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Information on: Library services at Mid Cheshire College Books and other resources for your course Help to find the information and support you need to get top marks September 2012 Library Central Your guide to Library Services A selection of books available within the library

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Page 1: New Student Guide

Information on:

Library services at Mid Cheshire College

Books and other resources for your

course

Help to find the information and

support you need to get top marks

September 2012

Library Central

Your guide to Library Services

A selection of books available

within the library

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Welcome to Library Central

Hello! You can be sure of a warm welcome in our

libraries from all of the library team. We are

here to help you find information from

books, journals or online so that you can get

the best marks you can. We can also help

you to use any of the resources in the library.

Please remember to always bring

your STUDENT ID CARD with

you—you may want to borrow

something from the library.

How to find us Hartford:

The library is on the top floor using the main entrance stairs.

The Learning Zone drop-in computer centre is on the first floor.

The HE Study Room is located within the library. Winsford:

Room 101 on the first floor. Students are welcome to use any of our libraries regardless of

which campus they are based at. You can email us at [email protected]

At Hartford Campus library our phone number is 01606 720646.

At Winsford Campus library our phone number is 01606 720651.

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Opening Hours Hartford Library - term-time

Monday & Tuesday 8.30 - 4.45

Wednesday & Thursday 8.30 - 7.00

Friday 8.30 - 4.15 Hartford Library - vacation opening

Monday - Thursday 9.15 - 4.45

Friday 9.15 - 4.15

Closed for lunch 12.15 - 1.15

Please phone beforehand to check opening times Hartford Learning Zone (term-time only) Monday to Thursday 9.00 - 4.45

Friday 9.00 - 4.15 Winsford Library (term-time only)

Monday, Thursday and Friday 9.00 - 4.00

Tuesday & Wednesday 9.00 - 7.00

The basics

Books

We have about 25300 books across the sites and an expanding

collection of ebooks which are accessible through the library

catalogue http://library.midchesh.ac.uk. The books are divided up so

they support the courses being taught at each site. The library

catalogue is available from anywhere where you can access the in-

ternet (college, home, work etc.).

If you enjoy reading, we have a collection of fiction and children’s

books and welcome suggestions from students of what can be

added to stock.

If you can’t find what you need, ask a member of staff!

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The basics

Current Magazines & Newspapers

Daily and weekly newspapers are available in

Hartford library and relevant magazines & journals

are available in all libraries. Back copies may be

borrowed. A full list can be found in a separate

leaflet available in the libraries or on Moodle

(http://moodle.midchesh.ac.uk).

Enquiries

If you aren’t able to find the information you need quickly and

effectively why not ask a specialist to do it for you? Our professional

staff will be delighted to do the searching for you. Just give us a little

time and a clear idea of what you need.

DVDs, CDs, etc

We have a collection of off air and

commercial recordings on DVD. These may

be borrowed for up to a week. A small

collection of music CDs and audio books is

also available.

Borrowing

You may borrow up to 6 items at a time (8

for Higher Education students). You must

bring your student ID card with the items

you want to borrow to the issue desk.

Most things can be borrowed for 3 weeks. A small number of the

most popular books, back copies of journals, DVDs, CDs, can only be

borrowed for one week. If you need anything for longer you can

renew your items ONCE by email, online, by phone, or over the

counter.

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PCs are available for students to use on a

drop-in basis in all the Centres. The Learning

Zone at Hartford has 41 computers, Hartford

library has 20, plus 5 in the HE Study Room,

Winsford campus library has 24 computers.

Individual PCs can be booked in advance and

online using

http://pcbooker.midchesh.ac.uk.

Please remember that computers are provided for students to do their

coursework. If you are not doing coursework and the centre is busy

you will be asked to log off and free up a computer. Please also be

aware that college staff can monitor what you are doing on your

Computers

Reserve, Renew and Request Using the Online catalogue

http://library.midchesh.ac.uk you are able

to reserve items and renew items.

Guides are available on Moodle (http://moodle.midchesh.ac.uk) under

the Library Central logo.

Please remember that if you can’t find what you need, then please feel

free to talk to us, we may be able to help or we can assist in ordering

items for you.

We can also borrow books on interlibrary loan, informally from

Cheshire County Libraries, or books/articles formally from the British

Library. A charge may be made for this service.

The Username is your student ID number printed on your student

card

Your password is your postcode (all lowercase and no spaces)

Click ‘Login’

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Online resources

Gale Infotrac Powersearch

The library subscribes to Infotrac

which is a database of over 20,000

publications including newspapers,

magazines, journals, encyclopaedias

and other reference materials

available with full text. The link to

infotrac is available via http://bit.ly/infotrac within college but to use this

resources from home you will need to login using Shibboleth. To

log in via Shibboleth you will be asked for a username and password

and this will be the same as your network login.

Ebrary

This is the collection of 2981 e-books we have available.

They are accessible through the library catalogue or

direct at http://www.bit.ly/mccebrary. There is a quick

guide at http://bit.ly/mccebrary_guide for your pleasure

and enjoyment.

JISC MediaHub

JISC MediaHub is a new multimedia platform offering a wealth of digital

image, video and audio collections. Log in by firstly finding your

institution i.e. Mid Cheshire College and then by putting in your

network username and password.

We also have a selection of ebooks that the library have purchased

which are also accessible through the catalogue (as above) but you can

also access them directly at http://www.dawsonera.com/ by selecting

the institution and entering your network login and password.

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How you can help us.

Suggestions for new resources

If you have any suggestions for purchases

please pass this information to the Library

staff. Purchases are made throughout the

year so new materials are added to stock

regularly.

Mid Cheshire College Resources 4 Courses

This netvibes page is our collection of recommended free online

resources - mostly web sites.

We check the links regularly and are confident that the information is

good quality but your own critical evaluation must be used with all

information, especially that found on the web.

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Datamonitor (formerly Marketline)

Datamonitor offers a comprehensive and unique collection of company,

industry, financial, product and country information, research and data

extending across every major marketplace and industry.

You can access this via Moodle using your normal network login, if

you’re outside of college you will have to login using Shibboleth. To

log in via Shibboleth you will be asked for a username and password

and this will be the same as your network login.

We look forward to seeing you and hope you will soon be one of our

best customers.

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Phone: 01606 720646

E-mail: [email protected]

Library Catalogue: http://library.midchesh.ac.uk

Hartford Campus - Second Floor

Mid Cheshire College

Chester Road, Hartford

Cheshire, CW8 1LJ

Winsford Campus - Room 101

Mid Cheshire College

Weaver Street, Winsford

Cheshire, CW7 4AA

Phone: 01606 720652

E-mail: [email protected]

Library Catalogue: http://library.midchesh.ac.uk