Curry School Fall Orientation 2009
| LOCATION
Education Learning Commons, Ruffner Hall 3rd Floor, 405 Emmet Street, South, Charlottesville, VA 22904 |
SERVICES WE OFFER… |
| WEBSITE
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/education |
CONSULTATIONS
Contact a librarian to set up a one-on-one research consultation/tutorial. http://www.lib.virginia.edu/tutorial.html |
| HOURS
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/hours/ Regular hours:� Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 PM Exceptions to the hours: Exceptions will be posted on our website. The Learning Commons and Ruffner Hall are not open on days when there is a home football. |
LEARN TO USE LIBRARY RESOURCES
The Librarians in Residence will be hosting free workshops during August and September. Workshops are held in the Education Learning Commons. See our website for the schedules. http://www2.lib.virginia.edu/education/contribute/lunchflyer.html http://www2.lib.virginia.edu/education/contribute/nightowlflyer.html |
| CALL US
434.924.7040 Carole Lohman 434.982-2664 Kay Buchanan |
OFF-GROUNDS ACCESS
To access library databases, full text journal articles and books, and RefWorks you must first set up a VPN or Proxy account. http://www2.lib.virginia.edu/tools/offgrounds.html |
| CHILDREN'S LITERATURE COLLECTION
Try out the new location of for the children's books. There are work tables and comfy chairs for your use. |
RESERVE MATERIALS
Faculty put readings on Reserve in the Education Learning Commons or online at this site: https://collab.itc.virginia.edu/portal |
| FIND THINGS…
FIND BOOKS: ONLINE CATALOG http://virgo.lib.virginia.edu |
MEEBO CHAT
http://www.nicem.com/index.html Chat online with a librarian from the comfort of your home, office, or anywhere! Look for the Meebo service on our web site. |
| FIND JOURNALS
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/databases/find journals.html |
MAP OF ALL LIBRARIES
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/map.html |
| FIND RESOURCES FOR A LITERATURE REVIEW
http://guides.lib.virginia.edu/education http://guides.lib.virginia.edu/it http://guides.lib.virginia.edu/sports http://guides.lib.virginia.edu/CD http://guides.lib.virginia.edu/clinicalpsychology |
COMPUTER SUPPORT ITC has a new phone in Help Desk program that is available 24/7. Just call 434-924-3731, for assistance. |
| FIND DISSERTATIONS
Dissertations are often available full text online. Check the Dissertations and Theses database. http://guides.lib.virginia.edu/education If a dissertation is not available full text from this database, use our Interlibrary Loan Service. |
INTERLIBRARY LOAN SERVICE (ILS)
If we don’t have it, we can get it! Use the Library’s Interlibrary Loan service to obtain journal articles, book chapters, books, government documents, and dissertations that are not available at any of the U.Va. Libraries. It’s fast and it’s free for U.Va. affiliates. http://www.lib.virginia.edu/leo/index.html |
| FIND HANDBOOKS
Handbooks are great resources for locating best practices, research theories, names of authors, background material, overviews of topics, and good keyword terminology to use when you search databases for journal articles and other materials. http://www.lib.virginia.edu/education/find/handbooks.html |
RESEARCH COMPUTING LAB (RCL)
The RCL supports the instruction and research needs of faculty and students in science and engineering. The RCL is located in the Brown Science & Engineering Library. http://www.lib.virginia.edu/science/rescomp |
| FIND TEST INSTRUMENTS
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/education/find/tests.html |
SCHOLAR’S LAB
The Scholars' Lab supports the research, digitization, and online editing needs of faculty and students in the humanities and social sciences. It is located in Alderman Library on the 4th floor, West Wing. The staff also provides expert help with many statistical software packages including SPSS. http://www.lib.virginia.edu/scholarslab/ |
| FIND STATISTICS AND DATA SETS
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/education/find/statistics.html |
HOME DIRECTORY SERVICE
Use this service to back up your files and documents such as dissertation drafts. http://www.itc.virginia.edu/accounts/ |
| FIND VIDEOS
Over 10,000 videos are in the Robertson Media Center in Clemons library. You can find them by going to Clemons and browsing the open collection or by searching the online catalog. |
PRINTING, COPYING & SCANNING
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LAPTOP PRINTING
http://www.virginia.edu/uvaprint/public_laptop.html |