The branch libraryEupener Str.Media and moreDipl.-Bibl. Eva-Maria HoritaMarch, 22 2011

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Where we are

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Where we are

Eupener Str. 70, next toPhilips Research Lab.

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The library

Informationdesk

Circulationdesk

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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Our electronic „staff member“

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Check out reserved books even after service hours

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We offer more than just books

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We offer more than just books

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Online access and more

Internet / MS-Office Personal memory space

WLAN-accessPrinting Station (3 cent b/w, 5-30 cents for color

print-outs)Scanners with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro

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You may come in empty-handed

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The reading room

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Library card application - online

Library homepage http://www.fh-aachen.de/bibliothek.html

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Online library card application form

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Essentials for picking up your library card

12547

Mustermann, Erika

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Loan periods

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

Booksabout 4 weeks

Older journalsabout 2 weeks

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Fees

in case of

exceeded due dates

1-10 days: 2 €/item11-20 days: 5 €/item21-30 days: 10 €/item31-40 days: 20 €/item

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Renewal of loan period

Library homepage http://www.fh-aachen.de/bibliothek.html

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My account: Renewal

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How to find a book

- Systematic shelving (subject-oriented order)

- Plates stating what is to befound on each shelf

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How to find a book

- Books from the referencecollection cannot bechecked out

- You recognize them bythe red stripe on thespine.

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Using the OPAC (Online Catalogue)

Library homepage http://www.fh-aachen.de/bibliothek.html

Purchase suggestion

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Searching for a certain book

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Full display of a book title

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Decipher the shelf location mark

21 WFC 173(4)2 = Branch libraryEupener Str.

Availability to ciculation1 = lending collection (4 weeks)

0 = reference collection

Subject

Sequentialnumber

Check digit

Edition

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The greenhorn trap

Catalogue entry:

21 WFC 173Sticker on the spine:

21 WFC 17

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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 isalready in- …

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Newspapers - Pressdisplay

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Newspapers - Pressdisplay

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Databases: i.e. Wiley journal articles

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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 InterlibraryLoan

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Don‘t hesitate to ask

We are happy to help.

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