Personalise MetaLib - and use advanced features!

Now the Library search tool, MetaLib, has been available for a few weeks, you may be interested in using the option to login so you can personalise it and access more advanced features, such as saving articles from your searches, using the My Space area.

To login to MetaLib just click on the padlock icon at the top right of Metalib screen and login using your MWS username and password. Note that this takes you to the 'Liverpool portal' for on campus students, so to access the 'Laureate portal' click on the portal icon at the top right of the screen and then select Laureate. To check that you are in the correct portal once you have logged in, look in the top right corner of your MetaLib screen - it should say your username, LAUREATE

After you have done your search and you are presented with the search results in MetaLib, you will see a plus sign next to each result. Click on the plus sign to add the article to your My Space area. Access My Space by selecting the My Space tab at the top of the MetaLib screen.

Once logged into MetaLib you can also use My e-Journals and My Databases.

My e-Journals allows you to create your own lists of your favourite e-journals. Instead of having to locate the e-journal each time you want to use it, just go to My e-Journals instead.

My Databases allows you to create your own lists of your favourite databases, and categorise them into folders if you want to. Instead of having to locate the database each time you want to use it, just go to My Databases instead. If you organise your resources into folders, those will appear in QuickSearch and ExpertSearch in Metalib.

If you have any questions please ask Stephanie Allen, Online Librarian.

TRIAL: Sage eReference

The Library has a trial of the SAGE eReference 2007 Collection until 19th December 2007.

To access this trial from off-campus you need to use the Windows Terminal Service. Login with your MWS username and password, select the IE icon, and once in IE, go to the URL http://www.sage-ereference.com/. If we purchased this resource access would be enabled via EZproxy.

SAGE eReference is a collection of 62 online encyclopedias covering most areas of the social sciences (including psychology) and the humanities.

After trying SAGE eReference please leave a comment on the blog (mentioning specific encyclopedias if possible).

IEEE Xplore downtime Saturday 10 November

The Library has been informed that there will be some downtime for IEEE Xplore on Saturday 10 November - please see their announcement below:

Dear IEEE online subscriber

On Saturday, 10 November, IEEE will implement an upgrade to the IEEE Xplore digital library.

As a result, users will experience approximately 2-4 hours of downtime on that date, between 9:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. EST. A message will be posted to the IEEE Xplore home page to alert your users to the planned downtime.
Please encourage your users to take this into account when they plan their research.

This update includes the following features:
- Tabbed search results, including a beta test of Application Notes, practical content for working engineers
- Citation (Known Item) search, RefWorks/BibTeX citation download, and improved author search
- Subscriptions to IEEE Expert Now educational courses available through the IEEE Xplore platform Thank you for subscribing to your IEEE online collection.

We look forward to your response to these new tools and features and bringing you additional enhancements in the coming months.

Sincerely, The IEEE Publications Development Team

TRIAL: The Economist 1843-2003

The Library have a trial of The Economist 1843-2003 until 24th November 2007. Currently we have The Economist available, but only from July 1990 onwards.

To access this trial go to The Economist 1843-2003 and login with the trial username and password. You will need to type in your MWS username and password to access the trial username and password.

The current site includes 70% of the overall content. Full upload of the 1843-2000 section will be completed by 10th December 2007 with the remaining three years (2001-2003) being uploaded at the beginning of 2008.

We are very keen to find out your views on this resource, so after trying The Economist 1843-2003 please leave a comment.

Core E-Textbooks now available for Business and Management

Some core e-textbooks are now available in Business & Management (5 titles). There are also titles for Engineering (14 titles), Media Studies (7 titles) and Medicine (10 titles).

These titles have been licensed by the Library free of charge for 2 years as part of the JISC E-Books Observatory Project which aims to look at how core texts are used online, and how their availability affects purchasing levels and borrowing of library copies of the print versions. Up until now, most e-books available to libraries have been 'research monographs' or the sort of books that are useful for background reading or projects. Publishers have not been willing to licence core e-textbooks to libraries, though some of them do sell them direct to students.

The books are available on either the Myilibrary or Books@Ovid platforms.