Library Survival Tips

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Library Survival Tips

• University of Arizona Libraries
• February 2008

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Outline

• Welcome!
• General Info about the UA Libraries
• FAQs Concerns
• RefWorks
• Citation Index Searching
• Setting Up Journal Alerts / Search Updates

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UA Libraries and Collections

• Main Library
• Government Documents
• Map Collection
• Special Collections
• Science-Engineering Library (SEL)
• Fine Arts Library (includes Architecture, CCP,
  and Music)
• Center for Creative Photography (CCP)

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Main Library

• Includes information resources for
• Social Sciences
• Business
• Education
• Fine Arts and Humanities
• Asian and Arabic language materials

• Specialized resources include
• Government publications
• Maps
• Films, Videos DVDs
• Microfilm Microfiche
• Newspapers

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Science-Engineering Library

• Includes information resources for
• Physical Sciences
• Life Sciences
• Agriculture
• Engineering
• Military Sciences

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Other Campus Libraries

• Arizona Health Sciences Library (AHSL)
• Law Library
• Miscellaneous reading rooms / departmental
  collections
• Economic and Business Research Library (EBR)
• Optical Sciences Library
• Lunar Planetary Sciences (LPL) Library
• Etc.
• Arizona Historical Society Library
• Arizona State Museum Library

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Location of UA Libraries
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• Frequently Asked Questions
• Concerns
• about
• Using the Library

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• Frustration
• I don't think I use it properly.
• Sometimes I end up with too many articles or too
  few of them depending on what I put in the blank.
  
• I cant seem to find the correct references. I am
  comfortable only if someone states the reference
  or tells me exactly what to look for. If I have
  to search a database on my own, I'd be lost
• Not knowing how to use all of the tools at my
  disposal.
• lexis-nexis is very fussy. searching through the
  congressional records is also very confusing b/c
  of the setup
• Want to learn
• How to search for what I'm looking for more
  effectively.
• How to be more efficient.
• How to search efficiently and find what you need
  without finding the same things over and over
  again that you don't want

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Librarians Subject Specialists / Department
Liaisons

• Tip To identify amazing librarians who are here
  to help you, review the list of subject
  specialists
• (http//www.library.arizona.edu/about/contact/subj
  ectSpecialists.php)

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Online Catalog

• Comment
• I have used it before, but an in depth tutorial
  would be helpful.
• Tip Learn more about searching the UA Libraries
  catalog by using the UA Library Catalog Tutorial
  
• (http//www.library.arizona.edu/help/tutorials/cat
  alog/index.html)

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Finding Dissertations, Theses, etc.

• I have no problem with books, but don't know well
  about news articles, electronic books, thesis or
  dissertation etc.
• Tip For information on finding different kinds
  of resources, including dissertations, films,
  videos, DVDs, maps, etc., visit the How Do I ?
  page
• http//www.library.arizona.edu/help/how/index.htm
  l

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Problems with catalog records

• Sometimes, I fear that the catalogue is not
  updated or accurate.
• Tip Let us know about problems using the
  feedback form (http//www.library.arizona.edu/help
  /feedback/index.html) or contact the librarian
  who is the subject specialist or liaison for your
  department
• (http//www.library.arizona.edu/about/contact/subj
  ectSpecialists.php)

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Suggesting new titles

• If UA does not have access to certain journal, is
  it possible to students/faculties to request to
  acquiring such access?
• Tip Suggest new titles for the collection by
  contacting the librarian who is subject
  specialist or liaison for your department.
• http//www.library.arizona.edu/about/contact/subje
  ctSpecialists.php

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Interlibrary Loan (ILL)

• Yes, the staff have been most helpful and I have
  been able to obtain almost all my copies and
  readings through ILL or online.
• I have completed my undergraduate here at UA thus
  I am familiar with many of the facilities in the
  UA libraries. I absolutely love what our library
  has to offer, and it's really quite incredible
  the amount of offerings it really does have. I
  love the interlibrary loan service.
• Would like to learn more about interlibrary loan
  (2)
• Frustration
• When I desperately need an article and the
  catalog indicates that it's available in the
  library and I find out that U of A stopped
  subscribing to the journal.
• When they don't have that article available
• When you don't have the journals I need.
• When you can see the title of the article but not
  access it. It would be paid journal.

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Interlibrary Loan

• Tip For more information about Interlibrary
  Loan, visit the ILL Services page
• http//www.library.arizona.edu/services/ill/index
  .html

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Full-text Online Access to Information Resources

• Frustration having to go to the library
• Frustration not all journals are online
• Tip Use the Libraries Express Documents
  service! Express Documents now offers free (0!)
  electronic delivery of articles and book chapters
  to all UA-affiliated customers. Fees () are
  charged for delivery of hard-copy books. Find
  out more at http//www.library.arizona.edu/service
  s/docdel/index.html.

