an induction in library services for postgraduates elizabeth newall, faculty team librarian: arts

An induction in library services for postgraduates

Elizabeth Newall, Faculty Team Librarian: Arts

In the next 30 minutes…• Identify libraries relevant to your

research interests• Learn how to access our library

collections and facilities• Search the library catalogue

(UNLOC)• Use the eLibrary Gateway to

identify and access electronic resources and information

• Request material not held by the University

• Identify sources of library and IT support and training

•Hallward Library

University Park

•Denis Arnold Music Library

University Park

•Manuscripts and Special Collections

King’s Meadow Campus

Libraries for Arts, Humanities, Law and Social Sciences

•Djanogly Learning Resource Centre

(DLRC)

Jubilee Campus

•Business Library

Jubilee Campus

Libraries for Education and Business

•Greenfield Medical Library

Queen’s Medical Centre

•Derby Library

Royal Derby Hospital, Derby

Libraries for Medicine and Health

•George Green Library

University Park

•James Cameron Gifford Library

Sutton Bonington

Libraries for Science, Engineering, Biosciences and Veterinary Science

University Card / Library Card

Our Collections1,300,000 Books

(inc. 60,000 ebooks)

3,000,000 Manuscripts

18,000 Journals

•Dissertations and theses

•Newspapers

•DVDs

•Official publications

Also…

Borrowing

•Number of items

PGR: 40

PGT: 25

inc. 2 Short Loans

•Ordinary loan period

PGR: annual loan

PGT: 8 weeks

•Short loan

Day, overnight or weekend loan

Check in your library for time of return.

Self-service and staff-service

Study spaces

Individual PG rooms Group study areas

Networked PCs, laptop plug-in points, borrowable laptops, tablets and wireless available

Help from IT staff, or phone ext. 16677

or email student-it-helpline@nottingham.ac.uk

PCs, laptops, network points and wireless

Printing, copying and scanning

‘MFDs’ ‘Top-up’ machines

swipe card + library pin

portal.nottingham.ac.uk

Searching for material: Journals

• Use UNLOC for Print and electronic journals

• Use eLibrary Gateway for Electronic journals only

Beyond Nottingham: getting hold of print material from other libraries

Inter Library Loans (ILL)

• PGT: 20 per year

• PGR: 40 per year

• £1 per request

• Request via UNLOC

SCONUL Access Scheme: www.access.sconul.ac.uk

Think of a Number…

44,000

Library users

44,000+

Visits to libraries per week

2,200,000

Visits to libraries per year

1,300,000

Loans per year

3,524

Study places

How to get the most from our library services…

Essential information skills for researchers in…

One or half-day courses offering subject-specific expertise in advanced searching skills, specialist resources, and more

Keeping up-to-date with research in…

Half-day courses offering ways to keep up-to-date with published research and information through the use of alerts, table of contents

services, Web 2.0 technologies and more

Referencing and citing using Endnote

Half-day courses introducing Endnote and Endnoteweb to manage references and create bibliographies

Effective Literature Searching

Moderated online learning course over 5 days. Guided tasks, tutor input and peer-to-peer discussion

Booking www.nottingham.ac.uk/csc

www.nottingham.ac.uk/library

Phone 0115 95 14514

library-helpline@nottingham.ac.uk