The University of Groningen Library consists of several subject libraries that together contain over 3 million books and 5,000 printed journals. Students have access to 25,000 online journals as well as audiovisual materials. The library provides various research tools for accessing their collections, including catalogues, bibliographic databases, and study spaces. Students can search for materials in the catalogue, Picarta database, bibliographic databases like IBSS, and find electronic journals via the catalogue or RUGlink. LexisNexis Newsportal allows students to access the full text of newspaper articles. RefWorks is a tool for organizing references and generating bibliographies that students can continue using after graduation. Libguides and the proxy server also help students in

1. 9/8/2011 | 1 International Relations International Organization Library instruction

3. Library of Theology and Religious Studies

4. Library of Philosophy

5. Library of Mathematics and Natural Sciences

7. 5000 printed journals

8. 25.000 online journals

10. computer workstations

12. 9/8/2011 | 5 Library portal: Catalogues & databases:

13. 9/8/2011 | 6 Faculty portal: Library of Arts

14. 9/8/2011 | 7 Catalogue Demonstration

15. 9/8/2011 | 8 Picarta: - contains items held by 400 Dutch libraries- contains a database with journal articles

16. 9/8/2011 | 9 Electronic databases: Bibliographic databases contain references to articles in scholarly publications usually focus on certain fields or disciplines usually enrich bibliographic data with subject headings, keywords and abstracts which enables precise searching (often) provide tools for retrieval of full text, downloading, storage of queries and more …

17. 9/8/2011 | 10 Bibliographic database: demonstrationIBSS - International Bibliography of the Social Sciences

18. 9/8/2011 | 11 Electronic journals You can find electronic journals via: the catalogue the RUGlink in a bibliographic database

19. 9/8/2011 | 12 Electronic journals: demonstration Find the American Historical Review via the catalogue

20. 9/8/2011 | 13 Electronic database: LexisNexis 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 Demonstration

21. 9/8/2011 | 14 RefWorks

23. Ready for use output styles, e.g. MLA, Chicago, APA

25. Libguides Demonstration

26. 9/8/2011 | 18 Proxy server Users working from home have to use the Proxy server Log on: s-number and password

27. 9/8/2011 | 19 Summary Collections (printed, digital, AVmaterial) Bibliographic research tools to search the collections- catalogue- Picarta- bibliographic databases- shelf arrangement in open access libraries Electronic journals (via the Catalogue and RUGlinks) Electronic newspapers in LexisNexis Newsportal

28. 9/8/2011 | 20 Assignments Question forms Catalogue Training Module

29. 9/8/2011 | 21 Catalogue Training Module link to catalogue training module

30. 9/8/2011 | 22 Questions?