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This document provides an overview of library services and resources available to students at McGill University. It outlines various ways the library can help students find information, including through library services, the course guide, online databases, and asking a librarian for assistance. Students can borrow books, DVDs, and other materials from the library's large collection. The library also offers study spaces, computers, printing and copying services. Overall, the document aims to educate students on how to best utilize the McGill library to support their academic needs.
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Beginning library research
- 1. Library tips and Tricks Summer 2009
- 2. Do you ever have trouble finding information?
- 4. Sometimes we feel like we’re drowning
- 5. Evaluating websites Currency: up-to-date, working links Reliability: accurate, verifiable Authority: URL – domain name .com .net .edu .org [~ %] Author – credentials Purpose: objectivity, bias
- 6. How can the library help?
- 7. I can show you ways to find information more easily
- 8. Agenda Library services The course guide Finding books Finding articles Accessing library resources from home
- 9. What is a library?
- 10. The Library Connects you to information Six million items: Books, DVDs, music, newspapers…
- 11. August/September 2008 Orientation 11 Humanities & Social Sciences Library
- 13. Study areas
- 15. Make us happy…Ask us! Librarians are here to help In person On the phone Online: chat and e-mail
- 16. On the Library’s website
- 19. Loan period of
- 20. Renew up to
- 21. Fines: per day per book
- 22. What about DVDs?
- 23. We have of DVDs
- 24. Borrow for
- 26. Fines : per day per DVD60 2 weeks 3 times 50 cents thousands 2 days 3 $2.00
- 27. Now let’s look for information
- 28. What words should we use?
- 30. Where should we look?
- 31. The Course Guide
- 33. An example in The Canadian Encyclopedia Recommends books and websites Tells you who is important
- 34. Finding Books Use the catalogue to see what books, videos, music, journals, newspapers and DVDs are in the library.
- 36. Can you find this book? Title: City of Forgetting: A Novel Authors: Robert Majzels Publisher: Mercury Press, 1997
- 37. Location in the library
- 38. Finding DVDs at the library DVDs are at the Loans & Reserves counter – write down the call number of the DVD you would like and the staff will get you the DVD
- 39. Articles are NOTlisted in the library catalogue!
- 40. Where do you find articles? Article indexes and databases!
- 41. Off campus? Virtual Private Network (VPN)
- 42. Where do I find…? Encyclopedias Articles Books, DVDs Websites VPN help
- 43. Ask a librarian NOT a last resort! What are your questions? Megan Fitzgibbons Liaison Librarian megan.fitzgibbons@mcgill.ca 514-398-4696
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