1. AUBG Library Freshman Guide Spring 2010 Gergana Georgieva Information Literacy Librarian

2. The Web Page  AUBG Webpage AUBG Webpage  http://www.aubg.bg/library http://www.aubg.bg/library

3. The Catalogue  An online database that provides the citations and locations of all materials in the library  Web-based Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC)  AUBG Library Catalog AUBG Library Catalog

4. Electronic Books  An e-book collection of over 40,000 full-text books of all academic subject areas.  Accessible through the library web pagelibrary web page

5. Databases  Reference databases Reference databases  Ebsco Ebsco  ProQuest Central ProQuest Central  JSTOR JSTOR  ScienceDirect ScienceDirect  Columbia International Affairs Online Columbia International Affairs Online  Central and Eastern European Online Library Central and Eastern European Online Library

6. Checking out Check-out: AUBG ID card Loan Period: 21 days Reserve materials: 3 for 2 hours Number of books: 10 Number of periodicals: 3 Number of CDs/DVDs: 3

7. Overdue/Lost Materials  Reserves $1 per day  Regular checkout$.10 per day  Periodicals$.10 per day  Lost Materials  Fees will be charged toward the student’s financial account

8. Patron Access  Check out your patron account Check out your patron account  Renew a book  Request a book

9. Library Working Hours Library has flexible working hours and is opened 86 hours during the semesters, and 104 during the finals Check the Library web page for the library’s working hoursLibrary web page

10. Assistance At the Reference Desk Virtual Reference - Meebo Call (888) 354 or (888) 341 Use libmail@aubg.bglibmail@aubg.bg Use the on-line formon-line form

11. Thank you! Gergana Georgieva Information Literacy Librarian ggeorgieva@aubg.bg Phone: 888-354