Morrell Library Induction for HYMS Year I Students
September 2013
Finding your way around the Morrell Library
This brief exercise should be completed prior to the Information Skills 1 workshop.
You may be examined on your knowledge of the material covered during the course.
The following document has been designed to give you a feel for the layout of the Morrell Library and where
to find the materials most relevant to your course.
For this exercise you will need to use the catalogue to find the exact shelf location of items and then find them
on the shelf to answer the questions. It is advisable to look up all the titles online first before physically finding
the items.
The Library’s medical books and journals are shelved in the Y sections. However, there will be other books
that will be useful for your course that may be shelved in other sections so bear this in mind when searching
for books and journals.
Many of our academic journals are provided online in addition to being shelved in the Library. You can access
these in the Library and from the PC classrooms situated around the University campus. Most electronic
resources can also be accessed from home.
You can find the University of York Library catalogue at http://yorsearch.york.ac.uk/ or on the Find Books
tab on the HYMS Library webpages:
http://libguides.hull.ac.uk/medicine
Model answers and help are given at the end of this exercise. Should you have any questions please contact
the HYMS Library Team (email: library@hyms.ac.uk).
Before starting
You’ll find lots of useful information about the library on the induction guide:
http://www.york.ac.uk/library/informationfor/newusers/
Before starting this exercise please watch the YorSearch guide (available on the Library’s YouTube channel:
http://www.youtube.com/YorkInformation) or read the guide at
http://www.york.ac.uk/library/search/yorsearch-help/.
You can also find an introduction to the HYMS Library service for new students at
http://libguides.hull.ac.uk/newstudents.
This guide is available, with active links, at http://bbhelp.hyms.org.uk/category/hyms-library
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Morrell Library Induction Exercise
Go to the Find Books tab (see previous page) on the HYMS Library webpages and select the University of
York Library YorSearch catalogue. Using the catalogue, look up the following items. Once you have found
them on the catalogue and noted their locations see if you can find them on the shelves. 1
1. Books
Find: Armstrong, D. (2003) Outline of sociology as applied to medicine. 5 th ed. London: Arnold.
Question: Write down the shelf location of this item and find it on the shelves. Which previous editions of the
book does the JB Morrell Library hold? What is the title of the second chapter of this book?
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2. Books (Quarto Collection)
Find: Crossman, A. R. (2010) Neuroanatomy: an illustrated colour text. 4th ed. Edinburgh: Churchill
Livingstone.
Question: Write down the shelf location of this item and find it on the shelves. What is the title of Chapter 5?
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eBooks
Find: Yamada, T. Textbook of gastroenterology.
Questions: Which edition is available as an eBook? If you have your York login try accessing the eBook. What
is the title of Volume 1 Part 1?
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4. Using My Library Account
In YorSearch click on the University members link next to “Login” in the top right corner. Enter your York
Account2 details and then click on My Library Account.
Once you are logged in you can see how many books you have on loan and you can check the progress of any
Interlending/Document Supply items you have requested. (These will be covered in Information Skills 1). You
can also see when books are due back and the amount of any fines owed. Notification about overdue items,
changes in due date, requests for recall etc, will be sent to you by email to your York email address.
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N.B. if you can’t find an item on the shelf it may be on loan or being used elsewhere in the Library
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This is the username in the form of your initials followed by a number e.g. abc123. It is on the back of your
University of York card.
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You should get into the habit of checking your Library Account on a regular basis, in order to renew books
and avoid fines.
Logging out of My Library Account:
If you login to your account, please make sure you Logout from my Library account before you leave a
public computer, otherwise your personal account details may be accessed by anyone else. Logging out also
clears current searches.
Appendix: Model answers
The answers provided are indicative only and based on results found on 13th September 2013.
1. Books
You could find this item on the YorSearch catalogue by typing Armstrong outline into the Library
Catalogue search box then clicking on Search.
To view the shelf location click on the retrieved book title. The shelfmark of this item is DA 2.1 ARM. To
view current availability of this title select the Get It tab.
Note that if you return to the original list of titles on from your retrieved search you will find that the library
also has copies of the 1983 ( 2nd) edition in stock. It is often usual for libraries to keep copies of older editions
of textbooks next to later editions for the purposes of comparison – so be aware of this when checking the
shelves and make sure you consult the edition that has been specified in your course reading list.
The second chapter of the book is “Going to the doctor”.
2. Books (Quarto Collection)
This book is shelved at Y 1.8 CRO in the QUARTO COLLECTION of the medical section of the library. It is
important when checking the catalogue to note if a book is in the quarto section as the shelf location does not
indicate that this book is in a different collection.
The title of chapter 5 is “Coverings of the central nervous system”.
Note that, although not listed on YorSearch, this book is also available as an eBook via Hull. We will show you
how to access Hull eBooks in Information Skills 1.
3. eBooks
The 5th (2009) edition is available as an eBook and you should be able to access it by clicking on the external
link in the View it tab3 – you will need your York e-account details. The title of Volume 1 Part 1 is Basic
mechanisms of normal and abnormal gastrointestinal function.
Sep 13 (library@hyms.ac.uk)
You may find it easier to access ebooks on a normal PC rather than a catalogue PC due to restrictions on
the catalogue PCs.
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