Library Orientation

E.C.E – Spanish - 2009

Needed to access Information and Technology Services through UCONN

NetID: eight digit network identifier Password: (you create after entering your

activation code for the first time)

LIBRARY RESOURCES

Books found through Online Catalog called HOMER and WORLDCAT

Magazines and Periodicals both in print or online or in libraries or through inter-library loan

Electronic resources including electronic books, journals, newspapers and more

Federal Documents Microforms Maps & Aerial Photographs Videos, CDs, DVDs, Music Scores/Recordings

Where to Start?

Try UCONN Library Home Page

http://www.lib.uconn.edu/

Compare simple or advance search Decide on Books, Journals or Media Explore options

Things to remember:

If you borrow from UCONN, do not let anything become overdue, it will be a $95. charge for anything over 28 days and your UCONN account will be flagged.

Online resources are available also through RHS Subscriptions and State of Connecticut Subscriptions which can be found by going to the RHS Library WIKISPACES PAGE at

http://rhslmc2008.wikispaces.com/

UCONN WEBSITES:

UCONN HOME PAGE: www.uconn.edu Library Page: www.lib.uconn.edu Class Guides:

http://classguides.lib.uconn.edu

Example: Finding Spanish Guide

Spanish Resources from “Subject Guides”

SPANISH GUIDE –NOTED: tabs to resources and Specialty Librarian on right

General to Specialized Resources

Search HOMER, Book catalog Search Journals Search Articles and Databases

Use the Resources Prepared for you

CLICK on TABS to limit or select– EXAMPLE: Articles and Databases helps “Find

databases that have articles, streaming media, and more in the following subjects... “

Click on Subjects or Keywords Search for SPECIFIC if you have it If results are too limited broaden search

ONLINE or In-Person HELP

If you are stumped about something, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., there is help in an online resource called “askHomer Live” which provides you the ability to ask reference questions and get answers in “real time”!

go to : www.lib.uconn.edu/help/askHomerOr CLICK on the Link to your UCONN Specialty

Reference Librarian (highlighted on another page)OR COME TO YOUR VERY OWN HIGH SCHOOL

LIBRARIAN: Mrs. Fitzgerald

If you want tutorials for Library or UCONN Resources in general

Online Library Introduction/Orientation: www.lib.uconn.edu/using/tutorials/

Access to Electronic Information Resources: www.lib.uconn.edu/using/finding/guides/elecref.htm

Homer, the online Catalog: http://homerweb.lib.uconn.edu

Research Database Locator: www.lib.uconn.edu/online/databases

eJournals – Locate Electronic Journals: www.lib.uconn.edu/online/ejournals

Spanish Resources

SAMPLE: SPANISH

Present-Day Spanish Poetry

Concha Zardoya

Yale French Studies, No. 21, Poetry Since the Liberation (1958), pp. 145-153

Published by: Yale University Press

Features of Note to help you along

LEFT MARGIN has links to related subjects Multi-tasking or saving for later (features you can have it read

to you through an MP3 Download if you are going to be on a bus or riding in a car)

Print articles or Email them to store them electronically Bookmark things: example: Bookmark

Copy the Bookmark URL and paste it into another document. http://find.galegroup.com/gps/infomark.do?contentSet=IAC-Documents&docType=IAC&type=retrieve&tabID=T007&prodId=IPS&docId=A206170769&userGroupName=s1461&version=1.0&source=gale&infoPage=infoMarkPage

Special Online features to help:example: Dictionary definitions

Other Resources of Interest/Use: EX. Platero Y Yo by Juan Ramon Jimenez

Search People mentioned in article: Ex. Juan Ramon Jimenez

Poet

Event

Some Primary Sources such as Newspapers available both through ICONN and UCONN

Spanish Poetry and Juan Ramon Jimenez

Searches may yield only Abstracts

Search Government Documents

Federal Documents Online Resources Government websites may have spanish

information : http://www.odl.state.ok.us/usinfo/topiclists/us-spanish.htm

From General to specific in Spanish

Other Spanish Resources:

RHS Library has CUMBRE in Encyclopedias Some international newspapers are available

in ICONN in spanish Some audio books are available in spanish RHS Library has some Spanish Literature

books

WRAP UP and Tips

Q & A? Remember Library Website for links Ask a Librarian if needed Ask your teacher for other terminology Terrific opportunity … great resources… use

them