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Using the Library Catalogue
So, how can I use the Library Catalogue
effectively?
On the left of the screen there is a list of contents.You can either go through the whole presentation or you can just
choose to view the parts you require.You can also STOP or PAUSE the presentation at any time using
the controls below
How do you get to the Library Catalogue?
http://www.liv.ac.uk/library/
Go to….
Access theCataloguefrom here
The Main Catalogue Page is divided into 3 sections
Information & Guides
VariousSearchfields
Searchlimiters
There is also a ‘Quick search’ facility you
can use
Keyword searching
Using the
Library Catalogue
Click here
Scroll down the pagefor more information and
search tips
Here you can seeexamples of how to refine
your search
Boolean logic consists of three logical operators: 1. OR
2. AND
3. NOT
•The OR operator broadens or widens a search to include
documents containing either keyword.
•The OR search is particularly useful when there are several common
synonyms for a concept or variant
spellings of a word.
OR
Query: I would like information about
college.
In this search, we will retrieve records in which AT LEAST ONE of the search terms is present.
We are searching on the terms college and also university since documents containing either of
these words might be relevant.
College OR UniversityThis is illustrated by:
College University
The shaded circle with the word college representing all the records that contain the word "college"
The shaded circle with the word university representing all the records that contain the word "university"
The shaded overlap area representing all the records that contain both "college" and "university"
The operator AND narrows a search by combining terms and retrieves every document that
contains both of the words specified.
AND
Query: I'm interested in the relationship
between poverty and crime.
In this search, we retrieve records in which BOTH of the search terms are
present
Poverty AND Crime
This is illustrated by:
Poverty Crime
The shaded area overlapping the two circles representing all the records that contain both the word "poverty" and
the word "crime"
Notice how we do not retrieve any records with only "poverty" or only "crime"
Combining search terms with the NOT operator
narrows a search by excluding unwanted terms.
NOT
Query: I want information about cats,
but I want to avoid anything about dogs.
Cats NOT Dogs
In this search, we retrieve records in which ONLY ONE of the terms is present
This is illustrated by:
Cats Dogs
The shaded area with the word cats representing all the records containing the word "cats"
No records are retrieved in which the word "dogs" appears, even if the word "cats"
appears there too
Using Brackets (parentheses) in searches with more than one Boolean operator.
• Parentheses indicate relationships between search terms.
• They force the computer to process your search terms in the order you intend and to combine them in the way you want.
Computer search order
•A database or search engine processes your search terms from left to right.
•But it processes all the Boolean AND operators BEFORE processing any Boolean OR operators.
•To change this order, group synonyms (or terms that belong together) with brackets.
•Anything enclosed in brackets is evaluated first.
To see how this works, compare the two hypothetical library catalogue searches on the next slide:
Catholic OR protestant AND Ireland
Retrieves about 2500 itemsCombines Protestant and IrelandRetrieves all books about catholic
This is not what you wanted
(Catholic OR Protestant) AND Ireland
Retrieves about 230 itemsCombines Catholic or Protestant"AND" those results with ireland
This is exactly what you wanted
Of course, you can use more than one OR in a search, as in:
(tobacco OR smoking) AND (cancer OR health)
Keep in mind that the operators AND and NOT generally limit your search
(decreases the number of hits).The operator OR expands it
(increases the number of hits). So the following strategies naturally follow:
If you are retrieving too many records on your topic, try adding another search term with the
Operator AND
If you are retrieving too many records on an unrelated topic, try eliminating a word with the
Operator NOT
If you are retrieving too few records on your topic, try adding another search term with the
Operator OR
A symbol at the end of a word stem provides for all variants on the word stem. The most commonly used symbol is the
asterisk (*) For example,
a search for educat* will retrieve
educate, educating, education, educational, educator, educators, etc.
Truncation or Wildcards
A symbol within a word provides for all possible variants inside a word or word stem.
The most commonly used symbols for Wildcards are: # ?.
For example,
a search for wom#n will retrieve woman and women
Another example
Globali?ation will retrieve
Globalisation and Globalization
Wildcards
Type in here what you want to search for
From the drop down menuchoose where you
want to searchi.e. Entire Collection,
Theses etc
Let’s do a search for books
containing the wordsExcavations and
Jericho in their title
Type in your search termsHere and click
Submit
The results list displays all the items that match the search and places them in order
of relevance
ContentsPage
Click on the Title linkfor more information
LOCATIONTells you where to
find the book.i.e.
Sydney Jones Library
Here you can seemore information
about the book
CLASS NOTells you where
in the Libraryto look
STATUSTells you whether
the book isavailable to borrow
So the book we have just viewed with the
CLASS NODS110.J4.M31
will be located HERE
Using the
Title search
Facility
Click here
Let’s search for a book titled
‘Neolithic chipped stone industries of the
Fertile Crescent’
Type in your search termsHere and click
Search
Here you can seemore information
about the book
LOCATIONTells you where to
find the book.i.e.
