*Introduction. My role as Librarian for the Anthropology department: maintain contact with the faculty, undergraduate and graduate students, do training, make purchase requests, develop bibliographies, and preform other related services.

TODAY: --Pointers to resources. Follow along on your own terminal, except one database


--Encourage to ask questions as go along, or arise, even general questions
--email me, pm9k@virginia.edu

*Location in Alderman - Help and checkout, Reference, Stacks (GN), Periodicals (microfiche, HRAF), Government Docs and Scholars Lab

*Print reference resources - encyclopedias, journals, monographs

*The Library Catalog - VIRGO. (Bring up home page and VIRGO)


--This is a gateway to more than just catalog, databases; see Top, right side, left side and scroll down. of page, Hours, Maps, Internet Reference, Subject Guides, Getting a book
--Quick Search screen, with and (if not used and, then less full results, same field)
--Full record results
--Use GO BACK.
Quick Search - for phrase use quotes ""
--Saving/Email, choices of format, sort, save, print (Don't do it, right now in class)
Advanced search - helps narrow down.
        Look at bottom for options and boxes to limit
Services [The Red Line] (review account, pin changes, renew, etc) and Requests with choices for books, articles, Purchase requests, ILL, etc.
Electronic Journals

*VIRGO all databases and Anthropology databases
--Note about Off grounds access: to make available from home/off-grounds, need to set up proxy account (prompted once a session, easy to do) or UVa Anywhere. See Note at Databases page

A. Anthropology Plus Search, save, print, email
B. Other databases - "Go to Databases."
American History and Life,
Bibliography of Asian Studies 1971+ (Web),
Bibliography of Native North Americans (Web),
Digital Dissertations,
Historical Abstracts [all the world but North America since 1450],
Human Relations Area Files (Web),
InfoTrac OneFile (Web),
Lexis/Nexis Academic Universe,
Periodicals Contents Index (PCI) online,
WorldCat (verification for ILL).

OneSearch For Antrhopology, summary, etc.

*From the Library Home page


A. Library Anthropology databases and Guide
B. Purchase requests.
C. InterLibrary Services and ILS requests Eg for books, articles, dissertations, etc

*RefWorks:. Access, registration video, sharing.

Evaluation.

*Visit 3rd Floor


A. Periodicals room, newspapers, microfilms - readers and printing, and HRAF
B. Government Docs, such as Smithsonian

Practice time

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