Semester 2 2014

Library ITT Dublin

MILLIONS OF HATHI TRUST TITLES NOW

INCLUDED IN FIND IT SEARCH RESULTS Find IT searches now include results from the HATHI trust e-book collection Any search conducted using

FIND IT will now include these titles whether the library has them in print or electronic format

Refine your search results to books e-books by using the filters on the left hand side of the results screen (Full

txt online and booke-book)

Additionally FIND IT search results already include e-book titles from Project Gutenberg and E-brary and

EBSCOhost Watch out for the lsquoonlinersquo icon in the results page

WHAT IS THE HATHI TRUST HathiTrust is a partnership of academic amp research institutions offering a collection of millions of titles digit-

ized from libraries around the world

HathiTrust Digital Library is a digital preservation repository It provides long-term preservation and access

services for public domain and in copyright content from a variety of sources including Google the Internet

Archive Microsoft and in-house partner institution initiatives

Collections digitized include the lsquoEnglish Shot Title Cataloguersquo Islamic Manuscripts Patent Indexes Incunabula

(Universidad Complutense Madrid)

Hathi Trust titles are subject to multiple access rules These can be found at httpwwwhathitrustorg

access_use please check these if you are having any difficulties with access

See more at httphathitrustorg

IN THIS ISSUE

Millions of Hathi trust

titles now included in

FIND IT search results

Free Refworks FLOW Ac-

counts

Return your books on time

to ensure access to your

exam results

Help Library ITT Dublin

YouTube Channel

Set Google Scholar prefer-

ences

Increased Library access

for ITT Dublin students

and staff

Library News

Flow accounts integrate with Find IT Log into flow search Find IT save your results to the saved folder use the export as Refworks option to integrate your results into your flow account This works for ten titles at a time

Go to httpflowproquestcom

Enter your e-mail address ie johnnybloggsittdie or marysmithgmailcom etc

Enter your institution This must be Institute of Technology Tallaght

Add the lsquoSave to Flowrsquo button to your browser by clicking and dragging it to where you want

it

Working in Refworks Flow

Organize your references into collections by topic or assignment

Add references manually

Import book citation data from the library catalogue

Generate bibliographies in the appropriate style Harvard APA MLA Chicago

Harvard is the recommended style for ITT Dublin

Working in Word

With Flow for Word you can cite references in a manuscript with just a click and watch

your paper format instantly including in-text citations footnotes and your bibliography The

utility installs a Flow tab in the MS Word ribbon or you can access it from

the References tab in Microsoft Word

Working online or offline is seamless ndash no need to be connected to the internet ndash and you can

share documents between the Windows and Mac versions of Flow for Word seamlessly

See more at httphelpflowproquestcom

FREE REFWORKS FLOW ACCOUNTS

AVAILABLE TO STAFF AND STUDENTS

CREATING A REFWORKS FLOW ACCOUNT

Flow is a new way to collect manage and

organize research papers and docu-

ments You can read annotate organize

and cite your research as well as collabo-

rate with friends and colleagues by sharing

collections

Flowrsquos drag and drop capability along with

smart document recognition makes it ease

and fast to upload documents and biblio-

graphic metadata into your library and

the Save to Flow feature allows you to

capture research from websites with the

click of a button

From simple bibliographies to papers

formatted with in-text citations or foot-

notes Flow handles it all

RETURN YOUR BOOKS

ON TIME TO ENSURE

ACCESS TO YOUR EXAM

RESULTS

Before each set of exam results are

made available you need to return any

material you have on loan from the

library

It is your responsibility to check that your library account is clear or that items are not overdue by logging on through the library website httpslibraryittdubliniepatroninfo~S0

IF you have OVERDUE library material you will not be able to view exam results online and you will be blocked from Institute services (Moodlenetwork)

You will receive a statement of checked out items to the e-mail address regis-tered in your Moodle profile Please check this statement and return all overdue material to the library straight away

If you have any queries contact the library at

Tel 01 4042203 OR e-mail libraryittdublinie

NOTE It may take minimum of 48

hours before the block on viewing

exam results is removed - it is advisable

to return all overdue material 2 days

before your exam results are due

2

HELP LIBRARY ITT DUBLIN

YOUTUBE CHANNEL LAUNCHED

The library has set up a help channel on You Tube this channel includes three initial

help videos with voice over instruction on the following topics

How to access exam papers

Search for finding and logging on to access exam papers

How to set up access to library subscriptions on Google Scholar

Logging on to Google setting your Google Scholar Library Preferences and

finding full text articles to access

How to use the new room booking system

Book a group study room using the new user interface

The libraryrsquos You Tube channel can be found online at

httpwwwyoutubecomchannelUCKK-ikSD6W1RLIpkhvZ-Nkg

More help videos will be made available over the course of the year Please feel free to

contact the library to suggest topics that should be included

SET GOOGLE SCHOLAR

PREFERENCES

Set your library preferences in Google

Scholar to Library ITT Dublin to in-

clude access to subscribed library

resources where they are included in

your search results Otherwise you will

not get access to these materials or

will be prompted to pay for them

Log on to your library account to as-

sure seamless linking from Google

Scholar to resources

Log onto your Google Account

Go to Google Scholar

Click on settings

Click library settings

Search for Library ITT Dublin

Select Library ITT Dublin

Save

You are now ready to search the

Google Scholar index with access to

resources the library subscribes to

without being prompted to pay for

access

You only need to set up your prefer-

ences once however you will need to

log on to your library and Google ac-

counts every time

Help Library ITT Dublin You Tube Channel

3

SUBJECT SUPPORT

BUSINESS

ENGINEERING

HUMANITIES

SCIENCE AND

COMPUTING

The library offers supports for stu-

dents and staff Each school has

been assigned a liaison librarian

who is available to assist with re-

search queries and can facilitate

library skills training Additionally

the librarians have created subject

portals which offer links to subject

relevant databases and web sites

Visit httplibraryittdublinie

screenssubjectshtml or e-mail

librariansittdublinie for more

details

INCREASED LIBRARY ACCESS FOR

ITT DUBLIN STUDENTS AND STAFF

ITT Dublin students and staff can now visit the libraries at IT Blanchardstown and DIT

by simply producing their ITT Dublin ID cards

They may use the study spaces and print materials at any of the libraries for reference

purposes Whilst there they may also access ITT Dublin online library resources by con-

necting to the Eduroam service on their own mobile device laptop mobile phone

etc and logging on to the ITT Dublin library site

Books cannot be borrowed and libraries may have to refuse admission during busy times

(such as exams) but that will be kept to a minimum

In return ITB and DIT students and staff can visit ITT Dublin library The same arrange-

ments apply as above

Details about each of the libraries are available at

httpwwwblanchlibitbie

httplibraryittdublinie

httpwwwditielibrary

Library ITT Dublin

ITT Dublin

Old Blessington Rd

Tallaght

Dublin 24

Ireland

Web httplibraryittdublinie

Facebook httpwwwfacebookcom

pagesLibrary-ITT-Dublin

Phone 00 353 (0)1 404 2203

E-mail libraryittdublinie

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