PRS4799MSc Environmental Health

Essential Library Skills and Beyond

UniHub home page and login http://unihub.mdx.ac.uk/

Subject Supporthttp://libguides.mdx.ac.uk

The Library Catalogue

• The Library Catalogue lists all the material (books, journals etc.) held in all the Middlesex University libraries

• You may use any campus library, or via the library catalogue, you may request books from another campus to be sent here for you to collect

Finding Books Using the Library Catalogue

Renn, O. (2008) Risk governance : coping with uncertainty in a complex world, London: Earthscan

E-books• E-books can be found using the library

catalogue, just like a print book.

• You will see the words ‘[electronic resource]’ after the title.

• Click on the blue ‘web access’ link to download or read the book online – make sure you have logged into myUniHub!

Requesting Books

If the book you are seeking is already on loan or only available at another campus, you may request it via the library catalogue

Making a request

Making a request

Logging in to My Account

Renewing Books Online

Use the ‘My Account’ option to see what items you have on loan and to renew them

NB You will not be able to renew requested books

Renewing Books Online

Journal Access• The Library Catalogue tells you which journals are

available to you, either in print or online

• If available in print, the catalogue will tell you where the journal is located in the library

• If available online, there will be a blue ‘web access’ link to the available online issues of the journal

Before Accessing an E-Journal• If you haven’t

already logged in to myUniHub...login now

• Follow the links in the My Library box to access the journal

Journals

This is an example of a journal reference :

Tapsell,S.M.& Tunstall,S.M. (2008). ‘“I wish I’d never heard of Banbury”: The relationship between ‘place’ and the health impacts from flooding’. Health and Place, 14, (2), p. 133-154.

Accessing the article

Finding the article

The full text

Useful databases

Use these Databases to find out journal & other information on your topic:

• Barbour – full text reports & other documents on legislation, regulations and standards

• British Standards: selected full-text British, European and international standards

• Business Source Complete - full text peer reviewed (scholarly) and business journals .

• Science Direct - full text Elsevier journals

• Science Citation Index - not full-text

• Social Science Citation Index – not full-text

How do I use online journals and databases?• Most online journals and databases require

you to be a member of a subscribing institution

• If you log into uniHub before accessing the library’s electronic resources, you will be able to access the available e-books and online journals

• You will have access to the e-resources from home provided you have internet access

Select Database list in My Library...

Occasionally you may see this screen...

Simply follow link & login with your UniHub username and password

...and if asked to login again, use your network/uniHub username and password

Science Citation Index (SCI) Search Screen

Combining Searches in SCI

SCI Results Screen

Times cited

SCI results may not provide full text

Full Text

Science Direct home page

Restrict to subscribed journals

British Standards

Keyword search

Limit to subscribed standards

If you don’t see what you need ....

Contact Kathy to see if your required Standard can be purchased, especially if it is one that you need for your dissertation

Remember:

• Not all databases provide access to full-text journal articles

• Use library catalogue to check availability

• You may use inter-library loan/other libraries

http://unihub.mdx.ac.uk/study/library/resources/ill/index.aspx

Inter-Library Loans

• If the journal you require is not available at Middlesex University, we can get the article for you.

• From Library & IT pages, follow link to Inter-Library Loans

• Login using Unihub username and password• Complete form and submit• You will receive a PDF version of the journal

article which you may save and keep• £3 charge

SCONUL Access Scheme

• SCONUL Access Scheme provides access to other academic libraries

• For more information on the scheme visit the website

• To apply, submit completed form at UniHelp desk

Referencing

• You must reference your work properly with full details of all resources used, e.g. books, journal articles, websites

• Keep a record of what you are using from the start of your literature searching

• For information on how to reference your work, see the Natural Sciences referencing guide in your module handbooks in My Learning

And finally...

• Look on Library and IT pages on uniHub http://unihub.mdx.ac.uk/study/library/index.aspx

• Library Subject Guide:

http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/risksafetyhealthenvironment

• Subject enquiries:Kathy McGowank.mcgowan@mdx.ac.uk