Library Essentials. Library HITS. Library HITS: Helpful Information for Trinity Students/Staff

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1 Library HITS: Helpful Information for Trinity Students/Staff Library Essentials Michaelmas Term 2013

2 How to Locate your subject collection Conduct searches using Stella Explain how the Library s print collections are arranged Request items from Santry/Stacks Access your Library Account Renew & reserve books online Print, photocopy & scan Seek assistance

3 About the Library

4 Encyclopaedias E-books Theses Online Resources Course Material Journals and Magazines Books E-Journals Newspapers Government Publications Databases DVDs and Videos Maps

5 Group Study Rooms Specialised Subject Help Information Skills Training Assistive Technology Suites Research Support Services Teaching Support Assistance A Multimedia Resource Area Postgraduate Study Carrels Internet & Wi-Fi Access Off-Campus Access

6 Hamilton Library Library HITS Berkeley Library Ussher Library Lecky Library Front Gate

7 Business Classics Drama & Film Studies Economics Education Geography Geology

8 History Nursing & Midwifery History of Art Philosophy Languages Psychology Law Social Studies Music Theology Glucksman Map Library

9 Computer Science Engineering Health Science Medicine Natural Sciences (Biology, Chemistry, Physics) Pharmacy

10 John Stearne Medical Library Trinity Education Centre St James s Hospital Health Sciences Santry Book Repository Book and journal storage items from here are requested and then delivered to a Library counter

11 Term Opening Hours 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 Opening Hours may vary. Please check noticeboards and Library website. Additional hours may be announced!

12 Service Counter opening times during term: Monday-Thursday 09:30 19:45 Friday 09:30 16:45 Saturday 09:30 15:45 (JSML 09:30 12:45)

13 Stella Search

14 Ronan Fanning Ronan Fanning Independent Ireland Independent Ireland Dublin: Helicon, 1983 Dublin: Helicon, 1983

15 Luke O Neill Immunology: how frustration leads to inflammation Science, vol. 320, 2 May 2008, pp

16 Print Collection & Borrowing Rights

17 Trinity College Library Dublin is a legal deposit library it s entitled to request a copy of every book and journal published in the UK and Ireland when it is printed. These and items we purchase are divided into: Open Shelf: books available to read in the Library. This collection is sub-divided into: Undergraduate Lending Collection Open Access Staff and Postgraduate Lending Collection (mainly Legal Deposit material) Reference Collection Counter Reserve Collection Closed Access: books held in storage - in stacks on campus or in a large book repository in the Dublin suburb of Santry

18 Undergraduate and Diploma Lending: up to 4 items in total at any one time from: Berkeley, Lecky, Ussher (BLU) Libraries 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 Hamilton Library S-LEN one-week loan John Stearne Medical Library SJ one-week loan

19 Higher Degree Postgraduate Students Up to 10 items in total at any one time Normally from Open Access or Closed Access 4 items from the Undergraduate Lending Collection (if all other Open Access or Closed Access copies are on loan Students Registered with Disability Services Up to 8 items in total, including material from Open Access and Closed Access May include 4 items from the Undergraduate Lending Collection Staff Up to 20 items in total from Open Access and Closed Access Further details are available from:

20 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 with relevant details. More information on the Library website:

21 Reference Material Journals Theses Encyclopaedias Manuscripts Bibliographies Early Printed Books REFERENCE MATERIAL MAY NOT BE REMOVED FROM THE LIBRARY

22 Counter Reserve 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 demand Lecture notes Other materials deposited by lecturers Material cannot be removed from the Library You may borrow up to 4 items Five-hour loan period Books must be returned at the Counter (the book return box may only be used when the Counter is closed) Heavy fines for overdue items 25 cent per hour or part of an hour

23 Borrowing Books You need a valid TCD ID card to borrow books FastLane Self-Service: use to borrow, renew and return Open Shelf books (see next slide for more information) Service Counters: use to borrow, renew and return books, including Counter Reserve items. Closed Access items are also issued here Fines: Standard Fines: 50 cent per day, per item, rising to 1 per day after two weeks. Counter Reserve Fines: 25 cent per hour

24 FastLane Self-Service Machines Books may be borrowed and returned here (except Counter Reserve items) You may only check out books in accordance with your borrowing entitlements You may be prevented from borrowing if you owe fines or have overdue books Take care to follow instructions on screen

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

26 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 some earlier printed books) by completing a call slip Online requests from Stacks are delivered to your choice of Library Counter, usually on the same day Online requests from Santry are usually delivered the next day No more than five requests can be ongoing per reader 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

27 Online Requests Books are ordered from Closed Access via Stella Search

28 Call Slips Some Closed Access materials can only be requested using call slips. The main categories are journals and some early printed books; nearly all other items can now be requested using Stella Search online

29 Fill in Shelfmark, Journal title, and Issue details PER HOT PRESS /10/13 Vol.24 APR 2000 JOE MURPHY

30 Add date PER /10/13 HOT PRESS Vol. 24 APR 2000 Fill in ID number (as shown below barcode) JOE MURPHY Complete your name and tick your status

31 Accessing your Library Account

32 Library HITS

33 Library HITS

34 Renewing books online

35 You will be unable to renew a Library book if: You have outstanding fines above 15 your Library Account will show you fees owing, and calculate what you owe if you have overdue books You have exceeded the amount of renewals permitted: 4-week loans can be renewed once only 1-week loans can be renewed a maximum of 7 times Books cannot be renewed by phone or 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, in term, before 21:45 Mon-Fri and before 15:45 on Sat) If you have problems renewing contact the Duty Librarian or Service Counter staff in person

36 If all lending copies of a book are currently on loan, you can place a reservation through Stella Search You will be unable to reserve a Library book if: You have outstanding fines above 15 your Library Account will show you fees owing, and calculate what you owe if 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 If you have problems reserving, contact the Duty Librarian or Service Counter staff in person

37 Photocopying, Printing and Scanning

38 Photocopying, Printing & Scanning Multi-functional Devices (MFDs) are available for photocopying, printing and scanning You must comply with provisions of Copyright Act,

39 The IS Services webpages contain information on Crediting your print account Printing instructions Scanning instructions Photocopying instructions Prices MFD and kiosk locations Getting help

40 Library HITS

41 Library HITS

42 Library HITS

43 Seeking Assistance

44 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

45 Reference assistance Duty Librarian Guidance on the use of information resources (catalogues, databases, and electronic journals) Information on services offered by the Library Service based in Iveagh Hall (BLU Library Complex) & Hamilton Library Assistance locating material in the Library and beyond

46 Video Guides are Finding a book on the shelves Library Tour FastLane Self-Service BLU Explained Hamilton Library Explained John Stearne Medical Library Explained

47 Summary: how to Locate your subject collection Conduct searches using Stella Explain how the Library s print collections are arranged Request items from Santry/Stacks Access your Library Account Renew & reserve books online Print, photocopy & scan Seek assistance