1. Online resources in TCD Library:
Online resources in TCD Library:
Databases and E-Books
(an introduction)
Michaelmas Term 2013
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2. Online resources in TCD Library
What are Databases?
Where do I find them?
How do I find E-Books?
What if I’m off campus?
Here’s the online reference, where’s the full text? *Look for these icons:
What’s TARA?
What’s the Research Support System?
Emphasise: Access on and off campus (need an internet connection)
Off campus, you MUST go through the TCD Library catalogue, so that your College username and network login password are authenticated and you are recognised as being a ‘TCD-affiliated’ user.
*Link resolver – this appears in the form of an icon (within databases, a small blue square with TCD written in black text, or in Stella Search, a teal square with TCD in white text), helps move between databases – it appears on bibliographic database search results and connects to full text, if available, or to details of Library’s paper (i.e. the physical book or journal) copy in the TCD catalogue.
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3. What are Databases?
Large amounts of indexed, organised and searchable data.
Coming from many different types of provider, they have differing technical capabilities.
You can usually save, bookmark, download, print and material from databases.
Many are free, but TCD Library purchases access to over 350 important databases.
TCD pays to access 350+ specialist databases.
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4. What else? Databases can be collections or websites determined by:
publishing format: E-journal collections, E-book collections, data sets, film or a combination of all formats.
type of content: Full text material, Abstracting and indexing services, Bibliographic lists, or a combination of all.
Subject: Science, Nursing, Business, Language, History, General.
: What else?
[DATABASES]
Screen text:
Can be collections or websites determined by:
publishing formats: E-Journal collections, E-book collections, data sets, film or a combination of all formats
type of content: Abstracting and indexing services, Bibliographic lists, Full text material or a combination of all
Subject, e.g. Science, Nursing, Business, Language, History, General
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5. www.tcd.ie 5 How to access the Library’s online electronic resources
START at the TCD home page
The Library is listed on left-hand menu.
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6. www.tcd.ie/library 6 Trinity College Library Dublin
Find the databases from the Library’s home page by
using a Stella search
looking at the list of Databases and E-Books
find your Subject Librarian’s page: go to Support and Training
and look at the Subject Guides.
These are web pages set up by Subject Librarians.
They will guide you towards the most useful resources in your field of study.
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7. How to search for a named database
Search for this discipline-specific database:
Engineering Village 2
Start at the Library home page,
Go directly to the Stella Search box, either under the TCD crest or the first option under Search Collections, and type Engineering Village 2, OR
In Search Collections go to Databases & E-Books, OR
In Support & Training go to Subject Guides.
Follow the links to the catalogue record which, in turn, links to the resource.
Those wishing to carry out an ‘in depth’ search will need to go directly to a particular discipline-specific database
There are several routes to finding a named database.
2013 NOTE: Subject search list won’t work after the 2013 upgrade.
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Start: Library home page :
If you know the title of the database
In Search Collections, go to Databases & E-Books > A-Z by database name
[Databases & E-Books -by Subject – databases ordered by subject areas;
In Search Collections go to Databases & E-Books > by Subject and look under Civil Engineering]
*This list won’t work after the 2013 upgrade.
Otherwise go to Subject Guides, under Support & Training section
You can also
Go directly to the Stella Search box, under the TCD crest and type Engineering Village 2, (a Stella search by default)
Result for each: the catalogue record which links to the resource.
Each route finds a catalogue record which provides a link to the resource.
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8. What are E-books?
E-Books can be digitized versions of printed books, or digital works which adopt a book-like format on screen.
An E-Book of an important current book is often not the latest edition of a work. Check the catalogue.
E-Books can be collected together into packages according to
Subject
Historical period
Reference
an E-book provider platform (all subjects)
E-book editions of a textbook are generally released later than the print version by the publisher.
Therefore the most recent edition of a book may only be available in print.
This is important to know for people studying areas where there are frequent updates of core texts.
