Essential Library Skills
Lunchtime Training
Getting to Know the Library
Michaelmas Term 2011
Trinity College Library Dublin, College Street, Dublin 2
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this session, you should be able to:
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Locate your Subject Collection
Search the Library Catalogue
Borrow books
Identify Open Shelf and Closed Access locations
Request material from Closed Access
Access your Library Record
Renew books online
Seek assistance
Essential Library Skills
About the Library
The Library has …
DVDs & Videos
Maps
Encyclopaedias
Internet Resources
Course Material
Theses
Books
Newspapers
Databases
E-journals
Journals &
Magazines
Government
Publications
Online
Exam Papers
Campus Library Locations
Hamilton
Library
College Park
Berkeley
Library
Ussher
Library
Lecky
Library
Front Gate
Berkeley, Lecky, Ussher (BLU)
Library Complex
Business, Classics, Drama &
Film Studies, Economics,
Education, Geography,
Geology, History, History of
Art, Languages, Law, Music,
Nursing & Midwifery, Official
Publications, Philosophy,
Psychology, Social Studies,
Theology
PLUS
Glucksman Map Library
Hamilton Library
Computer Science,
Engineering, Health
Sciences, Medicine,
Natural Sciences
(Biology, Chemistry,
Physics), Pharmacy
Off Campus Locations
John Stearne
Medical Library
Trinity Education Centre,
St. James’s Hospital
Health Sciences
Santry Book Repository
Book storage - books from here or
Stacks are requested and then
delivered to a Library counter
Library Opening Hours: Term-Time
Berkeley, Lecky, Ussher, Hamilton and John
Stearne Medical Library
Monday - Friday
09:00 - 22:00 (John Stearne 09:30 - 22:00)
Saturdays
09:30 - 16:00 (John Stearne 09:30 - 13:00)
Opening Hours may vary. Check notice-boards and Library website
Essential Library Skills
Searching the
Library Catalogues
Searching the Library Catalogue
www.tcd.ie/library
Use the
Search Box
Click on
Stella
Search
or Classic
Catalogue
Searching the Library Catalogue
Ronan Fanning
Independent Ireland
Dublin: Helicon, 1983
Searching the Library Catalogue: Stella
Type
keywords
directly into
Search Box
Or: Go to the
Stella Search
interface first
Searching the Library Catalogue: Stella
Type keywords
into
Search Box
Searching the Library Catalogue: Stella
Click on title for
details
Search results
Searching the Library Catalogue: Stella
Item details
Searching the Library Catalogue
www.tcd.ie/library
Click on
Classic
Catalogue
Searching the Library Catalogue
Type in Author Name
and click on Search
Searching the Library Catalogue
Search results
Searching the Library Catalogue
Item details
Searching the Library Catalogue
The Location column
tells you where the
book is shelved
Searching the Library Catalogue
The Status column
tells you which copies
are currently available
Searching the Library Catalogue
These copies can
be borrowed
(prefix LEN)
Searching the Library Catalogue
This copy is available in the
Short Loan collection at the
Iveagh Hall, BLU complex
Searching the Library Catalogue
This copy can be requested
from Santry Stacks
Searching the Library Catalogue
Link to
Stella Search
Other
search
options
Searching the Library Catalogue: Journals
Luke O’Neill
Immunology: how
frustration leads to
inflammation
In: Science, vol. 320,
2 May 2008, pp. 619-620
Searching the Library Catalogue: Journals
Click on
Search
Enter title of
journal
Select Journals
from drop-down
menu
Searching the Library Catalogue: Journals
Seven entries for
Science. Click on
link to see details
Searching the Library Catalogue: Journals
Print and
electronic
versions
available.
Click on
link to see
details
Searching the Library Catalogue: Journals
Click here to
go directly
to the
e-journal
Searching the Library Catalogue: Journals
Enter title of
journal
Click here to
go directly
to the
e-journal
Searching the Library Catalogue: Journals
Home
page for
Science
Enter search
term(s) for
required article
Searching the Library Catalogue: Journals
Required
article
found
Click to
see full
text or PDF
Searching the Library Catalogue: Journals
Read online, or print,
or save to disk
Full text in
pdf format
Essential Library Skills
How the print collection is arranged
and
Your borrowing entitlements
Borrowing Books
• You need a valid TCD ID card to borrow books
• Books are issued and returned at the Service Counters
in the Library reading rooms
• Fines for overdue books are 50c per day. After 2
weeks, fines increase to €1 per day
• Fines for overdue Short Loan Collection books
(25c per hour)
• Service Counter opening times during term:
30 minutes after the Library opens until
15 minutes before the Library closes
Undergraduate Lending Material
You may borrow up to four items in total at any one
time from:
• Berkeley, Lecky, Ussher (BLU) Libraries
• LEN (with Yellow Sticker) – one-week loan
• LEN (no Yellow Sticker) – four-week loan
• MUS LEN – one-week loan
Plus up to an additional four P-MUS LEN – four-week loan
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Hamilton Library
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S-LEN – one-week loan
No four-week lending collection for undergraduates
John Stearne Medical Library
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SJ – one-week loan
No four-week lending collection for undergraduates
Open Shelf and Closed Access
In addition to purchasing books, Trinity College Library
Dublin is entitled to a copy of every book and journal
published in Great Britain and Ireland.
• Open Shelf = books available to read in the Library.
