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Pamphlet: In the University Library, a pamphlet is a small book usually having a paper cover and no spine, with fewer than 100 pages. However, in some cases the publication can be as short as a single sheet of paper. Pbk: An abbreviation for paperback, a book with a soft cover. PER: An abbreviation for Periodical. Periodical: Another name for Journal. PCMS (Printing and Copying Management System): All members of the University are issued with a PCMS account when they register and this account is used to pay for services such as printing, photocopying and myDocuments. http://www.shef.ac.uk/library/services/scan PIN: PIN (An abbreviation of Personal Identification Number): A four figure number which you use with your UCard to borrow books on the self-issue machines. You cannot change your PIN but if you forget it, simply go to https://www.shef.ac.uk/cics/password and enter your University login name and password. Then select the option to request UCard number and PIN. Portobello: The STORE for St. George’s Library (SGL). Print Release Station: This consists of a box where you swipe your UCard and a touch screen which shows you a list of your documents (or “jobs”) which are waiting to be printed. Print release stations are usually found in the Business Units. How to send documents to a printer: http://www.shef.ac.uk/cics/printing/printing How to release a print job: http://www.shef.ac.uk/cics/printing/printrelease Where to find a print release station: http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/cics/printing/printerlocations Q: An abbreviation for Quarto. Quarto: In the Library, this means a book which is between 25 – 34 centimetres tall. The classmark for books of this size starts with a Q. For example, “The University of Sheffield: a pictorial history” by Maureen Boylan has the classmark Q 378.42741 (B). Please see Dewey for further details. R&R: An abbreviation for myRooms&Resources. Record: This can be used to mean either the details of a person’s Library account (e.g. address, books on loan) or the details of a book or journal in the Library catalogue. REF: An abbreviation for Reference. Reference/ Reference use only: This means that the item is for use in the Information Commons or Library only. You cannot borrow it. Registration number: Your student identification number. It is printed on your UCard, along with the UCard number. (Please take care not to confuse the two numbers and remember that the UCard number, not the registration number, is your Library number.) Renew/ Renewal: When you borrow an item from the Library, a date of return is printed on the self-issue receipt. If you wish to keep the book after this date, you can renew it online via myLibrary Account which means that you will be given a new date of return. http://librarysupport.shef.ac.uk/International_glossary.pdf Copyright © 2013, The University of Sheffield 6
Request, Reservation or Reserved book: If you would like the Library staff to look for a book that you cannot find on the shelves, which is on loan, or which is kept in a STORE, you can click on the “Request” button on StarPlus. When the book is returned or found, we send you an email and tell you where you can collect it - either from Reservations for Collection in the Information Commons or from the Information Desks at the other Library sites. Please note that you have to collect the books within 2 days. Reservations for Collection: The area on Level 0 of the Information Commons where you can pick up books that you have requested and that are ready for you to collect. Re-shelving area/ Holding area: This is where we put books which have just been returned from loan or have recently been used by students and left on desks or tables. They are grouped according to their classmarks but are not in strict order. From here, they are put back in their correct place on the shelves. Return: This means to give back to the Library a book which you have had on loan. RHH/ RHHL/ HHL: Abbreviations for the Royal Hallamshire Hospital Library. http://www.shef.ac.uk/library/hsl/rhh SCONUL Access card: A card which allows you to use other University Libraries, providing they also belong to this scheme. (There are over 170 Higher Education Libraries which do.) Visit the SCONUL website to find which Libraries you can use. http://www.access.sconul.ac.uk/ Self-issue: This means to borrow a book or other Library material on a dedicated machine without having to ask a member of Library staff to do it for you. You need your UCard and PIN to carry out a self-issue. Self-reservation area: Please see Reservations for Collection. Self-return: This means to use a dedicated machine to give back to the Library a book or other material which you have had on loan. You do not need your UCard or Library PIN to do this. SGL: An abbreviation for St. George’s Library. http://www.shef.ac.uk/library/libsites/sgllib Map and floor plans: http://www.shef.ac.uk/library/services/find Shelfmark: Please see Classmark/ Class number. StarPlus: The Library catalogue which you can search to find out what is available in the Library. http://find.shef.ac.uk/ STORE: Library material which is not used very often but which could still be useful is taken out of the main collection of books or journals and put into store in either Western Bank Library or Portobello. You can request this material from StarPlus. For example, “Essential medicine,” edited by Alan E Read (1993), is just one book which has been moved from the Royal Hallamshire Hospital Library to store. Its classmark is now: HHL STORE WB 100 (E). Subject Librarian: Please see Faculty Liaison Librarian. Thesis: A long document which postgraduate research students write about the research they have carried out in order to achieve a PhD (Doctor of Philosophy) or MPhil (Master of Philosophy). These are kept in the Western Bank Library and are for use in the Library only. http://librarysupport.shef.ac.uk/International_glossary.pdf Copyright © 2013, The University of Sheffield 7
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