TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION AT THE BRITISH LIBRARY A workshop introducing readers to the Library’s collections and electronic sources

Today’s Programme Presented by Paul Allchin Start 2.00 pm Technology Print Resources Integrated Catalogue Demonstration Integrated Catalogue Hands on Technology Electronic Resources Demonstration Hands on Tour of reading rooms Finish 4.00 pm

Presented by Paul Allchin

Start 2.00 pm

Technology Print Resources

Integrated Catalogue Demonstration

Integrated Catalogue Hands on

Technology Electronic Resources

Demonstration

Hands on

Tour of reading rooms

Finish 4.00 pm

Technology Print Resources Background to the British Library’s collection Searching the collection Access to the collection

Background to the British Library’s collection

Searching the collection

Access to the collection

The British Library’s Collection Founder collections 18 th century - British Museum 19 th century - Patent Office Library 20 th century - National Central Library & National Lending Library 1973 - The British Library founded 1997 - Move to St Pancras 2004 - Integrated Catalogue & Single collection

Founder collections

18 th century - British Museum

19 th century - Patent Office Library

20 th century - National Central Library & National Lending Library

1973 - The British Library founded

1997 - Move to St Pancras

2004 - Integrated Catalogue & Single collection

The British Library’s Collection Holdings - Humanities Science Technology & Industry DSC & lending collections Business Rare books Newspapers Acquisitions - Legal Deposit Purchased Donation

Holdings -

Humanities

Science Technology & Industry

DSC & lending collections

Business

Rare books

Newspapers

Acquisitions -

Legal Deposit

Purchased

Donation

The British Library’s Collection Access Reading rooms in London & Yorkshire Interlibrary loan & Document Supply Readers Anyone who wants to do research - for personal, work-related or academic purposes, innovators, entrepreneurs and researchers Across all fields of study Technologists, engineers, patent and academic researchers, and students

Access

Reading rooms in London & Yorkshire

Interlibrary loan & Document Supply

Readers

Anyone who wants to do research - for personal, work-related or academic purposes, innovators, entrepreneurs and researchers

Across all fields of study

Technologists, engineers, patent and academic researchers, and students

Technology Print Resources Serials Peer reviewed journals Magazines – trade, professional, academic Abstracting and indexing publications

Serials

Peer reviewed journals

Magazines – trade, professional, academic

Abstracting and indexing publications

Technology Print Resources Books Research and technology books Reference books Student textbooks Data handbooks Rare books and manuscripts, history of science and technology A distributed collection between BL departments due to history and different selection policies over time

Books

Research and technology books

Reference books

Student textbooks

Data handbooks

Rare books and manuscripts, history of science and technology

A distributed collection between BL departments due to history and different selection policies over time

Technology Print Resources Other publication types Theses - UK doctoral Conference proceedings Reports literature Patents, as intellectual property & as technical information resource Market research reports Official publications Technical standards

Other publication types

Theses - UK doctoral

Conference proceedings

Reports literature

Patents, as intellectual property & as technical information resource

Market research reports

Official publications

Technical standards

Searching and Ordering from the Collection Integrated Catalogue http://catalogue.bl.uk A book: Avionics : the story and technology of aviation electronics, Bill Gunston, 1990 A journal issue: Nuclear technology 1993. vol. 103, part 3

Integrated Catalogue http://catalogue.bl.uk

A book: Avionics : the story and technology of aviation electronics, Bill Gunston, 1990

A journal issue: Nuclear technology 1993. vol. 103, part 3

Shelfmarks A pre 2003 book: Carbon fibres, 3 rd ed, 1998 J-B Donnet -Shelfmark (B) JL 10 type subject code A post 2003 book: Carbon nanotubes , Reich, S, 2004 - Shelfmark (B) 620.193 type subject code - Lending collection book shelfmark: m06/.40420 DSC A science journal : Shelfmark (P) J 17 -E (1) type subject code language code sequence no . (P) 662.623 -E (1) A lending collection serial shelfmark: 8150.755000 DSC Prefixes (TB) & (TP) refer to CD Rom formats

