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Library Resources and Services To cover: • Where your books and journals are • Finding out if the Library has what you need • Getting what the Library doesn’t have • Finding academic literature on your subject Rowena Stewart Liaison Librarian Noreen and Kenneth Murray Library – print books KB Library Store - all KB print journals Murray Library building: 08:30 - 23:00 09/noon - 19:00 Informatics, Medicine & HSS in Main Library, George Square Print journals in Library Annexe, South Gyle. Which Library? Library Catalogue print journals and (online or print) books renew books on loan On the Library homepage at http://www.ed.ac.uk/is/library Library tab on MyEd Which Library? Ebook example: string theory date descending- http://catalogue.lib.ed.ac.uk/vwebv/searchBasic RESERVE Collections 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. 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 http://catalogue.lib.ed.ac.uk/vwebv/login Fines for overdue books: Borrowing Books 20p per day for standard books / 50p per day for short loan books £1 per day for overdue recalled books 2p per minute for overdue reserve books) 5 days grace for overdue standard loan books [on day 6, fine is added at cost of 6 days overdue] no grace period for overdue recalled books Borrowed books you want (borrower has week at most): Online Maths Collection • 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 E-journals In the e-journal pages you can search, browse or look at subject groupings. The library catalogue link goes to the same information but the ejournal pages are more up to date with purchases. 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 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/ “Intra-library loan” - Get material from other UoEdinburgh libraries sent to KB • same form • FREE • Annexe scans/items - same (week)day if in before noon Suggest the Library buys Something Books: http://www.ed.ac.uk/is/RAB 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. Databases for Reviewing the Literature You will need at some stage to find out what has already been published in your research field: MathSciNet: Information on millions of applied and pure Maths articles. Reviews of the articles from 1940s onwards. ZentralblattMATH: As for MathsSciNet can use MSC to focus on your research interest. Web of Science: Tracking a useful article through the literature since it was published. Business Source Complete, Datastream Advance, Factiva… Searcher: library catalogue, databases etc with default limit set to what you can read now. Where to find (out about) databases A-Z list and lists by subject http://www.ed.ac.uk/is/databases-subjects 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 Level 1 for the Murray Library Help • IS Skills Development open courses and manuals – MyEd Events or Uni web search box • ISiSkills – www.iskills.is.ed.ac.uk • IAD – www.ed.ac.uk/iad • uCreate – www.ed.ac.uk/is/ucreate Help IAD Programme: (PGT - CSE) Finding Academic Literature Wednesday 12th November 12:15-13:45 [rm3212 JCMB] Murray Library: • Specific topics, semester Tuesdays – group study room 1, 1.15-1.45pm. MyEd booking. • Drop-in literature review clinic, semester Thursdays – level1 seating area noon-2pm. • Mobile Device clinics – Book via MyEd Events Tuesdays 2-4pm, grp study rm3. Happy to see people/take questions This presentation at www.ed.ac.uk/is/subject-guides-maths Rowena Stewart, rm1406 JCMB Tel: 0131 650 5207 e-mail: [email protected]