This document provides information about library resources and services available to students at Mercer University. It lists librarians and their contact information to assist with social sciences questions. It also describes that reference services are available by phone, IM, and email, and that guides and tutorials are maintained to help students with research tasks. Additionally, it outlines how to access and use the library catalog for ebooks and physical materials, find subject guides for particular fields of study, and search databases to locate journal articles.

1. Mercer University
Penfield College
MSORGL Library Session
August 15, 2017

2. CONTACT YOUR LIBRARIAN
Social Sciences Team
Stephen Michaels, William Brogdon Stephanie Miranda Florence Tang
Coordinator
michaels_se@mercer.edu brodgon_wf@mercer.edu miranda_sr@mercer.edu tang_fy@mercer.edu
678.547.6256 678.547.6359 478.301.5334
678.547.6261

3. REFERENCE SERVICES
Reference services are provided for students via telephone,
IM, and email. During reference hours, students are welcome
to call or IM a librarian. If the reference desk is closed,
students are
encouraged to submit their question via email, and will
receive a response
as soon as possible, usually when the reference desk next
opens.
Please refer to Ask a Librarian for the details.

4. GUIDES & TUTORIALS
Mercer University librarians maintain a variety of
written guides and video tutorials to provide instruction
assistance and support for our students. These guides
provide information on everything from citing sources
or writing an annotated bibliography to using some of
our library databases.

5. LIBRARY CATALOG
The Library Catalog contains ebooks as well as physical materials
held by the University Library. Students may access the ebook
collection from
off-campus, as long as they are logged into the library website.
Students who are able to visit the libraries in person may also request
to have books sent from any of the University Library locations to the
location nearest them. Books will typically arrive within a week of
being requested.
If you need help using the catalog, there is a
written guide and a video tutorial available.

6. SUBJECT GUIDES
Librarians at Mercer University maintain webpages called
Subject Guides, with links and descriptions of a wide
variety of resources
that will be most useful for students in a given field of
study. We recommend using these resources to get started
on your research.

7. FINDING JOURNAL ARTICLES
The University Library subscribes to a wide variety of
databases for our students. You can use these resources to
locate academic journal articles, newspaper and magazine
articles, images, and more.
We recommend using the subject guide for your area to
see a list of pre-selected databases suited to a particular
field of study.
If you know the name of the database you would like to
use,
you can also browse the A-Z list of databases.
General databases can be good starting points.