New Library Service Launched: ELIN@Bath

The Library is pleased to announce the launch of ELIN@Bath: Electronic Library Information Navigator.

In ELIN users can search the Library’s online collection of e-journals, articles, databases and e-books from multiple sources using one single user-friendly interface.

Maybe you’ve come across what seems to be the perfect article in a Google search, only to find you cannot access the fulltext of the article. One of the main benefits of using ELIN is that users can choose to search only for articles available in full text, in journals to which the Library subscribes and in open access journals and archives. Users can then follow a link straight to the full text of an article.

You can personalise the ELIN service using the options in My Collection:

• save your search queries and results
• get email alerts when new articles and journal issues are published
• add links to your most used ebooks and ejournal resources to your collection

The service is provided by Lund University Libraries in Sweden, where it has been in development since 2001. Lund is also the home of the Directory of Open Access Journals and Journal Info service. ELIN@Bath will be trialled alongside the Library’s existing web pages and catalogue for one year starting September 2007.

http://www.bath.ac.uk/library/elin

Get yourself SORTED out!

You’ll have been busy signing up for clubs and societies during Freshers Week but now the lectures and coursework are starting.   Maybe you’d benefit from attending some of the library led SORTED training sessions this Semester to brush up on a few of your research and referencing skills?

Library staff are presenting a few meetings that could be very useful to new undergraduates as well as student groups further through their course.

Firstly, “To Google or not to Google” looks at making the best use of web search engines.  We will outline the pros and cons of relying on search engine results for your assignment research and talk about a few other online resources you may find more valuable to use during your studies.

We are also holding an information session about “Referencing – A Beginner’s Guide“.  Everytime you cite someone else’s work in one of your essays, you’ll be expected to reference that author correctly by your lecturer.  This presentation will outline the basics and give you a few examples to work on.

Follow the weblinks above to read more about the timing and content of the library meetings.  If you are interested in attending, you will need to sign up with SORTED. This involves a £10 deposit to be eligible to attend any of the SORTED training sessions on offer.