Library presentationfor new students

Kirsi Heino

Aalto University Library, Otaniemi

Main library

Opening hours:

• Monday – Friday 8 – 21

• Saturday 9 – 15

• Day before a public holiday 8 – 16

Useful sources on library’s homepage http://lib.tkk.fi

• User’s brief quide for freshmen

• Borrowing policy

• Library rules

• Shelf classification

Borrowinglainaus@tkk.fi tel. 470 24111

• Student card = library card

• PIN code, default 12345,

change asap

Information serviceinfolib@tkk.fi tel. 470 24124

• Help in information searching

• Information on library courses

• Monday - Friday 9 - 17

Teemu database

• Printed materials and e-books

• Real-time system:–Reservations

–Renewals

–Own loans and fees

Tenttu databases

• For information searching

• TKKbooks

• TKK’s bachelor’s and master’s theses (only here!)

Nelli portal (1)

• All electronic resources:–databases

–e-journals

–e-dictionaries

–library catalogues

Nelli portal (2)

• Login with unix id and service password

• Remote access to electronic resources through Nelli!

Library exercise

• Obligatory in the course T-106.1003 IT services at TKK

• Recommended for others• Quick and easy way to learn to use

library services

• Sign up in WebOodi to one exercise

Eri-0.5014 Searching for Scientific Information (2 cr)

• For those who want to learn more about information retrieval and scientific communication

• Sign up in WebOodi

• Next course starts on 2nd November

RefWorks

• Web-based reference manager

• Makes bibliographic references automatically

• Training on 16th November, please see Searching for scientific information course pages

See you at the library!