1. PhD Induction 2017
Marshall Library of Economics

2. Introduction Library registration forms University Card :
‘Registration’ – with the Library
‘Activation’ – with Faculty custodian
Feedback forms

3. When is the Marshall Library open?
Day
Term
Vacation
Monday - Friday
9am – 9pm
9am – 5pm
Saturday
11am – 5pm
Closed
Sunday
1pm – 5pm (Easter Term only)

4. Please note …
Warning bells ring 15 & 5 minutes before the library closes
Access by University Card :
Weekday evenings (4.30 – 9pm)
Saturday (11am-5pm)
Sunday (1-5pm, Easter Term)

5. What are the main categories of books?
Short Loan : Text books on Undergraduate / MPhil reading lists – located on the first & second floors of the reading room.
Open Shelf : Located on the first & second floors of the reading room.

6. Reference: Non-borrowable & shelved with Open Shelf books in the library reading room
Basement : Borrowable but shelved in closed stacks in library basement. These may be requested online from the library catalogue or at the Issue Desk

7. How many books can PhD students borrow, for how long & what fines are charged?15
Book category
Loan Duration
Overdue Charges
Short Loan
28 days (renewable)
50p per day
(£1 if requested)
Open Shelf
25p per day
(50p if requested)
Basement
Could add more books if needed. Staff can override system at desk

8. Take books & University Card to the Issue Desk
How do you borrow books?
Take books & University Card to the Issue Desk
Issued
Stamped
Desensitized

9. How do you return books?
At the Issue Desk …
… Or to the Book Drop which is open whenever the Library is closed OR after 4.30pm weekdays and throughout the weekend

10. How do you request books on loan?
Either:
At the Issue Desk
Online via iDiscover E.g.
Carrier, J.G. (ed.) (1997) Meanings of the market. Oxford: Berg

11. Please note …
You’ll receive an as soon as your book is available to collect
You can also cancel any requests online that you decide you no longer need
Items on hold won’t be kept for you indefinitely
Overdue charges double if requested items aren’t returned by the specified time
If you have two requested overdue items your account is automatically blocked

12. How do you renew your books?
Either:
At the Issue Desk
Online via iDiscover – MyLibrary Account

13. Please note … Requested books cannot be renewed No. of renewals
Book category
No. of renewals
Maximum loan duration
Short Loan
(3 day) 5
15 days
Open Shelf
(7 day)
35 days
Basement
(28 day) 7
196 days
Requested books cannot be renewed

14. How do you find books & other eresources in Cambridge?

15. What is iDiscover?
A single interface allowing you to search the University’s libraries print & online collections. You can log into it to manage your loans, requests, fines & saved search results.
What are you searching?
The catalogues of physical items in most University libraries
Subscribed eresources including ebooks, journals, databases, open access items in the University’s institutional repository and electronic legal deposit.

16. Problems accessing ebooks … ?
Provides information about accessing ebooks off campus and an address to report ebook problems
Provides information about using Raven to access ebooks off-campus
Notes

17. Locating Electronic Legal Deposit ebooks using iDiscover
Access is very restricted …
Some printing is possible …
Notes

18. Finding online journal articles using iDiscover
Notes

19. Finding printed journals …
Notes

20. Finding Newspapers
Online current newspapers are available via LexisNexis and Factiva
Daily papers available in Marshall Library Social Area: FT, The Economist, Guardian, The Times and Daily Telegraph
Check out other content via the Newspapers Libguide

21. What else do you need to know?
Online fines payment
Can’t pay fines via iDiscover
Need to go to the Marshall’s web site
Each library has separate fines payment
Overdue books need to be returned before fine can be paid

22. Manuals supporting software used in the Faculty
70 HA – 70 HZ

23. Finding Data
Use the List available via Marshall Library – useful for finding how to access particular resources:
Macroeconomic data
Microeconomic data
Banking and Finance data

24. Bloomberg & EIKON Available on dedicated terminals in the Library
International company & economic data and news, recent and historic. Import/export from Excel
Book to use the terminals online or at the Library

25. Further help with iDiscover …
Cambridge LibGuide : iDiscover
iDiscover Quick guides
Video guides to iDiscover
Marshall Library iDiscover Worksheet covers full functionality including saving records
Notes

26. Inter-Library Loan Books, Journal articles, British PhD theses etc.
Apply for Inter-Library Loan centrally via Cambridge University Library
Currently this costs £5.00 to all University members

27. Purchasing books for research
Don’t forget to ask us if you need us to purchase books for your research – we will try and get books if they are needed. Online Request Form: purchase-suggestion-form Ask us at the desk

28. Research Data Management & Open Access
Faculty of Economics Data Champions:
Craig Peacock (IT Manager), Clare Trowell (Marshall Librarian)
Data Management Plans
ORCID
Altmetric
Open Access

29. Library support for teaching
Reading Lists CORE READINGS - week by week or topic by topic. We will buy sufficient copies of textbooks according to student numbers. eCOUNTER ITEMS (digitised readings) KEY CHAPTERS & JOURNAL ARTICLES. We are able to digitise up to 5% or a single chapter, whichever is greater. If you want to use online working papers or a specific electronic article we can advise you on how to make stable links for your core readings. FURTHER READINGS & BACKGROUND READINGS OR BIBLIOGRAPHY If you share further reading lists during the course via lecture slides, for example, please send an to the Marshall Library

30. Finally, further information & help is available …
From the Marshall Library web site F
From Cambridge LibGuides
By ing us at
At the Issue Desk