With Resources Plus!
Found a book in the Catalogue or Searcher and don’t know how to get it? Someone already borrowed the book you need? Need to access a book or journal article that the Library doesn’t have in its collections?
Find out the answers to all of these and more at our Resources Plus session today (Tues 30th) 2-4pm on the 1st floor Main Library. Why not pop up for a chat!
Find out more about the session at Resources Plus.
Caroline Stirling, Main Library Helpdesk
Visit us at the Pop Up Library on level 1 of the Main Library to get ideas and advice around theses. We’ll be there between 10am and noon on Thursday 2nd October.
If you can’t make it on the day, have a look a the Subject Guide to Theses or get in touch with your Academic Support Librarian.
Smart searching with Searcher is bookending the Pop up Library next week (see what I did there?).
Get up early on Monday morning and come to the Main Library 10am -12 noon and find out how using Searcher makes finding Library resources, such as, books, e-books and ejournal articles quick and easy.
Think of Searcher like a Library Google. There’s one search box for your keywords searching thousands of Library resources. Searcher is set up to only return results for content the Library subscribes to, or has in its collections, and to show books and e-books at the top of your results list.
Top tip: Use keyword search and a combination of author and title keywords. Miss out any punctuation.
For example, to find the following journal article:
Search keywords : Breen Ideology Nationalism American Revolution
The article is the first result and there is a link to JSTOR to read the full text.
It couldn’t be easier.
If you don’t make it out of your bed in time for Monday’s session, we’ll be back at the Pop up Library desk on Friday afternoon 2-4pm. Bring your reading list, we’ll show you how to find stuff and answer your Searcher- related questions.
Angela Laurins, Library Learning Services Manager
29thSeptember – 3rd October
| AM | PM | |
| Monday | Smart searching with Searcher10-12noon | Research Data Surgery2-4pm |
| Tuesday | Paper Conservation – techniques and tricks10-12noon | Resources Plus: How do I get hold of the book I need?2-4pm |
| Wednesday | Art Exposed – Art in the University’s Collections10-12noon | Metadata Games2-4pm |
| Thursday | Finding Theses10-12noon | Box of Broadcasts2-4pm |
| Friday | Managing your digital footprint10-12 noon | Smart searching with Searcher2-4pm |
It’s happened! The Zombie Apocalypse is here and the real question is how do you survive both the zombies and your studies at the same time?
Stay calm … arm yourself with this list: Zombie Apocalypse Guide – How to access resources during a zombie outbreak (or any other event that may affect access to University services)
This guide created by the Library Learning Services team using Resource Lists @ Edinburgh provides handy tips on how library services can be accessed remotely and off campus. It also provides information on how to get the most use from Resource Lists and provides direction towards self-study in the areas of zombie outbreak and survival.
Library Learning Services will be up on the first floor of the Main Libraryfrom 10am-12noon 25th of September to answer all your off-campus and Zombie Apocalypse questions.
Note: if you are not already, you will be prompted to log in to EASE to access subscription content.
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Stephanie Farley
Library Learning Services Assistant
![By Charles Henry Alston, 1907-1977, Artist (NARA record: 3569253) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons](http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3A%22WATCH_YOUR_LOCAL_NEWSPAPER%5E%5E%22_-_NARA_-_535653.jpg)
By Charles Henry Alston, 1907-1977, Artist (NARA record: 3569253) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Come along to our Pop-up Library session on Friday 26th September 2014 and find out how you can do all of this and more.
We’ll be on the 1st floor of the Main Library 2-4pm to answer any queries about newspaper searching or show you how to find, access and use the databases and resources the Library has access to that will allow you to search newspapers and get full-text.
So pop up and see us!
Monday 22nd – Friday 26th September 2014
| AM | PM | |
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Monday |
Exam Papers Online: How to find past exam papers 10am-12noon |
Learn and Mobile Learn 2-4pm (tbc) |
| Tuesday | Lothian Health Services Archives: Norman Dott Project 10am-12noon |
Resources Plus: How do I get hold of the book I need? 2-4pm |
| Wednesday | Lothian Health Services Archives: HIV Project 10am-12noon |
Smart searching with Searcher 2-4pm |
| Thursday | ResourceLists@Edinburgh (& off campus access to e-resources) 10am-12noon |
Collections online http://collections.ed.ac.uk 2-4pm |
| Friday | Exam Papers Online: How to find past exam papers 10am-12noon |
Finding Newspaper Content online 2-4pm |
Or: “How do I get hold of the book I need??”
Is the book you want already out on loan? Does the Library not have the book or journal you need? What’s the Library Annexe? If you have questions like these, read on…
Over the next few weeks, the library Helpdesk will be running a series of Pop-up Library sessions called ‘Resources Plus’. The idea of these sessions is for us to give out advice and show you how to get hold of resources that are either already out on loan, at the Annexe, or the Library doesn’t own or subscribe to. For example, this might include how to use the Interlibrary Loan system, the Request a Book service, or place a request on a book that is currently out on loan. We can also advise on using the SCONUL access scheme to visit other University libraries; and tell you all you need to know about visiting the National Library of Scotland for the first time.
And much more besides!
So if you have any questions about things you want, but can’t get – or if you just want to find out more for future reference, we’ll be on the first floor of Main Library this Tuesday (7th October), 2-4pm, and 2-4pm on Tuesday 21st October. Pop Up and see us!
Louise Gilchrist, Helpdesk Assistant, Main Library.
So, what have our collections to say about the referendum? More than you may think. The Referendum is not an isolated event but sits within a historic time-line. Our collections intersect with that timeline at numerous points, directly and indirectly, and have a lot to say about the context of how we got to where we are now.
On Referendum day, join Dr Joseph Marshall (Head of Special Collections) and Grant Buttars (Deputy University Archivist) for a light-hearted look at some of these collection items. The session runs from 14.00-16.00.
To close, a hint of what might be included.
You have your reading list, so now how do you find those books, e-books and e-journal articles?
Don’t use Google, use Searcher!
Searcher is the Library’s discovery service – think of it like a library version of Google, searching the vast majority* of the Library’s resources at the same time, including books, e-books and e-journal articles.
Pop up to the 1st floor of the Main Library tomorrow, ask us how to find stuff on your reading list and we’ll give you some expert tips on how to use Searcher.
Pop up Library, Wednesday 17th September 2-4pm 1st floor, Main Library
* A wee disclaimer. Using Searcher you can search across the majority of resources the Library subscribes to. There are a few exceptions, notably Law databases: Lexis Nexis and Westlaw. Access Lexis Nexis and Westlaw via the Databases A-Z
Angela Laurins, Library Learning Services