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Did You Know?

• Access over 74,000 journals online from anywhere in the world

• WORLDCAT = “world catalog”

• NVivo Qualitative software (classroom only) – seeks out the ‘why’, not the ‘how’ of its topic

through the analysis of unstructured information

Did You Know?

• Create journal alerts through e-mail or RSS feeds– Content is e-mailed to you or delivered by RSS

feeds to your computer

• Our Research Guides uncover hidden resources – Librarians can create research guides for a

specific class or assignment

Did You Know? Scholarly Resources + more

Listen to classical music in your office or homeand create playlists!

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Learn a foreign language and track yourprogress online

Did You Know?

• Read today’s Wall Street Journal, the Boston Gazette from the 1700s, or an international newspaper (London Guardian)?

Did You Know?Student Success

Library supports the UMHB mission User services Resources Instructional opportunities

Help us:CollaborationCollection DevelopmentInstruction + Research Guides

Let us create a research widget for your class!

Ordering

• Requests for books and audiovisual materials may be submitted to Teresa Buck, Acquisitions Department 254-295-4640, by completing blue request cards (available from the library), by sending publishers' catalogs or brochures to the library with items marked, or by using the online form "Suggest a Purchase"

Research Guides

Let us create a Guide as a specific assignment http://libguides.umhb.edu/aecontent.php?pid=58867&sid=1226940

Let us create a Guide for a specific class http://libguides.umhb.edu/researc

Let us create a Guide for a specific topic http://libguides.umhb.edu/deadly

Let us create a Guide for you http://libguides.umhb.edu/instruction

Reserves

• Complete the online reserve form as soon as possible

• Eliminate student frustration – 1 week processing period before materials are ready

• Photocopies from a book or journal – one semester without written copyright permission

• Who do I contact with questions?– Call Sandy Heller, Circulation Manager, at 254-295-

4637

ResearchStay Alert!

Faculty Publications

New Arrivals – Research Guides

Find a Journal by Title• E-Journals A-Z link provides access points for

over 74,000 journals • Embargo periods – may be covered through

another source (library or publisher)

How We Protect Our Resources

• URL: no proxy (no access from off campus)http://www.jstor.org/stable/1426176

• URL: with proxy (seamless access) http://0-

www.jstor.org.umhblib.umhb.edu/action/showPublication?journalCode=advaapplprob