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Information Services & Resources for Graduate Students
- Library Services
- Information Technology Services
- Research Resources
- Instructional Support
- Local Information
Library Services
About the University Libraries
- General Information, departments, and collections
- Subscribe to InfoEdge, our bi-weekly e-mail Library newsletter that will keep you informed about new information resources and services, and existing ones too good to miss.
- Special Collections - Primary resources, University Archives, rare books
- Science Libraries
- Getchell Library maps
- Reserve a group study room in Getchell Library, Lower Level 2
- The Patricia L. Chase Quiet Study Area on Lower Level 2 is the only designated quiet area in Getchell Library. The main floor of Getchell tends to be noisy because of busy service desks and the group study area. Book stacks on the Lower Levels and the study area on the Upper Level are relatively quiet.
- Barista's Coffee Cart is available near the front doors of Getchell Library.
- Photocopiers
- Computing in Getchell Library
- A UNR NetID is required to log in to computers in the Library
- Help Desk
Information
Contact: help@unr.edu, (775) 682-5000. On-campus, 25000
Help Desk Hours:Monday - Thursday 8:00 am - 7:00 pm Friday 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Saturday - Sunday 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm - E.
L Cord Computer Lab
Cord Lab is located at the back (northwest corner) of Getchell Library's main floor. It opens 10 minutes after Getchell Library opens and closes 15 minutes before Getchell Library closes. Getchell Library hours -
WolfCard = Library Card
- Your WolfCard is your library card! The 14-digit barcode on the back of your WolfCard is your library account number, used when you check out library materials and print or media course reserves. Your NetID is required for off-campus access to journal article indexes, electronic journals, electronic reserves, and other resources licensed by the UNR Libraries. More information about checking out books.
- Borrowing privileges
- Circulation FAQ
- Return library books at any UNR Library, or at outside bookdrops
in back of Getchell Library and in front of the Life & Health Sciences
Library (Fleischmann Agriculture Building). You are responsible for
all materials checked out until they reach the library from which you
checked them out.
The Library Catalog
- Search the Library Catalog
for books, journal titles, government publications, videos.
Search Tips:- A subject search is the default search option on the Library Catalog main menu. It's a keyword search of subject-related information in the catalog record, including title, author, subject headings, and content notes. If you need more search options, try the Advanced Subject Search, which makes it easy to combine terms with OR, AND, and AND NOT (boolean operators).
- A Title search looks for an exact match to your search term, starting with the first word in the title, unless the first word is an article (a, an, the, la, los, and so on).
- A Journal and Newspaper Title search will find catalog records for print titles owned by the library and most electronic titles licensed for UNR users. The library catalog does not list journal articles. See also Research Resources
- View your library record or renew items you have checked out
- Access Course Reserves
- To place a hold
on a book that is checked out, click the Request button at the
top of the screen on the book's library catalog record.
Off-campus access to Library resources
- You may use your NetID for off-campus access to journal article indexes, electronic journals, electronic reserves, and other resources licensed by the UNR Libraries.
- Instructions
- PPP
Internet access accounts
Getting books and articles from other libraries
- Document Delivery & Interlibrary Loan Services
-
Link+ is a new way to get
books from other libraries.
Information Technology Services
General Information
- Information Technology Services home page
- Information Technology: Labs and Classrooms
- Information Technology Services for Graduate Students
- Information Technology Policies
- Free Symantec (Norton) Anti-Virus Software
E-mail
UNR NetID
- NetId
Account Activation
A NetID is required for access to WebCT, Computer Labs, and Library computers
Wireless Network
- Wireless (Wi-Fi) computing
- Wireless Card Recommendations
- Wireless
Laptop Configuration |
Handheld Configuration
How to connect to the University wireless network
Dataworks Services
Research
Research Resources
- Find articles, web sites, and other resources for a particular subject area
- See if a specific electronic journal is available on the Web
- Is a specific journal refereed? Look it up in
Ulrich's
International Periodicals Directory. The
icon indicates a refereed journal. - Find older journal articles in:
- JSTOR
- archives core journals in mathematics, humanities and social sciences - Selected online sources listed in Information Resources for History
- JSTOR
- Search for books or dissertations in WorldCat, a combined catalog of libraries worldwide
- Find electronic books
- Find patent, trademark & copyright information
- Find facts and reference information on the Web
- Find grant money
Research Help
- Is your thesis research original? Search for UNR theses in the library catalog and Search Dissertation Abstracts. More information
- Style Guides for Graduate Research papers
and Theses
- General Advice and a Dissertation Calculator to help you get organized
- Style Guides
- What is a scholarly or peer-reviewed journal?
- What is a primary source?
- Internet Detective - Learn to discern the good, the bad and the ugly for online research! This free tutorial offers practical advice on evaluating the quality of web sites.
- Ask a Librarian!
- Find a subject specialist
(a librarian who is familiar with your academic discipline)
Keeping up with research in your field
- Current Awareness/Alerting Services
- Ingenta - Sign-up for automatic receipt of journal Tables of Contents or get weekly results of your own stored searches!
- Journal Tables of Contents e-mailed from Publishers
- ContentsDirect - Elsevier, Pergamon, North Holland and Excerpta Medica
- SARA: Scholarly Articles Research Alerting - Taylor & Francis, Carfax, E&FN Spon, Psychology Press, Routledge
- KLUWER ALERT - Kluwer and Plenum
- Preprint Servers
- Web of Science: Social Science Citation Index and Science Citation Index
- BlogScholar: Academic Blogging Portal
- Academic discussion lists on the Web
- CataList, the official catalog of LISTSERV lists - Use the list search to find a list.
- topica - incorporates
the former Liszt directory and Tile.net - Browse or search.
Instructional Support
Teaching and Learning Technologies (TLT)
- Teaching and Learning Technologies
(784-6085) provides:
- Multimedia Design and Support
- Classroom Services
- Distance Education
- Graphics
- WebCT
support for instructors
Set up a new online course, find guides to WebCT course tools & more
Library Instructional Support
- Instructional Services for Faculty
- General Information about Resources & Services for Faculty
- PowerPoint presentations for classroom use
Documenting Information Sources & Avoiding Plagiarism.
Computing, Information Technology, and Library Essentials for Graduate Students. (HTML version)
Local Information
General Information
- Information about Nevada
- Welcome to Nevada! State home page
- Reno Gazette-Journal Daily newspaper
- Reno News & Review Weekly newspaper
- The Nevada Sagebrush Official campus newspaper
- Reno weather
Getting Around
- Citifare
bus routes, fares, and information.
Bus schedules are also available at the Getchell Library Reference Desk -
Sierra Spirit route map
Free shuttle bus from UNR's Information Kiosk to downtown Reno
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