1. WWW.TCD.IE/LIBRARY Online Resources @ the Library Michaelmas Term 2011 Trinity College Library Dublin 1 1

2. Learning Outcomes By the end of today’s session you will know more about: Online resources in TCD Library What a Database is How to access the Library’s online resources (including off campus access) Article search in Stella Search How to search within databases How to access individual e-journal titles How to access e-books Linking from databases to full text articles using the TCD Link (two versions) Trinity College Library Dublin 2

3. Online Resources in TCD Library (Library catalogue: 2 interfaces): Classic Catalogue Stella Search Databases Electronic or E-journals Electronic or E-books TARA: Trinity’s IR: Institutional Repository (IR) RIAN: IRs of 7 Irish universities and DIT Digital Collections Repository MARLOC Printed Catalogue Online Trinity College Library Dublin 3 3

4. What are Databases ? Large amounts of indexed, organised and searchable data. Offering high levels of functionality. Which make it possible to save, bookmark, download, print and email data. Trinity College Library Dublin 4

5. What else? Databases can be collections or websites determined by: publishing format: E-journal collections, E-book collections, data sets, film or a combination of all formats. type of content: Full text material, Abstracting and indexing services, Bibliographic lists, or a combination of all. Subject: Science, Nursing, Business, Language, History, General. Trinity College Library Dublin 5

6. Accessing the Library’s Online Resources You need: An Internet connection College Username and Network Login Password Trinity College Library Dublin 6

7. WWW.TCD.IE/LIBRARY Trinity College Library Dublin 7 7

8. WWW.TCD.IE/LIBRARY Trinity College Library Dublin 8 8 Library’s WEB address

9. How to access the Library’s online resources Example 1 Finding journal articles using Stella Search Start: Library home page : 1.In Search Collections go to Stella Search, OR 2. Go directly to Stella Search box, under the TCD crest and enter search terms Trinity College Library Dublin 9 9

10. Stella Search Trinity College Library Dublin 10

11. Stella Search – Results screen The results list displays books and journals matching the search terms Scroll to the bottom of the page to see sample of articles matching your search term Trinity College Library Dublin 11

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15. How to access the Library’s online resources Example 2 A discipline specific database Search for Engineering Village 2 Start: Library home page : 1.In Search Collections go to Databases & E-Books, OR 2.In Support & Training go to Subject Guides, OR 3. Go directly to Stella Search box, under the TCD crest and type Engineering Village 2, (a Stella search by default) Result for each: the catalogue record which links to the resource. Trinity College Library Dublin 15

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19. Stella Search – database name Trinity College Library Dublin 19

20. Stella Search Results – database name Trinity College Library Dublin 20

21. Off Campus Access You need College username and network login password An Internet connection Off campus, you MUST go through the TCD Library Website or Stella Search to access licensed online resources At: TCD-affiliated users may click here for access, the system requests College ID and password If a resource is accessed another way, you will NOT be recognised as being a member of TCD or ‘TCD-affiliated’ and will be denied access to the database or e-journal article Trinity College Library Dublin 21

22. Secure Login Screen Trinity College Library Dublin 22

23. How to access the Library’s online resources EXAMPLE 2 A discipline specific database Search within Engineering Village 2  Do a Title / Author search  Boolean operators  Examine search page for multilayered functionality  Follow Link resolver “Check TCD e-journals” Trinity College Library Dublin 23

24. Engineering Village 2 – Sample search Trinity College Library Dublin 24 Choose a search field Choose a range of years Use Boolean Operators

25. Boolean Searching Boolean operators = certain WORDS. They help carry out more precise keyword searches. Most common operators: AND : finds only Web pages that contain all of the terms e.g. Trinity AND Dublin OR : one search term or the other e.g. Trinity OR Dublin (will give more results) NOT : excludes results that have certain words e.g. Trinity AND College NOT Dublin Use quotation marks, e.g. “Trinity College Dublin”, to find that exact phrase. Trinity College Library Dublin 25

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27. Finding Full Text Article Trinity College Library Dublin 27

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30. Trinity College Library Dublin 30 Clicking on the TCD icon searches the TCD Library e- journals’ collections and the full Library catalogue, for both electronic and hard copy forms of the required title.

