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