Law School Parttime teaching staff

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Law School Part-time teaching staff

• Introduction to Library Services
• Bob Burns, Law Librarian
• r.d.burns_at_qmul.ac.uk

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What will be covered?

• Key QM Library webpages
• Electronic resources
• Athens usernames/passwords
• Other Libraries
• Inter-library loans
• Photocopying
• EndNote
• Student reading lists
• Staff loans

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Key QM Library webpages

• QM Library homepage http//www.library.qmul.ac.uk
  /
• QM Library subject page for Law
  http//www.library.qmul.ac.uk/law/index.htm

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Electronic resources

• In excess of 1500 electronic law journals
• Over 50 law databases, including Westlaw,
  LexisNexis, HeinOnline, Justis
• Access to e-journals is via SFX
• Access to databases is via Metalib

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In Metalib law databases are arranged by
subcategories according to the type of legal
literature covered
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and further down the list by subject
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For example if you want to access UK case law
databases, highlight the subcategory click GO
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E-journals via SFX
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Athens usernames passwords

• You will need an Athens username/password to
  access the vast majority of law databases
  e-journals on off campus
• Your Athens username/password will be the same as
  the QM Teaching Service username/password you are
  given by Computing Services when you enrol with
  them
• You then need to set the QM Teaching Service
  username/password as your Athens
  username/password on each computer network,
  standalone PC laptop you use

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Once you see this screen you have set up your
Athens account on the network, PC or laptop you
are using. Dont work from this screen. Go back
to the QM Library law webpage to access law
databases via Metalib e-journals via SFX
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Other Libraries

• IALS
• You can obtain limited borrowing rights at KCL,
  LSE, UCL, SOAS, Birkbeck or any other UK
  University Library, via the SCONUL Access Scheme.
  Download a registration form from
  http//www.access.sconul.ac.uk/
• Take this form to QM Main Library to get a Sconul
  Access card, which you can then take to other
  Libraries to get limited borrowing rights
• Senate House
• British Library

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Inter-library loans

• Part-time staff can make inter-library loan
  requests on the same basis as full-time staff
• Journal articles/case reports not available in
  print or electronic form at QM, IALS or Senate
  House, or in print form at KCL, LSE, UCL, SOAS,
  Birkbeck, BL
• Books not available at QM, IALS or Senate House
  (or through borrowing from another Library via
  Sconul Access Scheme)
• ILLs funded directly by Law Dept.

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Library photocopying

• Incredibly complicated system!
• You will need to know your QM Teaching Service
  account username/password, your College ID card
  Barcode PIN, and have the ID card with you.
• Accounts can be topped up by purchasing 1 or 5
  scratchcards from vending machines in the Library
  then adding value by logging onto your Teaching
  Service accounts.
• Present scratched scratchcards as receipts to
  Joey Johnson in Law Dept office to get cash
  refunds.

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EndNote

• Software package which automatically creates
  bibliographies references.
• Available for free on CD from Computing Services
  (W209, Queens Building Reception)
• Can only be loaded on to QM computers
• Web version can be accessed anywhere via Athens
  username/password at http//www.myendnoteweb.com
• There are numerous complications in using EndNote
  with various forms of legal documents/citations!
• Oxford University have developed some software
  (OSCOLA-Lite) for formatting cases, legislation
  etc. in EndNote http//denning.law.ox.ac.uk/publi
  shed/endnote.shtml

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Items from student reading lists

• We aim to have copies of all books listed on
  undergraduate student reading lists
• If any students complain that the Library does
  not have a recommended book or that there are
  insufficient copies simply e-mail me the book
  details
• Virtually all books listed on student reading
  lists will either be on one week loan or short
  loan (one day loan, 1.30pm to 1.30pm the
  following day)
• Short loan books can be booked in advance, up to
  14 days ahead

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Staff loans

• Staff can borrow up to 20 items from the one week
  and ordinary loan categories (3 months for staff
  PhDs, four weeks for taught course students),
  but no more than 8 can be one week loans
• Fines for one week loans (50p per day) and short
  loans (50p per hour) apply to staff.
• Ordinary loans are subject to recall by other
  users.
• You can renew one week loans up to 6 times
  ordinary loans up to 3 times via the Library
  catalogue at http//catalogue.library.qmul.ac.uk/
  
• You will need your College ID card barcode number
  PIN to renew books on the catalogue, place
  reservations etc.

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College ID card

• This is your Library card
• You need to show the barcode on the card to the
  card reader on the Library entrance/exit
  turnstiles to enter/leave the Library
• On your first visit you will need to get your
  Library registration record set up. Your card
  will not work on the turnstiles automatically.
  Show your ID card at the Library reception Desk.
  They will direct you to the Issue Counter where
  your card can be activated

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