1. Essential
Library
Skills
Judy McSorley ~ Liaison Librarian for Tourism 2011

2. At the end of this session you will
be able to:
 Use the library catalogue to find a book or
....journal
 Locate the books and journals on the
.....shelves
 Request and renew books
 Login to electronic resources, such as
.....online journals

3. Finding a book
author date title of book
Barnes, R.(1995). Successful study for degrees.
2nd ed. London: Routledge
edition publisher
A book reference

4. Finding a journal
author date title of article
Carnicelli-Filho,S. et al. (2010) Fear and adventure
tourism in Brazil, Tourism Management, vol.31,
no. 6, pp. 953-956
journal title volume
part page no's
A journal article reference

5. Books
How are they arranged?

6. Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC)
The main Middlesex University campus
libraries (Hendon and Trent Park)
all use the Dewey classification scheme
Each subject has its own subject number
as follows:-

7. Dewey
Shelf order - sample subject areas:
100 Philosophy and psychology
300 Social sciences
500 Science and mathematics
600 Technology
800 Literature
900 Geography and history

8. Shelf order within a subject
 330 Economics
 338 Industry : production and
services
 338.4 Secondary Industries
and services
 338.47 Goods and Services
 338.4791 Tourism
But remember …….

9. Shelf numbers...
Tourism Leisure Hospitality
Festivals Travel etc.....
While the main shelf number for “tourism”
is 338.4791, there will be relevant books in
many other shelf locations and on different
floors in the Sheppard Library eg. history,
geography, religion, culture etc.
Hence the importance of using the
Library Catalogue effectively………

10. The Library Catalogue
The Library Catalogue lists all the
material, books, journals etc. Held in
all the Middlesex University Libraries
You may use any campus library, and
you may request books from other
campuses through the Library Catalogue
which can be sent to whichever campus
is most convenient for collection

11. The Library Catalogue
The catalogue
includes several
different search
types.
Each is useful
depending on
the information
available to start
with.

12. The Library Catalogue
Activity: (10minutes & in pairs)
Try the following 3 examples and decide which
of the listed search types is most appropriate for
each – using the information provided.
bb
• Find “Marketing for hospitality and tourism”
• Find a book on tourism and poverty
bb
• Find an ecotourism book by Jennifer Hill

13. The Library Catalogue
Best options would be:-
For the first, where the title is fully
known, use Title A-Z
For the second where a topic is
known, use Title Keyword
Where a part title and author are
known, use General Keyword

14. The Library Catalogue
The Name Keyword search is also useful if there are 2
authors for a book and where the full title is unknown.

15. Logging in to My Account
b
~ as stated below, use your student number (M000...) as your ID and
your date of birth in 6 digits for your Pin.

16. Renewing
n
~ tick the books you wish to renew and click to Renew. Also check
books on your account, requested items and personal details.

17. Making a Request

18. Making a Request
b
~ as before log in with you student number and date of birth.
Select which campus to collect from and note your position in the
queue. Click to Request.

19. Journals
 How are they arranged?

20. Print Journals are arranged:-
Alphabetically by the exact title of the journal.
Within each title, journals are arranged:
overall by date : volume number : part/issue number
The vast majority of our journals are
now provided electronically and
accessed through the Library Catalogue
Print journals are located on the
2nd floor in the Law Wing

21. Print or Online?
To check availability of journals, use the library catalogue.
If available in print form, the catalogue will tell you which
campus holds the journal with details of years covered.
If available online, there will be a blue link to
the available online issues of the journal with
details of years covered.
Not all journals are available online,
availability is dependent on the library
having a subscription to the journal

22. Journal Keyword Search
for TOURISM
= 61 results

23. Print or Online?

24. Online Access

25. Electronic Journals Providers
Science Direct
If you access journals or databases
without first logging in through
myUniHub you may have to log in
for each resource you use.
The ID and password will be
exactly the same as your computer
and uniHub one.
Business Source Complete
Ebsco

26. Science Direct:
searching within a particular journal

27. Library and IT Support Web Page
http://unihub.mdx.ac.uk/study/library/
Start from UniHub to
link to Library and
IT under the Your
study tab.

28. Library and IT Support Web Page
Scroll down the screen to Study and Research Resources
These are the
most useful
resources for
Literature
Searching

29. myUniHub for alternative access to the catalogue etc.
Logging in here enables access to electronic resources without
further authentication.

30. myUniHub

31. Summon
the new single search discovery service from the main
Library and IT Support page or My Library within
myUniHub and also linked from the library catalogue

32. Summon
Search for heritage tourism, then limit to Journal Article

33. Summon
add “and management” make sure Journal Article is selected and
you can also tick for “tourism” under Subject Terms.
Click for the online full text article

34. Summon
Full text article

35. Finally - Library Subject Guides
Remember - Tourism resources and guidance together
http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/tou

36. Library Subject Guides
Searching for journal articles – guides and information plus a PowerPoint
presentation http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/tou