How to use the Library Catalogue Name: Abbas Bismillah Job title: Healthcare Library Manager

SWIMS – LIBRARY CATALOGUE SWIMS stands for South West Information Management System SWIMS stands for South West Information Management System It is a catalogue that lists books, journals and all other catalogued resources in our library and other NHS libraries in our region It is a catalogue that lists books, journals and all other catalogued resources in our library and other NHS libraries in our region You can access this from anywhere where you have an internet connection You can access this from anywhere where you have an internet connection This guide shows you how to use SWIMS This guide shows you how to use SWIMS First of all, you need to go to First of all, you need to go to

SEARCH SWIMS You can search using a number of optionsYou can search using a number of options In our example, we have chosen Title/Author searchIn our example, we have chosen Title/Author search

ENTER THE SEARCH DETAILS By entering a asterisk before the start of the title, will bring up all items with ethics in the title Narrow the search down by……. Year of publication Year of publication By the Library e.g. Reading/Prospect Park/PPHBy the Library e.g. Reading/Prospect Park/PPH By material e.g. a journal, DVD, CD-ROMBy material e.g. a journal, DVD, CD-ROM To chose more than one location, press Ctrl and clickTo chose more than one location, press Ctrl and click When you have finished entering the details, click on search By default it will search the books held by us but display items at all locations

SEARCH RESULTS Click on the item you wish to check

LOCATION OF ITEM From the results page, we can check to see if we have the item We can also check it’s availability and loan period This is where the item is shelved You can also check what other items are available by the same author or in the same subject areas If the item that you want is unavailable at PPH, then we may be able to obtain it for you from another library. Please do ask us Further assistance can be found by clicking on help

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION…CONTACT US If you would like help using SWIMS then please do contact the Healthcare Library Healthcare Library Prospect Park Hospital, Honey End Lane, Reading RG30 4EJ TEL: ; FAX: Website: