IHU LIBRARY AND INFORMATION CENTRE

1. How to use the library (printed material)

Once you have visited the library’s website: http://www.lib.ihu.edu.gr click on

the link Library Collection and choose Books Catalogue. The following picture

will appear on your screen:

On the quick search box enter a word or phrase relevant to the topic you are interested

in. Alternatively, if you know the author or the title of the book choose the

appropriate field from the scroll-down box. For example, if you want to find books

with the world ‘’accounting’’ enter the world on the box as shown above and you will

get the following results:

The result shows that there are 323 titles in the library with world ‘’accounting’’. If

one book fulfill your requirements then choose the details button and the following

picture will appear :

Then you can obtain the bibliographic information about the book and whether it is

available in the library. If you want to find the book on the shelf you only have to

write down its call number. The classification system that the library uses is the

Dewey Decimal System.

On the other hand, if you know the exact title or the author of a book you can follow

the same exact procedure by choosing the title or author field from the scroll-down

box as shown previously.

If you are interested in finding journals in a printed form you will have to choose the

periodical field from the scroll-down box :

Then enter the name of the journal you are interested in, for example if you want to

find the ‘’American Journal of Archaeology” enter the title and the result will be the

following:

Here you can see the bibliographic information of the journal and the volumes and

issues that are available in the library. Journals are not for loan. You can read them in

the library or make photocopies.

You can also make advanced search if you want to limit your results. This can be

done by clicking on the power search button on the first box.

The following picture will appear:

For example if you want to find a book under the title “management” and the author

“Kotler”, fill the relevant fields with the terms and you get the following result:

Once more you have to write down its call number so you can find the book on the

shelf.

2. How to use the library (electronic resources)

If you wish to find electronic recourses then choose the ‘’electronic resources’’

button from the ‘’Library collection’’ link.

An alphabetical list of databases available at IHU Library appears.

Choose the database you want by clicking on the letter from which the name of the

database begins. Note that some databases need access codes. The library staff will

provide them to you, after you have signed a copyright agreement. If you want to

work from another location, you have to install a VPN programme. The IT

Department will give you the guidelines.

JSTOR DATABASE

For example, if you want to use JSTOR database then click on letter “J”.

A link is available for the JSTOR database. This specific database is useful mainly for

the students of the School of Humanities. The library provides access to its users to

the following collections:

Arts & Sciences I

Arts & Sciences II

Arts & Sciences III

Arts & Sciences IV

Arts and Sciences VII

When you enter the database you can proceed your research by entering key words on

the box that appears.

However it is better to use the advanced search option.

Here you can enter more keywords so you can limit your results.

You can also browse by subject and find the topics you are interested in :

Or by title :

For example you can choose the “The Journal of Finance” title and obtain the

following information:

Click the volume’s link that you are interested in and you can obtain the whole article

by clicking the “View PDF” link.

EBSCO DATABASE

You can find EBSCO database by clicking the letter ‘’E’’ or ‘’B’’ (Business Source

Complete powered by EBSCO).

This database provides access to the full text of journal articles. Coverage is

international. Content ranges from general business periodicals such as Business

Week to scholarly titles such as the Harvard Business Review. It also includes

detailed Datamonitor company profiles for the world's 5,000 largest companies.

Once entered click the ‘’EBSCOhost Research Databases’’ link

Choose the Databases you are interested in

and continue by entering the terms that fulfill your research.

For example, if you want to find articles about health care management, enter the

term on the box. You can also limit your results by choosing the boxes that best suits

your research.

Once checked the following screen will appear:

On the left of the screen you can still refine your results. Choose the article you want

and press the PDF link to open and access it. If there is not a PDF link then access is

denied from the publisher.

Also, if you use an article for a project, then EBSCO gives the opportunity to prepare

your references. This can be done by clicking the title of the article and then on the

right of the page click the “cite” button.

If you face any kind of problem, there is always the help button!

HEAL – LINK

Heal-Link can be found from the letter “H”. HELLENIC ACADEMIC LIBRARIES LINK is the

Consortium of Greek Academic Libraries. The members of the consortium have full-text

access to electronic journal, books and bibliographic databases.

On the left of the page you can make your search by entering keywords for tracing the

material you need.

Below you can see the services that Heal-Link provides, which are e-journals,

bibliographic/full text databases, electronic books/dictionaries and publishers that

have convention with HEAL-Link.

E-Journals can be searched with an alphabetical index or by subject that are further

divided.

If you can’t find the article you need then your last option is Google Scholar :

http://scholar.google.gr/

Google Scholar is a freely accessible web search engine that indexes the full text of

scholarly literature across an array of publishing formats and disciplines. Google

Scholar allows users to search for digital or physical copies of articles, whether online

or in libraries.

As told before some databases need access codes. Such databases are “BANKSCOPE”,

“AMADEUS” and “THOMSON”.