Keiser University Library System

Dietetics and Nutrition Student Library Introduction

Welcome to the Library!

This presentation is intended to give you a quick introduction to the Keiser University Library System. In the next 10 slides you will learn 5 very important things:

1. The library’s online catalog URL (or web address.)

2. How to log-in to the library’s online catalog with your USERNAME & PASSWORD.

3. The 2 main types and many different formats of resources the library offers and where to search for them on the library webpage.

4. Where you can look on the library webpage to learn more about using the library and its resources.

5. How to contact a professional librarian for additional assistance.

Learning Objectives:

The library provides Dietetics & Nutrition resources in a wide variety of formats that can

generally be divided into 2 main types:

1.Physical resources such as: books, journals, CD-ROMs & DVDs, anatomical models or posters & charts, pathfinders & handouts.

2.Electronic resources such as: electronic subject databases, e-books, e-journals, web links & directories, tutorial videos & presentations, pathfinders & handouts, streaming video, radio & television broadcasts, dissertations & theses.

The Library Online Catalog

Fortunately, with so many different formats available, the library has made it easy to find what you are looking for by making it all accessible from one place: The Library’s Online Catalog!

We’ve even made it easy to find the online catalog! Just type the easy to remember www.keiserlibrary.com URL (web address) for the catalog onto the address bar of your computer’s web browser and it will take you to the library login page!To Log-in:Your Student ID Number is your login USERNAME.The last 4 digits of your Social Security Number (also called your Federal Tax ID Number) is your login PASSWORD.

This is what the Library’s log-in page looks like:

REMEMBER: You MUST log-in with your USERNAME and PASSWORD otherwise you will not be given access to the electronic subscription based databases & other licensed content for which the university has paid your access fees in advance.

You can use them as much as you want with NO CHARGE!!!

Once you have logged in to the library’s online catalog it should look like this:

Notice the Yellow search area

Notice the links in the Blue

area

Physical resourcessuch as: books, journals, CD-ROMs & DVDs, anatomical models or posters & charts, pathfinders & handouts can be found by entering a search term in the YELLOW shaded area of the library’s online catalog.

Electronic resources such as: electronic subject databases, e-books, e-journals, web links & directories, tutorial videos & presentations, pathfinders & handouts, streaming video, radio & television broadcasts, dissertations & theses can also be found by initiating a search from the library’s online catalog but to find these resources you would look in the BLUE shaded area for a link that you can click to access the electronic resources’ search page.

Do you remember the 2 main types of resources we mentioned earlier?

Here is where you can find them!

Physical resources can be found by entering a

search term here.

Click the links here to access the

electronic resources search

page.

At this point you may want to review the Library Orientation & information literacy lessons already waiting to teach you

how to become an expert researcher! Just click on the link and wait for it to load!

If you should ever find that you need some additional help or suggestions feel free to contact a Keiser University Librarian at one of the campuses that offer the Dietetics & Nutrition program:

Lakeland: (863)682-6020

Pembroke Pines: (954)431-2929

Port St. Lucie: (772)398-9990

Conclusion:

The library’s online catalog URL or web address (www.keiserlibrary.com)

How to log-in to the library’s online catalog with your USERNAME & PASSWORD.

The 2 main types and many different formats of resources the library offers and where to search for them on the library webpage.

Where you can look on the library webpage to learn more about using the library and its resources.

How to contact a professional librarian for additional assistance.

Now you know :

The end.