Welcome to the Library 1 Helen Whittaker Subject Librarian.

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Welcome to the Library1

Helen Whittaker

Subject Librarian

What the Library has to offer

Physical Library

Electronic Library

Extensive range of services & facilities

Help and Support

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What the Library has to offer

Services

Long opening hours – 24 hour (Headington Library) & weekends

Group study spaces and group rooms

Quiet areas, silent study and individual study rooms

Computers, laptop points, Wi-Fi

Photocopiers , scanners, printers

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What the Library has to offer

Help & Support

Your Subject Librarian – Nickey Barnard / Helen Whittaker

Staff to help you at the Enquiry Desk, IT help desk, Upgrade

Ask us – email & web enquiry form

Subject help pages

Guides

Library home page - http://www.brookes.ac.uk/library/

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What the Library has to offer5

Physical Library

Extensive collections of books, journals, multimedia

1 and 2 week loan, short loan collection

Self-service borrowing & returning / Reservation service

The Library Catalogue lists the library’s holdings with location details. Click ‘Search Catalogue’ from the list of options on the Library home page

Electronic Library6

Electronic resources available anywhere at anytime

Electronic books / Journals / NewspapersDatabases – access to a wide range of resources

Athens account - Athens is the security system which controls access to most of the Library's electronic resources. It is good practice to log into Athens FIRST before accessing our range of e-resources

From the Library homepage at: http:www.brookes.ac.uk/library select Athens login, bottom of screen

All you need are your Brookes login details – your student number and portal password. Further details at: http://www.brookes.ac.uk/library/athens.html

Electronic Library

The Subject help webpages for Hospitality provide details of and access to electronic resources for hospitality http://www.brookes.ac.uk/library/hrm.html

Select Electronic resources and Databases for access to a range of online resources, including articles, company information, statistics.

The library webpages at: http:www.brookes.ac.uk/library provide details of, and access to, our electronic resources for all subject areas

Select the options under ‘Quick links’ for further details

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Help…8

Go on a Library tour

If you need help - let us know

You can contact us by phone, email or in person

Library webpages

Helen Whittaker: Email - hkwhittaker@brookes.ac.uk

Tel - 01865 483139

Office - Library Ground Floor