A brief introduction to the University Library Caroline

A brief introduction to the University Library Caroline Stirling Academic Support Librarian – HCA @HCAlibrarian http: //libraryblogs. is. ed. ac. uk/hcalibrarian 2014 -15 figures (these have all increased!!)

Today’s session • Facilities and services • Finding material in the Library • Discover. Ed • Online resources (e-resources) • Library doesn’t have what you need? www. ed. ac. uk/is/library

Main Library @Ed. Uni. Main. Lib • Primarily arts, humanities, social sciences, medicine but covers a little bit of everything • Holds books, journals, dvds, music scores, manuscripts, rare books, special collections, etc. • Contains study space, open access computing labs, printing, photocopying & scanning, wireless, group study pods, lockers, u. Create, library café, etc. Building open 24/7 year round*. Staffed hours (Helpdesk) are shorter. www. ed. ac. uk/is/main-library-opening *Normally closes around Christmas and New Year public holidays. • 5 th floor is silent study area with half the floor specifically for PGs • Careers Services, Student Disability Service & Student Counselling Service (all on third floor).

Always have your student card for access to libraries and to borrow items. Main Library • Self-issue and selfreturn of items • Self-issue machines on ground, 2 nd, 3 rd & 4 th floors. • Self-return machines on ground floor (next to Reception at entrance & next to HUB entrance). 8 other site libraries you can also use www. ed. ac. uk/is/library-locations • Other Open Access Computing Labs also available www. ed. ac. uk/is/open-access-locations HCA Student Research Rooms (SRR) • Book collections, limited study space and computers • http: //edin. ac/2 emaomx

Centre for Research Collections (CRC) Four main collection groups are: • Special Collections (rare books, manuscripts and archives) • University of Edinburgh Archives • Lothian Health Services Archives (LHSA) • Museum collections (fine art, musical instruments and heritage collection) 6 th floor, Main Library www. ed. ac. uk/is/crc @CRC_Ed. Uni

Library Annexe • Library’s offsite store • Books, print journals, reference material, microfilm, etc. • Can request to borrow individual items – via Discover. Ed • Or can request scans of journal article/book chapter – via Discover. Ed • Some special collections and archive material is held here • You must speak to CRC regarding getting access to this material

www. ed. ac. uk/is/library-borrowing PGT = 50 books (incl. 3 Reserve) PGR = 60 books (incl. 3 Reserve) Watch out for fines! Standard Loan = 12 weeks Short Loan = 1 week Reserve = 3 hours/overnight Access My Account in Discover. Ed to see what you have on loan, renew items, check and pay fines, loan history, etc.

Finding material in the Library Search Discover. Ed http: //discovered. ac. uk Can search direct from Library homepage (www. ed. ac. uk/is/library) or from Library tab in My. Ed.

What is Discover. Ed searching?

Single search box = keyword search Looking for a specific book? Search by title, can include author surname to make search more specific. Looking for a journal article? Search by article title, again can include author surname. Looking for journal? Search by journal title. Know it’s an e-journal Library has? Click on “Ejournals A-Z” and search or browse by title. Can’t find article? Try searching by journal title instead. Discover. Ed FAQs: http: //edin. ac/2 c. XRLo 8

Sign in here Use Advanced Search to do a more specific search Use left-hand menu (facets) to refine/limit your search

Request services in Discover. Ed - you must be signed in If a short or standard loan item you need is already on loan. If you require a book or journal part from Library Annexe. If you require one journal article or one book chapter from item at Library Annexe – request a scan.

E-journals • Access to over 45, 000 titles. • Access to 100 s of 1000 s of full-text articles. • Access may be limited to specific years. • If article you want is outwith this time period you will not get free access. (Don’t panic! Other access options may be available) • Library does not subscribe to all ejournals. • Remember the Library has 1000 s of print journals in its collections too. • Just because not available online doesn’t mean not available at Library. E-books • Access to over 345, 000 titles. • Due to copyright can often only print/download a limited number of pages • Or you’ll be able to download whole book for specific period e. g. 24 hours. • E-book publisher may place a limit on the number of users who can access/read an e-book at the same time. • Library tries not to buy these but sometimes only option. • If you get message suggesting limit has been reached try again later.

Databases • Bibliographic databases (journal articles, book chapters, reviews, conference reports & proceedings, etc. ) • Primary sources ( manuscripts, letters, diaries, official documents, reports, archives, rare books, etc. ) • Newspapers and magazines • Reference works, e-books, texts, dictionaries, etc. • Images and moving images • And more…

Accessing online resources • Discover. Ed • Majority offer on and off-campus Databases can also be accessed: • EASE username and password • Databases A-Z list (www. ed. ac. uk/is/databases-a-z) • Databases by subject (www. ed. ac. uk/is/databasessubjects) • Subject Guides (www. ed. ac. uk/is/subject-guides) Can link to all of these via • Library tab in My. Ed • Check for any special log in information noted e. g. “institutional access”, “Shibboleth”, VPN, etc. • VPN (www. ed. ac. uk/is/vpn) • Small number of databases are only accessible on-campus

Some databases for Archaeology • Academic Search Complete • ADS Library • Anthropology & Archaeology (Taylor & Francis Journal Archive) • Archaeopress Digital Subcription Service • Arts & Humanities Citation Index • Bibliography of British and Irish History • Digimap • JSTOR • Online Egyptological Bibliography http: //edin. ac/2 xi. Bn. XA

Some databases for Classics • L’Annee philologique • Arts & Humanities Citation Index • Bibliotheca Teubneriana Latina (BTL) • Brill's Companions in Classical Studies Online I • Loeb Classical Library Online • Oxford Classical Dictionary Online • Patrologiae Graecae • Patrologia Latina • Thesaurus Linguae Graecae (TLG) • Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL) http: //edin. ac/2 w. Xs 8 dn

