HELKA

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HELKA

• The Union Catalogue Database of Helsinki
  University Libraries

Undergraduate Library April 2005
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Contents of this course

• Helka what is it?
• Libraries of University of Helsinki and
  collections of the Undergraduate Library
• How to
• locate books and other materials
• search information
• browse your loans
• renew your loans
• make requests

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What is Helka?

• Union catalogue database (collection database) of
  the libraries of Helsinki University
• Includes information of the materials (books,
  series, periodicals, theses etc.) in the
  collections of the libraries
• Bibliographic information of materials, number of
  copies, location and availability

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Bibliographic reference/ record

• Author(s)Mather, Peter
• TitleThe art of critical reading brushing up
  on your reading, thinking, and study skills /
  Peter Mather, Rita McCarthy
• PublishedBoston, MA McGraw-Hill, cop. 2005
• Materialxxviii, 558 s., 16 kuvas. kuv.
• FormatBook
• ISBN0-07-241376-X
• LCSH Reading (Higher education) Critical
  thinking Study skills
• Other Author(s)McCarthy, Rita

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Accesshttp//helka.linneanet.fi/webvoye.htm

• Via patron terminals in libraries
• Via libraries web sites
• E.g. the Undergraduate Library
• http//www.opiskelijakirjasto.lib.helsinki.fi/engl
  ish/

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Libraries

• Libraries at the University of Helsinki
  http//www.helsinki.fi/kirjastot/eng/ index.htm
• Library codes and links to libraries home pages
  http//www.helsinki.fi/helka/engcodes.html

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Collections and locations at the Undergraduate
Library

• textbooks in alphabetical order, circulation
  floor
• short-term loans in alphabetical order,
  circulation floor
• general collections on the collections floor,
  classified according to subject matter and
  arranged in alphabetical order
• Undergraduate Library Opiskelijakirjasto

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Circulation floor
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Textbooks

• Call number H3 KURSSIKIRJAT Main word, e. g.
• H3 KURSSIKIRJAT Social
• H3 KURSSIKIRJAT Brown
• simple alphabetical order
• loan period 28 days or 14 days (marked with
  yellow sticker)
• can be renewed 12 times

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Short-term loans

• Call number H3 LYHYTLAINA Main word, e.g.
• H3 LYHYTLAINA Social
• H3 LYHYTLAINA Brown
• simple alphabetical order
• 2-day loan period
• non-renewable, non-reservable

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Collections floor
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General collections

• Call number H3 YLEISKOK Class Main word, e. g
• H3 YLEISKOK 02 E Research
• H3 YLEISKOK 04 B Wright
• classified according to subject (classes 01-26)
• within classes sorted alphabetically
• loan period 28 days
• can be renewed 50 times

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Displays

• Main page
• Search page
• Titles list
• Holdings
• Whole record
• Time out

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Searching information in Helka

• Basic search
• Advanced search (builder search)
• New entries (new books)

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Basic search

• Search by author name (last name, then first name
  or initials)
• Search by title (book, thesis etc.)
• Search by journal title
• Search by keyword
• Search by subject (mostly in Finnish only)
• Search by call number, i. e. location code

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Keyword and command search

• By keyword search you find any word which is
  included in the database
• Use command search when
• one word is not enough to describe your subject
• you want to get exact results
• Commands are Boolean operators and, or, not

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Boolean operators (Boolean logic)
A
B
A
B
A
B
A and B
A not B
A or B
Irish or Scottish
British not English
Celtic and languages
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Other search tips

• Search phrazes with quotes, e.g. celtic
  languages, world wide web
• Use truncation to find both singular, plural and
  other forms, e.g. celt? -gt celts,
  celtic sociolog? -gt
  sociology, sociological
• Use search limits to reduce results, e.g.
  language, publication year

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Advanced search(Builder search)

• Allows you to use many keywords together and
  direct them to separate fields (author name,
  title, publisher name, etc.)
• (See the bibliographic description of the
  material -gt MARC view)
• Allows you to use Boolean operators in more
  versatile ways
• Helka

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Customership of Helka libraries

• Library rules of City Campus
• Lending rules of the Undergraduate Library
• Fines for overdue loans

• http//www.opiskelijakirjasto.lib.helsinki.fi/engl
  ish/lending/index.htm

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HELKA card/ UniCard

• UniCard can be used as a library card ? must be
  registered at a library
• Material can be checked out from Helsinki
  University Library, Undergraduate Library,
  faculty libraries, and from some institutions
• Changes of name or address, or loss of card must
  be reported to any HELKA-library
• Keep your card with you at all times, no loans
  are given without the card!

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How to apply?

• Id-number compatible with Finnish system is
  needed (e. g. 010182-012C)
• Fill in an application form for HELKA card in a
  HELKA library
• Or apply for a UniCard at Central Office of HYY
  (HYY The Student Union)Mannerheimintie 5 A 2,
  2nd floorE-mail unicard_at_hyy.fi
• Show a printed document to verify your Finnish
  id-number

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Borrowing and Returns

• Borrowing and returning at the Undergraduate
  Library is automated
• Return the material to the same library from
  where it was checked out
• Fines start to accrue on the date following the
  due date
• Fines and lending blocks apply in all the HELKA
  libraries

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Renewals and reservations

• Renewals general collection 50 times, textbooks
  12 times
• You can reserve a book if all copies of the title
  are on loan. The reservation fee is 1 euro.
• Renewals and reservations are possible in the
  libraries, via their service phones, or as
  self-service on the Internet

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Patron information and self-services of Helka

• Personal information
• Patron blocks
• Charged items
• Renewal of items
• Request information
• Requests pending
• Items available for pickup
• Fines and fees
• Always log out!

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Making requests, case A book available
for request in only one library

• Enter your barcode and last name
• Choose Hold (for loans up to 28 days, other
  req. types rarely needed)
• Enter your barcode again
• Remember to submit request!

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Only one library to choose from
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Making requests, case B book available
for request in several libraries

• Enter your barcode and last name
• Choose Hold (for loans up to 28 days, other
  req. types rarely needed)
• Please select library from roll-down menu
• Any copy in the library I have selected
• Do NOT select A SINGLE COPY
• Enter your barcode again
• Pick Up At must be the library this book
  belongs to
• Remember to submit request!

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B. Several libraries to choose from