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LSC electronic

resources: an

overview

Pocock House Library235 Southwark Bridge RoadLondon SE1 6NPlibrary@lsclondon.co.uk

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Library’s Catalogue

The catalogue provides access to the

Library’s physical collection, and to

ebooks subscribed by the LSC in the

databases “MyiLibrary” and

“dawsonera” (ebooks from “ebrary”

have to be searched within its

catalogue).

Follow this link:

http://library.lsclondon.co.uk/heritage

The catalogue can also be accessed

via the students’ portal, in the “Library”

tab.

Introduction

Simple search box to look for books.

Contact the Library by phone or email.

Browse items by subject.

Advanced search.

Home page

Insert your Library no. to access your account.

Use the “Simple search” to introduce the terms you require.

Simple search

Advanced search

Use the dropdown menu to limit the search to title, author, keywords, etc.

Introduce the search terms.

Use the dropdown menu to limit the search to types of media (e.g. books).

Use search operators.

Add more search criteria.

List of results

If items are selected, they can be printed, downloaded (bibliographic reference only) and added to favourites.

Physical location in the Library.

Items’ availability.

Selected the items on the left and click “Print”, send by “Email”, “Download” the bibliographic data or “Add to favourites”.

Select the title to see the full record.

Detailed record

Full title and edition. Authors.

Editor and year published.

Browse other books with this subject.

Ebook version available.

Item available in the Library only.

Full bibliographic reference.

Item available to be borrowed.

Log in to access account details

Unpaid fines will appear in this tab.

Items currently borrowed.

In the catalogue’s main page, log in with your Library

number (look in the back of your student ID card) to

access your account details.

Pay attention to the items’ due date so that you do not pay any fines.

Items in red mean they are overdue.

See all items borrowed, returned, and renewed.

Items reserved will appear in this tab.

Ebooks

Introduction

The LSC subscribes three ebook

databases: ebrary, dawsonera, and

MyiLibrary. Ebooks can be read online

or downloaded to PC, laptop, tablet,

etc., both in/off campus.

Ebooks from Myilibrary and

dawsonera can be searched from the

Library’s catalogue but ebooks from

ebrary have to be searched within

their own catalogue.

To access them, go to the students’

portal and chose the “Library” tab.

ebrary: types of search`Simple search box. `

Browse ebooks by subject areas.

Advanced search box.

ebrary: advanced search

Use the dropdown menu to limit the search to title, author, publication year, etc.

Introduce the search terms.

Add more search criteria.

ebrary: results

See the table of contents and go directly to a specific chapter.

Export the bibliographic reference to EndNote, Citavi or RefWorks.

Use the subjects to find other relevant ebooks.

The ebook can only be downloaded if an account was previously created.

ebrary: download options

Download part of the book (a chapter, for example), with a limit of pages.

Download the entire book for a maximum of 14 days.

ebrary: bookshelf

Ebooks can also be added to a virtual bookshelf but only if you have an account (creating an account is free).

Access your saved ebooks in this tab.

ebrary: bookshelf

List of ebooks added to the bookshelf and unclassified.

List of folders where ebooks can be organized.

To (re)read an ebook, just click the link.

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Browse books by subject areas (note: these are all the ebooks from this platform; to access the ones subscribed by LSC click on “eBook catalogue”).

Create an account in order to save searches and add books to your bookshelf.

`Search box.`Direct access to the

ebooks subscribed by LSC.

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After login in, add books to your virtual bookshelf.

dawsonera: main page

dawsonera: ebooks subscribed by LSC

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Ebookssubscribed by LSC have a green lock.

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Read the ebook online.

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Download the ebook for a day or several days (requires creating a free account).

`List of ebookssubscribed by LSC.

dawsonera: bookshelf

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Access your account details and ebooks saved in your bookshelf.

`Add your own comments.

Simple search box.

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Browse all ebooks from this platform according to different subject areas.

Create an account in order to save searches and add books to your bookshelf.

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Direct access to the ebooks subscribed by LSC.

Use the advanced search.

MyiLibrary: main page

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Read the book online.

MyiLibrary: ebooks subscribed by LSC

`List of ebookssubscribed by LSC.

MyiLibrary: reading the ebook`Access each chapter

through the table of contents (TOC).

`Use the arrows to navigate between pages.

`Download (only 5% allowed).

`Print (only 5% allowed).

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Databases

Introduction

The Library subscribes to EBSCOhost

and ProQuest databases.

They provide access to reports, journal

articles, figures/tables, magazines, etc.

To access them, go to the students’

portal, chose the “Library” tab, and find

the links to the databases (both in/off

campus).

Choose the language you prefer.

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Advanced search box.

Create an account in order to save searches and items.

EBSCO: main page

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Choose the databases you want to use in your search.

`Choose limits to the search.

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Enter search terms

`Create an alert to this search.

EBSCO: begin your search

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Choose limits to the search such as full text or scholarly journals.

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Choose limits to the search such as document type, company name, et.

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Choose limits to the search such as published date or publication type.

Use search operators. Add more search criteria.

Click on the title to access the full record.

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View the document’s images.

The results can continue to be refined.

EBSCO: search results

`Access the document in .pdf.

Add document to the folder.

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Use the subject terms to refine your search within specific subjects.

EBSCO: full record

Print the record’s data (not the article in .pdf).

`Send the record’s data to an email.

`Save the record’s data.

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View the full reference in different citation styles and export to a reference management software.

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View the article’s references and access them if full text is available.

Copy or move your documents to folders.

ProQuest: “My folder”

`These folders are already predefined.

`These folders can be customized.

Choose the database’s language.

Find figures and tables.

Create an account in order to save searches and items.

Find data and reports.

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Advanced search box.

ProQuest: main page

ProQuest: begin your search`

Enter search terms.

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Choose limits to the search such as full text or publication date.

`Search within specific subject areas.

Use search operators.

Add more search criteria.

Select the records that you want to save (requires the creation of an account).

The results can continue to be refined.

ProQuest: search results

`View the full text in ProQuest or view/ download the .pdf.

`View the full reference in different citation styles.

Results can be selected and sent by email, saved, etc.

View the documents that have cited this article.

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Find similar documents, including ebooks from ebrary.

ProQuest: full record

Print the record’s data (not the article) in .pdf.)

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Send the record’s data by email.

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View the full reference in different citation styles.

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View the article’s references and access them if full text is available.

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Add notes to the items saved.

ProQuest: “My Research”

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Access all items saved (documents, figures, alerts, RSS feeds, etc.).

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Items can also be organized into folders.

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Create/organize your folders.

Other resources

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Open Access Journals

If you want to browse for quality open

access and peer-reviewed journals, go

to the Directory of Open Access

Journals (DOAJ): a database consisting

of 9,966 online journals.

You can also use the Open Access

Journals Search Engine (OAJSE) to

search for journals by subject.

Some publishers also provide OA

journals, such as Elsevier or Science

Direct.

http://doaj.org

www.oajse.com/

www.elsevier.com/about/open-

access/open-access-journals

www.sciencedirect.com/science

/jrnlallbooks/all/open-access

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