1. www.bu.edu/library

2. Web site gateway –Catalog –Electronic resources –Librarians Open Access –Scholarly resources –Library holdings

3. www.bu.edu/library Gateway Username & kerberos password Individual library gateways eJournal Locator Virtual Catalog Interlibrary Loan WorldCat worldcat.org Suggest a purchase RefWorks

4. An online bibliography tool

7. The Age of the Digital Student Many new college students have never identified printed material in an online library catalog nor retrieved an item from the shelf using the Call Number 2 million+ books

8. lead to 58,782 online journals

13. An immodest mission “Google’s mission is to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.”

14. Open Access Retain your rights as authors

17. Where should you send your student?

18. Reference Librarians Online, on the phone and in person We CAN point students to the best two or three online databases and teach students how best to use them Send your student to us

19. –Meet one-on-one with a librarian –Identify and recommend the library’s online research tools to your students –Bring a librarian to class

20. Thank You! Thomas J. Casserly Head of Reference & Instructional Services Mugar Memorial Library casserly@bu.edu