Induction for distance students

1. MA ELL – Induction slides
Information Learning Services

2. Contacts and sources of information
• Library and IT staff
• Website: http://www.yorksj.ac.uk/ils
• Questions via email: ils@yorksj.ac.uk
• Library printed guides
• 4 Academic Liaison Librarians:
– For ELL it is: Jane Munks j.munks@yorksj.ac.uk

3. Username and password
• You’ve enrolled with a username and chosen a password
• This is used for:
– Moodle
– Email
– Online access to electronic resources such as ebooks and
ejournals
• If you forget it don’t worry
– http://www.yorksj.ac.uk/information-learning-services/library/help-
and-information/using-the-library/passwords-and-logging-in.aspx

4. Changes and improvements
• New website
• New library catalogue (Discover)
– Gateway to all our ebooks and ejournals
– 10,000 ejournals
– Approx 2,000 ebooks
– Improved access to the electronic resources in
one single search engine

5. Other sources of information
• Databases = search tools
– MLA: linguistics, languages
– PsycINFO: psycholinguistics
– SOCIndex: sociololinguistics
– Oxford English dictionary

6. Postal loans
• Register online
• Post books to you free up to 20 per year
• Return at own cost
• More Information at: http://www.yorksj.ac.uk/information-
learning-services/library/help-and-information/using-the-library/postal-
loans.aspx

7. Sconul
• Use libraries near to you
• Take card to library of your choice
• Passport photograph for each library card
• Information at: www.access.sconul.ac.uk

8. Getting hold of other items
• Inter-library loans
– 20 free requests for journal articles per year
– Information on website at:
http://www.yorksj.ac.uk/information-learning-services/library/help-
and-information/using-the-library/inter-library-loans.aspx