1. Arcane Secrets of the UMass Libraries? ?
Arcane Secrets of the UMass Libraries ? ? ?
Maxine Schmidt
September 30, 2011

2. Listening to Don Wise explaining megadunes
Listening to Don Wise explaining his theory on megadunes
Listening to Don Wise explaining megadunes

3. First …
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Basement
Here be Monsters
Librarians
Books
Reference
Journals
Monsters

5. My account
Hours, ASK

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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 ed or RSS feeds

9. 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!

10. A few more goodies …
ScholarWorks
Map Collection

11. 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

12. 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

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

14. Science and Engineering Library mschmidt@library.umass.edu
Maxine Schmidt
Science and Engineering Library
This sunset isn’t over the Library. With the Learning Commons, the sun never sets on the Library. This is over Meadowlark Lake, in the Big Horn Mountains of Wyoming.