Sydney Jones Library
CLASS NOTells you where
in the Libraryto look
STATUSTells you whether
the book isavailable to borrow
So the book we have just viewed with the
CLASS NOCC79.5.F .G29
will be located HERE
Using the
Author search
Facility
Click here
NOTE’See how we enter the
Surname firstFollowed by either the
Initial or first name
We are going to search for an author called
John Wyon BurrowUsing the search terms
burrow j
We have 3 authorswho match oursearch criteria
Click onExtended Display
for more information
The John Wyon Burrowwe are looking for is
Here
Click on the Title linkfor more information
LOCATIONTells you where to
find the book.i.e.
Sydney Jones Library
CLASS NOTells you where
in the Libraryto look
STATUSTells you whether
the book isavailable to borrow
Here you can seemore information
about the book
So the book we have just viewed with the
CLASS NOCB204.B97
will be located HERE
Using the
Author/Title search
Facility Contents
Page
Click here
See the examples of how to use
this facility
Let’s search for a book by
Peter Warren about the Aegean Bronze
age
Type in your search termshere and click
Submit
The search takes usto this book
by Peter Warren and gives us the details
we need
LOCATIONTells you where to
find the book.i.e.
Sydney Jones Library
CLASS NOTells you where
in the Libraryto look
STATUSTells you whether
the book isavailable to borrow
So the book we have just viewed with the
CLASS NODF220.W29
will be located HERE
Searching for
Journals
Using the
Library Catalogue
Click here
You can searchusing any of
these search fields
Or use the Quick Search
facility
We will look forOxford journal of
archaeologyusing the
Quick search facility
Print Copy
Electronic
Click on the title links
to get more information
From here we can see that we can get
this journal in2 formats
Here you can seewhat volumes/years
are held andthe latest volume received
Click here toview all
the volumes held
We can see more volumes here and theirLOCATIONCLASS NO
STATUS
Scroll down the page for more
information
NOTE’See how some volumes of this
journal are to be found in different locations
Let’s have a lookat the
Electronic versionof this journal
Click on the linkTo access the
Electronic versionFrom here we can see
subscription detailsand methods of access
On campus usersClick Here
to access the journalonline
From here you can search all the available
Electronic volumes
Off campus usersClick Here first
Log on here using your
Managed Windows Serviceusername & password
The Athens Loginwindow opens
This window opensconfirming you are logged into Athens
Click hereto MINIMIZE
the Athens Window
NOWClick here
to access the journalonline
E-books
•What?
•Where?
•And How?
E-Books are:
•Electronic versions of titles.
•They are searchable through the library catalogue in the same way as
print versions can be located.
•To view an e-book you first need to download and install
‘ebrary reader’
Let’s look at how this can be done
We will look for a booktitled
Archaeology: the basics using the Quick search
facility
We can see here that 3versions of this title are
available
Click onthe electronic version
Click on the ebrary Reader link
There are 2 waysto install ebrary Reader.
Which one you use dependsif you are on or off Campus
On Campus usersClick on
Start
•Go to Install•Go to Viewers•Then click on
Ebrary Reader
to complete theinstallation
Off Campususers click here
Click the link to installthe ebrary Reader
you should see this screen
ContentsPage
Return to this page and click the link to
view the book
You can scroll through the pages or change the view by using the
tools on the toolbar
Reserving and
recalling books
If the book you require is currently issued to
another reader you can reserve or recall it by
using one of the following methods.
Click on the Request button
NOTE.See the details here
indicating the book will only be reserved, NOT recalled
Log on here using your
Managed Windows Serviceusername & password
This screen shows that your request was successful.
You will usually receive an e-mail when the book becomes available.Reserved books will only be held for you
for 7 days from the day they are received
To recall a book you need to complete a RESERVATION CARD.
These are available from the Information Support desk and the Issue desk
Complete the card and hand in at any desk or place in one of available boxes.
Reservation cards are collected and processed every morning Monday - Friday
Reading Lists?
Where to find them.
&
How to use them.
‘Reading lists save you so much time
because they list all of your Lecturers
recommended reading in one place.
In other words,
YOU don’t have to trawl through the
catalogue’Anon 2006
Click here
You can search reading lists by
either,
Lecturers Name
Course Code
Let’s do a search for the course module
Methods of Archaeology The course code is
Algy101
From here we can see information about,
The LecturerCourse title
and when the course is run
There are instructionsof how to use the
reading list
ContentsPage
Click on a title link to get more information
Click on Regular Display
To return to the reading list
We can see all the informationwe need here.
LOCATIONTells you where to
find the book.i.e.
Sydney Jones Library
CLASS NOTells you where
in the Libraryto look
STATUSTells you whether
the book isavailable to borrow
Offprints.
What are they?
&
How do you find them?
Offprints are…
•photocopies of journal articles,
•chapters from books,
•'missing pages' from items in stock.
Many of them are recommended reading for a course or courses.
Offprints are only available from the relevant library Issue Desks.
Offprints are only available to borrow for the standard short loan period.
