A presentation from the Ohio University Graduate Student Orientation program 2015. Find your subject librarian at: https://www.library.ohiou.edu/about/subject-librarians/. More info on services for graduate students at: https://www.library.ohiou.edu/services/graduate-students/.

1. Library Support for Your
Coursework, Research & Teaching
Miriam Intrator
Special Collections
Librarian
Jessica Hagman
Social Media Coordinator & Subject Librarian for Scripps
College

2. @AldenLibrary

3. https://www.library.ohiou.edu/services/graduate-students/

4. Coursework

5. Subject Librarians

6. Subject Librarians
• Manage the collection for a discipline (including books, journal,
and other e-resources)
• Answer questions and support researchers in their disciplines.
• Teach students how to efficiently find and use information
resources for their assignments.

7. Subject & Course Guides

8. Books

9. OhioLINK
Request books from 89 member
libraries across the state
3-5 business days for delivery
Ohio University Libraries
Alden Library + Music & Dance
Library + Library Annex
Regional Campus Libraries
InterLibrary Loan
Request books from outside the
state
Up to 2 weeks – not a great option
for textbooks

10. Research Articles
Photo by Flickr user wenzday01.
Used by Creative Commons license

11. Finding Research Articles
•Interdisciplinary databases:
Articles Plus/JSTOR/Google
Scholar
•Discipline-based databases

12. 73%
Graduate students
who said that they
had decided not to
use an information
source because
they couldn’t find it.

13. Article Not Available Online?
•Request via Document Express
(same site as InterLibrary Loan)
•Also: book chapters, theses,
microfilms, videos not available via
the OHIO Libraries

14. Archives & Special Collections

15. Research & Writing

18. Graduate Writing & Research Center

19. Graduate Research Series

20. Teaching

21. Use Library Materials for Your Class
• Course reserves:
• short-term checkout periods for textbooks
• Online materials
• Blackboard:
• We scan the document, you upload to Blackboard
• Link directly to library resources
• Talk to your subject librarian or request via InterLibrary
Loan

22. Research Instruction for Undergrads
•Instruction sessions with your subject
librarian
•Add a Subject Course Guide link or
Subject Librarian to your Blackboard
course page
•Students follow your lead

23. Questions?