The Library Catalogue

The Library Catalogue
From Reading list to Reading it !
How to find the items
you need in the library.

Your Reading List
You will have been given a readinglist to help you on your way with your studies.
On our example reading list we have a book and a journal to read.
We’ll look for the book first using the Library Catalogue.
MARKETING by Richard Meek
Journal of Consumer Research
October 2009 Vol.36 No. 3

Searching the Catalogue
Search using the default
Keyword.
You can also search by author, title etc. by clicking on the drop down menu
Type in one
word from
the Authors name
and one word from the book title
Click on GO
to start
your search

The Results
Our Search has found 4 results, we need the most recent publication.
Click on the
link to see where the book is in the library.

It’s all about the book
Bibliographic Information
about the book.
The details you need for
“referencing or citing it”.
Information about where the book is in the library

What it all means
Classmark
& Floor/Zone.
The actual location
of the book
in the library
and on
the shelves
Item Status.
How long
the book
can be
borrowed for e.g
Long Loan = 4-6 wks
Pop Loan = 7 days
Short Loan = 24 or 3 hrs
Collection.
Which part of
the library
the book
belongs in
either
Main Collection
or Short Loan
( 3 hr or 24 hour )
Due Date
If the book
is actually
in the library
it will say
On Shelf.
A Date means
that copy is out

Getting the book to read
So in order to read the book
we now that that the
only one available
is in SHORT LOAN
at CLASSMARK TJQ <M>
on A FLOOR
in the PURPLE ZONE
and that it can only
be borrowed for
24 Hours.

Searching the Catalogue
Change the default
Keyword
on the drop down menu
and search by
Journal Title
Type in the title
of the journal
Change the default
Main Collection
on the drop down menu
and search only in Journals
Click on GO
to start
your search

The Results
Of which there are three.
No.’s 2+3 in the
results are
the journal
we want
As well as the “Print Copy” journal we have the option to read an
e-journal, click the title or the button to do so
Click on the
link to see where the Journal is in the library.

The “Print Journal”
AKA The one on
the shelf in the library.
Bibliographic Information
about the book.
The details you need for
“referencing or citing it”.
The Location
tells us this
Journal can
be found at
T6
Details of
what
Issues
we hold.
1974-2006
Information about where the journalis in the library

Getting the Journal to read
So in order to read the journal
we know that we can find it
at CLASSMARK T6
onCFLOOR
in the RED ZONE
and that it can’t be taken out
of the library as it has the status
REF JOURNAL.
You can however read it or photocopy it.

The E-Journal copy
From the initial
results list we know
to click on the
TITLE of the
E-Journal to start
the process of viewing it.
This is the screen we see
when we do that.
Click here to
get full text
More
Bibliographic
Information
about the Journal

The SFX Window
Tells you where to find
FULL TEXT.
Details of the
publication .
BSP has a 1 year publishers embargo & JSTOR only goes up to 2003.
NO CURRENT ISSUE !
Click the link to the database you want to use.
We can see that FULL TEXT is available from
1997 – Current issue via Uni. of Chicago Press

The Database display
The Contents of the current issue open up
Find the article you wish to read Click on the
FULL TEXT
or PDFLink
to view the
original article.

The end result : FULL TEXT
You have
the options
to
PRINT
EMAIL
SAVE
or
why not just
READ
the article!