Lawtel database - access problem

Staff and Students,

Lawtel has announced that they are experiencing technical difficulties this morning.  You may have trouble logging in to this service and also retrieving the legal documents available via this database.  They are working on fixing this problem but in the meantime if you experience any issue downloading legal documents please contact the Lawtel helpdesk

Lawtel Helpdesk Team on 0800 018 9797
helpdesk@lawtel.com

Kind Regards
Nicola Dennis
Business & Law Information Specialist

Are you graduating in July 2013?

If you are graduating in July 2013, then please make sure that you pay your Library fines and return your Library books by Friday 7 June.  Your degree certificate can only be released if your Library account is clear. 

• You can check your Library Record online.
• You can pay off fines either in the Library at the self-service machines, or online

Best of luck from all Library staff for your revision, final assignments and exams.

The Library will be open on Monday 6th May 2013

We are pleased to let you know that the Library will be open as normal on Bank Holiday Monday 6th May.   However, please note that the Library will be operating on a self-service only basis throughout the day, as the Help desk will be closed.

If you have any queries on Monday 6th May, please ask at Reception or send an email to library@aston.ac.uk and Library staff will respond to your query on Tuesday morning.

For the benefit of all students please remember that both 2nd and 3rd floors of the Library are for single silent study only, throughout this important revision and examination period.

Thank you
Library Team

New videos to help you keep up-to-date

Have you discovered Zetoc alerts? If not, Zetoc have recently produced a number of useful videos to introduce you to Zetoc and to show you how to make best use of the services available.

"Zetoc alerts are a very powerful and useful tool. It means that Zetoc tells you when new records that you might wish to review have arrived and takes you to them" 

See the full video here:

Zetoc have this to say about their Screencast Series:

"The Zetoc Screencast Series is intended to provide an introduction to the Zetoc service, and to assist Zetoc users to make full use of the service" 

You can view all the videos at the Zetoc website.

For more information about keeping up-to-date in your subject area, see the relevant tab in your LibGuide.

Having problems accessing Scopus off-campus...?

**UPDATE**
This problem has now been fixed. If you go via the LibGuides link to Scopus you will be taken to the correct login page where you should only need to log in once.

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If you see the screen below when you attempt to log in to Scopus from off-campus, you can still access the site by:

• Clicking on Athens and Shibboleth (Institutional) user please login here
• Select UK Access Management Federation from the list
• Select Aston University OpenAthens from the list
• Login with your Aston University network username and password

We're looking into fixing the access problem and returning to a seamless login process as quickly as possible.
If you have any queries regarding this post, please leave a comment below or email us at library@aston.ac.uk.

The Library has extended the opening hours until 22:00 this Saturday 27 April 2013

The Library will remain open this Saturday 27 April 2013 until 22:00. This is to help those students who might have used Main Building which will be closed on Saturday 27 April 2013 from 6pm, until 4pm on Sunday 28th April 2013 for testing of the Fire Alarm System. Please remember to bring your uniCARD to swipe in to the Library. Thank you Library Team

Removal of printed journals from the Library

The printed journals have been removed from the Library in readiness for the refurbishment of the 2nd and 3rd floors of the Library this summer. 

Some titles have gone into storage and won't be available until October, but most titles have been taken over to the Library Store and are available for loan on request. 

Check the Journal A-Z list for details of each title. 

If you need access to an article from a title in storage, please use our Inter-Library Loans service. Titles in the Library Store can be requested by following the link in each journal record to the on-line request form.