Librarians have many tools, tips, and strategies to assist you and your students. This page lists resources that you can link to. It also provides examples of how to maximize use of the library resources.
General Resources that can be linked to your pages.
- Ask-A-Librarian http://www.library.uiuc.edu/askus/ This page provides options for asking a library or research-related question either online with chat or IM, on your home or cell phone, by email , or at the reference desk.
- Library Resources for Courses http://www.library.uiuc.edu/learn/instruction/classmaterial.html A list of guides for specific classes that were prepared by subject librarians. Help your students get to choice resources.
- Subject Guides prepared by Librarians (not all are listed). Comprehensive research guides prepared by subject librarians for finding information in various subjects. These are much more extensive than the course guides listed above. http://www.library.uiuc.edu/learn/instruction/webguides.html
- Tutorials http://www.library.uiuc.edu/diglit/tutorials/index.html This page lists tutorials prepared to help students navigate the library resources, including various databases. Also see: http://www.library.uiuc.edu/learn/
Adding Library Resources to Your Web Pages or Course Management System
Some of the library links need a proxy prefix in order for you to create a permanent (persistent) url. See the pages linked below for examples of how to create these persistent urls.
- Linking to Online Library Resources: What's possible? Information about how to link to the fulltext online resources of the library.
- Linking to Records in the Online Library Catalog. Information about how to create a persistent link to records in the library catalog.
Special Tools Available to Assist with Research
- RefWorks Bibliography Manager http://www.library.uiuc.edu/orr/notespopup.php?instid=424609 RefWorks collects, stores, and organizes citations from books, articles, web sites, and other sources. It automatically converts citations into properly formatted bibliographies
- Online Journals (http://www.library.uiuc.edu/orr/?mode=J Find out if a specific journal, is available fulltext through the Library.
- Using Citation Styles General information for students about citation styles and citation elements. http://www.library.uiuc.edu/rex/erefs/citing.htm and http://www.library.uiuc.edu/edx/writingguides.htm
Plagiarism
- Faculty Guide to Plagiarism and Cyber-Plagiarism from the University of Alberta
- Basic Plagiarism Tutorial developed at San Jose State University. Sign in as guest.
For More Help
- Faculty/Librarian Collaboration See some suggestions of how librarians can assist faculty.
- Request an Instruction Session Contact your subject librarian.
- Specialists by Subject Find out who " your" subject librarian is.
