Using the Library Search to locate print books, to locate and read electronic books, to place a reservation and manage your library account

1. Locating materials
Learning outcome:
• Able to locate print materials
• Able to locate and read electronic books
• Able to place a reservation
• Able to manage your library account

2. Library Search
• Our Library search • How many copies there
allows you to: are and so on.
• Search for print books • You are able to reserve
• Electronic books a book as well as
• Print journals manage your Library
account, etc.
• Electronic articles
• You can if you wish do
• You can locate where an much more e.g. build
item is located in any of your own mini Library
our Libraries
• Where it is shelved

3. From the University
Homepage - Services
http://www.uel.ac.uk/

4. Click on Services, then Library and
Learning Services

5. Click on Finding Resources
Using Library Search to find materials on your reading list, etc.

6. Library Search – Full Library Search

7. Type the title of the book - Always
sign in
Type the title where you know the title of the book

8. Sign in with your username and
password

9. Type the title of the book: Citizenship
Look in your programme or module handbook for recommended reading
list

10. Click on Get It to see more
details
Click on Get It for more details e.g. which of our libraries has a copy

11. Note the shelved at No.

12. Use the self service machine
You need your PIN to take books out with the self service machine

13. Where you have the title and
the author’s name
Type only the author’s surname and the first word of the title of the
book

14. Where you have a topic but
no title or author’s name
Type the topic for example citizenship education – the result will be
Many and may not be relevant to your needs.

15. RESERVING A BOOK – Click
on Request
You can reserve a book that is on loan to another user or is located
at a different campus

16. Placing a request
Choose which campus you would like to collect the book from

17. My Account -
To check details of your loan or if you have a fine, or to change your
PIN – Go to My Account

18. Checking when loan is due
back
Details of your account will appear - check to see when your books
are due back

19. ELECTRONIC BOOKS
• The Library has a growing collection of ebooks
which can be read on and off campus.
• They can be downloaded for up to seven days
• Notes can be made and saved without
defacing the book.
• You can search for topics within the books

20. Searching for online books
on citizenship

21. Refine My results – Electronic
books

22. 23 electronic books on
citizenship

23. To read the electronic book
Scroll down to find the title you want to read – Click on View It –
Click on Online resource

24. Type your Athens username and password
e.g. uel13u123456 and 22Oct12
Your Athens username allows shows you are a student at UEL and gives
you access to online resources
Whilst off campus and in the case of electronic books on/off campus

25. Download or read online

26. Proceed to read
You can copy or print some pages