Library Catalogue Help

Searching	Finding Specific Types of Material	My Account
Quick Search	Videos and DVDs	Review My Account
Refining Your Search	Slides	Renew My Materials
Detailed Search	Student Dissertations	Change My PIN
Browse	UWE Theses
Shelf Mark Search
Journal Title Search
Short Loan	Viewing Search Results	Holds
Multimedia Search		Placing a Hold
Ebooks Search		Canceling a Hold
New Items	Creating Lists of Items

Searching

If you get lost in the Library Catalogue use either the New Search or Quick Search links to start again.

Quick Search

Quick search box

Author/Title Searching:

Type the author’s surname and one or two significant words from the title in the appropriate boxes and then click the Search Catalogue button.
The default is set to search all UWE libraries. To search a particular campus library use the drop-down menu.

Keyword Searching:

For keyword searching enter terms linked by and, e.g. environment and pollution. This will look for both terms in any of the catalogue fields (such as title, author or subject).
You can search for a phrase by enclosing the expression in single quotes, e.g. ‘understanding classical sociology’
You can truncate search terms using the $ symbol, e.g. psycholog$
You can use the ? symbol to replace a single letter, e.g. wom?n

Refining your Search

To refine your search use Search Again at the bottom of the page or select the Refine Search link at the top of the page.
You can limit your search by campus library, language, item format (e.g. video) etc. If you choose to limit your search by loan period, scroll down the list to those prefixed by UWE.
You can sort your search results (only if there are 200 or fewer) by date, author, title etc. using the drop-down Sort by menu.

Detailed Search

Detailed searching allows you to find materials in the Library using a wider combination of criteria than Quick Search.
Select Detailed Search from the Catalogue Searches box.
Enter search terms in the appropriate boxes (e.g. author, title or keyword).

Detailed search box

You can restrict your search according to various criteria (e.g. campus library, item format) using the drop-down menus.

Browse

Select Browse from the Catalogue Searches box to browse a list of authors, titles, subjects, series or journal titles.
Type in the surname, word or phrase you wish to browse and select one of the buttons below the search box.
Use Next and Previous to browse forwards and backwards through the alphabetical list.
You can limit your search by selecting a specific campus library.

Shelf Mark Search

Select Shelf Mark Search from the Catalogue Searches box.
Enter a specific shelf mark number (e.g. 301 for sociology books).
You can limit your search by selecting a specific campus library.

Journal Title Search

Select Journal Title Search from the Catalogue Searches box.
Enter the journal title in the search box.
Scroll down the results page to see all search results.
Find the journal you want and click on Details to see the full record.
The holdings for each campus tell you the years that are available.
Electronic journals have [electronic journal] after the title.
To access an electronic journal click on Details and then Connect to Resource. Access to electronic journals is not available from Library Catalogue terminals.

Short Loan

Select Short Loan from the Catalogue Searches box.
Enter your lecturer’s surname, the course number or the course title in the search box to find a list of relevant items in the Short Loan Collection.

Multimedia Search

Multimedia search is a search for items such as CDs or DVDs. It also includes items such as Glenside’s models and bones collection.
Select Multimedia Search from the Catalogue Searches box.
You can restrict your search according to various criteria using the drop-down menus.

Ebooks Search

Select Ebooks Search from the Catalogue Searches box to find electronic books.
Enter author, title or subject in the keyword search box.
To access an electronic book click on Connect to Resource. Access to electronic books is not available from Library Catalogue terminals.

New Items

Select New Items in the Catalogue Searches box to find details of new books that the Library has acquired.
Select the subject area of interest.

Finding Specific Types of Materials

Additional help on finding Library resources is available on the Library website www.uwe.ac.uk/library.

Videos and DVDs:

Select Detailed Search from the Catalogue Searches box.
Enter search terms in the appropriate boxes (e.g. author, title or keyword).
Select Video or DVD from the Item Format drop down menu.

Slides:

The slide collection, held at Bower Ashton, contains around 60,000 slides, of which approximately 4,000 are searchable using the Library Catalogue.
Select either Quick Search or Detailed Search.
Enter search terms in the appropriate boxes (e.g. author, title or keyword).
Select UWE slides at any campus from the drop down Library menu.

Student Dissertations and Projects:

Select Quick Search from the Catalogue Searches box.
Enter author surname and/or one or two words from the title in the Author and Title boxes.
Enter the word dissertations in the Keyword search box.

UWE Theses (MPhil and PhD):

Select Quick Search from the Catalogue Searches box.
Enter author surname and/or one or two words from the title in the Author and Title boxes.
Enter the word theses in the Keyword search box.

Viewing Search Results

Use the scroll bar on the right to move up and down the results page.

Use the Pages << 1 2 3 >> to view the next/previous page.
To view more information for an item click the Details button.

View results box

This will give you the holdings information, i.e. how many copies are available in the Library and the shelf mark (where the book can be found on the shelf) e.g. 305.461 CON.

Holdings box

Creating Lists of Items

In your search list you can click on the Mark button for each item of interest.
When you have selected all the items you require, select Marked records from the top of the screen and a list of marked records will be displayed.
You can sort the list of marked records by title, author and shelf mark.
You can choose to have the records displayed in full or brief format.
Enter your e-mail address in the box to have your list sent to you.

My Account

Review My Account

To display a list of the items you have on loan and any holds you have placed, select Review My Account, enter your UWE ID number and Library PIN then click on Display User Information.

Renew My Materials

Select Renew My Materials, enter your UWE ID number and Library PIN and click on List Items on Loan. You will be given a list of all the items you have on loan.
Select the loans you wish to renew and click Renew Selected Items.
A list of the items will be displayed indicating whether or not they have been renewed.
You will not be able to renew items with holds on them, if you have already renewed them the maximum number of times, or if you owe more than £5 in fines. Short Loan items cannot be renewed.

Change My PIN

To change your Library PIN, click on Change My PIN, enter your UWE ID number and existing Library PIN then enter your new PIN twice and click Change PIN.

Holds

Placing a hold:

You can only place a hold (reservation) if all copies of the item at your home campus are on loan, or the item is located at another campus.
Search for the item on which you wish to place a hold and click on the Details button.
Select Place Hold on the left of the screen. Enter your UWE ID number and Library PIN and specify which campus library you wish to collect the item from.
When the item is ready to collect, an e-mail will be sent to your UWE e-mail address.

Canceling a hold:

Select My Account from the top of any screen.
Select Review My Account, enter your UWE ID number and Library PIN then click on Display User Information.
A list of the items you have on loan and any holds you have placed will be displayed.
Select the hold(s) you wish to cancel and click on Cancel Selected Holds.