#UoYTips

Welcome to the Library

INTRODUCTION: A LIBRARY PRIMER

We’re open 24 hours a day so you can study when you want to

Yes we have books (over a million of them) but we also have PCs, study space, software, DVDs, a nice café…

We have thousands of resources online. We’ve made a Subject Guide for each Department, full of useful information to help you study, and links to high quality academic information which Google can’t find

Each Department also has a dedicated Academic Liaison Librarian. We’re here to save you time and make your academic life easier if we can. Click to watch a video about how we can help you study.

#UoYTipsWhatever you’d like help or more information on, search for #UoYTips from us and from your peers, across the website, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and the Blog

#UoYTips Part 1The Library Buildings

Your University card lets you in and out of the Library, and allows you to use our self-issue machines. KEEP IT WITH YOU!

Campus West Libraries

Campus West Libraries

1200 study spacesBookable study roomsPCs and Macs

Fairhurst 2nd

floor: Research Study and Lounge

Burton ground floor: Study Room for Researchers

The Library has dedicated working areas for Researchers

More information at york.ac.uk/library/info-for/researchers/support

The Research Support Team is on hand to help with Open Access (OA), copyright, ORCID IDs and more

If you’re lost or stuck, or need any help with the library or IT, the Help Desk is on the ground floor of the Morrell. It’s open evenings and weekends too.

Click to find books and journals on YORSEARCH

This has EVERYTHING you need. Help and guidance, key contact details, and links to our online resources that give you full York access.

Each Department has its own Subject Guide

Click to go to subjectguides.york.ac.uk. Then bookmark it!

Flexible LoansYou can borrow up to 75 items (books, scores, DVDs, CDs) and keep them as long as you like if no one else wants them. But CHECK YOUR EMAILS to see if your items have been requested by someone else –then they’ll need to be brought back sooner. Click for more info here.

Books in high-demand may be placed in the Key Texts Collection (Morrell Library, ground floor) where you can borrow them for 4 hours at time

We are committed to ensuring that all students can make the best possible use of our services and collections. We provide a bespoke service to students with disabilities to help achieve this, including:

Book retrieval service

Extended loans for items in the Key Text Collection

Making accessible copies

Accessible study and lockers

The best way to find out more about how we can assist you is to book a one-to-one tour. Email:

lib-enquiry@york.ac.uk

We are committed to ensuring that all students can make the best possible use of our services and collections. We provide a bespoke service to students with disabilities to help achieve this, including:

You can return items from Campus East using the Book Drop in the Ron Cooke Hub

We also have libraries in the City centre, at King’s Manor and the Minster. Click for info and opening times.

#UoYTips Part 2IT and ONLINE

https://www.york.ac.uk/library/borrowing/laptops/

You can print, copy and scan using the devices right across campus, and even print from your smartphone. Click for more info.

Help and more information at york.ac.uk/it-services/software

There’s wifi everywhere, including in the town centre. Get your devices connected!

You can work off campus using our Virtual Desktop Service, and our online learning resources will work anywhere you have an internet connection.

Click for more info.

You may get phishing messages (fake emails that claim to be from the University) that try to gather your username and password. Be wary of clicking links in emails – hover of them and see if the destination is the same as the one written in the email. Also look out for emails that have a sense of urgency and imply you may lose access to your account. Plus always remember…

IT Services will never ask you to reveal your password, ever. Your

username and password are a vital piece of your University

identity. You need to keep them safe.

The Library & IT Services on social media. Click each one to go view it.

There are also specific web-pages for new starters, at

york.ac.uk/it-services/info/newusersyork.ac.uk/library/info-for/new-students

#UoYTips Part 3If you only remember THREE THINGS!

THE SUBJECT GUIDE

YOUR ACADEMIC LIAISON LIBRARIAN

LOOK FOR MORE #UOYTIPS

Or search the hashtag across

To find #UoYTips on everything in one place, go to the special Subject Guide at bit.ly/uoytips

GOOD LUCK!

The Library is here to help make academic life easier. Make the most of our resources. Just get in touch with us if you need any guidance.

lib-enquiry@york.ac.uk