Essential Library Skills Lunchtime Training Getting to Know the Library Michaelmas Term 2012 Trinity College Library Dublin, College Street, Dublin 2

Essential Library Skills

Lunchtime Training

Getting to Know the Library

Michaelmas Term 2012

Trinity College Library Dublin, College Street, Dublin 2

Locate your Subject Collection

Search the Library Catalogue

Borrow booksIdentify Open Shelf and Closed Access locations

Request material from Closed Access

Access your Library Record

Renew books online Seek assistance

By the end of this session, you should be able to:

Learning Outcomes


About the Library

Trinity College Library Dublin

DVDs and Videos Maps Encyclopaedia E-books Theses Online

Resources

Course Material

Journals and Magazines Books E-Journals Government

Publications Databases

Newspapers

The Library has …

Berkeley Library

Ussher Library

Lecky Library

College Park

Front Gate

Campus Library Locations

Hamilton Library

Berkeley, Lecky, Ussher (BLU)Library Complex

Business

Classics

Drama & Film Studies Economics

Education

Geography

Geology

History

History of Art

Languages

Law

Music

Nursing & Midwifery

Philosophy

Psychology

Social Studies

Theology

Glucksman Map Library

Hamilton Library

Computer Science

Engineering

Health Sciences

Medicine

Natural Sciences(Biology, Chemistry, Physics)

Pharmacy


Off Campus Locations

John Stearne Medical LibraryTrinity Education Centre St. James’s Hospital

Health Sciences

Santry Book Repository

Book storage - books from here or Stacks are requested and then delivered to a Library counter


Opening Hours(term-time)

Berkeley, Lecky, Ussher, Hamilton

John Stearne Medical Library

Monday-Friday 09:00 - 22:00 09:30 - 22:00

Saturday 09:30 - 16:00 09:30 - 13:00

Library Opening Hours: Term-Time

Opening Hours may vary. Please check noticeboards and Library website

http://www.tcd.ie/Library/opening-hours/

Searching the Library Catalogues


Searching the Library Catalogue

Click on Stella

Search or Classic

Catalogue

Use the Search Box


Ronan Fanning

Independent Ireland

Dublin: Helicon, 1983

Searching the Library Catalogue: Stella

Or: Go to the Stella Search interface first

Type keywords directly into Search Box


Type keywords into

Search Box


Search results

Click on title for details


Item details


Click on Classic

Catalogue

http://www.tcd.ie/Library/


Type in Author Name and click on Search


Search results


Item details


The Location column tells you where the

book is shelved


The Status column tells you which copies are currently available


These copies can be borrowed by

undergraduates & higher diploma students (prefix

LEN)

This copy can be borrowed by higher

degree postgraduates & Staff (no prefix)

http://www.tcd.ie/Library/using-library/borrowing/reader.php


This copy is available in the Counter Reserve collection

at the Iveagh Hall, BLU complex


This copy can be requested from Santry Stacks


Other search options

Link to Stella Search

Searching the Library Catalogue: Journals

Luke O’Neill

Immunology: how frustration leads to inflammation

Science, vol. 320, 2 May 2008, pp. 619-620


Enter title of journal Select Journals

from drop-down menu

Click on Search


9 entries for Science. Click on link to see details


Print and electronic versions available. Click

on link to see details


Click here to go directly

to the e-journal

Stella Search: Journals

Click here to go directly

to the e-journal

Enter title of journal


Home page for Science

Select PREVIOUS ISSUES tab


Home page for Science

Select SEE ALL

PREVIOUS ISSUES


Enter required

volume and page number


Required article found

Click to see full

text or PDF


Full text in pdf format

Read online, or print, or save to disk


•You need a valid TCD ID card to borrow books

•Books are issued and returned at the Service Counters or at Fastlane Self-Service•However you must come to the Service Counters to borrow and return Counter Reserve material and to have Closed Access books issued to you (More about this later)•Fines for overdue LEN books are 50c per day rising to €1 per day after two weeks•Fines for overdue Counter Reserve Collection books are 25c per hour

Borrowing

Books

Borrowing Books

• Monday-Thursday9.30am-7.45pm

• Friday9.30am-4.45pm

• Saturday9.30am-3.45pm

Service Counter opening times during term:

Borrowing Books

Borrowing Books

Fastlane Self-Service Machines

• Books may be borrowed & returned here (except Counter Reserve items)

