Resources for Graduate Students

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Library Services

• MyLibrary to create a custom gateway to the Library
• Borrrowing Privileges
• Using the Library when you are working on your dissertation but not enrolled.
• Document Delivery
  • Articles -- Libraries to U can supply copies of articles in our collections, often in electronic form. Some charges may apply.
  • Books in the Library -- look for the Get It link in MNCAT to have a book held for you or sent to a nearby library.
  • Interlibrary Loan can borrow books or obtain copies of articles from other libraries at no charge to you.
• Purchase Suggestions -- contact your subject librarian to recommend a purchase to the Library.
• Workshops cover the latest resources and services.
• Subject Librarians. Contact the person who covers your department for assistance with Library collections and services.

Tutorials -- online presentations on specific library topics:

• Searching for Articles
• Searching for Books
• Citations
• Refworks
• Powerpoint Posters
• MyLibrary

Research Alerts

• Monthly New Books List -- a list of titles added to the Science & Engineering Library.
• Research Alerts (e-mail, RSS feeds) many databases and journals offer automatic alerts

Dissertations
Dissertations can be a useful resource and model for your own work. All UM dissertations and theses are listed in MNCAT. You cannot search by department, but you can add 'thesis phd' to your keyword search to find theses on a specific topic.
Theses from UM, along with those from CIC (Big Ten) institutions, are available since 1997 by way of Proquest.
You can limit your proquest search to specific institutions in in four ways:

• In advanced search you can search for 'university of minnesota' as school name.
• If you check 'full text' you will search only the University of Minnesota and the rest of the Big Ten for 1997+.
• If you click on 'databases selected' you can limit your search to 'Dissertations & Theses @ CIC Institutions' for all years.
• Also in advanced search you can search for a specific thesis advisor.

For schools outside the Big Ten the first twenty-four pages of recent dissertations can be displayed. You can usually borrow the full dissertation via ILL.
One exception is MIT. Their recent dissertations and selected older ones have been digitized.

Grant Funding

• A List of grant information sites is maintained by the the University's Office of the Vice President for Research.

Research and Publishing

• CIC Author's Addendum to Copyright Transfer UL
• Journal Impact Factors and Other Measures
• Directory of Publisher Policies on Archiving
• Copyright
• more...

Instruction Support

• Orientation & Instruction
  
• CourseLib: Library Resources for your class
• Course Reserves
• Workshops

Off-Campus Access When off-campus (at home or traveling) you may access the libraries licensed databases, electronic journals, and electronic books. Points to consider:

• Your University Internet ID is the key to remote access. VPN will not give you access to most resources.
• MNCAT is freely available and will provide solid links to the items it lists.
• Links on Library Web pages will provide good access.
• Google Scholar. You can maximize its value by either:
  • Setting your preferences there to University of Minnesota
  • or by using a Library Link to access it.