WELCOME TO THE
LIBRARY
TUTORIAL Edited by
Biblioteca Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna
Federico Triana Jimeno
WELCOME TO THE
LIBRARY
TUTORIAL Edited by
Biblioteca Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna
Federico Triana Jimeno
INDEX Section One - ABOUT THE LIBRARY
Introduction
Where to find us
Rules and regulations
Opening hours and calendar
Contact us
Section Two - LIBRARY SERVICES
Searching for information – Research tools
Borrowing material – Loans
Photocopying services
Computers in the library
Section One
ABOUT THE LIBRARY
About the Library – SECTION ONE The Sant’Anna library supports the School’s research and teaching by building and creating information resources and providing services for students and staff.
The library holds a permanent collection for social and applied sciences. It also has reference works and a literature collection. You can access 70.000 books, 200 current printed periodicals and about 30.000 e-journals. How to reach the library Inside the library
Please behave with due consideration for others: When you go into the library:
Leave your bag in the lockers; you can ask the library staff for a locker key
Sign the library register
If it’s your first time in the library, apply for your personal library card at the reference desk. You will need it to access the library and its services. Rules and regulations Users are required to read the detailed rules and regulations that are posted in the library
About the Library – SECTION ONE
Openig hours & calendar Timetable and Contacts
Monday through Friday
from 8:15 a.m. to 7:45 p.m.
Saturday
from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 a.m.
Total or partial closures may occur during public and summer holidays
About the Library – SECTION ONE
Contact us Chair of the Library Committee Prof. Maria Chiara Carrozza
Director of Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna Library Manager Carla Papa +39 050 883.230 c.papa@sssup.it
Cataloguing Service Maria Teresa Nevigato +39 050 883.223 nevigato@sssup.it Vania Campana +39 050 883.229 v.campana@sssup.it
Electronic Resources and Online Services
Maria Teresa Nevigato +39 050 883.223 nevigato@sssup.it
Cinzia Pardi +39 050 883.708 c.pardi@sssup.it
Periodical Service
Cinzia Pardi +39 050 883.708 c.pardi@sssup.it
Silvia Alessi +39 050 883.228 s.alessi@sssup.it
Document Delivery
Cinzia Pardi +39 050 883.708 c.pardi@sssup.it
Loans, Interlibrary Loan, Users Management
Federica Carelli +39 050 883.239 f.carelli@sssup.it
About the Library – SECTION ONE Purchases and Accounting
Pierluigi Sardelli +39 050 883.227 lsardelli@sssup.it Vania Campana +39 050 883.229 v.campana@sssup.it
Historical Archives
Silvia Alessi +39 050 883.228 s.alessi@sssup.it
Section Two
LIBRARY SERVICES
Library Services – SECTION TWO Searching for Information – Research tools The library holds an important collection of printed material (books, printed journals) as well as many electronic resources (e-journals, databases), providing several tools for your study/research activities.
Next slides will explain how to get a document through the library resources.
PRINTED MATERIAL
The Sant’Anna library is an open-shelf library which means you can access books directly from the shelves.
You can collect the books/journals you need and consult them in the main hall or in the reading rooms at the second floor. Searching for Information – Research tools Library Services – SECTION TWO Shelves Main Hall 2nd Floor reading rooms
Books:
If you want to know which books the library holds and where to pick them up, search in “OPAC Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna”, our online catalog which allows you to search the contents of the library via the Internet.
Open the online catalog from the library’s web site, as shown here: Searching for Information – Research tools 1 2 Library Services – SECTION TWO
Searching for Information – Research tools To display the English version, do as in the following sequence: 1 Library Services – SECTION TWO 2 3
Searching for Information – Research tools Now you can easily search the catalog to find the book you need!
For example: if you enter “climate change” in the basic search dialog box you’ll find all the books containing these words in any of the fields avaliable (tiltle/author/subject/etc.). See the example below: 1 2 Library Services – SECTION TWO
On the right-hand side of the results list there is a field (Loc./Holding) that indicates the location of the book. Each printed book/journal/document has a code consisting of a capital letter followed by a number. The letter indicates the knowledge area (collection) and the number the position (e.g. A-2293).
Searching for Information – Research tools A – Agriculture
E – Economy
D – Law
F – Political Science
I – Engineering
M – Medicine
L – Literature
P.K. – Peace Keeping
S – History
V - Interdisciplinary Library Services – SECTION TWO Knowledge area codes Book location code
With this code you can find the books in the shelves following the green signs. You can get help in finding materials from our staff. Searching for Information – Research tools Library Services – SECTION TWO The OPAC allows affiliated members to easily manage their loans, renewals and reservations. If you have any problems, from outside the School, just click on the HELP button (top frame of the catalog menu bar) to find out the best way to use the OPAC facilities .
You can also go through the section “borrowing material – loans” of this tutorial to learn how to use some of the online catalog services. The green signs indicate the knowledge area
Searching for Information – Research tools Printed Journals:
All printed journals are listed by title in the library’s website, just click on Printed Journals. If you are looking for a current issue (current year) you can collect it in the room on the ground floor, just before the main reading room. If you need a past issue (from the previous year or earlier), ask for the key (at the loan desk) and go to the special rooms on the second and the ground floors. Library Services – SECTION TWO Stairs to the
2nd floor Stairs to the ground floor End of the main reading room 2nd floor Entrance to the journals room How to reach the printed journals special rooms
Searching for Information – Research tools ELECTRONIC RESOURCES
There are thousands of e-journals (abstracts or full text), interdisciplinary and sectorial databases, plus a collection of CDs and DVDs containing journals, e-books and special databases.
You can access these electronic resources from the website. Library Services – SECTION TWO Electronic resources menu
Searching for Information – Research tools Library Services – SECTION TWO E-journals:
The library offers access to an increasing number of electronic journals available through the Internet. You can access these journals from the Electronic Resources menu, clicking on E-journals.
From the research mask you can browse e-journals by title, subject category or ISSN number. E-journals catalog main frame
Searching for Information – Research tools Databases:
The databases are useful tools for finding scientific papers (full text and abstracts). You can access the databases subscribed by the library through the web page - click on Databases in the Electronic resources section. Library Services – SECTION TWO CDs - DVDs:
The library holds a collection of optical disks providing access to the electronic version of some printed journals, as well as a wide range of scientific papers and monographs.
You can view the titles list by cliking on CD-ROMs and DVD-ROMs from the Electronic resources section.
Seeking Information Online catalog – OPAC BOOKS WEBSITE DATABASES Summary of the research tools available in the library Library Services – SECTION TWO CD/DVD E - JOURNALS PRINTED JOURNALS PRINTED JOURNALS CD/DVD
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