• You can only check out books if you are entitled to borrow them

• You may be prevented from borrowing if you owe fines or have overdue books

• Take care to follow instructions on screen

Undergraduate and Diploma Lending Material

You may borrow up to four items in total at any one time from:

• LEN (with Yellow Sticker) – one-week loan• LEN (no Yellow Sticker) – four-week loan• MUS LEN – one-week loan• Plus up to an additional four P-MUS LEN – four-week loan

Berkeley, Lecky, Ussher (BLU) Libraries

• S-LEN – one-week loan• No four-week lending collection for undergraduates

Hamilton Library

• SJ – one-week loan• No four-week lending collection for undergraduates

John Stearne Medical Library

Higher Degree Postgraduate Students

• You may borrow up to ten items in total at any one time• Normally from Open Access or Closed Access• Four items from the Undergraduate Lending Collection (if all other Open Access or Closed Access copies are on loan

Students Registered with Disability Services

• You may borrow eight items in total, including material from Open Access and Closed Access• May include Four items from the Undergraduate Lending Collection

Staff

• You may borrow twenty items in total from Open Access and Closed Access

Other Categories of Reader

Further details are available from: http://www.tcd.ie/Library/using-library/borrowing/

http://www.tcd.ie/Library/using-library/borrowing/

http://www.tcd.ie/Library/using-library/borrowing/

Open Shelf and Closed Access

In addition to purchasing books, Trinity College Library Dublin is entitled to a copy of every book and journal published in Great Britain and Ireland.

Open Shelf: books available to read in the Library. This collection is divided into:

• Reference Collection• Counter Reserve Collection• Undergraduate Lending Collection • Open Access Collection (mainly Legal Deposit material)

Closed Access: books placed in Library storage, i.e., Stacks and the Santry Book Repository. More on this later…

Open Shelf: Reference Material

Includes the prefixes REF, BIB, PER and THESIS

Journals, Reference Works, Bibliographies, Early Printed Books, Manuscripts, Theses

Cannot be removed from the Library

Open Shelf: Counter Reserve Collection

Located by the counters in the Iveagh Hall (Berkeley Library), Hamilton Library and John Stearne Medical Library (JSML)

Material:Multiple copies of books in heavy demandLecture notesOther materials deposited by lecturers

Material cannot be removed from the Library You may borrow up to four items Five-hour loan period – must return books to the counter A book return box will be available outside barrier at the

reserve end of the Counter so that students can return reserve items after 7.45 when Counter is shut

Heavy fines for overdue items – 25 cent per hour or part of an hour

Open Access Collection

Undergraduates cannot borrow this material but can use the books in the Library for study or research

If an Open Access copy is on loan and there are no lending copies available you can ask for the item to be recalled. To recall an item e-mail [email protected] with relevant details. More information on the Library website

Requesting material from Closed Access(Stacks and Santry Book Repository)


Closed Access

80% of the Library’s print collection is stored in Stacks and in the Santry Book Repository

Material is requested online or, if it is a journal or Early Printed Book, by completing a call slip

Requests from Stacks are delivered to your choice of Library Counter, usually on the same day

Requests from Santry are usually delivered the next day

No more than five requests in one day

Material is held in the Library for three days to be collected

Undergraduates must read this material in the Library

When finished with the material, return it via Fastlane and place it in the book return box beside the machines as instructed, or if you wish to use it again come to the Counter and we will keep it for you

Online RequestsBooks are ordered from Closed Access via the Library Catalogue or Stella Search


Online Requests

Click to place Online Request

Closed Access items

Online Requests

Enter Username and College Network

Password

Click Login

Online Requests

Choose delivery location

Online Requests

Submit request

Online Requests

Request verified

Online Requests

Click to place Online Request

Closed Access items

Online Requests

Enter Username and College Network

Password

Click Login

Online Requests

Select a copy, choose delivery

location, and submit request

Online Requests

Request verified

Call Slip Requests

Call Slips

Some Closed Access materials can only be requested using Call Slips

Examples: • Closed Access journals• Early Printed Books

HOT PRESS

PER 70-406

Call Slip Requests

JOE MURPHY

3 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 0 1

Vol.24APR 2000

Fill in Shelfmark, Journal title, and

Issue details

21/09/12

HOT PRESS

PER 70-406

Call Slip Requests

21/09/12

JOE MURPHY

3 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 0 1

Vol. 24APR 2000

Complete your name and tick your status

Fill in ID number (as shown below

barcode)

