http://seaslib.elte.hu/Libraryvisit.ppt
WELCOME
Introductory library visit
for students of English at
SEAS Library, ELTE
Campus
Libraries of ELTE
• Study and research are supported by the University
Library Service on the campuses of ELTE. There are
libraries attached to faculties, departments and other
institutions of the University
• The ELTE libraries use an integrated library system
called Aleph.
School of English and American Studies
(SEAS) Library
The most important library rules
• The use of the Library is only available for registered readers.
• Registration is done in person, by filling out and signing the
library data sheet at the circulation desk.
• Our readers are either issued a loan pass or a visitor’s pass,
depending on their eligibility.
• The registration must be revalidated every September.
• Please present your student card or library card to the
librarians and leave it at the circulation desk before entering
the Reading Room.
• For further information, please see
http://konyvtar.elte.hu/en/seaslib?quicktabs_=beiratkozas#q
uicktabs-
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• Active students, teachers and employees of the School
of English-American Studies are eligible to borrow books
and other material from the Library.
• Overcoats and other kinds of outdoor clothing,
umbrellas, bags, cases, and similar personal belongings
shall be deposited in the locker-room during each visit to
the Library.
• It is strictly forbidden to bring food and drink into the
Library except water in closed clear bottles or sealable
plastic cups.
What-Where?
• c. 80000 volumes: books, periodicals, old&new MA thesis papers,
AV material
Open access (Reading Room):
• non-fiction, based on the Library of Congress Classification System
• Language Pedagogy (LP/A-LP/W)
• Arts
• current periodicals
Stacks (closed access):
• fiction
• additional non-fiction
• MA thesis papers
• university papers
• periodicals
• American Collection
• Rare books collection
• AV material
HOW TO FIND OUR BOOKS
• The library catalogue, will help you to find books and other
items. It gives a call number for each item which is the
code on the spine of the book.
• Please always find the call number in the online catalogue,
because the books are shelved by call numbers both in the
closed stacks and in the Reading Room.
• The catalogue contains not only our documents but items
in other ELTE libraries.
• Please check whether the items really are in this library.
• Please fill out the request slips fully and correctly.
Stacks, request slip
Reading Room
• Most books in the Reading Room are
available for loan. The reference books
which are marked with a golden tape on
the spine may only be checked out
overnight or over a weekend.
Borrowing
• You are not allowed to borrow anything without your library
card and you can borrow only for yourself.
• Students of the SEAS may borrow up to 7 books and 3
reference materials for one night or over a weekend.
• The loan period varies by document: 1 night (from closing
until opening), 1 day, 1 and 2 weeks, 1 month or 1 semester.
• Reminders and overdue notices are sent by e-mail or through
the post.
• Regular loan books may be renewed online (within 10 days
of the due date), in person, or by phone if no one else has
reserved them.
• If you are unable to renew online, please contact the library
for help.
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• If the book you want is currently checked out, you may
place a request for it online, or in person.
• As long as a reader has overdue document(s) or
outstanding fine(s), he/she can not use library
services or borrow book(s) in any ELTE member
library.
• A fine is charged for each day an item is overdue,
including weekends and holidays.
Catalogue
• Aleph, the online public access catalogue for ELTE
University libraries, including the SEAS Library, is
available on terminals within the Library.
• The online catalogue contains bibliographic and item
data about SEAS books processed since February 1998,
and items acquired prior to 1998 are being
retrospectively added to the database.
• The catalogue indicates which libraries own each title as
well as the availability of each copy of every title.
• http://opac.elte.hu
Search the catalogue
• To find a specific book or books on a particular topic,
start with the online catalogue. It will tell you which books
we own, and will give you the location and call number
you need to find the book on the shelf or to request it
from the stacks.
• You can search the catalogue using the title, author or
any combination of keywords.
Search in Aleph
Browse List
Select
Holdings information
• To view Holdings information for a given library:
• In the results list screen, click on the underlined library name, or
• click on the underlined title to show the full record of the item,
 then click on the sub-library name link. (Please note that only the
standard format of full view has links that allow you to jump to
Holdings information.)
• Holdings information provides you with many details of
the book including:
• Status indicates if the item is currently in the library or is checked out.
• Collection indicates whether the book is located in the Reading room or
in the Closed Access Area
• Call Number indicates the unique number assigned to a book - this
number will help you locate the book on the open-shelf or request it
from the Closed Access Area.
Results list
Select
Full View
Select
Holdings
Collection
(SEAS) Circulating copy in Reading Room
(SEAS) Overnight copy in Reading Room
(SEAS) Circulating copy in Closed Access area
(SEAS) American Collection in Closed Access area
(SEAS) Thesis/dissertation in Closed Access area
(SEAS) Closed Access Rare Book area
(SEAS) AV material in Closed Access area
(SEAS) Periodical in Reading Room
(SEAS) Periodical in Closed Access area
(SEAS) Non-circulating copy in Reading Room
Important!
Indicates the location of the
item within the library, which
can be the Reading Room,
Closed Access area, or Closed
Access Rare Book area on the
one hand, and partly informs
about the circulation privilages:
circulating, non-circulating, or
overnight copy.
Sign in
What for?
This function identifies you to the system so that you can
• renew one-month books you have checked out
• place a hold request on an item which is on loan to
someone else,
• view the status of your requests,
• check whether you have any fines/fees.
Sign-in
(use Help)
My Library Card=
personal profile
Databases
• ELTE subscribes to several licensed web resources
which provide access to thousands of journals and other
research materials in the humanities. Through these
services you can access full-text articles, CD-ROMs and
dictionaries, among other things.
• Controlled, reliable resources JSTOR, EISZ, EBSCO
etc.
• For further information see:
http://konyvtar.elte.hu/en/node/971
Off campus access
Off-campus access to these web resources is now also
available to ELTE students, using the authenticated proxy
service called Stunnel.
The information at the link below describes how you can
reach these web resources from off-campus locations,
such as your home:
http://seaswiki.elte.hu/research/OffCampus_Access_to_ELTE%E2%80%99s_Licensed_Web_
Resources
More information
• ELTE SEAS Library homepage (under construction)
http://seaslib.elte.hu/
• University Library Service http://konyvtar.elte.hu/
• Access and use information
https://konyvtar.elte.hu/en/seaslib
• WI-FI http://iig.elte.hu/hir?id=NW-187
• Interlibrary loan http://seaslib.elte.hu/lib/ill.htm
Questions, suggestions, comments are
welcome…
Thank you for your attention!
SEE YOU SOON!