South China Agricultural University

UH Manoa Library Orientation

Eileen HerringScience & Technology Reference

University of Hawaii at Manoa LibraryJuly 2009

Library Building Locations

St JohnGilmore

HamiltonLibrary

SinclairLibrary

Collection Statistics Over three million print volumes Also

microforms manuscripts and archives audiovisual materials maps and aerial photographs

16,500 print journal subscriptions 48,000 electronic journal subscriptions 60,000 e-books

UHM Library Collections

Science and Technology Business, Humanities & Social Sciences Hawaiian and Pacific Collections Government Documents Asia Collection Special Collections Maps, Aerials & GIS Archives & Manuscripts Digital & Digitized Collections

System wide catalog Search all UH campus libraries together Includes both print and electronic items

http://uhmanoa.lib.hawaii.edu/

LC call numbers

Classify materials by subject Science call numbers are Q - V

S => Agriculture SB => Plant Culture etc

Composed of letters & numbers Read them from left to right Also identifies the location in the library

Plant propagation : principles and practices, 7th ed.by Hudson T. Hartmann et al. Prentice Hall, 2002

Call number: SB119 .P55 2002

SB Alwa ys start s with let ter s and sh e lve d alphabetical ly

119 Follo wed b y a nu m be r and arrange d num erically

.P55 Let ter nu m ber com binat ion shel ved alphabetical ly and then a s a dec imal nu m ber

2002 Publication yea r is not a lway s included

- Check the library floor plan- This item is on the 4th floor of the Science & Technology Wing

Provides links to journals databases e-books

Proxy server for access from any location with UHM Username and Password

http://micro189.lib3.hawaii.edu/ezproxy/

Journal article databases

Alphabetical list of science databases at

http://www.hawaii.edu/sciref/databases.html “Best” one varies with topic -

no such thing as “one stop shopping” (yet!) Each vendor has own interface and services Link resolver software links database record to

electronic full-text article via FIND IT button

Some Journal Article Databases

AGRICOLA ASABE Technical Library Biological Abstracts CAB Abstracts Food Science & Technology Abstracts Web of Science

Library Hours - Summer 2009Hamilton Building Hours:

Mon-Fri 8:00 am - 6:00 pm

Sun 12:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Sci-Tech Reference Desk Hours:

Mon-Fri 9:00 am - 4:00 pm

Eileen Herring

CTAHR Library Liaison

eherring@hawaii.edu

956-2543

http://www.hawaii.edu/sciref/

Blog - Eileen’s Library Stuffhttp://eileenslibrarystuff.wordpress.com/

Individual consultations

General library services and resources orientation

Assistance with a specific database or service Develop search strategy for a particular topic Email or call Eileen for an appointment

<eherring@hawaii.edu> or X62543