Transcript York St John LIS

Introduction to Fountains
Library & Information Services
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Access to services
• To find out what services are available
in Fountains
• You can get access to all the facilities
on completion of enrolment
• Your student card is also your library
card
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Layout of building
• Ground floor – computers, study spaces,
Quick Access Texts, reference books and journals
open 24/7
• First and second floors – main book collections,
variety of quiet and group study zones
• Link to our Virtual tour of the building
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Borrowing & returning
• Use Self-Service
machines for
borrowing,
renewing or
returning
• Need student
card and PIN
• Loan periods
– 4 week loan
– 7 day loan
– 1 day loan
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Resources in Fountains
• As well as books, you
can borrow DVDs,
CDs
• Journals (some for
reference only)
• You can borrow up to
15 items at once
• Quick access texts
(for reference only)
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Library catalogue
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Results screen
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Detailed record
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List of copies
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Other collections
• York Teaching
Hospital
Library
• Languages
Resource
Centre
• Religious
Education
Centre
• Archives
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Holds
• If you want an item that is on loan,
place a hold
• Email sent when hold is ready to collect
• Check your University email!
• Self-service holds collection area on
ground floor
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Checking your loans
• Choose ‘Library account’ from homepage
– Need User ID and PIN number to logon
– User ID is your student number
– PIN number will be emailed to you
• Renew on Self Service points or library web pages
or library catalogue
• Renew 4 week and 1 week loans up to 7 times
• Fines are due if items returned late
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Computers
• Over 400 computers
in IT rooms and
open areas, esp.
ground floor
• Wireless access for
your laptops
• Internet available
from halls of
residence
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Saving your work
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Document Library in MySite
‘Documents’ area on network (200Mb)
Use memory sticks to backup
ALWAYS backup your work!
Software on PCs
• Annette Webb can help
you with Microsoft Office
software e.g. Word, Excel,
PowerPoint
• Help with MyYSJ student
portal
• One to one and group
sessions
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Printing & photocopying
• You can print out and photocopy on the same
machines in Fountains
• Prices for printing/copying displayed by each
machine
• £2 free credits for new students
• You have an online account to add credit:
instructions at Question Point.
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Electronic journals & databases
• Most resources
available off-site
as well as on
the campus
• 1000s of full
text journal
articles
available
electronically
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Question Point
• Ask us for help at
Question Point on
the ground floor
– Finding books
– Using electronic
resources
– IT queries
• Roving staff
throughout the
building
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Library website
• Available from
MyYSJ portal
• Access to
electronic
resources
• Information
about using
the library &
searching
techniques
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Moodle
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And finally…
• Check out the
Library website
• Any further enquiries
come and ask us for
help on the ground
floor of Fountains
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