Web site gateway –Catalog –Electronic resources –Librarians Open Access –Scholarly resources –Library holdings
Gateway Username & kerberos password Individual library gateways eJournal Locator Virtual Catalog Interlibrary Loan WorldCat worldcat.org Suggest a purchase RefWorks
An online bibliography tool
The Age of the Digital Student Many new college students have never identified printed material in an online library catalog nor retrieved an item from the shelf using the Call Number 2 million+ books
lead to 58,782 online journals
An immodest mission “Google’s mission is to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.”
Open Access Retain your rights as authors
Where should you send your student?
Reference Librarians Online, on the phone and in person We CAN point students to the best two or three online databases and teach students how best to use them Send your student to us
–Meet one-on-one with a librarian –Identify and recommend the library’s online research tools to your students –Bring a librarian to class
Thank You! Thomas J. Casserly Head of Reference & Instructional Services Mugar Memorial Library