Electronic Resources in the EUI Library

Veerle Deckmyn, Library Director Aimee Glassel, Electronic Resources Librarian 5 September 2012

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Welcome to the EUI Library

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Information for New Users

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From the Library homepage click here for basic information about:

• Library Hours • Training Courses • Your EUI ID Card • Library Catalogue • My Library Account • Library Collections • Borrowing / Renewals • Electronic Resources • InterLibrary Loan • Photocopying, Printing & Scanning • Using Computers in the Library • Library Rules

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Information for New Users

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Information Specialists:

• Economics - Thomas Bourke • European Union - Evangelia Koundouraki • History & Civilization - Serge Noiret • Law - Machteld Nijsten • Political & Social Sciences - Peter Kennealy

The Library’s Information Specialists are available to help users needing assistance with in-depth research questions or with using the Library's special collections 4

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Electronic Resources Outline

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• Locating E-Resources • E-Resources Tools • Accessing E-Resources • Questions?

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Library Catalogue Electronic Resources

Locating E-Resources at the EUI:

Where to begin?

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Research Guides 6

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Language Coverage

The EUI Library strives to provide access to e-resources in English as well as many other European languages.

Some of the databases with content in languages other than English are:

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Locating E-Resources:

EUI Library Catalogue Library Limit search to Electronic Resources or Electronic Journals The Catalogue includes entries for all the Library’s print materials, as well as all databases and electronic collections The Catalogue includes entries and links to our e-journals and e-books Journal articles are not indexed in the Catalogue 8

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Catalogue Search: Databases Library If you know the title of the database you want to use, a Title Search in the Library Catalogue is the quickest way to access it 9

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Catalogue Record Details: E-Journal Databases Library Link to database Partial list of e-journal titles included in the database Click to view full list of e-journal titles in the database 10

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Catalogue Search: Journals Library Print and electronic journals are usually presented in separate records in the EUI Library Catalogue

print journal electronic journal

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Online Provider & link to full-text

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Catalogue Record Details: E-journals Library Dates of full-text access Click to view Terms of Use Links to full-text in Catalogue record will work from on and off-campus.

Full-text access is limited to dates listed in Catalogue record.

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Library Catalogue Discovery Tool Library For a Google-like search of the Catalogue try the Library Catalogue Discovery Tool 13

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Catalogue Discovery Tool: e-book example Library

electronic book print book

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Electronic Resources homepage Library 15

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E-Resources Lists Library 16

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Databases A-Z Library 17

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Electronic Journals Library

Browse by TITLE Search by TITLE or ISSN

Use the Electronic Journals List to browse or search for individual journal titles 18

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Electronic Journals List: example Library

Full-text: 1997 to present Full-text: 1997 to 2001

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Full-text E-Journal Providers & Collections Library

Click on a logo above to go to database via the EUI Library Catalogue.

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E-books Library Use the E-Books List for quick access to the most-used e book collections. Individual e-book titles are included in the catalogue 21

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E-Book Providers and Collections Library 22

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E-Statistics Library Use the Data Portal to access major statistical databases. Detailed descriptions and access instructions are also included.

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Research Guides E-Resources information available in the EUI Library Research Guides:

• Lists of discipline-specific E-Journals and Databases • How-to Guides for individual databases • Pointers to highly-specialized Internet resources

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L inks to the Library’s Research Guides are available on the Library homepage as well as in the right navigation menu

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E-Resources Tools

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Find Articles (and more) Library

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Bibliographical Databases help you find citations for items not listed in the Catalogue, including: Journal articles Book reviews Dissertations Conference proceedings They usually do not have full-text Many have enabled the EUI’s Linking to Full-Text service 26

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Google Scholar and Linking to Full-text Library Outside the EUI, add the “European University Institute” to the Library Links Setting in Google Scholar for full-text linking (automatically set for on-campus computers) 27

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Linking to Full-text: Google Scholar example Library “Full-text@EUI Library” link goes to Linking to Full-text service 28

Accessing E-Resources

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Most Library e-resources are accessible to EUI users from both on-campus and from home. Details on how to connect to the EUI Network are available from the Library website.

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Accessing E-Resources:

Off-Campus Access example Library Use the 14-digit Library Code on your EUI ID Card when asked to login the Library’s electronic resources from off-campus 30

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Terms & Conditions of Use Library

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General Restrictions:

Use of the Library’s e-resources is governed by copyright laws and license agreements EUI users who violate the Terms of Use may lose access rights to e-resources Misuse by a single user could result in access being blocked for all EUI users • • • •

Users may not:

Share logins/passwords Modify or create a derivative work of the licensed materials without permission Use the licensed materials for commercial purposes Systematically download, distribute or retain substantial portions of content, such as: • • Continuously download tables of contents, search results, citations, or output Download entire issues or volumes of an e-journal or entire contents of an e-book • Use robots, spiders, or other automated programs to download content

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Terms of Use in Catalogue Records Library Users must abide by all Terms of Use.

Catalogue records provide information on the Terms of Use.

Terms of Use and access restrictions are different for each database or e-journal provider.

Contact Library staff if the Terms of Use or access restrictions are not clear.

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Reporting Access Problems Library 33

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Reporting Access Problems Submit an Online Problem Report Form for:

• • • Problems accessing the Library’s electronic resources, whether from on-campus or from home Downloading or printing problems with Library’s electronic resources Broken links in the Catalogue • • •

Provide enough detailed information so that the Library staff can replicate the problem, including:

Full citation of article you are unable to access URL of page not working Any error messages received

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Reporting Access Problems Library

Where can I find links to the Problem Report Form?

• Library Catalogue – in the footer of every page • The Library’s Request Forms page • E-Resources home under the Access Information menu

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User Training -- Library Courses

Monitor Library’s website for details on:

• Library Training Courses and Tours – Training courses on specific databases and research topics – new courses are continually being added – Users can request a training session on a topic not covered by the current schedule • Announcements about new databases • Library Blog (launch date: 15 September)

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Thank you for your attention.

Are there any questions?

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