[Getting Started] [Instructional Resources] [Tell Us What You Need!] [Research Tools] [Open Access Course Materials] [Scholarly Communication/Open Access Publishing]

Getting Started

• New Faculty Welcome Brochure -- in blog or .pdf format.
• Registration Form for first time users [.pdf] [.doc] -- if you've never checked out a book or have not used interlibrary loan (ILL), then you'll need to register with us.

Class and Instructional Resources (for you & your students)

• Course-Related Instruction -- we'll teach your class how to use our resources.
• Designing Effective Library Research Assignments -- tips on how to design an effective library assignment.
• Linking to records in the Library Catalog - learn how to link directly to a record in the Library Catalog.
• Reference -- Have a research related question? We can help answer it.
• Reserves -- Put your class materials on reserve.

Tell Us What you Need! Suggest Library Resources

Are we missing important books, journals, or other resources? Let us know!

• BioSciences Library Resource Recommendation Form
• Library Resource Recommendation Form
• Collection Development
• Subject Liaisons

Research Tools

• RefWorks-- web-based citation software, for organizing your research.
  • To use Refworks, you'll need to set up a personal account at http://refworks.com/.
  • If asked for a group code, click here to get the UAF group code.
    Note, if you receive an "Access Denied Message," call the reference desk at 907-474-7482 and ask for the Refworks Group Code.
• Document Delivery -- request book chapters and paper journal articles be scanned and emailed to you as a .pdf file.
• EndNote Connection Files -- to search databases from within EndNote, you may need a special connection file.
• Interlibrary Loan -- borrow materials that aren't available on campus.
• Off-campus Services -- if you're a remote faculty, we'll support your teaching and research needs.

Open Access Course Materials

These are links provided for your convenience; the library has not evaluated and does not recommend any particular resource.

• OCW - OpenCourseWare Consortium, links to a number of colleges and universities with posted free courseware
• Open Access Textbooks -- Consider using online course materials, free to students.
• MERLOT - Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching
• Wikiversity - You already know and love or hate Wikipedia...
• Wikitextbook - It is pretty bare-bones at this time, but it's a start!
• Wikibooks - A different Wikipedia page, with other book options (other than textbooks).

Scholarly Communication and Open Access Publishing - Some Considerations

• DOAJ - Directory of Open Access Journals, lists 6500+ open access journals for you to consider when deciding where to publish
• PLOS - Public Library of Science, a non-profit org featuring a number of peer-reviewed, open-access, and respected scientific and medical journals
• Open Access Increases Citation Rate. MacCallum CJ, Parthasarathy H (2006). PLoS Biol 4(5): e176. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0040176
• What You Can Do to Promote Open Access. Suber, P. (2007)
• Scholarly Communication and Open Access: Research and Publication in Flux. Rutgers University Libraries - web page