_________________________________ Manual

CONTENT What’s Limo? Content of Limo Getting started in Limo Performing searches in Limo Using search results Managing search results “My account”

What’s Limo?  The discovery service LIMO is the central access point to the collections of the K.U.Leuven libraries.  You can now discover and get access to print and online resources such as books, articles, journals, databses, websites, digital media and other types of resources.

Advantages of Limo  You can find print and electronic publications via 1 search interface  in the catalogue of the K.U.Leuven libraries and other LIBISnet libraries  in LIRIAS= the research repository of K.U.Leuven  in databases and e-book collections that are available within the institution  in free e-journals collections

What’s Limo?

Getting started in Limo  In order to make maximum use of LIMO’s search potential you have to make sure that you are connected to the K.U.Leuven network.  Language: choose your language (English/Nederlands)  “You are on campus” when:  you’re working in a library or a PC room (KULeuvenNet)  when you are on KotNet  when you are connected to the university’s wireless network

Getting started in Limo  Use your Central K.U.Leuven credentials  Click on Central Login for Students and Staff

Performing searches in Limo Use following tabs:  All (incl. Articles): find printed and elektronic publications (incl. articles, books, databases, journals and more)  Books & more (find books, e-books, digitized materials, print and electronic journals, databases & more in KU Leuven libraries. Don’t use this tab to find e-journals!  E-journals: lookup e-journal titles. Don’t use this tab to find e-journals!  Databases: (no articles) lookup databases. Don’t use this tab to find e-journals!

Performing searches in Limo  Click on “KU Leuven catalogue” and select the collection you want to use:  KU Leuven catalogue  Campus Antwerpen  Campus 2Bergen  Campus Kortrijk  Campus Leuven

Performing searches in Limo  Simple search:  Type one or more words you are looking for and click the Search button  Any query is a cross-collection search which can potentially yield many hundreds or even thousands of relevant results  Advanced search:  Type search terms in maximum 3 separate search panels  Use filters to reduce the number of search results in advance

Searching in Limo: Simple search  Handy hints  Boolean operators: AND, OR, NOT  “exact phrase” using quotation marks  Grouping terms within a query giving priority to some terms by using brackets  truncation and wildcards ? with 0 or 1 character: e.g. wom?n = woman OR women * with 0 or 1, or more characters: e.g. cultur*= culture AND cultural AND culturally,…

Searching in Limo: Advanced search

Searching in Limo: Databases  Select tab “Databases” and lookup a title of a database  or Click on the A-Z Database list

Refine my results: use search filters  Navigate in “my results” by using search filters or facets.  Maximum 10 filters to refine my results

Refine my results: use search filters  Limit my results to: physical items, peer-reviewed, full text online  Resource type  Creation date  Creator  Topic  Collection  Journal Title  Language  Library

Using search results Sorting results

Using search results  For each result:  Indication of an icon, incl. cover of books  a short bibliographic description  information about availability  Available at KU Leuven  Full text available in the institution  View 2 versions

Using search results  For each result:  Depending on the resource type, two or more tabs are shown :  Physical items:  Electronic publications:  “Citations” brings you to earlier publications cited in this publication  “Cited by” brings you to more recent publications who cite this publication

Using search results  Physical items:  Locations  In which library a copy can be found  Items are on shelf or not  Can items be requested or not  Links to Locate  Details  Full bibliographic information  Links e.g. Google Books  Export  Add to “My Collection”  Print and  Permalink for easy linking  Export link to bibliographic sofware: EsayBib, EndnoteWeb, RefWorks, Delicious, Endnote

Using search results  For electronic items:  View online  A link that takes you to the full text  Only shown when you are “on campus”  Details  Full bibliographic details  Link to full text  Related articles  Cited by  Export  Add to “My Collection”  Print and  Permalink for easy linking  Export link to bibliographic sofware: EsayBib, EndnoteWeb, RefWorks, Delicious, Endnote

Locations: physical item Shelf number

Locations: electronic publication  Full text available:

Using search results: Locations  Academic publications from LIRIAS

Locations: Request a copy  Request a copy after signing in: Request

Locaties: Request a book  Request a book:

Locations: Request a book  Order a book in another library:

Managing my search results: My account  Signing in:  My account:  List of active and historic loans, requests, fines and fees, blocks and messages, personal settings (mail, address, changing password)  Via Loans: renew the loans (selected, all)

Managing my search results: My Citations  My Citations:  list of search results: save via Export, add to “My Citations”  Queries  My Account

Feedback  Click on Feedback or on the Help button