1. Getting started it the Library (UG)
Anne Donnelly
Academic Support Librarian
School of Philosophy, Psychology & Language Sciences

2. Outline of Session
Getting started in the Library: the essentials – just to get you started!
A very brief demonstration of how to find books and other resources in the Library.
An outline of the many sources of help available.
Actually, I hope you will already have got started!
As we are now in Week 4 most of you will have visited the Library, so let’s see this session as a revision one, just to make sure you have a good grasp of how it all works.

3. Don’t forget your University card!
Edinburgh University Library
Psychology & Philosophy Library
Department of Psychology, 7 George Square
Librarian Karen Fleet – do pop in & say hello!
Books for PPLS subject areas
Study, computing & printing
Main Library
George Square
General collections
Centre for Research Collections
Study, computing & printing
Don’t forget your University card!
You are lucky in PPLS that you still have your own departmental library.
While its opening hours are not as extensive as those for the Main Library, it’s nevertheless a good additional resource for you, not least for some quiet study.

4. Informing our communities, informed by our collections
There’s a quick link to all things Library in MyEd.
As you’ll see in the list of links, there is also a formal Library home page. However, as you settle into it all, I think this is a very good place to start, as it’s got all of the links to key stuff in a single view.
Informing our communities, informed by our collections

5. The Library supports you with …
Study-related resources
Print: journals & books (core texts & recommended reading)
Electronic: ejournals, ebooks & databases
Computing & printing
Lots of study spaces – desks, computers, comfy chairs
Help & advice
IS Help Desk
Careers, Counselling & Disability Services
Time out
Library café (chums, chat, coffee, cake ……)
Yes, indeed, everything you need in the one place
And don’t under-estimate the importance of taking time out!

6. Study space www.ed.ac.uk/is/study-space
Group
Desk
Formal (desks & computers)
Informal (stools & comfy chairs)
Accessible
Quiet
Silent
Café (computers, wireless, coffee, cake …)
Lots available, to suit all requirements, individual & group and study styles.

7. Computing http://www. ed. ac
Open access PCs & Macs throughout the University …
Main Library
Central area
King’s Buildings
Holyrood
High School Yards
Extensive provision as you would expect.
Check out the web link in this slide for everything you need to know.

8. Printing & photocopying http://www. ed. ac
Printing & photocopying (across the University)
Photocopy on UoE printers
Print from UoE computers
Print from your own device – tablet, laptop or phone
uCreate (Main Library & King’s Buildings)
Provides multimedia and specialist IT facilities, including poster printing, on a self-service basis.
As you’ll see, you can print from your own devices too – once this has been set up, of course.
Do make sure you are in print credit, though!

9. IT and computing help
Extensive help with the technology available.
All the main things listed here – with the IS Helpline for anything else.

10. Informing our communities, informed by our collections
DiscoverEd
Edinburgh University Library's discovery service
Lots of guidance & help
Maps – to help you locate books on Main Library shelves
DiscoverEd – our combined catalogue & discover tool.
At the moment, you may well be getting direct links in Learn to most of what you need. However, it’s still worth spending time finding your way around DiscoverEd, as you will need it to use it at some point in the future.
Informing our communities, informed by our collections

11. Informing our communities, informed by our collections1. 2.
It’s a good idea to be signed in to DiscoverEd!
You don’t have to be signed in to use DiscoverEd, but it helps!
Being signed in means that you have automatic access to all licensed electronic resources, DiscoverEd functions and your library account.
Informing our communities, informed by our collections

12. How do I … find a book?
Podesva, Robert. & Sharma, Devyani, Research methods in linguistics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, Tip! Use a combination of words from the title and author name in a Simple Search: e.g. “Podesva research linguistics”

13. Advanced Search in action
Advanced Search in action! Here we have used it to find out what Podesva has published in the field of linguistics in the past 5 years.

14. About editions
Funder, David Charles. The personality puzzle, 7th ed. New York, N.Y. ; London : W.W. Norton & Company: 2016.
Funder, David Charles. The personality puzzle, 6th ed. New York, N.Y. ; London : W.W. Norton & Company: 2013.
Each new edition will bring changes from the previous one,
which may be substantial.
It’s difficult to know how different one edition is from another and if the changes in the latest one are substantial.
In general, it’s a good idea to seek out the edition that is recommended in your reading list, unless otherwise advised.

16. How do I … find a book chapter?
Mill, J.S., ‘The subjection of women’, in Cudd, A.E. and Andreasen, R.O., Feminist theory: a philosophical anthology. Oxford: Blackwell, 2005, pp Tip! As with finding a book, use a combination of words from the title and author name in a Simple Search: e.g.“Cudd, feminist, theory.”
Once you have located the book – either in print or electronic format – it’s an easy matter to find the chapter you need, even if you have not been given the page numbers.

18. Locating a book on the shelves
Lewis, John. Introduction to philosophy B74 Lew
Aitcheson, Jean. Linguistics: an introduction. P121 Ait
Woods, Barbara. Basics in psychology BF78 Woo B 74
Lew P
121
Ait BF 78
Woo
This simple to follow Library of Congress system enables you to track down books on the shelves easily.

19. How do I … find a journal article?
Heine, B. and Song, K ‘On the grammaticalization of personal pronouns’. Journal of Linguistics, 2011, 47 (3),
Tip!
Ejournals – Using Simple Search option, search for article using combination of author name and words from title of article.
Print journals – search for journal title to establish where print copy is held.
Most journals that you will be referred to are available electronically and therefore readily accessible on your computer.
Some leg work involved in locating and reading the print copy, however!

20. Journal of Linguistics available electronically!

22. Borrowing books What you can borrow There is self-issue, …
Books: 30 (including 3 Reserve)
Print journals: for consultation use only
For how long?
Standard loan: 4 weeks
Short loan: 1 week
Reserve: 3 hours or overnight
Most books renewable (unless recalled or you have a high outstanding fine!)
There is self-issue, …
… self-return
… and personal assistance from the Help Desk too!
So, you can borrow book absolutely any time!

23. Digital Skills & IT Training
Develop your IT skills!
Digital Skills & IT Training
An extensive programme of classroom-based and online IT & digital skills development throughout the year.
Lynda.com
A comprehensive library of video-based training resources in digital, technology, creative & business skills from industry experts.
Do take advantage of this while you can.
Our own training focuses on stuff you’ll need at University.
Lynda.com offers a range of skills training in other stuff too. Use it to develop your creative side!

24. Referencing Cite them right online Read, write, cite …
Read, write, cite …
It’s so important to get this right!
Cite Them Right Online will ensure you get it right for the sources you cite.
Some additional guidance here from EUSA.

25. Institute for Academic Development (IAD) http://www. ed. ac
Self-study learning resources
Study development workshops
Guidance on good academic practice
Study advice & support
A fantastic academic support resource – just for you!

26. SCONUL Access https://www.sconul.ac.uk/sconul-access
Allows University of Edinburgh Library users to borrow or use books & journals at other libraries which belong to the scheme.

27. Help!
Help online Lots of help available from Information Services for your library and computing problems: HelpDesk During staffed opening hours. Anne Donnelly, Main Library Karen Fleet, Psychology & Philosophy Library
As you’ll see, loads of it available!
For general enquiries about the Library, you should find the information on our website. However, if not, staff at the Help Desk will get you sorted.
The Helpline is excellent for IT stuff. You’ll be guided to some ready-made information on popular topics in the first instance and thereafter to an online form if the answer you seek is not there.