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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]