Agricultural Experiment Station Library Services and Resources
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Library Resources and Services
Rowena StewartAcademic Support Librarian
To cover:• Where your books and journals are• Finding out if the Library has what you need• Getting what the Library doesn’t have• Finding academic literature on your subject
rm1406 JCMBTel: 0131 650 5207
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Noreen and Kenneth Murray Library – print books
Informatics, Medicine & HSS in Main Library, George Square
Murray Library building: 08:30 - 23:00
09/noon - 19:00
Print journals in Library Annexe, South Gyle – get journal article scans via ILLiad (see below)
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DiscoverEd
From the Library homepage www.ed.ac.uk/is/library
Library tab on MyEdwww.myed.ed.ac.uk
Online and print, journals and books plus records of articles, theses, conference proceedings…
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Many thousands of journals online• Not always bought from every available host site• Not always bought for access from volume 1 to now• Some issues (even titles) only taken in print.• Use DiscoverEd to look them up – http://discovered.ed.ac.uk
Journals
“double quotes” force a search for the phrase.
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Journals
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Off-campus access to online collection
EASE (authentication) / MyEd (portal)
VPN – access to University network + wireless access – www.ed.ac.uk/is/vpn
Eduroam – JANET Roaming Service : secure internet access from eduroam-enabled institution around the world – www.ed.ac.uk/is/wireless/jrs
SCONUL Access scheme allows borrowing from other UK HEI Libraries www.sconul.ac.uk
Get Connected sessions – Main Library, George Square
Connecting to the network www.ed.ac.uk/is/wireless
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Databases for Reviewing the Literature
Web of Science (Science Citation Index , Proceedings…)• Tracking a particularly useful article through the literature since it was published.• Journal Impact Factors
To find what has already been published in your field:www.ed.ac.uk/is/databases-subjects > Mathematics & Statistics
MathSciNet • Information on millions of applied and pure
Maths articles. • Reviews of the articles from 1940s onwards.
ZentralblattMATH • Information on articles from thousands of journals. • As for MathsSciNet can use MSC to focus on your research interest.
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Databases for Reviewing the LiteratureDiscoverEd includes article level records. Default setting is to what you can read because the library has bought it.
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Inter-Library Loan (I.L.L.) for what we don’t have
“Intra-library loan” • Get material from other UoEdinburgh libraries sent to KB or scans.• same form • FREE• Annexe scans/items - same (week)day if in before noon
https://ed-ac.illiad.oclc.org/illiad/logon.html
30 free per year [5 for undergraduates]
• then £5 per request received • take e-payment requests to Maths Admin• 2 renewals which are done via Helpdesk or I.L.L.
staff.
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ThesesFind theses awarded in your field
www.ed.ac.uk/is/databases-subjects > Theses
• Electronic copies of UoEdinburgh awarded theses are deposited in ERA (a printed and bound copy goes to the University Archive).
• Any of your academic output can be posted on ERA and its staff can advise on copyright.
eg ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global for those awarded worldwide. Includes online full-text.
Edinburgh Research Archive (ERA)www.era.lib.ed.ac.uk
Edinburgh Research Explorerwww.research.ed.ac.uk
The University’s research output (not full-text).
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Reference management softwareEg EndNote – www.myendnoteweb.com • Direct import of records • Group records and attach files to them.• Cite while you write• Export chosen references in BibTeX format.
Publishing your research
Data - www.ed.ac.uk/is/data-management
• Open Access (OA) - www.ed.ac.uk/openaccess • Author charges’ repayment schemes. • Advice (on copyright implications etc).
• Advice on storing, sharing or publishing the data your research generates.• Open repository, Edinburgh DataShare. • Training includes IS Skills Development
classroom sessions and online course MANTRA
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Borrowing Books60 books – PGRs (50 for PGTs)
- including up to 3 Reserve books.
Standard loan = 12 weeks. Short loan = 1 weekReserve books = up to 3 hours or overnight
Self-issue and self-return
But please ask the Helpdesk staff if you have questions etc.
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Sign-in [EASE authenticated]:• Request early returns for you to borrow next.• Find as many results as there are to find (esp
off-campus).• See loan period for you.• See previous as well as current loans.• Save records.• Save searches to run again.
Which Library?
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Renewing BooksMost books (excluding Reserve books) may be renewed for up to:
You can’t renew if: you’ve reached the limit, the book’s been requested or your fines are too high.
If you think it’s none of those, contact library staff and they’ll be able to help.
• 18 months in total, ie from first issue date, for (STANDARD) 12 week loans.
• 4 months for (SHORT) 1 week loans.
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Borrowing BooksFines for overdue books:
20p per day for standard books / 40p per day for short loan books [maximum £10] – with one day’s grace. On day two of being overdue fine will equal cost of two days.
N.B.£1 per day for overdue recalled books [maximum £10]2p per minute for overdue reserve books [maximum £25]
Borrowed books you want (borrower has week at most):
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Suggest the Library buys Something
Books:www.ed.ac.uk/is/RAB
Journals etc – [email protected] (Academic Support Librarian) or Aram Karakhanyan (Library rep)
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Contacting Information Services (IS)
IS Helpline for learning technology, IT or Library enquiries:• Self-service portal: www.ed.ac.uk/is/selfservice • Email: [email protected]• Phone: +44 (0)131 651 5151• Follow: IS Helpline Alerts@isalerts - https://twitter.com/isalerts
Schools providing IT support for their staff are listed at Contact the IS Helpline.
Staffed IS Helpdesk are in each of the Information Services managed libraries - www.ed.ac.uk/is/library-locations
Level 1 in the Murray Library.
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HelpIAD Programme: Finding Academic Literature - Science and Engineering
Main Library: Monday 12th October, 9.30am - 11.00, rm1.10.KB: Wednesday 28th October, 2.15pm – 3.45pm, [rm4319A JCMB].
2016Main Library: Tuesday 26th January, 9.30am - 10.30am, rm1.10. KB: Wednesday 16th March, 10.15am - 10.45am [rm3212 JCMB].
Institute for Academic Development – www.ed.ac.uk/iad/postgraduates
• IS Skills Development open courses and manuals – www.ed.ac.uk/is/skills
• uCreate for multimedia and specialist IT facilities, including design software, A0 poster printing and equipment loans
- www.ed.ac.uk/is/ucreate
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Help
Happy to see people and/or be contacted with questionsRowena Stewart, rm1406 JCMB
Tel: 0131 650 5207e-mail: [email protected]
In the Murray Library:• Specific topics, semester Tuesdays –
group study room 1, 1.15-1.45pm. MyEd booking.
• Drop-in literature review clinic, semester Thursdays – level1 seating area noon-2pm.
[Mobile Device Clinics – Book via MyEd Events, www.ed.ac.uk/is/MDC ]