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Umass Libraries 101 Finding books Finding articles Geosciences Subject Guides RefWorks Interlibrary Loan GO TO HOMEPAGE Skip WorldCat 5-College catalog >> UMass only Databases>>Search alerts, citation alerts Subject guides

Web-based citation manager Easy to import from databases Can upload pdfs of articles to your RefWorks account, and attach to citation record Import/export to/from other citation managers Yours for life, even after UMass FREE!!FREE!! FREE!! Formats bibliographies and in-text references Plug-in for MS Word

Interlibrary Loan Any article Any book (almost any, at least) Fast (books take longer) FREE!! FREE!! FREE!! ILL saves us $$. Av. $35 Favorite journals: TOC emailed or RSS feeds

Your virtual Reading Room Have the table of contents of your favorite journals sent to you with every new issue Get a notice each time an article appears in a database that meets your search terms Get a notice each time a particular article or author is cited Need help? Ask me!

A few more goodies … ScholarWorks Map Collection

SCHOLARWORKS@UMass Amherst Digital repository for research and scholarly output of the UMass Amherst community Scholarly, educational, or research-oriented Permanent Author/copyright owner must grant UMass Amherst the non-exclusive right to preserve and distribute the work via ScholarWorks Searched by Google Dissertations School, College or Department Citations go up when material is in IR

Map Collection Over 120,000 printed maps, charts, plans, aerial views, atlases, and other cartographic renderings Maps of the universe, the world, the oceans, continents, countries, all of the United States and major cities Environmental and geosciences, land use, geography, biogeography, economy, political boundaries, mines and mineral resources, recreation areas, travel and transportation, history, and many more From the late 19th century to present, including some historic facsimiles Older and rare maps are in Special Collections and University Archives

Beyond books and journals Data Management Group Poster printing Open Educational Resources Initiative Scholarly Communication Open Access Author rights

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