Navigating the University Libraries’ Webpage

http://library.albany.edu/

Getting There

Begin by going to the University Website, http://www.albany.edu/ .

1. Click the Libraries tab. This will bring you to the Libraries’ webpage.

Where to Focus

On the Libraries’ webpage, you will see organized sections.

1. Quick links

3. Tabs forsearching a known source or all libraryareas at

once.

2. Resourcesfor undergraduatestudents (more onnext slide)

Resources for Undergraduate Students

One page with MANY resources that we have created for you!

Libraries’ Website Sections (Continued)

4. Library information tabs

5. Click for help!

(coming up next)

6. Library News &

Events

Asking for Help

Librarians want to help. You can ask through IM/Text, email, phone, and in

person. You can also sign up for one-on-one appointments or classes.

Going to Minerva, the Libraries’ Catalog

To enter the Libraries’ catalog, Minerva, click the link.

Exploring Minerva

What is Minerva?Minerva is the University Libraries’ online catalog.

Using Minerva, you can search for and find physical

items within the library. You may also find some digital

items. You can find books, CDs, DVDs, government

documents, newspapers, and other items housed in

the library.

Minerva does not allow you to search for scholarly and other articles.

Scholarly articles and other articles are found within databases. We will revisit where to find journal articles in later slides.

Searching Minerva

In Minerva, you can limit the type of items you would like to search for and type words in the search bar.

Click ‘go’ and Minerva will find materials that our libraries own.

You will learn more about search strategizing in another quest!

Getting to Databases, a Collection of Articles (and more!)

To enter the Libraries’ databases, click the link.Then, choose a subject, then a database.

Exploring the Libraries’ Databases

What is a database?

The libraries have many, many databases that contain

scholarly (academic, professional) articles. Typically,

these are sources in addition to books or web resources

you may use for research or to write research papers.

Databases contain papers, articles, and dissertations. This is not

where you would look for a book.

Searching Databases

You can search for items by entering words in the search bars and clicking ‘search.’

Notice that you can also check boxes to limit your results.

You will learn more about search strategizing in another quest!

Start Exploring!

Now that you’ve seen a few sections of the

Libraries’ website, take a look around.

Any questions? Feel free to ask for

help by clicking the ‘Ask Us’ link in

the Libraries’ website.