LDA Library User Manual

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LDA LIBRARY USER MANUAL

Link to LDA library http://mdc.ltindia.com/library

or http://192.168.168.169/library/index.asp.

1. Membership: Any L&T-ite with a PS No is eligible for the LDA

library membership. For membership kindly write to Ms.

Rajashree Chakraborty at

Rajashree.chakraborty@larsentoubro.com or Mr. K. Nagamadri

at nagamadri.k@larsentoubro.com/

mdclibrary@larsentoubro.com

2. Accessing the LDA library.

Step 1: type http://mdc.ltindia.com/library/index.asp

To change the password click here

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On clicking the screen as displayed above appears.

Step 2 : Type in your membership code and Password and click on

submit key. Both your membership code and password is your P. S.

Number. Password can be changed by clicking on the link as shown

above.

Step 3: On entering the membership code and password the under mentioned

screen gets displayed. On the left hand side we can see the tool bar.

3. Services offered :

a. New Arrivals: By clicking the tab of New Arrivals you can get a list of

physical books added to the LDA library. (Ref. Screen below)

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b. C.A.S : By clicking on this tab you will get a subject list. On clicking the

subject list, books added in 30 days will be displayed.

c. S.D.I: You can select subject collection that interests you by clicking

on this tab. This will keep you posted on books added in the subject

collection selected by you. (Ref. Screen below)

d. Subject List : Displays various subject collection of the library

e. Journal list: By clicking on the tab Journal List the journal

subscribed by in print form is displayed.

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f. Latest Issues: By clicking on to this tab the list of latest journals

available in print form is displayed. If you are coming for a training

program to LDA, you can reserve a copy online by clicking on the

reserve button. With this the librarian will keep it reserved for you.

(Refer screen below)

g. List reservations: By clicking on this tab, the books/ journals reserved

by you will be displayed.

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h. Place reservation: You can reserve a book prior to coming to MDC. It

will as you to type the accession number. This number can be located

through the search string. ( pl. refer to the screen shot of step 3)

i. Popular Documents : Gives a list of most popularly issued books.

j. Outstanding documents: Lists the books issued and yet to be

returned.

k. Procure Document: You can suggest books, DVDs to be added to the

LDA library by clicking on to this tab. The screen as displayed below

will appear. You can fill the same and submit.

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4. E-resources available online :

i. Online Journals: The journal like National Geographic, Time, Economist,

Vikalpa etc. can be read by clicking on the tab of Online Journals.

The screen as under will get displayed. You can then click on the title

of your interest to read it.

ii. E-journals: LDA subscribes to the e-journals from reputed publishers like

Wiley, Sage, Emerald, Springer. For HR professional the magazine

Human Capital is also being subscribed to.

No. of journals available: Wiley : 21 titles Sage : 1 title Emerald : 02 titles Springer : 105 titles (Business and economic collection) & Human Capital

By clicking on the tab of e-journals the page will get displayed as under:

Click on the title to read the magazine

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You can click on the title of your interest and read the same.

iii. EBSCO : It is management database comprising of collection of journals including Harvard Business Review, Leader to Leader etc. Issues of HBR from 1922 onwards form part of this database. By clicking on the tab of EBSCO the screen is as displayed under .

Click on the link

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On clicking on the link , it displays the EBSCO home screen.

Offerings of EBSCO :

1. Business Source Corporate Plus : choose to browse HBR from 1922 onwards Step 1: To access HBR : Click on Publications Choose Business Source Corporate Plus

Step 2: On completing Step 1, the under mentioned screen will appear.

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Once you click on browse the title Harvard Business Review appears below . Click & Read the same.

Type Harvard Business Review here and click on Browse

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2. Entrepreneurial Studies Source : choose to read articles as well as browse videos

Step 1: To watch videos : Click on Publications Choose Entrepreneurial Studies Source. Step 2: From Toolbar select More Business Videos Step 3: Type the keyword in the search box provided. Step 4: You can select and watch videos .

3. E- Book Collection : Step 1: To access e-books : From Toolbar Select more E-books

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4. Risk Management Reference Centre: choose for articles related to risk

Step: From Tool bar select Publication Risk Management Reference Centre- Type key word to get articles

5. Sustainability Reference Centre: choose for articles related to sustainability Step: From Tool bar select Publication Sustainability Reference Centre- Type key word to get articles

6. Business Book Summaries : Read book summaries

Click here to access e-books

Click here to access book summaries

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iv. Databases : PROQUEST Research database.

From the toolbar select Proquest. The screen as displayed appears.

On clicking the link the main screen gets displayed. Type a keyword

and articles get displayed. You can also search based on Publication

title.

Click here to access the database

Type the keyword here

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v. Springer Engineering books: L&T at present has subscribed to 2000+

engineering e-books.

Step 1: To read the subscribed resources click on the tab Springer e-

books .

Step 2: Click on books. The screen will get displayed as under.

Step 3: To view only resources subscribed by L&T ,uncheck the box as shown below.

Uncheck the box

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On doing the above, books subscribed to by L&T are displayed. These

books can be downloaded and read.

vi. Access Engineering : This database gives access to:

Renowned engineering handbooks

Faculty-made, instructional videos

Downloadable calculators

Time-saving curriculum maps

Powerful search tools

Interactive tables and graphs

Student study guides

Global engineering news

User id : ltlda ; password : engineering

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vii. Lexis Legal : For access to Legal information.

a. User id : RAJASHREESUBIRV ;password LDA@1234

b. User id: SURESHMS ; password LDA@1234

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Nexis : for business news , Company News, Country Profiles etc.

viii. Emerald Case Studies : to locate case-studies for training programs.

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For teaching notes or complete case study you may write to the library.

ix. Newspaper: Click on the tab of Newspaper. Select the Newspaper to

read by clicking on it.

x. A to Z : This link gives a directory of subscribed resources. By

clicking the keyword it will help you to know the database

where the resources can be found.

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The list gets displayed as under:

Type keyword

here

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xi. Feedback : You can offer your feedback by pressing the tab of

Feedback

xii. Help : The help tab can be clicked to get assistance on the

various option given in the toolbar.

Note :

In case of any difficulty in accessing the above resources /

resetting the password please write to

Ms. Rajashree Subir on Rajashree.chakraborty@larsentoubro.com or

call on 02114-302211

Mr. Nagamadri (Librarian) on nagamadri.k@larsentoubro.com or

mdclibrary@larsentoubro.com or call on 02114-302229.