1. Getting Started at Walsall Learning Centre

2. General Information Key Facts Card Opening hours, contact details, loan information, fines, renewals, useful web addresses Education Handout Information about how to find books and journals, special collections etc.

3. Obtaining your library card E-vision –Upload photo, print boarding pass Take boarding pass and photo ID to the Student Office (WA Block) Return to the Lending Services Help Desk (Learning Centre) to get your Library/ID card PIN number should be emailed to you

4. Registering for your IT account Campus PC’s At the login screen type register for both the user name and password Follow the onscreen instructions Off campus Visit: register.wlv.ac.uk/register.asp Follow the instructions Provides: IT username and password E-mail address Printing account

5. The Basement Teaching Practice Collection IT Help Desk and computer labs Ground Floor Self Issue Machines Lending Services Help Desk

6. First Floor Information Help Desk –Information enquiries –Booking group study rooms –Booking study skills sessions Education books and journals Second Floor Group study rooms More study space QTS Test Centre

7. The Learning Centre Web Pages From the University Home Page (www.wlv.ac.uk)www.wlv.ac.uk -> Current Students -> Learning Centres www.wlv.ac.uk/lib

8. Learning Centre Web Pages Subject Starting Point -> Education –Split into several education subject areas Finding Articles Useful Journals Web pages and gateways General help and advice

9. Finding Books: OPAC If asked to login, use IT username and password

10. Finding Books To find a particular book Surname of author + First word or two of title

11. Finding Books To find books on a particular subject Use a Keyword Search

12. Finding Electronic Books You can limit your search to e-books only using the Collection menu

13. Journals and journal articles Looking for a particular article or journal title –OPAC –Electronic Journals A-Z –Search for the title of the journal e.g. You want to find the following article: Whitty, G. (2008) Twenty years of progress? English education policy 1988 to present. Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 36 (2) pp. 165-184.

14. Electronic Journals A - Z Learning Centre Web page -> Electronic Resources Button -> Electronic Journals A – Z (login using IT username and password if requested)

15. Journals and journal articles Looking for journal articles about a particular subject –Use an Online Journal database Subject Pages -> Finding Articles Electronic Resources -> Databases A-Z There are easier ways than just browsing journals until you find what you need!

16. Finding Help Tip sheets Learning Centre web pages Information Help Desk ( Tel: 01902 323158 ) ASSIST online chat ( www.wlv.ac.uk/lib/assist ) www.wlv.ac.uk/lib/assist Your Librarian ( M.Dainton@wlv.ac.uk )