Library Orientation

Introduction
Library Resources
What if the library doesn't have the article/book you need?

Introduction

Library Hours (except holidays and intersession):
- Mon-Thurs 7:30 am - midnight
- Friday 7:30 am -10 pm
- Saturday 10 am - 10 pm
- Sunday 10 am - midnight

Contact me if you'd like to get together to discuss your research
Contact the Reference Department with other library questions
Circulation: check out books or a study carrel, post searches for missing books
Renew books online (you can renew at the Circulation desk, too)
Reserves: readings that your instructor has pulled for you
Using materials from other libraries:
- Interlibrary Loan -- if we don't own it, ask us to borrow it
- Cooperative borrowing with other schools in the UNC system or in the Greater Greensboro Consortium

Library Resources

The University Libraries provide online access to library catalogs, databases, journals, and Journal Finder. The University Libraries catalog may be used by anyone, but most of the other resources are subscriptions.

When you click on a subscription resource from off-campus, you will be asked for your UNCG Novell username and password (the same you use for eSpartan email and Blackboard). If you have any difficulty logging into these resources, consult the Troubleshooting Online Access Page.

Catalogs

The University Libraries Catalog: find books, e-books, and government documents
WorldCat: find books and media owned by Jackson and other libraries around the world; located under Databases > W

Databases: useful in identifying articles on your topic.

Databases page: choose a database by name or by subject
Genetic Counseling Databases: resources recommended for GCP research

Journal Finder: useful in finding out whether we have a subscription to a particular journal. Most of our databases have Journal Finder links next to article citations. You can also open Journal Finder from the library homepage and type in the name of a journal.

Journal Finder searches the catalog, databases, and individual journal subscriptions in order to:

tell you whether have a journal
tell you which issues we have (when did our subscription begin? are we still getting the journal?)
link you to online full text, if we have it
link you to the catalog record showing where the print version is

Steps to using Journal Finder:

Identify the name of the journal, magazine or newspaper.
Look up that journal name in Journal Finder, or follow the Journal Finder link from a database
See if the dates covered by the print or online options match the date of your article.
If so, use the provided link to get the article online or write down the location and call number for the print version
If we don't have it, try Interlibrary Loan.

So where are these journals?

Print journals:
- recent issues kept in the periodicals room (to your right after you enter the library), in alphabetical order by title
- older issues kept in the basement, shelved in call number order, or in microfilm on the second floor (ask for the film at the Reference Desk)

Genetic Counseling Subject Guide:

List of resources recommended for Genetic Counseling

What if the library doesn't have the journal article or book that you need?

Use InterLibrary Loan: Articles emailed within 4-10 days; Pick up books at the library circulation desk (usually takes a few weeks for snail mail); Available to all UNCG faculty, staff, students; No limit to number of requests, you are not charged for requests
Use the UNC Reciprocal Borrowing Program: Allows you to visit libraries at other schools, such as UNC Chapel Hill, and borrow books; Follow the link above, choose UNC Greensboro, log in, print your library account verification and take it to the UNC library you want to visit along with your UNCG ID