Middlesex University Learning Resources

Essential Library Skills

At The End Of This Session You Will Be Able To:

• Use the Learning Resources Web Pages / Library Subject Guides

• Use the Library Catalogue to find a book or journal• Locate the books and journals on the shelves• Request and renew books (using your Library

Account)• Log-in to electronic resources (e.g. online journals

and books)

Learning Resources Homepage / Library Subject Guides

Go to Task 1 in your handout

The Library Catalogue

• The Library Catalogue lists all the material (books, journals, videos 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

BooksThis is an example of a reference for a book:

Author Date Title of book

Barnes, R. (1995). Successful study for degrees. (2nd ed). London: Routledge.

Edition Publisher

BooksHow are they arranged?

Dewey Decimal Classification

• The main Middlesex University campus libraries (Hendon, Cat Hill and Trent Park) all use the Dewey classification scheme

• Each subject has its own subject number

Dewey

Shelf order - sample subject areas:

300 Social sciences600 Technology

Shelf order within a subject

155.4 HEA155.4124 REE

NLM Classification

At the hospital libraries, the National Library For Medicine (NLM) Classification System is usedThis is a specialist classification for health and medical resources and consists of letters and numbers

E.g. QT35 GATW20.5 CLI

Book & Journal Locations

Finding Books on the Library Catalogue

After a short demonstration of searching for books using the Library Catalogue (http://www.lr.mdx.ac.uk/)

Please go to Task 2 in your handout

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

Requesting Books

After a short demonstration of requesting a book

Go to Task 3 in your handout

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

Library Account & Renewing Books Online

Experiment with Your Library Account

using the information in Task 4 in your handout

JournalsThis is an example of a journal reference :

Author Date Title of article

Ellis, N et al. (2007). ‘Exercise interventions as an adjunct therapy for psychosis: a critical review’. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 46, (1), p. 95-111.

Journal Title Volume Part Page Nos.

Journal Access

• Information regarding the Library’s holdings of print and electronic journals can be accessed via

• The Library Catalogue

or • The Health Promotion Library Subject Guide

(http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/healthpromotion)

Print Or Online?

• A journal may be available in print form or available online (or both)

• To check availability, use the library catalogue

• If available in print form, the catalogue will tell you which campus holds the journal

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

Electronic Resources Login

Electronic Resources Password

For many journals, you will be asked for an Electronic Resources username and password

Your username will be your IT user ID (e.g. AD123)

Your password is your IT password

JournalsHow are they arranged?

Print Journals Are Arranged…

• Alphabetically by the exact title of the journal

• Within each title, the journal is arranged by:

o Volume numbero Part or issue numbero Date

Finding Journals on the Library Catalogue

After a short demonstration of searching for journals using the Library Catalogue (http://www.lr.mdx.ac.uk/)

Please go to Task 5 of your worksheet

Contact Details

Jamie HalsteadLiaison Librarian: Health Programmes (Hendon)E-Mail: j.halstead@mdx.ac.ukTel: 020 8411 5991