Both of our site Libraries will close at 12 noon on Friday 23rd December 2011 and reopen as normal on Wednesday 4th January 2012.

However the Studentzone Library at St Andrew Street will open during the holidays on the following days:

ST ANDREW STREET STUDENTZONE LIBRARY ONLY

Wednesday 28th December 2011    09.00 – 17.00
Thursday 29th December 2011       09.00 – 17.00
Friday 30th December 2011           09.00 – 13.00

You can find information about our opening hours for both the Garthdee and St Andrew Street Libraries here.

Just a quick reminder that there are various changes happening to RefWorks at start of January.

We are changing the way you access RefWorks by shifting from the Athens Login system to the Shibboleth login system. And at the start of January the Athens access route will no longer be available.

However to prevent any access problems over the Christmas holidays the Athens access route will continue to be available until the start of the second week in January.

But if you wish to continue to use RefWorks in the New Year you must create a new Shibboleth account and transfer your references from your old account into the new account.

Full details on the change, including how to backup your references, create a new account, and restore your references, can be found on the web pages.

Also in January there will be a new look to RefWorks as the RefWorks Classic interface will be replaced by the new, more intuitive, RefWorks 2.0 interface.

More information about this and links to some videos and tutorials can found in this blog post.

Recently Art Full Text has moved from being hosted by WilsonWeb to being hosted by EBSCOHost. This blog entry gives information about how to use the new search screen and get access to the journal articles.

However while this move is being completed there is a chance that the Find it @ RGU service will not always give accurate results.

For example you could find a journal article on a database, click Find it @ RGU, and be told the article is not available online when it is or you may follow the link to the full text and then not find the article.

Therefore over the next few weeks when looking for articles and journals in the art and design and architecture subject areas it is vital that you also check the library catalogue to see if we have the journal and what years are available. To check the catalogue simply:

Following some technical issues with logging on to the ACM Digital Library off campus we have implemented a new way of accessing this resource which allows on and off campus access. To get access to the ACM Digital Library simply follow these instructions.

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The changes to RefWorks are now getting closer and in the New Year the Athens access route will no longer be available!

• New RefWorks users should simply create and use a RefWorks (Shibboleth) account.
• Anyone who currently uses RefWorks and does not need access after 30th December 2011 can continue to use their current RefWorks (Athens) account.
• But those current users who want to carry on using RefWorks after the 30th December 2011 must have a new Shibboleth account! But don’t worry you will not lose your references because you can easily transfer them from your old account to a new one.

To get access to RefWorks, find out how this affects you, see how to transfer your references from your old RefWorks account to a new one, and look at what changes this will cause please take a look at the all information on the library web pages.

RefWorks web page

And if you would like more information or to see a member of library staff for guidance with transferring your material then please contact the library.

We’ve raised the borrowing limit for students from 12 books to 15 books! All of our standard loan books can be borrowed for 56 days, but remember all books can be recalled, so keep an eye on your RGU email account for any recall notices.

Also, you can now have up to £5 of fines before your Library account is blocked. We’ve made this change to make it easier for you to borrow books when our Libraries are open for self-service only, though it’s always best to clear your fines before the amount gets too high! You can check your Library account for any fines or overdues by using the ‘My Account’ link from the Library Catalogue.