Get to know the branch library Eupener Str. of the FH Aachen in a short video and find out more through a slide-presentation afterwards. Here you will find everything about Electrical engineering and information technology, mechanical engineering and mechatronics, aerospace technology, communication and multimedia design and business For further information: http://www.fh-aachen.de/bibliothek.html

1. The branch library
Eupener Str.
Media and more
Dipl.-Bibl. Eva-Maria Horita
March, 22 2011

2. Where we are
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3. Where we are
Eupener Str. 70, next to
Philips Research Lab.
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4. The library
Information Circulation
desk desk
Opening hours: Mon – Thurs 8a.m. – 8.30p.m. [Service -6p.m.]
Fri 8a.m. – 8.30p.m. [Service – 3p.m.]
Sat 9a.m. – 8p.m. [no service]
During exam periods open even on Sundays!
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5. Our electronic „staff member“
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6. Check out reserved books even after service hours
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7. We offer more than just books
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8. We offer more than just books
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9. Online access and more
Internet / MS-Office
Personal memory space
WLAN-access
Printing Station (3 cent b/w, 5-30 cents for color
print-outs)
Scanners with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro
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10. You may come in empty-handed
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11. The reading room
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12. Library card application - online
Library homepage  http://www.fh-aachen.de/bibliothek.html
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13. Online library card application form
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14. Essentials for picking up your library card
12547
Mustermann, Erika
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15. Loan periods
Books
about 4 weeks
Older journals
about 2 weeks
Renewing the loan period:
at the circulation desk, via phone or online before 11 p.m.
Reminders are sent via e-mail 2 days before due dates
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16. Fees
in case of
exceeded due dates

1-10 days: 2 €/item
11-20 days: 5 €/item
21-30 days: 10 €/item
31-40 days: 20 €/item
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17. Renewal of loan period
Library homepage  http://www.fh-aachen.de/bibliothek.html
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18. My account: Renewal
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19. How to find a book
- Systematic shelving (subject-
oriented order)
- Plates stating what is to be
found on each shelf
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20. How to find a book
- Books from the reference
collection cannot be
checked out
- You recognize them by
the red stripe on the
spine.
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21. Using the OPAC (Online Catalogue)
Purchase suggestion
Library homepage  http://www.fh-aachen.de/bibliothek.html
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22. Searching for a certain book
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23. Full display of a book title
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24. Decipher the shelf location mark
Availability to ciculation
1 = lending collection (4 weeks) Sequential
0 = reference collection number
Edition
21 WFC 173(4)
2 = Branch library
Eupener Str.
Check digit
Subject
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25. The greenhorn trap
Catalogue entry:
21 WFC 173
Sticker on the spine:
21 WFC 17
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26. OPAC functions
- Search titles related to a certain subject
(keywords, classification…)
-Place holds on media currently checked out.
- Order books from another branch library
(i.e. Juelich to Eupener Strasse)
- Look if the latest issue of a magazine is
already in
-…
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27. Newspapers - Pressdisplay
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28. Newspapers - Pressdisplay
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29. Databases: i.e. Wiley journal articles
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30. Information and introductory sessions
Our training-sessions
If you tell us when you will come , we will take the time
to show you how to
 Use the catalogue
 Find articles in electronic journals for immediate use (Springer, Wiley,
Elsevier …)
 Search subject related bibliographic databases (WTI, DKF …)
 Search for standards, patents and the like
 Order books and articles from other academic libraries via Interlibrary
Loan
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31. Don‘t hesitate to ask
We are happy to help.
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32. Check-out our YouTube channel:
http://www.youtube.com/user/fhacbib
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