Eilis Rafferty, subject librarian for Business, Economics, Geography,

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Welcome to ... the Main Library

• Eilis Rafferty, subject librarian for Business,
  Economics, Geography,
• History and Politics

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Opening Hours

• Term-time Mon-Fri. 9am - midnight, but no
  services after 9.45pm
• Sat. 10am - 4pm, Sun. 1-7pm

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• Whats in the library?
• Books
• Periodicals newspapers
• DVDs, Videos audio cassettes
• Reference books
• Access to electronic databases
• Photocopiers
• Study desks

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Basic rules and regulations

• Always have your College ID card with you
• No eating, drinking or smoking
• Mobile phones must be turned off
• As QUIET as possible
• If you are noisy you will be asked to show a
  member of Library staff your College ID card.
• Persistent offenders will be banned from the
  library
• Take care of your personal belongings

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Location of subjects within the library

• Social Science Arts collections are on the 2nd
  floor
• Science,Medicine, Engineering Law are on the
  1st floor

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Loan categories for books

• Ordinary loan. 4 weeks
• One week loan
• Short loan. 24 hours, from 2pm
• Reference. Cannot be borrowed

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Number of books you can borrow

• 16 items in total
• slc - 2 items
• one week loan - 8 items
• videos - 2 items
• DVDs - I at a time

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Short Loan Collection

• Copies of the most in-demand books
• Copies of past exam papers, available for
  photocopying, but these are now also on the
  librarys web pages
• Folders containing such things as photocopies of
  articles from periodicals extracts from books
  etc.

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Fines for overdue books

• ORDINARY LOAN 10p per day
• ONE WEEK LOAN 50p per day
• SHORT LOAN 50p per hour, or part of an hour
• You cannot borrow books if there are fines on
  your Library record, so always clear any fines
  promptly

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The issue counter

• Go to the ISSUE COUNTER on the ground Floor for-
• Loans, returns renewals
• Short Loan Collection material
• Collection of reserved books
• Payment of fines
• Any other queries you may have about your own use
  of the Library

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Also on the Ground floor

• NEWSPAPERS 8 weeks back copies of Times,
  Guardian, Independent, Telegraph FT
• QUICK REFERENCE SECTION General encyclopaedias,
  directories etc.

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Study Skills Collection

• Contains books on
• Exam skills
• Essay Writing
• Research and thesis writing
• Public speaking
• Note taking
• Speed reading
• Kept on the library Ground floor

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The dvd video collection

• Is located on the second floor
• Includes Open University programmes and TV
  documentaries
• viewers available for use in the Library
• Many tapes can be borrowed. You can borrow up to
  2
• DVDs are kept at the library counter. You can
  borrow 1 at a time.

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COMPUTING FACILITIES IN THE LIBRARY

• 72 PCs with networked printers on the ground
  floor
• 20 PCs, in computer room on library 1st floor
• Computers are available on a first come-first
  served basis

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THE COMPUTER CATALOGUE

• Use it to find
• where a book is shelved, how many copies the
  Library has, which loan category the copies are
  in, and if they are on loan
• locations for periodicals, as well as books
• information about your own use of the Library

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WHERE TO ACCESS THE COMPUTER CATALOGUE

• From dedicated PCs in the Library
• Also from any other computer connected to the
  world wide web, on or off the campus

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• Ellis, John International business strategy.
  1995
• Kirton, G The dynamics of managing diversity a
  critical approach . 2nd ed. 2005
• Goleman, Daniel What makes a leader? Harvard
  Business Review, 76, 6, Nov-Dec 1998

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Periodicals/ journals

• Are published weekly, monthly or quarterly
• New Statesman, Economist, Management Today
• Contain recent research and findings
• Humanities periodicals are kept on the 2nd floor
• The current years issues are displayed in a
  separate section near the lift on the 2nd floor.