A pre 2003 book: Carbon fibres, 3 rd ed, 1998 J-B Donnet

-Shelfmark (B) JL 10

type subject code

A post 2003 book: Carbon nanotubes , Reich, S, 2004

- Shelfmark (B) 620.193

type subject code

- Lending collection book shelfmark: m06/.40420 DSC

A science journal : Shelfmark (P) J 17 -E (1) type subject code language code sequence no .

(P) 662.623 -E (1)

A lending collection serial shelfmark: 8150.755000 DSC

Prefixes (TB) & (TP) refer to CD Rom formats

Using the Integrated Catalogue from Home or Workplace Searching available 24 hours via http://catalogues.bl.uk Requesting available during reading room opening hours Monday-Saturday Science Technology & Medicine enquiry desk [email_address] T- 020 7412 7288 F - 020 7412 7217 http://www.bl.uk

Searching available 24 hours via http://catalogues.bl.uk

Requesting available during reading room opening hours Monday-Saturday

Science Technology & Medicine enquiry desk

[email_address]

T- 020 7412 7288

F - 020 7412 7217

http://www.bl.uk

Access to the Collection Document Supply photocopies loans Interlibrary Lending via public & college libraries/ BL account customers not via reference desks BL Direct http://direct.bl.uk with credit card payment Reading Rooms St Pancras Reading Rooms - Science - Business & Intellectual Property Centre Colindale Reading Room Boston Spa Reading Room

Document Supply

photocopies

loans

Interlibrary Lending via public & college libraries/ BL account customers not via reference desks

BL Direct http://direct.bl.uk with credit card payment

Reading Rooms

St Pancras Reading Rooms

- Science

- Business & Intellectual Property Centre

Colindale Reading Room

Boston Spa Reading Room

Science Reading Rooms Location Floor 1 - engineering - journals Floor 2 - general science and technology - journals & books Floor 3 - engineering, physical sciences, mathematics, IT - journals & books Open Access journals and books from 1997

Location

Floor 1 - engineering - journals

Floor 2 - general science and technology - journals & books

Floor 3 - engineering, physical sciences, mathematics, IT - journals & books

Open Access

journals and books from 1997

Business and Intellectual Property Centre Location Floor 1- directories, market research & business periodicals Floor 2 - patents Collection coverage Technology, IT, engineering etc Open access varies by title (6 months – 6 years)

Location

Floor 1- directories, market research & business periodicals

Floor 2 - patents

Collection coverage

Technology, IT, engineering etc

Open access

varies by title (6 months – 6 years)

Ordering from Storage Science Orders for all titles before 1997 Humanities Orders for all titles & all years History of science and technology Technology - textbooks for students & popular science for public DSC Orders for all titles & all years Technology collection items not held in London Theses, conference proceedings, grey literature

Science

Orders for all titles before 1997

Humanities

Orders for all titles & all years

History of science and technology

Technology - textbooks for students & popular science for public

DSC

Orders for all titles & all years

Technology collection items not held in London

Theses, conference proceedings, grey literature

Ordering from Storage Ordering by the catalogue Delivery - 70 minutes / 2 hours / 6 hours / 48 hours Kept for 3 more working days Integrated Catalogue http://catalogue.bl.uk Ordering on forms DSC serials only Delivery - 48 hours Recent issues (<6mths) - “Loan Ban” - photocopies only Kept for 5 more working days

