Support Librarian Tel: Finding what you want to read in the library Getting what the Library doesn’t have

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

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: Finding what you want in the Library

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):

Which Library? Library Catalogue  print journals and (online or print) books  renew books on loan On the Library homepage at Library tab on MyEd

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

Which Library?

Borrowing Books 25 books (including up to 3 Reserve books) Standard loan = 4 weeks. 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.

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

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

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 Online Collection

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”

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

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

Suggest the Library buys Something Books:

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.

Where to find (out about) databases A-Z list and lists by subject Library catalogue and e-journal pages tell you what journals we have, eg Journal of Advanced Nursing, but not that, eg Shahoei 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

uCreate provides multimedia and specialist IT facilities on a self- service basis including printing posters. 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: Connecting your laptop: follow the links from Connecting to network printers Connecting to network printers Printing –

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 Main Library locker rental & daytime use lockers – information about locker use or ask Helpdesk staff information about locker use Other places to study Other places to study in the “Central Area”

Contacting Information Services IS Skills Development open courses and manuals – ISiSkills – uCreate – If you have a learning technology, IT or library enquiry, contact the IS Helpline: Self-service portal: Phone: +44 (0) There is an IS Helpdesk in each of the IS managed libraries Help

Rowena Stewart, rm1406 JCMB, The King’s Buildings Tel: This presentation at I’m happy to take questions or see people/small groups individually