Welcome to Miner Library URMC Graduate Student Orientation August 2009 Librarians:

Here’s our beautiful entrance, with two enthusiastic medical students excited about their books! (Actually, they are married, and happy to see each other at all during their second year of medical school!) You are welcome anytime: LIBRARY HOURS: M-Th:7:30-12 AM Fri : 7:30-10 PM Sat:10 AM-10PM Sun: 10 AM- midnight

Computing Center Hours: M-Th:8 AM-10 PM Fri: 8 AM – 6 PM Sat: 10 AM – 6 PM Sun: Noon-8 PM More Hours:

Miner Library Online Homepage:

From this day forward, if you need help, PLEASE Ask A Librarian!!

Don’t ask Eddie,our mascot, He doesn’t talk!

Click on Ask a Librarian

Or ask us in person!!

Printing or copying is 10 cents per page black and white. 60 cents per page color. Ask at any of the Help desks about buying or borrowing a copy card!

Copying or Printing You can put money on your ID card for copying or printing by calling the Customer Service and ID Office: 10 AM-4PM Monday-Friday : Just ask to have your “FLEX ACCOUNT ACTIVIATED.”

TRUE! You can order a book or article from any University of Rochester Library free of charge. If you need a book or article that the University Libraries DO NOT OWN, you will need to order it through our online interlibrary loan system,ILLiad, for $2 per request. Illiad

You can access Miner Library Online at home anytime: OR through When you are asked for a user name and password, use the same ones that work for accessing your account. Through Blackboard

Answer: No. 1 Voyager Library Catalog contains the books and journal titles that the University of Rochester libraries own, or subscribe to.

Use the search box for a quick search of eJournals, eBooks, the library catalog, Miner website and PubMed.

The search box is especially useful for finding electronic books that Miner buys.

E-Journals = electronic journals that all University Libraries subscribe to. Huge list!! Remember to note YEARS OF SUBSCRIPTIONs!! E-Books = listing by title of electronic books that Miner buys only!! ! On the Miner homepage:

Step 1: Click on Affiliated libraries way at the top of our homepage! Step 2: Click on River Campus Databases for more databases in your subject!

Click on MORE for an alphabetical list of more resources including : DATABASES AT RIVER CAMPUS LIBRARIES & Journal Citation Reports

To find out if Miner has full text of an article online: Step 1- click on Eournals from homepage Step 2: Click on Link to Article tab Step 3: Fill out all the information requested.