1. 9/11/2015 | 1 Library Instruction American Studies

2. GOALS ›Get an overview of what kind of material is available through the Library ›Learn to search quickly and efficiently in the library’s resources 9/11/2015 | 2

3. Programme ›Powerpoint presentation, including demonstrations of the various library databases, libguides, SmartCat: 1 hour ›Work session: finding material for your topic: 1 hour 9/11/2015 | 3

4. 9/11/2015 | 4 Library University of Groningen University Library Library of Arts: collection has now moved to the UL Library of Law: will move to the UL next year Library of Social Sciences will also move to the UL ›Central Medical Library ›Zernike Library Please note: during the next 4 years: large-scale renovations at the UL!

5. 9/11/2015 | 5 Libraries of the University of Groningen: facilities Collection 3.300.000 books (print and e-books) 5000 printed journal subscriptions 25.000 online journal subscriptions audiovisual materials Study places Regular study places Study places, pc included Wireless internet Learning Grid Quiet zones

6. 9/11/2015 | 69/11/2015 | 6 Borrowing books

7. Finding books 9/11/2015 | 7

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9. LibGuide SmartCat 9/11/2015 | 9

10. 9/11/2015 | 10 Overview disciplines

11. 9/11/2015 | 11 Electronic databases SmartCat: - no subject searching possible. You just put in a search word and will find articles. Very general. = bibliographies Bibliographies Often on a specific subject Better search options More information (abstract, keywords) Articles from scientific journals

12. 9/11/2015 | 12 Bibliographies History: America : History & Life Literature: Modern Language Association (MLA) Language & Communication: MLA, Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts, Communication & Mass Media Complete Multidisciplinary : Academic Search Premier

13. Libguides ›http://libguides.rug.nlhttp://libguides.rug.nl 9/11/2015 | 13

14. 9/11/2015 | 14 Newspapers : Lexis Nexis Newsportal ›full text of articles from the electronic archives of newspapers ›Dutch and international newspapers and other news sources ›text only, no illustrations ›not 100% complete

15. 9/11/2015 | 15 Online dictionaries Dutch English-Dutch v.v. German-Dutch v.v. French- Dutch v.v. Italian-Dutch v.v. Spanish- Dutch v.v. Portuguese- Dutch v.v.

16. 9/11/2015 | 16 Electronic databases outside University ›Login: s-number and password

17. 9/11/2015 | 17 In a nutshell …. ›Books/Journals : catalogue ›Books/Journals/Articles (limited) in and outside University: SmartCat ›Subject search : bibliographies ›Newspapers: Lexis Nexis Newspapers ›Libguide: overview of available resources

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