This document provides an overview of the resources and services available through the Middlesex University library. It covers how to search the library catalog to find books, ebooks, and journal articles, how to request items that are checked out or through interlibrary loans, and how to renew borrowed materials online. Additionally, it mentions accessing electronic journals, using subject guides to find discipline-specific resources, and downloading software through the library's server. Contact information is provided for getting assistance.

1. Essential
Library Skills:
Metanoia
Kathy McGowan for Viv Eades

2. Today we are going to cover...
• The resources are available for your
studies
• How to find books and journals using the
library catalogue
• Requesting and renewing books
• Using the library pages on myUniHub and
Library subject guides
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3. UniHub home page and login
http://unihub.mdx.ac.uk/

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REMEMBER!
Always use
MyUniHub as a
gateway to library
resources

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7. Use library in person or request item to be
posted via DL service
Studying at a distance – dedicated service
http://unihub.mdx.ac.uk/study/library/services/distance/index.
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• Postal delivery of books from within the Middlesex
University collection (you are responsible for the return
postage costs only)
• Electronic delivery of chapters of books from Middlesex
(as allowed within British copyright law) £2 each
• Inter-library loans – see next page
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login to My Unihub > click My Study tab > scroll
down to the ‘My Library box’ > click ‘Studying at a
distance’

8. Inter Library Loans
Can request electronic journal articles or
book chapters from the British Library (if
available digitally)
Usually PDF emailed to you in 1 week
£3 charge for articles/chapters from BL
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1. login to My Unihub >
2. click ‘My Study’ tab >
3. scroll down to the ‘My Library
box’ >
4. click ‘Studying at a distance’ >
5. Scroll down and click ‘request a
journal article’ or ‘request book
chapter’

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Finding Books
Using the Library Catalogue
If you know what you’re looking for:
type in the main author’s last name
AND
keywords from the title (omit the, and, in, etc.)
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10. • In this example, the same book appears as ebook and
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Search results
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hard copy (in library)
• Click on the title of the one you want to use

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Where to find the book
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Don’t have a reference?
Doing a subject search
• Use ‘general keyword search’ to look for books
on a particular topic
• You may not find a whole book covering your
topic, but there may be a useful chapter in a book
with broader scope
• Remember ‘general keyword’ search will search
both words in the title and subjects
• If you only want ebooks, add ebook into your
keyword search
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How do I find an e-book?
• E-books can be found using the library catalogue, just like
a print book.
• You will see the words ‘[electronic resource]’ after the title.
• Click on the blue ‘online access’ link to download or read
the book online – ensure you are logged into My
UniHub!
• If you only want ebooks, add ‘ebook’ into your keyword
search for example: psychology qualitative ebook
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Requesting Books
If the book you are seeking is already on
loan or you are a distant learner, you may
request it via the library catalogue
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16. Making A Request
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17. Making A Request
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IT User ID
Password

18. Renewing Books Online
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Use the ‘Login to My Library
Account’ option to see what
items you have on loan and
to renew them
N.B. You will not be able to
renew requested books

19. Logging in to My Account
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IT User ID
Password

20. Renewing Books Online
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Must click
HERE
AND here

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Journals
This is a journal reference from a reading list:
Gabbard, G. O. and Hobday, G. S. (2012). ‘A
Psychoanalytic perspective on ethics, self-deception and
the corrupt physician’. British Journal of Psychotherapy.
28 (2) pp. 235-248
Can you identify the following parts of the
reference?
Author, Date, Title of article, Journal Title,
Volume, Part & Page Numbers
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22. Journal Access
• Most of our journals are available electronically
• All our journals are listed in the library catalogue
• If we have it online there will be a blue ‘online
access’ link to the available online issues of the
journal
• If you know the journal title, this is the easiest
way to find it
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23. Finding electronic journals
• The library catalogue does not list individual articles
• To check whether the library has a particular journal and
access it online, do a ‘journal keyword’ search for the
name of the journal itself in the library catalogue
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24. • To find a specific article, click the link for the correct year
and then find the article in the correct issue
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Library Subject Guides
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26. Download server – access to SPSS
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27. Login to download server to access available
software
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28. Need help?
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Distant Learner support lrdlsu@mdx.ac.uk
Renewal queries: UniHelp 020 8411 6060
Ask a Librarian http://askalibrarian.mdx.ac.uk/
Psychology and Psychotherapy Library Subject
Guides
http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk

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