Ordering by the catalogue

Delivery - 70 minutes / 2 hours / 6 hours / 48 hours

Kept for 3 more working days

Integrated Catalogue http://catalogue.bl.uk

Ordering on forms

DSC serials only

Delivery - 48 hours

Recent issues (<6mths) - “Loan Ban” - photocopies only

Kept for 5 more working days

Electronic Resources From the reading room home page Full text electronic journals ESTAR Others publisher collections, e.g. IEEEXplore Directory of Open Access Journals CD ROMs CD ROM formats and books with accompanying CD ROMs are indicated by the prefixes (TB), (TP) & CDM are in store and can be loaded and read in Science 3 (ask at the Science 3 Enquiry Desk)

From the reading room home page

Full text electronic journals

ESTAR

Others publisher collections, e.g. IEEEXplore

Directory of Open Access Journals

CD ROMs

CD ROM formats and books with accompanying CD ROMs are indicated by the prefixes (TB), (TP) & CDM are in store and can be loaded and read in Science 3 (ask at the Science 3 Enquiry Desk)

Electronic Resources General Technology Databases Compendex on Engineering Village 2 (EV2) INSPEC ( on WebSpirs interface) NTIS (on WebSpirs interface)

General Technology Databases

Compendex on Engineering Village 2 (EV2)

INSPEC ( on WebSpirs interface)

NTIS (on WebSpirs interface)

Electronic Resources Specialist technology Databases VIA WebSpirs interface (combined database searching) Analytical abstracts Biotechnology abstracts Fluidex (Fluid engineering) Food Science and Technology Abstracts ICONDA (Building industry) VIA the CSA Illumina interface Aluminium Industry Abstracts Metadex Paperbase / PIRA collection Polymer library (formerly RAPRA)

Specialist technology Databases

VIA WebSpirs interface (combined database searching)

Analytical abstracts

Biotechnology abstracts

Fluidex (Fluid engineering)

Food Science and Technology Abstracts

ICONDA (Building industry)

VIA the CSA Illumina interface

Aluminium Industry Abstracts

Metadex

Paperbase / PIRA collection

Polymer library (formerly RAPRA)

Electronic Resources General databases Web of Knowledge (Science Citation Index) SCOPUS

General databases

Web of Knowledge (Science Citation Index)

SCOPUS

Electronic Resources Technical Standards British Standards & IEEE standards (on e-resources pcs) ISO (International Standardization Organization) ASTM ANSI (American National Standards Institution) Technical standards in print format can be found on the catalogue for British Standards, IEC (International Electrotechnical standards) etc.

Technical Standards

British Standards & IEEE standards (on e-resources pcs)

ISO (International Standardization Organization)

ASTM

ANSI (American National Standards Institution)

Technical standards in print format can be found on the catalogue for British Standards, IEC (International Electrotechnical standards) etc.

Electronic Resources - Free on the web INTUTE:Science, Engineering & Technology www.intute.ac.uk The Institute of Engineering & Technology (IET) www.theiet.org International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE web) www.spie.org Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) www.acm.org Institution of Electronic and Electrical Engineers (IEEE) www.ieee.org Free Full Text www.freefulltext.com Emerald Engineering www.engineering.emeraldinsight.com

INTUTE:Science, Engineering & Technology www.intute.ac.uk

The Institute of Engineering & Technology (IET) www.theiet.org

International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE web) www.spie.org

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) www.acm.org

Institution of Electronic and Electrical Engineers (IEEE) www.ieee.org

Free Full Text www.freefulltext.com

Emerald Engineering www.engineering.emeraldinsight.com

Document Supply Document supply services from the British Library’s collections Zetoc Inside BL Direct

Document supply services from the British Library’s collections

Zetoc

Inside

BL Direct

Hands on training Search in ESTAR and bibliographic databases

Search in ESTAR and bibliographic databases

Tour of Science Reading Rooms We hope this workshop has been useful to you Please take a few moments to complete the evaluation form Now we have a tour of the Science Reading Rooms These slides are at http://www.slideshare.net/scitech

We hope this workshop has been useful to you

Please take a few moments to complete the evaluation form

Now we have a tour of the Science Reading Rooms

These slides are at http://www.slideshare.net/scitech