Add date

Accessing your Library Account


Library Account

Library Account

Renewing books online


Renewing books

Click to see items currently on loan

Renewing books

Tick books you want to

renew

Click relevant button to

Renew loans

You will be unable to renew a Library book if: You have outstanding fines You have overdue books You have exceeded the amount of Online Renewals permitted:

4-week loans can be renewed once only1-week loans can be renewed a maximum of 7 times

Books cannot be renewed by phone or e-mail

Online renewing - books are due back before the time the Library starts to close on the assigned date and not midnight on that date (so before 9.45pm Mon-Fri and before 3.45pm on Sat)

If you have problems renewing contact the Duty Librarian or Service Counter staff in person

Renewing books

If all lending copies of a book are currently on loan, you can place a reservation by clicking the Request button on the catalogue record (similar to requesting Closed Access books online)

You will be unable to reserve a Library book if: You have outstanding fines You have overdue books There are lending copies available You are trying to reserve material you are not entitled to

borrow Books cannot be reserved by phone or e-mail If you have problems reserving, contact the Duty

Librarian or Service Counter staff in person

Reserving books

Photocopying, Printing and Scanning




Multi-functional Devices (MFDs) are available for photocopying, printing and scanning.

Comply with provisions of Copyright Act, 2000 http://www.tcd.ie/Library/about/copyright.php

http://www.tcd.ie/Library/about/copyright.php





http://isservices.tcd.ie/facilities/printing.php



Crediting your print account Printing instructions Scanning instructions Photocopying instructions Prices MFD and kiosk locations Getting help

The IS Services web pages contain information on…

http://isservices.tcd.ie/facilities/printing_account.php

http://isservices.tcd.ie/facilities/printing_account.php

http://isservices.tcd.ie/facilities/printing_instructions.php

http://isservices.tcd.ie/facilities/printing_instructions.php

http://isservices.tcd.ie/facilities/scanning_instructions.php

http://isservices.tcd.ie/facilities/scanning_instructions.php

http://isservices.tcd.ie/facilities/photocopying_instructions.php

http://isservices.tcd.ie/facilities/photocopying_instructions.php

http://isservices.tcd.ie/facilities/printing_prices.php

http://isservices.tcd.ie/facilities/printing_locations.php

http://isservices.tcd.ie/facilities/printing_locations.php

http://isservices.tcd.ie/facilities/printing_support.php




Seeking Assistance


Seeking Assistance: Subject Librarian

Contact your Subject Librarian if…..

- you cannot find books from your reading list

- you require training or information on any of the Library’s services

- For subject-related advice and expertise


Referenc

e assistance

Guidance on the use of

information

resource

s (catalogues, database

s, and electroni

c journals)

Information on

services

offered by the Library

Assistance

locating material

in the Library and beyond

Duty Librarian

Service based in Iveagh Hall (BLU Library Complex) & Hamilton Library

Seeking Assistance: Duty Librarian

Seeking Assistance: Library Website

Seeking Assistance: Video Guides

Video Guides are available @ http://www.tcd.ie/Library/using-library/videos.php

Library Tour

Fastlane Self-Service

BLU Explained

Hamilton Library Explained

John Stearne Medical Library Explained

http://www.tcd.ie/Library/using-library/videos.php



Seeking Assistance: Training Sessions

Getting to know the Library

Date Time Venue

Monday, 24 September 13:00 – 14:00 South Training Room, Berkeley Library

Thursday, 27 September 13:00 – 14:00 South Training Room, Berkeley Library

Thursday, 4 October 13:00 – 14:00 South Training Room, Berkeley Library

Getting the most from the Online CatalogueDate Time Venue

Tuesday, 25 September 13:00 – 14:00 South Training Room, Berkeley Library

Friday, 28 September 13:00 – 14:00 South Training Room, Berkeley Library

Tuesday, 2 October 13:00 – 14:00 South Training Room, Berkeley Library

Online resources @ the LibraryDate Time Venue

Wednesday, 26 September 13:00 – 14:00 South Training Room, Berkeley Library

Monday, 1 October 13:00 – 14:00 South Training Room, Berkeley Library

Wednesday, 3 October 13:00 – 14:00 South Training Room, Berkeley Library

www.tcd.ie/library

Locate your subject collection

Search the Library’s Online Catalogues for print material

Explain how the Library’s print collections are arranged

Request items from Santry/Stacks

Access your Library Record

Renew books online

Know where to seek assistance

You should now be able to …

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Essential Library Skills Lunchtime Training Getting to Know the Library Michaelmas Term 2012 Trinity College Library Dublin, College Street, Dublin 2