Click here
From this page you can search for Offprints using
onlythe Authors name or,
the Journal or Book title
Let’s do a search for Offprintsthat have been taken from the
Journal of Modern History
This search will provide us with a list of every Offprint taken fromThe Journal of Modern History
Click on title linkfor more information
Here we see theinformation we need
LOCATIONTells you which librarythe Offprint is located
i.e.Sydney Jones Library
CLASS NOYou need to givethis to the staff
on the Issue Desk
STATUSTells you whether
the Offprint isavailable to borrow
How can I view and manage
MY LIBRARY RECORD?
Click Here
Log on here using your
Managed Windows Serviceusername & password
View books/journalsyou currently have out
From hereYou can…
Renew allItems on your
record
Or just renewselected items
You can also…
View your reservations
View your fines
View your saved searchesView your borrowing history
To view your borrowing history
You first need to
‘Opt In’
Here’s how to do it:
Click here
And Click here
Don’t forget to
Log out
For further help and assistance please contact your relevant Subject Librarian
Arts and Humanities contacts: Click Here
Social and Economic Sciences contacts: Click Here
Science and Engineering contacts: Click Here
Medical Subjects contacts: Click Here
Library Contacts for Arts & Humanities
Martin Wolf, Arts Librarian Martin Wolf is Arts Librarian. Contact Martin (email: [email protected]; phone: 0151-794-2684) for Faculty related Library matters.Martin is subject librarian for History and Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology , dealing with subject enquiries, information skills training, integrating resources into VITAL, book fund balances, book orders and reading lists in those subject areas.
Jackie Pearce, Subject Librarian Phone: 0151-794-2686 E-mail [email protected] Jackie is subject librarian for the School of Music, the Department of Philosophy, the Institute of Irish Studies and the Institute of Latin American Studies, dealing with subject enquiries, information skills training, integrating resources into VITAL, bookfund balances, book orders and reading lists in those subject areas.
Joe Hilton, Acting Subject Librarian Phone: 0151-794-2686 E-mail [email protected] Joe is the acting subject librarian for the School of English and the School of Modern Languages, dealing with subject enquiries, information skills training, integrating resources into VITAL, bookfund balances, book orders and reading lists in those subject areas.
Micaela Chandler, Subject Librarian Phone: 0151-794-2686Micaela is currently on maternity leave.
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Library Contacts for Medical Subjects
Penny Street, Faculty Librarian Phone: 0151-794-5418 Email: [email protected] Contact Penny for faculty-related Library matters and any Library issues including information skills training, book fund balances, book orders, integrating resources into Vital, and reading lists, relating to
School of Clinical Sciences School of Cancer Studies School of Infection Control and Host Defence School of Reproductive and Developmental Medicine
Zoe Gibbs-Monaghan, Subject Librarian Phone: 0151-794-5407 Email: [email protected] Contact Zoe for Library matters including information skills training, book fund balances, book orders, integrating resources into Vital, and reading lists, relating to
School of Health Sciences School of Population, Community and Behavioural Sciences
Ken Linkman, Subject Librarian Phone: 0151-794-4366 Email: [email protected] Contact Ken for Library matters including information skills training, book fund balances, book orders, integrating resources into Vital, and reading lists, relating to
School of Biomedical Sciences School of Dental Sciences School of Medical Education
Library Contacts for Science & Engineering
Carole Rhodes, Engineering Faculty Librarian Phone: 0151-794-5409 Email: [email protected] Contact Carole for Faculty-related Library matters, also any Library issues including information skills training, book fund balances, book orders, integrating resources into VITAL and reading lists, relating to
Department of Engineering (covers Aerospace Engineering, Civil Engineering,Design & Manufacturing, Materials Science and Mechanical Engineering)
Carole's normal hours of work are Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
Zelda Chatten, Subject Librarian Phone: 0151-794-4343 Email: [email protected] Contact Zelda for Library matters including information skills training, book fund balances, book orders, integrating resources into VITAL and reading lists, relating to
Computer Science Electrical Engineering and Electronics Maths Physics
David Clay, Subject Librarian Phone: 0151-794-3643 Email: [email protected] Contact David for Library matters including information skills training, book fund balances, book orders, integrating resources into VITAL and reading lists, relating to
Psychology
Clair Sharpe, Subject Librarian Phone: 0151-794-5410 Email: [email protected] Contact Clair for Library matters including information skills training, book fund balances, book orders, integrating resources into VITAL and reading lists, relating to
Biological Sciences Chemistry Earth Sciences
Library Contacts for Social and Environmental Studies
Lisa Bryce, SES Librarian Phone: 0151-794-2683 E-mail [email protected] Contact Lisa for Faculty related Library matters and any Library issues relating to the Management School and the School of Sociology & Social Policy, including information skills training, integrating resources into VITAL, book fund balances, book orders and reading lists.
Joyce Raynor Phone: 0151-794-2691 E-mail [email protected] Contact Joyce for Library matters relating the School of Architecture, the Department of Civic Design and the Department of Geography, including information skills training, integrating resources into VITAL, book fund balances, book orders and reading lists.
Linda Crane Phone: 0151-794-3284/3642 E-mail [email protected] Contact Linda for Library matters relating to the School of Politics & Communication Studies, including information skills training, integrating resources into VITAL, bookfund balances, book orders and reading lists.