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LIBRARY TIPS AND TRICKS
Summer 2009
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Do you ever
have trouble
finding
information?
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Too much information!
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Sometimes we feel like we’re drowning
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I can show you ways
to find information
more easily
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Agenda
Library services
The course guide
Finding books
Finding articles
Accessing library resources from home
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What is a library?
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The Library Connects you to information
Six million items:
Books, DVDs, music, newspapers…
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9
Orientation August/September 2008
Humanities & Social Sciences Library
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Open late!
Study areas
Lots of computers
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Printing and photocopying
McGill Copy Card is required!
Printers Price: 9 cents per page
Scanners
Photocopiers Price: 7 cents per page
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Make us happy…Ask us!
Librarians are here to help
In person
On the phone
Online: chat and e-mail
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On the Library’s website
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Borrowing Materials
Your McGill ID is your borrowing card books at once Loan period of Renew up to Fines: per day per book What about DVDs?
We have of DVDs Borrow for DVDs at once Fines : per day per DVD
602 weeks
3 times50 cents
2 days3
$2.00
thousands
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Now let’s look for information
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What words should we use?
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Where should we look?
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The Course Guide
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An example in The Canadian Encyclopedia
Recommends books and websites
Tells you who is
important
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Finding Books
Use the catalogue to see what books, videos, music, journals, newspapers and DVDs are in the library.
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Can you find this book?
Title: City of Forgetting: A Novel
Authors:
Robert Majzels
Publisher:
Mercury Press, 1997
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Location in the library
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Finding DVDs at the library
DVDs are at the Loans & Reserves counter – write down the call number of the DVD you would like and the staff will get you the DVD
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Articles are NOT listed in the
library catalogue!
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Where do you find articles?
Article indexes and databases!
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Off campus?
Virtual Private Network (VPN)
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Where do I find…?
Books, DVDs
VPN help
Encyclopedias
Articles
Websites
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Ask a librarian
NOT a last resort!
What are your questions?
Megan FitzgibbonsLiaison [email protected]
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Photo credits
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