1. Searching for print and electronic books
By Paul Biggs Librarian for Psychology, Sport & Exercise, Biology & Biomedical Sciences and Education
Title Slide

2. In This Session We Will Cover
How to search for a print book
How to access a book from Summon
Placing a hold on your book
Renewing your book (automatic renewal)
Placing a hold on your books – a Postal Loan
Searching for an electronic book
Our eBook collections
What we will cover in this session

3. Accessing Books & ebooks
You can search for Books & eBooks via your Subject Resource page. You need to select the finding books tab and search for a book using the search box. This will take you through to our search engine Summon. Access

4. Searching for a book in the library
You can see if we have the book as a physical copy in the library or as an electronic book. Select the book link
This will take you through to the book record on the Library Catalogue and tell you where the book is located

5. Placing a hold on your books
You can place a hold on your books via the Library Cataloguehttp://libcat.staffs.ac.uk/cgi-bin/koha/opac-user.pl
To place a hold on the book on Summon you can select the book
Select place hold, log into your account and follow the instructions

6. Placing a hold on your books A Postal Loan
If you are a Distance Learning Student living in the UK we provide a postal loan service. When placing a hold on a book log into your account. Make sure when you place a hold you open up the options and in the box type “Off Campus User”. Select Place Hold
For more information visit the Off Campus User page

7. Renewing your books Your books will automatically renew after 2 weeks
However, if the book is popular and other students have placed holds on the book you will be requested to return it. Usually you will receive an to your student inbox
Please return the book promptly otherwise you will have to pay a recall charge

8. Search for an electronic book
Navigate to and search for a book
Select Full Text Online. This will show you a list of eBooks

9. Accessing an electronic book
To access an eBook select the Full Text Online link
You will need to log into the eResource using your username & password

10. Accessing an electronic book
You then have the option of reading the eBook online or downloading it in PDF format
We have a guide highlighting useful eBook tools via

11. eBook Central (Ebrary: a collection of eBook titles)
Ebook Collections
The Library has 4 eBook collections that are useful for the subject area of Sport and Exercise:
eBook Central (Ebrary: a collection of eBook titles)
Dawsonera: 1000’s of books specifically chosen by your lecturers
EBSCO eBook collection: A collection of eBooks
PsycBOOKS: A comprehensive collection of academic psychology eBooks
Access these books via your Subject Resource Page
Our eBook collections