FAQs for Undergraduates  

Five Ways to Get Research Help

Spring Semester 2012

Visit us
@The Reference Desk

Call Us
(During Reference Hours)

(401) 874-2653

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(During Reference Hours)

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(During Reference Hours)

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Email Us
(After Reference Hours)

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(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

  Is there someone I can talk to for help?

• Reference Desk
• Subject Selectors / Specialists
• IM URI Librarian

  Do you have any handouts on how to use the Library?

• User Guides
• Library Skills Tutorial

  Is there a class I could take that would make me more confident in doing research?

• LIB120: Introduction to Information Literacy
• LIB140: Special Topics in Information Literacy
• Instruction and Information Literacy

  Where’s the catalog?

• HELIN 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 checked out?

• Circulation — Recalls

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

• HELIN Loan
• InRhode

  What if I really need a book and it’s not in HELIN?

• Interlibrary Loan
• Interlibrary Loan — Forms
• InRhode
• Ocean State Libraries (Rhode Island Public Libraries)

  What article databases are available online?

• Reference Databases

  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 — Finding Periodicals
• HELIN Library Catalog

  Can I get journal articles online?

• E-Journals

  What if I need an article that’s not available at URI?

• Interlibrary Loan
• Interlibrary Loan — Forms
• Ocean State Libraries (Rhode Island Public Libraries)

  My professor put some reading on Reserve in the Library. How do I get it?

• Reserves
• E-Reserves

  Does the library have DVDs, video tapes, and CDs?

• Media Resources Center

  I have to work on a group project with some of my classmates? Is there a place we can meet?

• Group Study Rooms

B. Gallagher, M.J. Keefe, & A. Rathemacher, 9/04; Rev. M.J. Keefe, 6/06; Rev. A. Izenstark, 9/10