Tips on navigating the website and using UIC library resources from off-campus.

1. USING THE LIBRARY
OFF CAMPUS
Online Workshop
September 1, 2015
7-7:30pm CST

2. Welcome!
Jamie Dwyer, MLS
Visiting Assistant Information Services
Librarian & Visiting Assistant Professor
Library Liaison to the
College of Applied Health Sciences

3. Overview
• Navigating the library website
• Using the library catalog
• Identifying article databases
in your field
• Locating full text articles
• Using the Ask a Librarian
service

4. Library Website
• Navigation
• Catalog
• Research & Subject Guides
• Databases
• Ask a Librarian
• http://library.uic.edu/

5. Using the library catalog(s)
• Summon
• Books & articles
• Hard to refine search
• Limit to UIC content
• Off-campus login
prompt (netID)
• CARLI I-Share
• Use to request (print) books through participating libraries
• Use “Library Catalog” for simplified searches
• CARLI I-Share account requires UIC iCard
“Off Campus? Log in to access
full text and more content.”

6. Discipline-specific Databases
• Databases A-Z: Master list of the library’s 900+
databases, sorted alphabetically, searchable
• Find resources by subject using “Research and Subject
Guides”
• Access databases from the library website (even the free
ones like ERIC, PubMed, Google Scholar) for full text

7. Full text of Articles
• If no .pdf or HTML full text option, look for this icon:
• This will take you to the full text if the library has access:

8. Full text of Articles
• No electronic access:

9. Full text of Articles: Interlibrary Loan
• Request Interlibrary Loan
• Click on your library

10. Full text of Articles: Interlibrary Loan
• Request Interlibrary Loan
• Sign in (or register) to submit the request

11. Takeaways
• Start at library website to access resources:
http://library.uic.edu/ (Sign in with netID when off campus)
• Access full text with
• Library liaisons can help you in
your research area
• Get help via Ask a Librarian