Check dates in catalogue carefully
As with databases, e-books can be collections dealing with a particular subject, e.g. Chemistry or Nursing, or can cover a period of time – as in the EEBO and ECCO collections – the Early and Eighteenth Century collections of books, over 300,000 of them. They can be reference works or can be gathered together according to publisher, e.g. Royal Society of Chemistry or provider, e.g. MyiLibrary.
E-books collections are listed with our databases.
Most e-book single titles can be found by searching the catalogue.
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9. Finding the Library’s E-books?
E-Book collections are listed with our databases under Databases and E-books on the Library’s home page.
Most E-Book single titles, within those collections, can be found by searching the catalogue.
A small percentage of E-Books in our collections can only be found by searching the provider or publisher’s database or platform.
A small number of e-books in our collections can only be found by searching the provider or publisher’s database or platform.
Several reasons for this, the catalogue records, supplied by the publisher or by OCLC haven’t yet been made available, or haven’t been created, or haven’t yet been loaded. It is important to double check by searching a publisher or provider platform. For example, OECD iLibrary E-Books.
Note: TCD E-Books are available via desktop computers and laptops.
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10. Some TCD Library E-Book collections
Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO)
ACLS Humanities E-Book
LION (LIterature Online)
Some TCD Library E-Book collections
Safari Books Online
Women Writers Online
Past Masters
Royal Society of Chemistry E-Book Collections
Making of Modern Law
Oxford Reference Online
Early English Books Online (EEBO)
[This slide gives a visual idea of how many e-book packages we have, containing about 400,000 e-books between them]
Some TCD ebook collections found under Databases and E-Books in TCD Library’s section Search Collections:
Many but not all of the E-Books in these collections also can be found by individual title in the Stella or Classic catalogue interface.
ACLS Humanities E-Book;
Royal Society of Chemistry E-Book Collection ;
Early English Books Online (EEBO) ; Safari Books Online ;
Past Masters ; Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO) ;
Making of Modern Law ; Oxford Reference Online ; Empire Online ;
Women Writers Online ;
Medieval and Early Modern Sources (MEMSO) ;
LION (LIterature ONline) ; Knovel
Medieval and Early Modern Sources (MEMSO)
MyiLibrary
Knovel
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11. Found a reference, where’s the full text?
You’ve done a search, found a reference … However, there’s no full text link button: Find and click the “link resolver” button (may show the text: “Check TCD e-journals”) This links to a piece of software which checks if the Library has the article you want, either in another database or in hard copy, anywhere in the Library’s collections.
Searching within a specific database, Engineering Village 2
Note that Engineering Village provides access to two engineering and applied sciences databases (Compendex and Inspec).
The Link resolver appears beside the article details and links to full text in other subscribed databases, if available, or to details of Library’s print copy.
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12. Link resolver (Linksource) menu
Clicking on the TCD icon
searches the TCD Library e-journals’ collections and the full Library catalogue, for both electronic and hard copy forms of the required title.
This is the link resolver menu.
A number of options are presented:
If the Library subscribes to the electronic version of the required journal, a link will appear.
(This link may take you directly to the article or you may have to browse the table of contents of the issue to locate the article).
2) If the Library does not subscribe to the electronic version, select the link to the catalogue, and a search of the journals we hold in print will be carried out. If we subscribe to the print version, a record providing information on where the journal is located will appear.
3) A link to the contact details of the subject librarians also appears on the menu.
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13. Off Campus Access
Off campus you need: An Internet connection College Username College Network Password
Off campus access: steps needed to access the Library’s online resources:
[Note: problems with usernames and passwords are handled by IS Services]
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14. Off Campus Access
Off campus, you MUST go through the TCD Library Website or Stella Search to access licensed online resources.
After you click TCD-affiliated users may click here for access, the system requests your College ID and password.
If you do NOT go through the Library catalogue, you will NOT be recognised as being a member of TCD or ‘TCD-affiliated’ and will be denied access to the database or e-journal article.
Off campus access
If you are off campus you MUST go through the TCD Library Website, so that you can be authenticated by the system.