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Off-Campus Access

• Frustration The accessibility of the library
  resources from off-campus. It's rather
  frustrating to have to punch in my catcard number
  every time I open a new window or want to start a
  new search. I have heard VPN (virtual personal
  Net) might be away to bypass this re-entering
  password process. I would love to learn how to
  use VPN.

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Off-Campus Access

• Tip If you are using your own computer from
  off-campus, you can install the campus VPN
  software on your computer and use it to connect
  to library databases full-text online resources
  via the campus network
• The VPN software is available for UA CCIT at
  https//sitelicense.arizona.edu/vpn/.
• Please contact CCIT for support (621-HELP or
  support_at_email.arizona.edu).
• Once the VPN software is installed and you log in
  to the campus network, you can connect directly
  to licensed databases and full-text online
  resources without entering your CatCard number.
• Tip For help with connecting to Library
  databases, visit http//www.library.arizona.edu/he
  lp/how/connect/databases/index.html

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Google Scholar

• I use google scholar to search. It is a lot
  easier.
• Google Scholar (http//scholar.google.com/)
  enables specific searches of scholarly
  literature, including peer-reviewed papers,
  theses, books, pre-prints, abstracts, and
  technical reports. Content includes a range of
  publishers and aggregators with whom Google
  already has standing arrangements.

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Google Scholar

• Tip Note that not all material to which the UA
  Library subscribes will be available directly
  through Google Scholar. If you find references to
  materials in Google Scholar without full text
  links, please consult the UA Library catalog or
  our list of online journals.
• Tip For off-campus access to UA subscribed
  content, you must configure your Google Scholar
  preferences for the University of Arizona. To
  configure your Google Scholar preferences for the
  University of Arizona
• Select "Scholar Preferences"
• Under Institutional Access, select "University of
  Arizona
• Tip To export citations from Google Scholar to
  RefWorks you must either be on campus or connect
  via the UA Library web pages. You also need to
  set your Google Scholar preferences for
  Bibliography Manager to show links to import
  citations into RefWorks.

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Bibliographic Management Software

• RefWorks FAQs (http//www.library.arizona.edu/he
  lp/tutorials/refworks/index.html)
• EndNote EndNote Tutorial (http//www.library.ari
  zona.edu/documents/ust/endnote6_001.pdf)
• For assistance with either - Contact your subject
  specialist librarian.

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Citation Index Searching

• Web of Science Databases
• Arts Humanities Citation Index (1975-present)
• Science Citation Index (1900 present)
• Social Sciences Citation Index (1956 present)
• The unique and valuable feature of the Web of
  Science databases is the cited reference
  searching. You can take an author or specific
  article and find out who has been citing that
  person and/or paper.

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Citation Index Searching

• Web of Science / Science Citation Index UA
  Library Tutorial
• http//www.library.arizona.edu/help/tutorials/webo
  fscience/index.html
• Web of Science vendor tutorial
• http//scientific.thomson.com/tutorials/wos7/

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Journal Alerts / Search Alerts

• Many databases or electronic journal collections
  allow users to set up alerts where you will be
  automatically notified by email when a new issue
  of the journal appears online or when new
  articles that match your search strategy appear
  in the database.

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ScienceDirect

• ScienceDirect is the Elsevier online journal
  collection. You can set up search alerts, topic
  alerts, journal/issue alerts, and citation
  alerts. However, you must first establish a free,
  personal ScienceDirect account.
• For more information, visit the ScienceDirect
  Help files and scroll down in the Contents list
  to Alerts.
• http//help.sciencedirect.com.ezproxy.library.ariz
  ona.edu/robo/projects/sdhelp/Green_Book_Open.gif

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Web of Science Alerts

• You can save a search history locally to your own
  computer or network or to the ISI Web of
  Knowledge server. A locally saved history can be
  opened and run against updates to the data.
  Server Save allows you to set alerts and easily
  open and manage your search histories. This
  process can be used for both General and Cited
  Reference searches.

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Web of Science Alerts

• As with other databases or journal collections
  that offer alert services, you must establish a
  free, personal account with Web of Science / ISI
  in order to set up alerts.
• Each week or month, depending on your specified
  alert period, you will receive an e-mail
  containing the results which match your search
  criteria. For Citation Alerts, you will only be
  notified if the article you selected was cited.

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Library Services

• Library Hours
• Reserves Info for students Info for
  faculty/instructors
• Express Document Services
• Express Retrieval
• Inter Library Loan (ILL)
• Ask a Librarian
• Subject Guides
• Citation Style Guides
• Laptop Connections and Library Use
• Projector and Laptop Loans
• Group Study Rooms
• Presentation Practice Rooms
• Information Commons
• Lockers
• Software/Hardware Guides
• ResumeBuilder

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Questions?

• Contact your subject specialist librarian.
• Check out the Libraries FAQ page!
• Contact the Reference Desk in person or use Ask a
  Librarian, the Librarys Virtual Chat Reference
  Service