The University Library:

Services & Catalogue

Programme

The location of library resources Loans and fines The Library Service catalogue

MyiLibrary (electronic books) Hands-on session

Library Services and Resources

The University Library Service: a network of physical and electronic resources Three campus libraries

A single Library Service The Library Catalogue

Numerous collections (databases) of electronic data and documents

External services The SCONUL Access Scheme Inter-Library Loan service

How many, how long, and how much

You may borrow up to sixteen items Loan periods depend on the item status:

Ordinary Loan 4 weeks Short Loan 1 week (FT); 2 weeks (PT) Overnight To be returned before noon the following day Reference Library use only Study Loan To be returned before 9.30 the following day

Fines Ordinary Loan 30p per day Short Loan 50p per day Overnight £2.00 per day Study Loan £2.00 per day

From 1 October, the absolute limit will be £20.00

Library Catalogue: Coverage

Used to discover the location and availability of physical and some electronic resources: Books Dissertations (undergraduate and

postgraduate) DVDs, CDs and other software Periodicals (from newspapers to scholarly

journals)

Note: The Library Catalogue has a new user interface, which should make it much easier to use!

Access: The University Portal

https://portal.gre.ac.uk/

The Portal is a hub that gives you access to a wide range of systems and services, including:WebCTLibrary CatalogueLibrary Databases

Login using your Username and PasswordAccess problems?Use the Help link

Portal: The ‘Library & Computing’ Tab

Link to the electronic databases

Links to the library catalogue

The Portal gives you 24/7 access to most of the Library’s electronic resources

Prototype Catalogue: Front Page

Learning Services’ blog

Search box

Link to related information

Example Search

The order of the words is not significant management strategic would produce

precisely the same set of results If relevant, we could add an author’s

name strategic management claire capon

Note that the query is not case sensitive

Catalogue: Initial Results

Where relevant, More options are available

Number of hits: 514

Search refinement options: Collection; Format; Subject; Author

More… Subject Terms

The Refined Result Set

Number of hits: 24

Further refinement options: For example: Collection = Electronic Books

The Search Refinement Process

You can go through several iterations of the refinement process. Add as many steps as you need: strategic management = 514 Plus Subject: international business enterprises management = 24 Plus Collection: Electronic Books = 2

Bread crumbs detail the route, and allow you to return to earlier stages of the search:

This method of searching is also used with the more sophisticated Library databases (Business Source Premier, Emerald, etc.)

Catalogue: Refined Results

Details of location and availability; for e-books this includes a link to the resource: www.myilibrary.com

Click on the title to view the record

ALWAYS Reserve Unavailable Items

Reservations Books and other resources that are

currently on loan or located at one of the other campus libraries should be reserved:

Input your ten digit Student ID number (do not include the dash before the last digit)

‘More Search Options’

Advanced search options:• Detailed keyword searches;• Specific Author and/or Title• etc.All of the options may be used in any combination

My Library Account I

The link to your Library Account that appears at the top of every page within the CatalogueSummary details

Summary of any outstanding charges: fines for overdue items; invoices for lost items

My Library Account II

Use the tick box(es) to select the item(s) to be renewed

Review the status of outstanding reservations; cancel if necessary

Catalogue: Hardcopy Resources

Location Dewey Decimal System

For example: 330 Economics

338.5 Microeconomics 339 Macroeconomics

658 Management 658.3145 Personnel Management 658.4012 Planning and Policy Making

See the classmarks location finder, available from the Library counter

“You’ll find it down there, sir”

Catalogue: Access to Electronic Books

From the Catalogue to the MyiLibrary database

Table-of-Contents and Index

Contacts

Rachael Hartiss 020 8331 8158r.hartiss@gre.ac.uk

Fraser Nicolaides 020 8331 8298nf02@gre.ac.uk

William Robley 020 8331 7881w.a.robley@gre.ac.uk

OSCARS (Support for Remote Users)http://www.gre.ac.uk/offices/ils/ls/services/

oscars/help

Hands-On Session

Try the new Library Catalogue:http://prism.talis.com/greenwich-

ac/