BMS Essential Library Skills
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This document provides an overview of essential library skills at Middlesex University, including: 1) How to use the library website/subject guides and catalog to find books, journals, and other resources. 2) How books and journals are arranged on the shelves by classification system and location. 3) How to request books, renew loans, and check your library account online. 4) How to find and access print and electronic journals through the catalog and databases.
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BMS Essential Library Skills
- 1. Middlesex University Learning Resources Essential Library Skills
- 2. At The End Of This Session You Will Be Able To: Use the Learning Resources Web Pages / Library Subject Guides Use the Library Catalogue to find a book or journal Locate the books and journals on the shelves Request and renew books (using your Library Account) Log-in to electronic resources (e.g. online journals and books)
- 4. Learning Resources Homepage / Library Subject Guides Go to Task 1 in your handout
- 5. The Library Catalogue The Library Catalogue lists all the material (books, journals, videos etc.) held in all the Middlesex University libraries You may use any campus library, or via the library catalogue you may request books from another campus to be sent here for you to collect
- 6. Books This is an example of a reference for a book: Author Date Title of book Barnes, R. (1995). Successful study for degrees . ( 2 nd ed). London: Routledge. Edition Publisher
- 7. Books How are they arranged?
- 8. Dewey Decimal Classification The main Middlesex University campus libraries (Hendon, Cat Hill and Trent Park) all use the Dewey classification scheme Each subject has its own subject number
- 9. Dewey Shelf order - sample subject areas: 300 Social sciences Shelf order within a subject 155.4 HEA
- 10. NLM Classification At the hospital libraries, the National Library For Medicine (NLM) Classification System is used This is a specialist classification for health and medical resources and consists of letters and numbers E.g. QT35 GAT W20.5 CLI
- 11. Book & Journal Locations
- 12. Finding Books on the Library Catalogue After a short demonstration of searching for books using the Library Catalogue ( http://www.lr.mdx.ac.uk/ ) Please go to Task 2 in your handout
- 13. Requesting Books If the book you are seeking is already on loan or only available at another campus, you may request it via the library catalogue
- 14. Making A Request
- 15. Making A Request
- 16. Requesting Books After a short demonstration of requesting a book Go to Task 3 in your handout
- 17. Logging in to My Account
- 18. Renewing Books Online Use the ‘ My Account’ option to see what items you have on loan and to renew them NB You will not be able to renew requested books
- 20. Library Account & Renewing Books Online Experiment with Your Library Account using the information in Task 4 in your handout
- 21. Journals This is an example of a journal reference : Author Date Title of article Ellis, N et al. (2007). ‘Exercise interventions as an adjunct therapy for psychosis: a critical review’. British Journal of Clinical Psychology , 46, (1), p. 95-111. Journal Title Volume Part Page Nos.
- 22. Journal Access Information regarding the Library’s holdings of print and electronic journals can be accessed via The Library Catalogue or The Biomedical Sciences Library Subject Guide ( http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/biomedicalsciences )
- 23. Print Or Online? A journal may be available in print form or available online (or both) To check availability, use the library catalogue If available in print form, the catalogue will tell you which campus holds the journal If available online, there will be a blue ‘web access’ link to the available online issues of the journal
- 26. Electronic Resources Password For many journals, you will be asked for an Electronic Resources username and password Your username will be your IT user ID (e.g. AD123) Your password is your IT password
- 27. Journals How are they arranged?
- 28. Print Journals Are Arranged… Alphabetically by the exact title of the journal Within each title, the journal is arranged by: Volume number Part or issue number Date
- 29. Finding Journals on the Library Catalogue After a short demonstration of searching for journals using the Library Catalogue ( http://www.lr.mdx.ac.uk/ ) Please go to Task 5 of your worksheet
- 30. Contact Details Jamie Halstead Liaison Librarian: Health Programmes (Hendon) E-Mail: [email_address] Tel: 020 8411 5991