This collection is divided into:
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Reference Collection
Short Loan Collection
Undergraduate Lending Collection
Open Access Collection (mainly Legal Deposit material)
• Closed Access = books placed in Library storage, i.e.,
Stacks and the Santry Book Repository. More on this
later…
Open Shelf: Reference Material
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Includes the prefixes REF, BIB, PER and
THESIS
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Journals, Reference Works, Bibliographies,
Early Printed Books, Manuscripts, Theses
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Cannot be removed from the Library
Open Shelf: Short Loan Collection
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Located by the counters in the Iveagh Hall
(Berkeley Library), Hamilton Library and John
Stearne Medical Library (JSML)
Material:
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Multiple copies of books in heavy demand
Lecture notes
Other materials deposited by lecturers
Material cannot be removed from the Library
You may borrow up to four items
Five-hour loan period – must return books to the
counter
Heavy fines for overdue items – 25 cent per hour
or part of an hour
Open Access Collection
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Undergraduates cannot borrow this material but
can use the books in the Library for study or
research
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If an Open Access copy is on loan and there are no
lending copies available you can ask for the item to
be recalled. To recall e-mail libraryrecalls@tcd.ie
with relevant details. More information on the
Library website
Essential Library Skills
Requesting material from
Closed Access
(Stacks and Santry Book Repository)
Closed Access
• 80% of the Library’s print collection is stored in Stacks and in
the Santry Book Repository
• Material can be requested online or by completing a call slip
• Requests from Stacks are usually delivered on the same day
• Requests from Santry are usually delivered the next day
• No more than five requests in one day
• Material is held in the Library for three days to be collected
• Undergraduates must read this material in the Library
Online Requests
Online Requests
Books are ordered from
Closed Access via the
Library Catalogue
Online Requests
Click to place
Online Request
Closed Access
items
Online Requests
Enter Username and
College Network
Password
Click Login
Online Requests
Choose
delivery
location
Online Requests
Submit
request
Online Requests
Request verified
Online Requests
Click to place
Online Request
Closed Access
items
Online Requests
Enter Username and
College Network
Password
Click Login
Online Requests
Select a copy,
choose delivery
location, and
submit request
Online Requests
Request verified
Call Slip Requests
Call Slips
Some Closed Access materials can only be
requested using Call Slips
Examples:
• Closed Access journals
• Early Printed Books
Call Slip Requests
Fill in Shelfmark,
Journal title, and
Issue details
PER 70-406
HOT PRESS
353535350 1
JOE MURPHY
21/09/11
Vol.24
APR 2000
Call Slip Requests
Add date
PER 70-406
HOT PRESS
353535350 1
21/09/11
Fill in ID number
Vol. 24
APR 2000 (as shown below
barcode)
JOE MURPHY
Complete your name and
tick your status
Essential Library Skills
Accessing your
Library Account
Library Account
Library Account
Renewing books
Renewing Book Loans Online
Renewing books
Click to see items
currently on loan
Renewing books
Tick books
you want to
renew
Click relevant
button to
Renew loans
Renewing books
• You will be unable to renew a Library book if:
 You have outstanding fines
 You have overdue books
 You have exceeded the amount of Online Renewals
permitted:
4-week loans can be renewed once only
1-week loans can be renewed a maximum of 7 times
• Books cannot be renewed by phone or e-mail
• If you have problems renewing contact the Duty
Librarian or Service Counter staff in person
Reserving books
• If all lending copies of a book are currently on
loan, you can place a reservation by clicking the
Request button on the catalogue record (similar
to requesting Closed Access books online)
• You will be unable to reserve a Library book if:
 You have outstanding fines
 You have overdue books
 There are lending copies available
 You are trying to reserve material you are not
entitled to borrow
• Books cannot be reserved by phone or e-mail
• If you have problems reserving contact the Duty Librarian
or Service Counter staff in person
Photocopying Facilities
Library
Photocopiers
Cost:
€4 3for
units
Basement:
black 64
& white,
1 card dispenser
Level=
1: 21black
white, 1 colour,
1 card dispenser
1 unit
A4& B&W
copy
Level 4: 3 black & white
8 units = 1 A4 colour copy
Basement:accept
2 black & white
Berkeley Library
Machines
€1 or €2
Ussher Library
Level 1: 4 black & white, 1 card dispenser
Counter Reserve: 1 black & white
5 blackwith
& white,provisions
1 card dispenser of
Lecky Library Comply
Hamilton Library
Copyright
Act, 2000
Level 1: 4 black & white, 1 card dispenser
Level 2: 2 black & white
Library Staff
will
not give change
3
black
&
white
John Stearne
Medical Library at Service Counters
Essential Library Skills
Seeking Assistance
Seeking Assistance: Subject Librarian
Contact:
If you can’t find books from your reading list
If you require training or information on any of the
Library’s services
For subject-related advice and expertise
Seeking Assistance: Duty Librarian
The Duty Librarian is based in the Iveagh Hall (BLU
Library Complex) and the Hamilton Library
Contact us for:
• Reference assistance
• Guidance on the use of information resources
(catalogues, databases, and electronic journals)
• Information on services offered by the Library
• Assistance locating material in the Library and beyond
Seeking Assistance: Library Website
www.tcd.ie/library
Seeking Assistance: Library Video
www.tcd.ie/library
Seeking Assistance: Training Sessions
You should now be able to …
• Locate your subject collection
• Search the Library’s Online Catalogues for print
material
• Explain how the Library’s print collections are arranged
• Request items from Santry/Stacks
• Access your Library Record
• Renew books online
• Know where to seek assistance
Essential Library Skills
Evaluation
1. List three things you learnt today
2. List anything you are still confused about
3. List what information skills you would like
to learn about next