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Welcome to the Library
How to find out what the library has Where your books and journals are Electronic books and journals Borrowing and returning Finding academic literature Rowena Stewart Academic Support Librarian [email protected]
Tel: 0131 650 5207
Which Library holds your print Collections?
The Main Library holds the print collections for Health in Social Science and Medicine (plus most of the Arts and Humanities Collections).
Western General and RIE have libraries too.
Intra-library loans for material in other sites There are department libraries, eg Psychology & Philosophy Library in the Psychology Building (7 George Square)
Finding what you want in the Library
When you have a reference (or citation) for what you want to read, use: Library Catalogue print and electronic resources renew books on loan Electronic Journal webpages Electronic journals only slightly more up to date than the library catalogue MAIN LIBRARY: HUB Collection – ground Floor Other books – levels 2 and 3 Self issue and return machines
Which Library?
Library Catalogue print journals and (online or print) books On the Library homepage at http://www.ed.ac.uk/is/library renew books on loan Library tab on MyEd
Borrowing Books 40 books (including up to 3 Reserve books) Standard loan = 12 weeks. Short loan = 1 week Reserve books = up to 3 hours or overnight Self-issue and self-return
But please ask the Helpdesk staff if you have questions etc.
http://catalogue.lib.ed.ac.uk/vwebv/login
Renewing Books
Most books (excluding Reserve books) may be renewed up to 5 times Can’t renew if: recalled, fines too high or on/after due date
Online Collection
• Ebooks in the library catalogue [electronic resource] in the title means you can read online • Many thousands of journals online Not always bought from every available host site Not always bought for access from volume 1 to now • Check electronic journals pages – not the default tab http://sfxhostedeu.exlibrisgroup.com/Edinburgh/az
Ejournals
In the ejournal pages you can search, browse or look at subject groupings.
The library catalogue takes you to the journal or a page from which to choose the link you need.
Off-campus access to online collection
Through EASE (authentication) / MyEd (portal) VPN – access to University network + wireless access -
www.ed.ac.uk/is/vpn
Eduroam – JANET Roaming Service : secure internet access from eduroam-enabled institution around the world -
www.ed.ac.uk/is/wireless/jrs Use eduroam not central to connect to “normal” campus network www.ed.ac.uk/is/wireless
Get Connected Visiting/Borrowing from other Libraries:
• www.ed.ac.uk/is/inter-library
Incl. SCONUL Access
>Access to other libraries borrowing from other UK HEI Libraries www.sconul.ac.uk
Plus:
• NHS Knowledge Network http://www.knowledge.scot.nhs.uk/ • RCN and/or other professional bodies and their resources
Inter-Library Loan (I.L.L.) for what we don’t have
30 free per year [5 for undergraduates] • then £5 per request received • 2 renewals which are done via Helpdesk or I.L.L. staff.
More information: http://www.ed.ac.uk/is/inter-library ILLiad form: http://illiad.lib.ed.ac.uk/illiad / “Intr a -library loan” - Get material from other UoEdinburgh libraries sent to KB • same form • FREE • Annexe scans/items - same (week)day if in before noon For (non-UoEd) UK theses start at EThOS. If asked to pay use I.L.L..
North American and worldwide – “Dissertations and Theses” (then I.L.L.)
Suggest the Library buys Something Books:
http://www.ed.ac.uk/is/RAB Journals etc – [email protected]
(academic support librarian) or Maggie Carson, Jill Cossar, Nick Jenkins, Alette Willis.(divisional library reps)
Academic Literature databases
Library catalogue and e-journal pages tell you what journals we have, eg
Qualitative Health Research
But, not who has published what in those journals, eg Strohschein et al’s
Patient decision making among older individuals with cancer
, in 2011.
Academic literature databases: • • • Contain information about the contents of a range of publications Often subject specific. Perform sophisticated searches with strong search functions N.B. 1) provide references/citations for material and often abstracts or summaries as well but only link out to full-text 2) are not limited to what the library has
Databases for Reviewing the Literature
You will need at some stage to find out what has already been published in your research field:
CINAHL Plus – Information on articles from thousands of nursing journals. Cochrane Library - full-text of Cochrane systematic reviews and citations to other review articles.
MEDLINE – National Library of Medicine’s database of articles from thousands of medicine and related journals and other academic literature.
PsycINFO – references to articles from thousands of psychology and related journals, conference proceedings, etc.
Where to find (out about) databases
A-Z list and lists by subject http://www.ed.ac.uk/is/databases-subjects • Index to Theses – UK and Irish Theses • EThOS (UK) & Dissertations and Theses (North America+) – full text theses • ERA – full text of recent UoEd theses http://www.era.lib.ed.ac.uk/
Reading the Full-text
• Try any links which seem as if they will give you full-text. • Treat like a normal reference and use the library catalogue
Because we may have what you want:
• online from a different site • In print
Inter-Library Loan (ILL)
for material we don’t have at all
Searcher – the default tab
Library catalogue plus databases etc. Good for finding academic literature for essays and reports. Default limit set to what you can read now.
What information do you need?
• Think what you need to read about and identify the major subjects areas.
Think of words and phrases associated with these major subjects. • • • Including: acronyms, synonyms and alternative spellings.
formal and informal terms (myocardial infarction and heart attack) broader and also more specific terms
Citing References
There is reference management software which may help, eg EndNote, RefMan
Printing
Printing and photocopying - paid via your Print account which you can top up via the machines, asking library staff and via MyEd’s Online Print Credit channel.
uCreate provides multimedia and specialist IT facilities on a self-service basis including printing posters.
Managing your references
Eg EndNote Online – http://myendnoteweb.com
• Desktop and an online version • Direct import of records (look under Save or Export function on website etc) • Attach files to records.
• Cite while you write • Export chosen references in BibTeX format. Use what you like but use something [N.B. link goes to UoLoughborough information
Publishing your research
Open Access (OA) www.ed.ac.uk/openaccess Money to make it OA Advice (on copyright implications etc.)
Data
www.ed.ac.uk/is/data-management Open repository, Edinburgh DataShare.
Training http://datalib.edina.ac.uk/mantra/ Advice
Contacting Information Services
If you have a learning technology, IT or library enquiry, contact the IS Helpline:
Self-service portal: www.ed.ac.uk/is/selfservice Email: [email protected]
Phone: +44 (0)131 651 5151
There is an IS Helpdesk in each of the IS managed libraries -
www.ed.ac.uk/is/library-locations
Help
• IS Skills Development open courses and manuals http://www.ed.ac.uk/is/skills • ISiSkills – www.iskills.is.ed.ac.uk
• IAD – www.ed.ac.uk/iad • Learning Technology Team (Turnitin, VLEs) www.ed.ac.uk/is/learning-technology • uCreate – www.ed.ac.uk/is/ucreate
Help
When you start thinking about the (systematic) literature review for your thesis, please get in touch if you would like a run through of the resources available to you and how you can get the best out of them.
Rowena Stewart,
rm1406 JCMB, The King’s Buildings
Tel: 0131 650 5207
e-mail: