Library orientation

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Library orientation

• Fotini Kontos, Library liaison for the
• Undergraduate Studies (CPS) Center for
  Professional Studies
• fotikon_at_regent.edu
• 757-226-4187

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Library homepage

• Online catalog
• Circulation
• ILLIAD or Interlibrary Loan Services
• Databases
• Non-local students
• Learning opportunities
• Electronic reserves
• Reference Services
• Subject resources

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Library homepage
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Online catalogThings you can do

• Author search
• Title search
• Subject search
• Author title search
• You can view your record, renew books online
• Make book suggestions
• View the most recent acquisitions of the Regent
  University library

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Online Catalog
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Circulation
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Circulation privileges
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If the library does not have the book you are
looking for then

• You can search the WorldCat database to see what
  library worldwide has it
• You can request the book through Interlibrary
  loan, ILLIAD. (What is interlibrary loan?)

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WorldCat database
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ILLIAD or Interlibrary Loan

• Interlibrary loan (ILL) services provide eligible
  patrons with materials which are NOT available in
  the Regent University Library. Each student, with
  the exception of doctoral students, will be
  allowed to request 50 journal articles free of
  charge per academic year from July 1 through June
  30.
• Doctoral students will be allowed to request 75
  journal articles free of charge per academic year
  from July 1 through June 30 and will be informed
  when the requests reach 70.

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Interlibrary Loan
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Set up a username and password
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Databases

• The library maintains access to over 130
  electronic indexes, 75 are full-text databases,
  covering subjects across the Regent University
  curriculum.
• Access is limited to currently enrolled Regent
  University students, faculty and staff.
• Off campus access you need to use your Regent
  university e-mail login ID and password
• For questions about the username and password you
  need to call the Information Technology helpdesk
  at 757-226-4076
• For questions on how to search the databases you
  can call 757-226-4159 or 1-888-249-1822.

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Databases
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How do I locate full-text articles?

• If you know the title of the journal that the
  article is in you go to the online catalog and do
  a title search to see if the University library
  has holdings of it
• You can go also to the full-text journal title
  list from the databases homepage and do a title
  search. You can see what databases have the
  journal you are looking for.
• If the Regent University library does not have
  the full-text article you are looking for you can
  request it through ILLIAD.

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Full-text journal title list
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Non-local students
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Learning opportunities at Regent University
Library

• Information Research and Resources Course
• Learning opportunities
• Show me how to
• FAQs

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Homepage
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Information Research and Resources Course
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Electronic reserves
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Reference services

• In person.
• Call a librarian 226-4159 or 1888-249-1822
• E-mail reference_at_regent.edu
• Live online help, M-F, 11a.m.-12p.m. and 2-3p.m.

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Reference Services
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Subject resources. Library resources for the
Undergraduate Studies (CPS)
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Workshops and library orientations

• You can contact the Reference Desk at
• 757-226-4159 or toll free number at
  1-888-249-1822 to find out about the learning
  opportunities, library orientations offered in
  the Regent University library
• Or
• You can call Fotini Kontos, the library liaison
  for the Undergraduate Studies (CPS) at
  757-226-4187 or e-mail at fotikon_at_regent.edu

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Thank you!!

• Hope you have a wonderful semester!!
• Information is the currency of democracy
• Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)