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Key services and facilities www.ed.ac.uk/is/information-services Category Loans Loan Period www.ed.ac.uk/is/library IS Helpdesk Undergraduate 30 1 – 4 weeks The Library essentials web page is your starting point for links to Information • Library guides and how to find items in the collection either in the library or online Postgraduate Taught 50 1 – 12 weeks Services and Library Resources. • Basic IT support including wifi access and password help Postgraduate Research/Staff 60 1 – 12 weeks • DiscoverEd Alumni 15 1 – 4 weeks • Help with printing, copying and scanning • Databases External 5 1 – 4 weeks • University Card services for new and replacement cards • e-journals • Library membership registration • e-books • Add credit to your printing account Item status • Helpservices Computing Item in library Available at the Law Library DiscoverEd • Open access computers Item not in library Checked out from the Law Library DiscoverEd is the Library’s discovery service. Use it to search the Library’s • Accessible workstation and scanner collections: this includes books, e-books, journal titles, journal articles, databases • WiFi - register for a wireless account to use your laptop in the library and more. Use your University login details to sign into your Library Account and manage loans, requests and fines. Self Requests Reserve Use the DiscoverEd search box on the Library homepage: www.ed.ac.uk/is/library Requests for items on Loan or held in the Library Annexe may be made through Three hour loan period - limited to three items. or go to the DiscoverEd homepage: http://discovered.ed.ac.uk DiscoverEd and collected from our self-collection shelf at the Helpdesk. Information at: www.ed.ac.uk/is/self-requests e-books Fines The Library has over 360,000 e-books. Find e-books using DiscoverEd or by Overdue books are charged at the following rates. University login details browsing e-book collections. More information on available e-book collections: Standard loan 20p per day www.ed.ac.uk/is/finding-resources
To access MyEd and electronic resources use your University login details. Short loan 40p per day e-journals https://www.myed.ed.ac.uk/ Reserve 2p per minute The Library subscribes to over 40,000 e-journals. Browse or search for e-journals Recalled item £1 per day using DiscoverEd. You can also use DiscoverEd to find journal articles. Databases Photocopying, Printing and Scanning The Library subscribes to an extensive range of specialist databases. An A-Z of databases is available: www.ed.ac.uk/is/databases-a-z • Printing, photocopying and scanning facilities are available in the library. Finding books and journals Find databases for your subject here: www.ed.ac.uk/is/databases-subjects • Pay for printing and copying with your university Printing Account. RAB (Request a Book) Use the Online Print Credit available on MyEd to top up your account. www.ed.ac.uk/is/catalogue • Top up your account on line via MyEd. For further information: www.ed.ac.uk/is/book-recommendations • Use DiscoverEd to find the shelfmark. • Use EveryonePrint to print from your mobile device or tablet: • Make a note of the shelf mark and find the location in the library using the Stack Academic Support Librarians https://www.everyoneprint.is.ed.ac.uk and Bay guides. Academic Support Librarians can help staff and students for all matters relating to Visiting Library yellow card holders can now photocopy, scan and print. • Go to the Stack which has the shelfmark sequence and refer to the Stack Guide library services: [email protected] Please visit the IS Helpdesk for information. to find the Bay Number. www.ed.ac.uk/is/printing • Journals are held in the Law Library and Library Annexe – use DiscoverEd or ask for assistance at the Helpdesk to find location. Service Alerts Charges Library and Information Services alerts are advertised in advance: Black and White Colour Legal Citations http://reports.is.ed.ac.uk/alerts/ Follow @Isalerts on Twitter: www.twitter.com/isalerts Abbreviations can be looked up online using the Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations: A4/A3 single-sided 5p A4 Colour 30p A4 double-sided 8p www.legalabbrevs.cardiff.ac.uk
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