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www.bu.edu/library
www.bu.edu/library
• Web site gateway– Catalog– Electronic resources– Librarians
• Open Access– Scholarly resources– Library holdings
www.bu.edu/libraryGateway
•Username & kerberos password
•Individual library gateways
•eJournal Locator
•Virtual Catalog
•Interlibrary Loan
•WorldCat worldcat.org
•Suggest a purchase
•RefWorks
An online bibliography tool
The Age of the Digital Student
Many new college students have never
identified printed material in an online library catalog nor
retrieved an item from the shelf using the
Call Number2 million+ books
lead to 58,782 online journals
An immodest mission
“Google’s mission is to organize the world’s information
and make it universally accessible and useful.”
OpenAccess
Retain your rights
as authors
Where should you send your student?
Reference LibrariansOnline, on the phone and in person
• We CAN point students to the best two or three online databases and teach students how best to use them
• Send your student to us
–Meet one-on-one with a librarian
–Identify and recommend the library’s online research tools to your students
–Bring a librarian to class
Thank You!
Thomas J. Casserly
Head of Reference & Instructional Services
Mugar Memorial Library