Some databases for History • America: History & Life • Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) • Bibliography of British & Irish History • Brill's Medieval Reference Library • Cambridge Histories Online • Historical Abstracts • International Medieval Bibliography • JSTOR • Scopus http: //edin. ac/1 Tw 8 QAN

Some databases for primary sources • • • Archives Unbound (over 200 collections) Digital National Security Archive (DNSA) Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans, 1639 -1800 Early English Books Online (EEBO) Empire Online Foreign Office Files for China, 1938 -1980 Mass Observation Online Medieval Family Life MEMSO (Medieval and Early Modern Sources Online) Migration to New Worlds, module 1: The Century of Immigration http: //edin. ac/2 v 2 byb 5

Some databases for newspaper archives • • • America’s Historical Newspapers, Series 2 (1758 -1900) British Library Newspapers (1732 -1950) Chinese Newspapers Collection (1832 -1953) The Guardian (1821 -2003) and The Observer (1791 -2003) The Historical New York Times (1851 -2013) The Irish Times (1859 -2012) Japan Times Archive (1897 -2013) Pravda Digital Archive (1912 -2009) The Scotsman (1817 -1950) The Times Digital Archive (1785 -2011) The Times of India (1838 -2007) UK Press Online (1835 onwards) • Includes Daily Mirror, Daily Express, Sunday Express, Daily Star, Church Times, The Watchman, Daily Worker, etc. http: //edin. ac/1 Iz. Oyod

Some databases for images, moving images and sound recordings Image databases • • Amica Library Arkyves ARTstor Bridgeman Education Europeana SCRAN University of Edinburgh Image Collection Moving image databases • • • Academic Video Online BFI In. View Box of Broadcasts (Bo. B) Media. Plus Prelinger Archives Sound Recordings • British Library Sounds • Presidential Recordings Digital Edition http: //edin. ac/1 N 2 Go. VR

Library doesn’t have what you need? • Inter-Library Loans (ILLs) • Via ILLiad • Request A Book (RAB) • Using other libraries • Edinburgh and beyond www. ed. ac. uk/is/library-resources-plus

Inter-Library Loans (ILLs) www. ed. ac. uk/is/inter-library • Library can borrow books or get scans of journal articles from other libraries for you • PG students get free quota of 30 ILL requests per academic year • All ILL requests are done online via ILLiad • You must register to use it, click “First time users” http: //illiad. lib. ed. ac. uk/illiad/

Request A Book (RAB) Use the Request a Book service to recommend books for purchase by the Library. www. ed. ac. uk/is/RAB

Using other libraries – Edinburgh and beyond • National Library of Scotland • Reference library • World-class collections • www. nls. uk • National Museums Scotland Library Services SCONUL Access • The University Library is a member of the SCONUL Access scheme. • Vast majority of UK and Ireland universities are. • Once registered with scheme, Uo. E staff and students can get free • Particularly strong on archaeology, membership of other SCONUL Scottish history and military Access libraries, in line with their history but has lots more. local admission policies. • www. nms. ac. uk/library • www. sconul. ac. uk/sconul-access • Edinburgh City Libraries • www. edinburgh. gov. uk/libraries/ • Also gives you access to Heriot-Watt, Napier and Queen Margaret University Libraries.

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The reference management system What it is What it does • End. Note • Helps you • End. Note X 7 desktop software on all Uo. E lab PCs • Personal copy can be purchased at discounted rate (http: //edin. ac/2 vily. Nr) • End. Note Online for home use (free) • Training & support available • Digital Skills (http: //edin. ac/1 Pn. Kgy. F) • Self-study workbook • Collect & organise your references • Annotate and describe your references • Cite your references in your work • Style your references for • your assignment • your dissertation or Ph. D thesis • that published journal paper or book chapter! • Free web tools • Mendeley • Zotero • Takes the misery out of reference management!

Some further useful resources for researchers • Sage Research Methods (http: //methods. sagepub. com. ezproxy. is. ed. ac. uk/) • Zetoc (http: //zetoc. jisc. ac. uk. ezproxy. is. ed. ac. uk/) • Guide to finding theses (http: //edin. ac/2 a. FG 7 x. P) • Research Data Management (RDM) (www. ed. ac. uk/information-services/research-support/datamanagement) • Lynda. com (www. ed. ac. uk/is/lynda)

Library subject guides • http: //edinburgh-uk. libguides. com/archaeology • http: //edinburgh-uk. libguides. com/classics • http: //edinburgh-uk. libguides. com/history • All subject guides: www. ed. ac. uk/is/subject-guides

Remember if you’re stuck, ask for Help! Library Helpdesks • All library enquiries • Printing/photocopying enquiries • Basic IT enquiries • Replacement cards • Student laptop loans* • Helpdesks available in all site libraries • www. ed. ac. uk/is/library-locations Helpline • IT enquiries • E-learning enquiries e. g. Learn • Helpline don’t have a physical desk or service point • Contact details below • Pop-up IT Support Desk • Main Library • 12 noon-2 pm and 3 -5 pm (Mon-Fri) • www. ed. ac. uk/is/it-help Contact Helpline and Helpdesks via http: //www. ishelpline. ed. ac. uk/forms/ or 0131 651 5151 *Main Library, ECA Library, Moray House Library and Noreen & Kenneth Murray Library only.

Good luck and enjoy your time at University of Edinburgh! Caroline. Stirling@ed. ac. uk http: //libraryblogs. is. ed. ac. uk/hcalibrarian @HCAlibrarian @Ed. Uni. Libraries facebook. com/Ed. Uni. Libraries instagram. com/edunilibraries/ libraryblogs. is. ed. ac. uk/