INSRV News for Researchers

Thomson Reuters is currently offering the University free access to all the resources on the Web of Knowledge Service until August 31, 2013.

In addition to our normal subscriptions we now have access to the:

• Book Citation Index
• Indexes nearly 50,000 books and 1 million chapters from over 100 publishers linked to related journal articles and proceedings indexed within the Web of Knowledge.
• Data Citation Index
• Comprehensive research data from international data repositories
• Current Chemical Reactions and Index Chemicus
• Cover overs 100 of the world’s leading chemistry journals to provide complete reaction diagrams, critical conditions, bibliographic data, and author abstracts.
• Current Contents Connect
• Bibliographic and table of contents information from world-leading scholarly journals and books from 1998
• Chinese Science Citation Database
• Bibliographic and citations information from 1200 core science and engineering journals published in the People’s Republic of China
• Derwent Innovations Index
• Patent (1963+) and patent citation (1973+) information in chemical, electrical, electronic and mechanical engineering
• Zoological Record
• The world’s leading taxonomic reference and oldest continuing database of animal biology (from 1864)

You can access these additional resources by going to the Cardiff Portal and choosing ‘Library’ in the menu. The ‘Databases (A-Z and MetaLib)’ list includes a link to the Web of Knowledge Service. Once you have accessed the Web of Knowledge Service, click on the ‘Select a Database’ tab near the top of the screen to see a list of the additional resources.  Book Citation Index, Current Chemical Reactions and Index Chemicus are automatically searched with the other citation indexes in your Web of Science search.

For further information, or if you would like to provide any feedback on these resources, please contact your Subject Librarian.

ASSL Building Summer Opening

Here are the summer opening hours for the ASSL Building. Visit our webpage (http://www.cf.ac.uk/insrv/libraries/assl/index.html#opening ) for information if you can't see the image below.

SCOLAR materials available by prior appointment this summer

From Monday 10th June, SCOLAR materials will be available by prior appointment only for the summer vacation, while we install new compact shelving to greatly increase capacity for the collections.

Please contact Peter Keelan at KeelanP@cardiff.ac.uk with details of any materials you wish to consult, giving 3 days' notice. The exception is the History Research Collection, which will be moved to the top floor of the ASSL building in the week of 17th June, where it can be consulted for the duration of the summer.

More information is available on the INSRV news page ( http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/insrv/news/scolarenhancements.html ) and the SCOLAR website ( http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/insrv/libraries/scolar/index.html ).

ASSL 24 hour opening trial

For a trial period from Monday 6th May to Sunday 9th June the Arts and Social Studies Building will be open 24 hours a day 7 days a week for study only.  Staffed services will be available during the day (see our Opening Hours webpage for more details if you can't see the image below).

Share your customer service experience

We are looking for students like you, to talk about the service you get from your libraries and IT services.

If you can spare an hour on Thursday 13th June, please get in touch for more details.

Twitter - @cardiffunilib or http://twitter.com/cardiffunilib

Email - library@cardiff.ac.uk

Never miss a (due) date again! Renew from home or on the move

Log into the Cardiff Portal with your username and password* and click on the Library tab. Look for the Library widget containing the Library and My Account tabs. When you click on the My Account tab a list of the books you currently have on loan will appear. Put ticks in the boxes next to the books you wish to renew and click on Request Renewal.

Remember to check the Due Date column to find out when your book is now due. If the due date has not changed, then it has not been possible to renew the book. This could be because another person has reserved the book or you have fines exceeding £10. You can contact your Library to find out more information, just give us a call!

*If you do not have a Cardiff University username and password, you can sign in to view your library account via Library Search Click on Barcode/PIN in the top right hand corner and enter your barcode, surname and pin. 

Get the App!

It's also possible to access your library account on the Cardiff University mobile app, which you can download from your device's app store or via m.cardiff.ac.uk on your phone or tablet.

Tap the Library icon and then choose My Account, sign in to see your list of items and due dates. From here simply tick the boxes next to the items and then select Request Renewal.

Ask a Librarian
Alternatively, you can use our live online chat service to enquire about items on your account, or anything else! Available weekdays 9am - 5pm.

