Transcript Faculty Orientation to the UA Library

Sociology Graduate Student
Orientation
to the
University of Arizona Library
Ruth Dickstein
[email protected]
Location of Libraries
Main Library
• Includes information
resources in:
– Social Sciences
– Fine Arts and
Humanities
– Business
– Education
– Asian and Arabic
language materials
Main Library
Specialized resources you will
find there include:
– Maps
– Government publications
– Media
– Main Reserve materials
– Newspapers
Other Libraries on
Campus
• Part of UA Library System
– Science & Engineering Library
– Fine Arts Library
– Center for Creative Photography
• Campus libraries funded
separately from the University of
Arizona Library system
– Law Library (included in catalog)
– Arizona Health Sciences Library
Library Services & Facilities
• Interlibrary loan/Document delivery
•Free: Journal articles delivered electronically
•Free: Book requests and dissertations from other
libraries
•*New* Free: Request copies of journal articles or
a book chapters owned by UA library be digitally
sent to your email account
•*New* Fee: Request a book the library owns be
sent to your campus address
Use the same ILL form for all of these requests
Library Services & Facilities
Reserves & Electronic Reserves
•Journal articles will be either scanned or copied
from electronic resource and available via a link
online syllabi.
•Online form used to request materials for
reserve.
•*New* - Faculty do not have to bring their own
copies to the library for digitization.
Library Services & Facilities
Special Tools
•RefWorks – Web based bibliographic software to
store citations and format research papers.
•Library subscribes to sources for data (OECD
Source, ICPSR, World Development Indicators)
•Electronic full text sources – books, articles,
newspaper articles, dissertations, and more
How We Can Help You?
• Private, in-depth consultation by
appointment
• Collaboration on developing
library research assignments
– Partnering to integrate
information literacy into the
curriculum
• Instruction sessions for classes
on how to do research in the
library
• Create instructional web pages
Questions ??
Contact the Reference Desk in
person or use Ask a Librarian, the
Library’s Virtual Chat Reference
Service
Contact your library liaison Ruth
Dickstein at:
[email protected] or
621-4866