Sociology Graduate Student Orientation

to the University of Arizona Library

Sociology Graduate Student Orientation

to the University of Arizona Library

Ruth Dicksteindicksteinr@u.library.arizona.edu

Location of Libraries

Main LibraryMain Library

• Includes information resources in:– Social Sciences– Fine Arts and

Humanities– Business– Education– Asian and Arabic

language materials

Main LibraryMain LibrarySpecialized resources you will

find there include:– Maps– Government publications– Media– Main Reserve materials– Newspapers

Other Libraries on Campus

Other Libraries on Campus

• Part of UA Library System– Science & Engineering Library– Fine Arts Library– Center for Creative Photography

• Campus libraries funded separately from the University of Arizona Library system– Law Library (included in catalog)– Arizona Health Sciences Library

Library Services & FacilitiesLibrary Services & Facilities• Interlibrary loan/Document delivery

•Free: Journal articles delivered electronically

•Free: Book requests and dissertations from other libraries

•*New* Free: Request copies of journal articles or a book chapters owned by UA library be digitally sent to your email account

•*New* Fee: Request a book the library owns be sent to your campus addressUse the same ILL form for all of these requests

Library Services & FacilitiesLibrary Services & Facilities

Reserves & Electronic Reserves•Journal articles will be either scanned or copied from electronic resource and available via a link online syllabi.

•Online form used to request materials for reserve.

•*New* - Faculty do not have to bring their own copies to the library for digitization.

Library Services & FacilitiesLibrary Services & Facilities

Special Tools

•RefWorks – Web based bibliographic software to store citations and format research papers.

•Library subscribes to sources for data (OECD Source, ICPSR, World Development Indicators)

•Electronic full text sources – books, articles, newspaper articles, dissertations, and more

How We Can Help You?How We Can Help You?• Private, in-depth consultation by

appointment• Collaboration on developing

library research assignments– Partnering to integrate

information literacy into the curriculum

• Instruction sessions for classes on how to do research in the library

• Create instructional web pages

Questions ??

Contact the Reference Desk in person or use Ask a Librarian, the Library’s Virtual Chat Reference Service

Contact your library liaison Ruth Dickstein at: dicksteinr@u.library.arizona.edu or 621-4866