Input your College username and network login password when requested (as you leave the catalogue record to link to the database).
You will then be recognised by the database provider as a member of TCD or ‘TCD-affiliated’.
The most common problem people encounter when they try to consult databases off campus is that they have not gone through the Library Website to get there.
Off campus,
if you can’t get through to a database you usually use, or
if it is requesting a username and password and your College ones don’t work,
make sure you have connected to it from the TCD Library Website.
[Note to Presenter: Next slide shows the off campus access secure login screen]
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15. Off Campus Access
After you click TCD-affiliated users may click here for access, the system requests your College ID and password
Off campus access secure login screen
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16. Off Campus Access
Still having problems viewing online resources on your own device, off campus?
Check that you are up to date with
HTML5 browser (Firefox 23, IExplorer 10)
Java
Microsoft Silverlight
Adobe Flash
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17. TARA & RSS TARA, Trinity’s Institutional Repository
stores, catalogues, indexes, distributes and preserves the research outputs of Trinity College Dublin.
RSS, Trinity’s Research Support System
Academic staff create CVs here.
They input information on their academic interests, research expertise and publications.
RSS links seamlessly to TARA
TARA holds the full text of Trinity researchers’ publications.
TARA is searchable from the public Web, i.e. you can google it.
TARA: ..is designed to store, catalogue, index, distribute, and preserve the research outputs of Trinity.
RSS: all bibliographic records and some full text of lecturers’ papers, chapters or books can be found under that lecturer’s profile on the Trinity website.
The Research Support System is a web-based information system, a central system for information on Researchers and their publications. It allows members of academic staff to input and update information on their academic interests and research expertise and publications. It allows them to record their publications and maintain their CVs. It links seamlessly to an Institutional Repository, TARA, which can hold the full text of the publications in a manner searchable from the public Web. It is administered from within the Library.
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18. How to use TARA & RSS
Lecturer research and publication information (input via the RSS) can be found via the College’s People Finder.
Locate a name in the People Finder:
Click into the individual’s web page.
See a list of research interests and publications.
Link from there to the full text in TARA, if available.
Note:
Googling a lecturer’s name and research paper title or subject will find the full text, if it is in TARA.
TARA is FREE for everyone to use, you do not have to be affiliated to TCD.
TARA: ..is designed to store, catalogue, index, distribute, and preserve the research outputs of Trinity.
RSS: all bibliographic records and some full text of lecturers’ papers, chapters or books can be found under that lecturer’s profile on the Trinity website.
The Research Support System is a web-based information system, a central system for information on Researchers and their publications. It allows members of academic staff to input and update information on their academic interests and research expertise and publications. It allows them to record their publications and maintain their CVs. It links seamlessly to an Institutional Repository, TARA, which can hold the full text of the publications in a manner searchable from the public Web. It is administered from within the Library.
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19. Summing Up
Databases
Large amounts of organised and searchable data
Made up of E-Journals, E-Books, other databases, collections of data
To consult TCD-purchased resources, users should have
an internet connection
a TCD username and password
found the resource via the Library’s catalogue record
The Library web address is
To find Library online resources, use
Stella search box,
Databases & E-Books page
Subject Librarians’ subject guides pages
TARA is Trinity’s Institutional Repository
TARA and RSS are linked seamlessly
Summing up
Online resources are collections of data, often in databases
Databases
Large amounts of organised and searchable data
Made up of E-Journals, E-Books, other databases, combination of all
To consult TCD-purchased resources, users should have
an internet connection;
a TCD username and password;
Found resource via the Library’s catalogue record.
The Library web address is the most important URL
Use the Stella search box, Databases & E-Books
Use help provided by Subject Guides and Subject Librarians
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20. Queries about electronic resources in TCD Library?
Queries about electronic resources in TCD Library?
For SUBJECT queries, contact your Subject Librarian
For TECHNICAL queries, contact
For general queries, contact the Duty Librarian in the Berkeley or Hamilton Libraries
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