FAQs for Graduate Students  

Five Ways to Get Research Help

Spring Semester 2012

Visit us
@The Reference Desk

Call Us
(During Reference Hours)

(401) 874-2653

IM Us
(During Reference Hours)

URILibrarian
AOL Instant Messenger (AIM)
or Yahoo!

Text Us
(During Reference Hours)

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Start your message with URILibrarian:
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Email Us
(After Reference Hours)

urilibrarian@gmail.com

(Please allow 1-2 business days for a response)

  Can anyone show me around the library?

• Self-Guided Tour of the Robert L. Carothers Library & Learning Commons

  How do I get a library card?

• Understanding Your Library Barcode

  What are the Library’s hours?

• Hours
• 24-Hour Study Room

  Can I use my laptop in the Library?

• Internet Access for Laptop Computers

  How does copying and printing work?

• Copying and Printing in the Library

  Where’s the catalog?

• HELIN Library Catalog

  How long can I keep a book out? Can I renew it?

• Circulation — Loan periods
• Circulation — Renewals

  How can I get a book someone else has borrowed?

• Circulation — Recalls

  What if the book I need is at another HELIN library?

• HELIN Loan
• InRhode - Links to Brown University Catalog

  Will the Library buy a book I need?

• Subject Selectors
• Collection Management — Online Book Suggestion Forms

  What article databases are available online? How do I use them?

• Reference Databases
• Finding Articles

  Can I get into these databases from home / off-campus?

• Remote Access to Library Online Resources

  How do I know if the Library subscribes to the journal I need?

• HELIN Library Catalog - Search by Journal Title
  

  Can I get journal articles online?

• E-Journals
• HELIN Library Catalog - Search by Journal Title

  Can I reserve a room in the Library to work in?

• Individual Research / Study Carrels

  Is there someone I can talk to for help?

• Reference Desk
• IM URILibrarian
• Subject Selectors / Specialists

  How can I get material that’s not in the HELIN catalog?

• Interlibrary Loan
• Interlibrary Loan — Forms
• InRhode Catalog

  Does the Library offer any services for instructors? What should I do if I think my students will need help in the Library?

• Instruction Services — Information Literacy at the University Libraries
• Subject Selectors / Specialists
• Instruction Services — Creating Effective Library Assignments
• Library Skills Tutorial

  How do I go about putting readings on Reserve for my class?

• Reserves
• E-Reserves

Rev. M.J. Keefe & A. Rathemacher, 8/03, 8/04, M.J. Keefe & A. Izenstark, 8/05; M.J. Keefe 6/06; M.J. Keefe & A. Izenstark, 6/07; Rev. A. Izenstark, 9/10