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Off Campus Access to Electronic Library Resources |
Faculty, staff and students of Tel Aviv University are entitled to off-campus access
to the library Internet electronic resources: databases, journals, books and reprints.
For instructions on an off-campus connection refer to the library homepage,
Off Campus Access.
Users of the various electronic resources are expected to comply with the copyrights
of the various publishers as well as the provisions of the various agreements signed
between the publishers, libraries and MALMAD (Israel Center for Digital Information
Services).
Extensive and/or systematic downloading of entire parts of a database and/or any
portion of a publication's issue or volume (including by technological devices such
as robots) is strictly prohibited, constitutes a violation of intellectual property
rights and is in breach of license agreements. |
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Aleph Catalog
Library Catalog will be inaccessible on Tuesday night
and once in 3 weeks on Friday night.
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Textbook Collection Update |
Once a year in May-June the textbook collection is checked and updated for the coming
academic year. Updated bibliographic lists for each course should be sent to Stella
Gurevich, the librarian in charge of the textbook collection, by e-mail
stellag@tauex.tau.ac.il or by the university inner mail.
Requests for new textbooks or new editions, for scanning articles for courses and
for canceling items from the textbook collection should be delivered to Stella Gurevich.
Books for the textbook collection may also be ordered via the electronic
Course Reserves ordering form on the library homepage.
Once a year announcements on new textbook editions are sent to the lecturers. New
editions will be purchased only after lecturer approvals and after updating
the students reading lists.
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Ordering New Books |
Faculty may order books on the library budget (subject to library budget restrictions)
and on research and departmental budgets. For details on ordering books refer to
Dora Getman, head of the Acquisition Department, Tel. 03-6409196. Books can also be ordered
via our electronic acquisition
form on the library homepage.
The Library welcomes donations of books purchased on grants and books written or
edited by faculty members.
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Reference Services |
The reference staff provides assistance in accessing the wide variety of available
library resources. The librarians guide the users in locating information from library
catalogs, bibliographic databases and search engines in the fields of life sciences,
medicine and health professions. They answer
in the library or by phone questions concerning information needs. Tel 03-6407975.
Brief or factual reference questions can be sent via an electronic form “Ask
a Librarian” on the library homepage. Replies will be sent within 2 working
days. |
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Information Retrieval and Alert Service
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Scientific articles and other information items are retrieved by the Yocheved &
A. S. Cohen Computerized Information Unit staff, according to your needs and demands.
The unit has access to many databases through local networks and by contracts with
suppliers abroad. Retrospective searches and current alert services are also available.
The service is available at the unit office in the library, by phone: tel. 6409374,
by Fax: 6409375
or by e-mail: medinfo@tauex.tau.ac.il |
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Interlending and Document Supply |
The Interlending and Document Supply Center provides copies of publications and
loans of library materials from Israeli and overseas sources. Orders can be placed
via online request forms or at the Department (room 12). Copied materials will be
sent by e-mail.
For details refer to Interlending and Document Supply Center
Faculty, Staff and Student Services. |
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Document Scanning and CD Burning |
The computer/technical support staff provides document scanning and CD burning services to the University community, under the restrictions of copyright laws. The service is fee based.
Burning
Burning of MS Office files, PDF and other file formats is available.
Burning fee is 10 Shekels, CD included.
Scanning
A self service scanner is available in room 24 on the entrance floor.
Materials can be scanned to PDF format only. Scanned files can be saved on diskettes, on diskonKey or on the temporary storage drive.
Self service scanning fee is 0.07 NIS per page.
The support staff scans documents, publications, selected sections and images upon demand.
The materials are saved in PDF, TIF or JPG format.
Scanning Fee
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0.75 NIS per page |
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| Images or sections of pages |
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2.00 NIS per section/picture |
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| Saving the scanned files - diskette included |
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2.00 NIS |
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| Saving the scanned files on user's diskette |
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Free of charge |
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| Sending the scanned files by e-mail |
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Free of charge |
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The service is provided in room 21a on the entrance floor.
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Sunday - Thursday: |
| 8:30 -18:45 |
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Friday: |
8:30 - 12:45 |
Telephone: 03-6407977
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Library Map |
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Detailed locations of all collections, desks and service points in the library are
drawn on the Library map
(Hebrew), which also includes a virtual library tour (Hebrew). |
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Faculty Card in the Library |
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Your faculty card serves as an entrance certificate and as a reader card. Please
note: upon visiting the library and checking out library materials you will be asked
to present your card.
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Virtual Course on Library Resources |
A virtual course in Hebrew on library resources is accessible via
Virtual TAU. The course has several learning units: The library catalog;
publication types; searching principles; database searching; journals and e-journals;
the Internet.
Username and password are required. Username for visitors: mlibrary,
Password: Medicin8. |
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Library Listserv |
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MEDLIB-L is the library news listserv. All Life Sciences and Medicine faculty are
automatically registered. If you are not on the list, you can
join the list. |
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