31. How to access the Library’s Online Resources EXAMPLE 3 a journal Search for Medium Aevum  Search from Library home page under Journal Titles  Note electronic full-text results  Choose to access online source from list of three  View, print, send or save results Trinity College Library Dublin 31

32. Journal Titles Search Trinity College Library Dublin 32 Search ‘known’ Journal title Medium Aevum

33. Trinity College Library Dublin 33 Choice of electronic and print formats

34. Trinity College Library Dublin 34 Choice of 3 full-text online sources Note difference in coverage.

35. EXAMPLE 4 a journal 2 Searches for Common Market Law Review  Use search box under TCD crest (a Stella search, by default)  Typos are corrected by Stella  Note other options in STELLA to limit by format, collection, etc. OR Use E-Journals only search Trinity College Library Dublin 35 How to access the Library’s Online Resources

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38. Trinity College Library Dublin 38 Click for access to full-text. Note difference in coverage. Results for both print & electronic formats with access to electronic.

39. E-Journals Only Search Trinity College Library Dublin 39

40. E-Journals A-to-Z Trinity College Library Dublin 40

41. E-Journals A-to-Z - Results Trinity College Library Dublin 41 Click for access to full-text. Note difference in coverage.

42. What are E-books? E-books are usually digitized versions of printed books, although some can be “born digital” An E-book of an important current book may not become available until the print copy has been updated to a newer edition. E-books can be collected together into packages according to –Subject –Historical period –Reference –an E-book provider platform Trinity College Library Dublin 42

43. WWW.TCD.IE/LIBRARY Trinity College Library Dublin 43 Books AT Ovid Royal Society of Chemistry E-Book Collection Early English Books Online (EEBO) Safari Books Online Past Masters ACLS Humanities E-Book Making of Modern Law Oxford Reference Online Empire Online L W W N u r s i n g a n d H e a l t h P r o f e s s i o n s P r e m i e r C o l l e c t i o n Women Writers Online Medieval and Early Modern Sources (MEMSO)  MIT Press CISnet LION (LIterature Online) Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO) Some TCD Library E-Book collections

44. How to access the Library’s Online Resources EXAMPLE 5 an E-Book collection Search ACLS-Humanities E-Books  Start at Library’s home page  Choose Databases & E-Books  Find ACLS-Humanities E-Book  Use any of the searches to find a book by Mac Niocaill on Vikings Trinity College Library Dublin 44

45. E-Books Results Trinity College Library Dublin 45

46. How to access the Library’s Online Resources EXAMPLE 6 Find the same E-Book: Ireland before the Vikings using the Library catalogue  Go directly to a catalogue search  Open and display full-text of searched title Trinity College Library Dublin 46

47. Stella E-Book Search Trinity College Library Dublin 47

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49. Summing Up  Online resources are collections of data, often in databases  Databases  Large amounts of organised and searchable data  Made up of E-Journals, E-Books, other databases, combination of all  To consult TCD-purchased resources, users should have  an internet connection;  a TCD username and password;  Found resource via the Library’s catalogue record.  The Library web address is the most important URL  www.tcd.ie/library  Use the Stella search box, Databases & E-Books or Journal Titles or E-Journals  Use help provided by Subject Guides and Subject Librarians Trinity College Library Dublin 49

50. WWW.TCD.IE/LIBRARY Queries about electronic resources in TCD Library? Consult the Subject Guides on the Library home page www.tcd.ie/Library Contact your Subject Librarian Contact the Duty Librarian in the Berkeley Library Trinity College Library Dublin 50