Essential Library Skills
Judy McSorley ~ Liaison Librarian for Tourism 2011
At the end of this session you will be able to:
Use the library catalogue to find a book or
....journal
Locate the books and journals on the
.....shelves
Request and renew books
Login to electronic resources, such as
.....online journals
Finding a book
author date title of book
Barnes, R.(1995). Successful study for degrees. 2nd ed. London: Routledge
edition publisher
A book reference
Finding a journal
author date title of article
Carnicelli-Filho,S. et al. (2010) Fear and adventure tourism in Brazil, Tourism Management, vol.31, no. 6, pp. 953-956
journal title volume
part page no's
A journal article reference
Books How are they arranged?
Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC)
The main Middlesex University campus
libraries (Hendon and Trent Park)
all use the Dewey classification scheme
Each subject has its own subject number
as follows:-
Dewey
Shelf order - sample subject areas:
100 Philosophy and psychology 300 Social sciences 500 Science and mathematics 600 Technology 800 Literature 900 Geography and history
Shelf order within a subject
330 Economics
338 Industry : production and services
338.4 Secondary Industries and services
338.47 Goods and Services
338.4791 Tourism
But remember …….
Shelf numbers...
Tourism Leisure Hospitality Festivals Travel etc.....
While the main shelf number for “tourism” is 338.4791, there will be relevant books in many other shelf locations and on different floors in the Sheppard Library eg. history, geography, religion, culture etc.
Hence the importance of using the Library Catalogue effectively………
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, and
you may request books from other
campuses through the Library Catalogue
which can be sent to whichever campus
is most convenient for collection
The Library Catalogue
The catalogue includes several different searchtypes.
Each is useful depending on the information available to start with.
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Activity: (10minutes & in pairs)
Try the following 3 examples and decide which of the listed search types is most appropriate for each – using the information provided.
• Find “Marketing for hospitality and tourism”
• Find a book on tourism and poverty
• Find an ecotourism book by Jennifer Hill
The Library Catalogue
The Library Catalogue
Best options would be:-
For the first, where the title is fully
known, use Title A-Z
For the second where a topic is
known, use Title Keyword
Where a part title and author are
known, use General Keyword
The Library Catalogue
The Name Keyword search is also useful if there are 2 authors for a book and where the full title is unknown.
Logging in to My Accountb
~ as stated below, use your student number (M000...) as your ID and your date of birth in 6 digits for your Pin.
Renewingn
~ tick the books you wish to renew and click to Renew. Also check books on your account, requested items and personal details.
Making a Request
Making a Requestb
~ as before log in with you student number and date of birth. Select which campus to collect from and note your position in the queue. Click to Request.
Journals How are they arranged?
Print Journals are arranged:-
Alphabetically by the exact title of the journal.
Within each title, journals are arranged:
overall by date : volume number : part/issue number
The vast majority of our journals are
now provided electronically and
accessed through the Library Catalogue
Print journals are located on the
2nd floor in the Law Wing
Print or Online?
To check availability of journals, use the library catalogue.
If available in print form, the catalogue will tell you whichcampus holds the journal with details of years covered.
If available online, there will be a blue link to the available online issues of the journal with details of years covered.
Not all journals are available online,
availability is dependent on the library
having a subscription to the journal
Journal Keyword Search
for TOURISM = 61 results
Print or Online?
Online Access
Electronic Journals Providers Science Direct
EbscoBusiness Source Complete
If you access journals or databases without first logging in through myUniHub you may have to log in for each resource you use.The ID and password will be exactly the same as your computer and uniHub one.
Science Direct: searching within a particular journal
Library and IT Support Web Page http://unihub.mdx.ac.uk/study/library/
Start from UniHub to link to Library and IT under the Your study tab.
Library and IT Support Web Page Scroll down the screen to Study and Research Resources
These are the most useful resources for Literature Searching
myUniHub for alternative access to the catalogue etc.Logging in here enables access to electronic resources without further authentication.
myUniHub
Summon the new single search discovery service from the main Library and IT Support page or My Library within myUniHub and also linked from the library catalogue
Summon Search for heritage tourism, then limit to Journal Article
Summonadd “and management” make sure Journal Article is selected and you can also tick for “tourism” under Subject Terms. Click for the online full text article
SummonFull text article
Finally - Library Subject GuidesRemember - Tourism resources and guidance together
http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/tou
Library Subject GuidesSearching for journal articles – guides and information plus a PowerPoint presentation http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/tou