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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


about the book


find the book.i.e.







CLASS NOCC79.5.F .G29


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


find the book.i.e.







about the book


CLASS NOCB204.B97


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


find the book.i.e.







CLASS NODF220.W29


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



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.


find the book.i.e.






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


the Offprint isavailable to borrow

How can I view and manage

MY LIBRARY RECORD?

Click Here



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.

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