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Library Workshop Welcome!
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What we are talking about: Library facts How to search our print content online (OPAC) How to access and search e-content Questions? 2
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Library Facts: Reference library – books can be used in the library and should stay there Undergraduates: Weekend loan (= Friday to Monday!) 1 Week loan for BBAs & BScs writing their theses, all MScs MBAs 4 Weeks 3
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Opening Hours Monday to Thursday 9 A. M. - 6 P. M. Friday 9 A. M. – 5 P. M. Holidays: Shorter opening hours or closed – please check our website, the facebook community group or just give us a call! 01/320 35 55 - 180 4
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Library Reading room (sometimes used for lectures) Book room Copy machine = printer = scanner (Quick card) 5 PC stations Books eResources Reading Packs Librarians 5
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Some rules... Please do...... turn off your phone … speak in a low voice and avoid any unnecessary noise Please do NOT...... eat or drink in the library... damage books 6
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What librarians can do for you Help you find material you are looking for (books and online material) Help you find a good topic for your thesis/projects Help you with referencing and quoting sources for papers/projects correctly Book a librarian: library@modul.ac.atlibrary@modul.ac.at and we can deal with your individual request 7
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How to find the books you need: 8
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Online catalogue 9
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Get the book! 11 1. Is the book available? 2. On which shelf can you find the book? 3. Call number on the back of the actual book
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Check out the book Now you can use the book in the library check out the book at the librarians‘ desk if it is a weekend make a reservation in case the book is already taken out by someone else for this you have to sign in to your account 12
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Search 13
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Refine and filter 14 Too many?
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Refine 15
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Boolean Operators Boolean logic is about relationships between entities: AND each citation contains ALL the search terms = less resultsAND (e.g. marketing AND management = hits include BOTH terms) OR you will find documents that contain AT LEAST ONE of the specified search terms = more resultsOR (e.g. marketing OR management = hits include either term) NOT you EXCLUDE terms from your search = less resultsNOT (e.g. marketing NOT management = hits that include marketing only when it doesn‘t include management) Be careful what you exclude so you don‘t lose valuable hits! 16
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Filter 17
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Your Account 18
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Your Account 19
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Make a reservation 20
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Make a reservation 21
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Your basket 22
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Your basket 23
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Your basket 24
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Advanced Search 25
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Other catalogues 26
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Electronic content A few key terms Access to our electronic resources What these resources contain and how to search them
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Bibliographical database indexes and contains references to original sources of information
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Google (scholar) Google Scholar is a freely accessible web search engine that indexes the full text or metadata of scholarly literature across an array of publishing formats and disciplines.web search enginescholarly literature Also functions as a sort of bibliographical database Documents themselves often not available
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E-journal A digital version of a print journal, or a journal-like electronic publication with no print counterpart made available via the WebdigitalprintjournalpublicationWeb Searching for articles much more convenient than in print journals
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Access to all of MU‘s electronic resources:
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Links on Library homepage
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Access to all of MU‘s electronic resources: Links on Library homepage On Campus (no need to log in – the login is for additional features and personal settings) Via VPN-connection from home (see “my download area“ on the intranet for details on how to set up such a connection)
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Some Resources in Detail 34
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UNWTO e-library http://www.e- unwto.org/http://www.e- unwto.org/ Full text Primary data and sources such as statistics and reports 35
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EBSCO Business Source Premier 36
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EBSCO Business Source Premier Hybrid: bibliographical database with some full text Contains not only scholarly journals, but also trade news, company profiles and swot-analyses 37
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EBSCO Business Source Premier – online tutorials: http://support.epnet.com/training/flash_videos/ bs/bs_basic/bs_basic.htmlhttp://support.epnet.com/training/flash_videos/ bs/bs_basic/bs_basic.html Introduction to the database http://support.epnet.com/training/flash_videos/r esult_list/result_list.htmlhttp://support.epnet.com/training/flash_videos/r esult_list/result_list.html working with the result list 38
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ScienceDirect E-journal platform: shows all journals from this publisher, so it also serves function of a bibliographical database of that publisher We have over 600 journals subscribed If you create an account (with your modul email address), you can save your searches and results, get alerts on new publications on your topic and get remote access even without a VPN-connection 39
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ScienceDirect Click ‘Help’ for search tips and various online tutorials 40
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Questions? Should you need any help with searching for electronic content, using the OPAC or finding resources for your essays, please don't hesitate to contact your library team! Thank you for your attention! 41
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