Library Services welcomes Postgraduate Researchers Gerald Watkins Library

Library Services welcomes Postgraduate Researchers Gerald Watkins Library Services Subject Advisor (Government and Society; Social Policy) g. g. watkins@bham. ac. uk 0121 414 7574 (ex 47574)

What do we do for you? We look after your thesis when it’s done o Both a print copy and the online version o And along the way there’s advice on: – Physical layout of thesis – Embargoes for commercial/data protection reasons – Copyright material (don’t wait until the last minute to redact these!) o

Back to the present … o Basics of what you need to use our services o All the print and online books, journals we provide o Help and advice o All the other services, including managing your references

The Basics … o University username and password (ADF) o University ID card o Access Library Services website

The Basics: University username and password o Get this when registering o Needed to access all computers on campus o Needed to access a lot of databases and journals that University pays for; especially if you are off campus

The Basics: UID card o Gets you through the turnstiles o Borrow and renew books (renew off campus too) o Charge it up to pay for photocopying and printing

Access Library Services Type this URL in the address box at the top of the screen o www. intranet. birmingham. ac. uk/library o This will work from anywhere on or off campus o Most cluster PCs on campus default to Student Portal www. my. bham. ac. uk; can use “Library” tab BUT Portal can log you off unexpectedly o

Library Services Homepage: what it looks like (just in case the network’s down)

Library Services homepage o Major links: – On left of screen: o Opening hours o Your Library account o Help and Contacts – In middle of the screen: o Find. It@Bham

Finding what you need for your work Find. It@Bham – Link in middle of Library Services homepage – Or: http: //findit. bham. ac. uk

SIGN IN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! o Use the Sign-in link at the top right of the screen so that you have full access to everything o Publishers impose password restrictions on access to full text etc o Vital for off campus access o Enter your University username and password

Find. It@Bham: searching o Enter what you are looking for in the search box – just like Google

Searching for a book

Results

Print books and ebooks o We have this particular book in two versions: – For the Online Access one; follow the View Online link to read it. – For the print copy; click on Locations to find out: o where it is kept o how long you can borrow it for o whether it is out on loan to someone else (if no copies are available use the “Reserve” linkto have it recalled for you

Find. It@Bham: Library Account o “Library Account” link at top of screen o Logon using the number on your UID card o Use Library Account” to: – Renew loans and check dates due – Check fines and charges – Check on your reservations

Searching for a journal article

Journal articles o Follow the View the article Online link to the full text of

Find. It@Bham: improving your search o Find. It@Bham defaults to searching for “Everything”; which may be too much o If you have too much; use Refine my Results at the right of the screen o Or limit your search in advance with the drop down menu to the right of the search box

Hint to off campus users: select – Online items option

Traditional bibliographic databases o Find. It@Bham is OK for locating known items o But it only searches what we have o For a proper literature search: Bibliographic databases in your subject o Enter name of the o Go to Find Databases at the top of the screen

Search by Subject: Category = your School Sub Category = your department

Search by name of database; e. g. ASSIA, Science Citation Index

Search by type: Official publications, Statistical sources, Newspaper collections etc

Getting help o Help and Contacts on Library homepage o Choose “Just Ask” link o Or: 0121 414 5828 (45828 on campus) o Or: talk to real live people on enquiry desks in the Main Library and site libraries

Getting help; Research Support o Research Support link on Library home page: o o o o Disseminating your research Copyright Subject Support Thesis guidance Training courses Managing and citing references Interlibrary loans

Referencing o I-CITE website http: //www. i-cite. bham. ac. uk/ – How to reference using different systems such as Harvard, Numbering and footnotes, with examples. – Details about Ref. Works (a resource in Find. It@Bham) :

Reference Management o Reference management software: o record of what you’ve consulted o formats citations, references and bibliographies o Systems supported here: – End. Note – Reference Manager – Ref. Works

Note about using other libraries: SCONUL Access o http: //www. access. sconul. ac. uk/users_info/ o You can borrow from, or have reference access to, up to three other libraries in the scheme (mainly printed material; online very limited) o Useful if they’re easier to get to than here o Register for it here – we’re your “Home” University, even if we’re not near you home!

Researcher Space in the Main Library

Researcher Space in the Main Library o For exclusive use of academic staff and doctoral researchers o Elizabethan panelling and views of campus o Exhibition of Poster Competition winners o Notice boards about research events (leave anything you want put there at the Reception Desk in Main library)