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Library PIN number

• To find out any information about your loans or
  reservations, without going to the counter, you
  will need both your College ID card AND your
  Library PIN Number
• You should get this number when you register with
  Computing Services
• You can change your PIN number on the computer
  screen

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Self-service

• Check which books you have on loan when they
  are due back
• Renew books which you have out on loan
• Check to see if any long or week loan books you
  have reserved are waiting for you to collect
• Try to make sure you check this option at least
  once a week

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Self help by telephone

• Phone [phone] to
• Renew your books
• Get general information about opening hours etc

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PHOTOCOPYING

• Single account for photocopying and printing on
  the student pc service
• Buy print-credit card from the vending machines
  on the library ground floor. Also available from
  Computing Services reception and the Students
  Union shop.
• Copies are 4p per sheet. Initial 100 free sheets.
• You need your library barcode number and your PIN
  number to activate your account
• Copiers on all floors of the library.
• Problems with the photocopiers? Speak to the
  engineer.

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• You can use other libraries
• University of London Library, Senate House, Malet
  Street (Holborn, Goodge Street or Russell Square
  tube) You can borrow from there
• Other Libraries of the University of London
• British Library
• Public Libraries
• Check catalogues of other libraries on the web

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How do I find out which databases I can use?

• The library database pages on the world wide web
• Library leaflets

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Databases

• Allow you to search for information in
  periodicals
• Some provide full text, others dont
• Enable you to find material beyond your reading
  list or for your dissertation

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Ebsco Business Source Premier

• Indexes over many journals in business and
  economics
• Provides full text to over 1000 journals
  including Journal of Labor Economics, Journal of
  Industrial Economics, Journal of Financial
  Planning, International Journal of Human Resource
  Management, California Management Review
• http//search.epnet.com
• No password on campus. ATHENS password off- campus

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Proquest newspapers

• Full text and searchable
• Financial Times, Guardian, Times etc
• Sunday Times, Telegraph and Independent
• Economist
• Online and updated daily
• Large backfiles, to beginning of 1990s
• ATHENS password required off campus

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IBSSthe International Bibliography of the Social
Sciences

• Covers books periodicals from 1951
• 2400 journals and 7000 books per year are indexed
• You can e-mail your search results
• ATHENS password required on and off campus

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WEB OF SCIENCE

• Covers all subjects, but is divided into Arts
  Humanities, Social Sciences and Science
• Altogether, 7500 journals are indexed
• The database contains references from 1971
• Also know as Web of Knowledge
• You can e-mail your search results

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Searching tips

• dont expect miracles!
• plan your search in advance
• think of keywords to describe your subject
• think of synonyms, wider terms, alternatives
• start your search simply and then refine it
• be prepared to experiment to get the best results
  in terms of numbers of references and relevance
• Use the HELP screens when you are searching

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What to do with your search results

• Use the SFX button, if it is available, to check
  our ejournals our catalogue
• Use the links to other library catalogues on QM
  librarys web-pages
• Union List of Serials to find serials within
  London University libraries

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JSTOR

• An electronic archive of journals
• Back issues not current
• Usually back to the start of publication
• Core journals such as American Economic Review,
  Economic Journal, Journal of Finance
• Available off-campus with ATHENS username
  password
• http//uk.jstor.org/ or link from the QM
  librarys webpage

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SCIENCE DIRECT

• Provides electronic access to the full text of
  journals from Elsevier and Pergamon
• Covers last 3 to 5 years
• Titles like Columbia Journal of World Business,
  Futures, Journal of Corporate Finance, Human
  Resource Management Review
• http//www.sciencedirect.com/science? Or take a
  link from QM librarys web page
• No password needed on campus. ATHENS off-campus

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QM LIBRARY WEB-PAGES http//www.library.qmul.ac.u
k/ access to-

• the catalogue
• exam papers
• copies of library guides
• links to web-sites outside QMUL, including other
  libraries and electronic resources - journals and
  databases
• main source of information about the library
• Your subject pages