Bute & Architecture Libraries - Easter Opening 2013

Downtime - LexisLibrary, Lexis PSL & Nexis UK - Saturday 16th March 2013

Due to planned maintenance scheduled for Saturday 16th March 2013, between 5am and 5pm, intermittent or no access may be available for LexisLibrary, Lexis PSL and Nexis UK.

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

#ulslittlethings

Find out more at http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/insrv/news/stdavidsday.html

Point of Care Tools Trial

Point of Care Tools Trial

Trial of Medical ebooks from Thieme

Cardiff University has access to a trial of medical textbooks available online from the publisher Thieme until March 31st. 

 The Thieme E-Book Library offers unlimited concurrent online access to a collection of fully downloadable medical textbooks, comprising of anatomy, basic sciences, clinical sciences and radiology textbooks.

It currently contains 69 full-color textbooks, which users can download to view, annotate, and print off-line

You can access the collection by going here: http://ebooks.thieme.com/bookshelf 

In order to download Thieme E-Book Library books to your iPad, you will need to download and install the iPublishCentral Reader App first. This can be done in two ways (via the platform or via the iPad app store):

From the Thieme E-Book Library platform (http://ebooks.thieme.com/bookshelf) access your first title and click on the iPublishCentral Reader link to install the app

Or

Browse the AppStore on your iPad (search for "iPublishCentral Reader").
Alternatively you can download the app on a desktop via an iTunes account and sync with the iPad.
The app is free; your Apple/iTunes account will not be charged.

From within the university wireless network launch your iPad browser
(note: they currently support Safari browser only) and navigate to http://ebooks.thieme.com/bookshelf

On the opening page, you will find the list of titles provided in the library.
Browse to a title of interest and click on the Download link . This will take you to the Download page.
As an iPad user you will see a download icon for the iPad. Click the icon and the "open reader" file.
Your title will download into your iPad’s Bookshelf within the iPublishCentral Reader App

Never miss a (due) date again! Renew from home or on the move

It's easy to renew your items with LibrarySearch, from home or with our mobile app

Check your due dates and renew online
From the LibrarySearch home page (access via the Library tab in the Cardiff Portal) select Sign In CU Staff/Students at the top of the screen and enter your username and password*. Click on My Library Account. On the right-hand side of the list of your current loans alongside the current due dates, click on the Renew link.

Remember to check the Due Date column to find out when your book is now due. If the due date has not changed, then it has not been possible to renew the book. This could be because another person has reserved the book or you have fines exceeding £10. You can contact your Library to find out more information, just give us a call!

*If you do not have a Cardiff University username and password, click on Barcode / PIN at the top right of the screen. You will automatically be re-directed to the Voyager Library Catalogue to sign in and view your library account.

Get the App!
It's also possible to access your library account on the Cardiff University mobile app, which you can download from your device's app store or via m.cardiff.ac.uk on your phone or tablet.

Tap the Library icon and then choose My Account, sign in to see your list of items and due dates. From here simply tick the boxes next to the items and then select Request Renewal.

Ask a Librarian
Alternatively, you can use our live online chat service to enquire about items on your account, or anything else! Available weekdays 9am - 5pm.

New Journals added to LexisLibrary

The full text of the following journals published by Hart Publishing have recently been added to LexisLibrary:

European Competition Journal - 2005  (Vol.1) onwards
Journal of Corporate Law Studies - 2001 (Vol.1) onwards
Journal of Media Law - 2009 (Vol.1) onwards
Journal of Private International Law - 2005 (Vol.1) onwards
Judicial Review - 1996 (Vol.1) onwards
Law and Financial Markets Review - 2007 (Vol.1) onwards
Legal Ethics - 1998 (Vol.1) onwards

This new content on LexisLibrary either extends our present electronic holdings of the title or provides us with a new title in electronic format. All of these journals can be accessed from the home page of LexisLibrary by typing the title into the 'Find a source' search box, clicking on the 'Find' button, then either clicking on 'Browse' to browse the journals's contents, or by clicking on the relevant title then clicking ‘OK – Continue’ to open a search screen for the title.

UV property marking this week at Arts and Social Studies Library