Library resources and services: an introduction
From Rowena Stewart
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From Rowena Stewart
[01:20] Noreen and Kenneth Murray Library.[03:24] Library opening hours[04:15] MyEd > Studies > Library column[05:40[ Bookable study spaces
[06:50] MyEd > Studies > Library column > "Search and access library resources"[08:03] DiscoverEd (plus Resource Lists)[10:30] Finding a book on DiscoverEd.[12:15] What the information on a DiscoverEd record tells you.[15:05] How many items/books can be borrowed, for how long & renewing what you have on loan/have borrowed.[18:00] Borrowing books, your library card, your library My Account space for what you have on loan etc.[19:28] Requesting books on loan to someone else and sections of print-only books.[21:30] Journals[24:18] Article scans from print-only journals "Digitize Other Issue".
[27:16] Off-campus access to online resourcesVisiting other Higher Education Institutions:
[28:50] DiscoverEd for articles[30:34] Abstracting & indexing databases by subject.[32:22] Library subject guides
This presentation [slides only, no narration]:[33:40] Referencing[36:45] Training for anyone: Library Bitesize, literature searching clinic, referencing clinic.[39:00] Help
http://www.docs.is.ed.ac.uk/docs/Libraries/Presentations/ChemMathsPhysicsInduction.pptx
The slides for Library resources and services of particular interest to new PhD students [no narration, just the slides]:
http://www.docs.is.ed.ac.uk/docs/Libraries/Presentations/ChemMathsPhysicsInductionPGRextras.pptx
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