Faculty Support HOME | Library | Faculty Support Faculty SupportQUICK LINKS Catalog Renew a Book Reserve a Study Room Databases Faculty Support About the Library Make a Request Help AMU LibraryFACULTY SUPPORT The Canizaro Library offers many powerful tools and resources to help you structure your course to serve your students best. We’re also happy to support you in learning and using these tools. Below are some of the most frequently used library support resources. FACULTY FAQs With so many tools at your disposal, it’s easy to get confused or forget how it all works together. Don’t let unanswered questions stop you from making the most of the library to bolster your course plan. To help simplify your life, we’ve compiled the most common questions and answers for our teaching faculty. SEE FACULTY FAQs FIND THE EXACT SOURCES YOU NEED Search the library catalog to find the ideal materials to inform your lesson plan or assign to your students. If you can’t find what you need in our collections, you can expand your search to all libraries in the WorldCat network and request them through our inter-library loans. SEARCH THE LIBRARY CATALOG RUN A DATABASE SEARCH If you’d like to search our library collections by subject or category, simply click the button below, select one of our many databases and log into your Azure account for access. EXPLORE AMU LIBRARY DATABASESReserve a Study Room Do your students need a study space for class activities outside of normal class times or for special study sessions? Through our online library portal, you can reserve one of the library’s three study rooms for your class quickly and easily. RESERVE A STUDY ROOMMake aREQUEST LIBRARY INSTRUCTION Request instruction for your class on the use of library technology and resources. Learn More LIBRARY PURCHASE REQUEST Please fill out this purchase request form to add a new title to our library. Learn More COURSE RESERVES REQUEST Reserve the materials needed to teach and follow your course. Learn More UsefulTutorialsGeneral Library Instruction Accessing Electronic Resources Citing in APA Citing in Chicago Manual of Style Critically Evaluating Sources Library of Congress Classification Outline Searching Canizaro Library Catalog Understanding Call Numbers Using Google Scholar Using “My Library Account” Electronic Resources EBSCO “Creating an Advanced Search – Guided Style Find Fields” https://connect.ebsco.com/s/article/Advanced-Searching-on-EBSCOhost-Tutorial?language=en_US “Creating an Advanced Search – Singe Find Field” https://connect.ebsco.com/s/article/Advanced-Search-on-EBSCO-Interfaces-Single-Find-Field?language=en_US “Creating a Basic Search” https://connect.ebsco.com/s/article/Basic-Searching-on-EBSCOhost-Tutorial?language=en_US Project MUSE “Search for Content on Project MUSE and Save your Search” https://muse.jhu.edu/about_files/uploaded/quick_search_guide.pdf Using Google Scholar Learn about Google Scholar here Integrating Library Resources into Canvas Learn about integrating Library resources into canvas here RARE BOOKS AND SPECIAL COLLECTIONS Canizaro Library is blessed to house a large collection of extremely rare and hard-to-find manuscript documents, fine bindings, archives, and artwork. While you can explore AMU’s Rare Books collection on the website, we encourage you to get a better view and see them in-person! EXPLORE OUR RARE BOOKS COLLECTION
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