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Welcome back...everybody!

There's so much that the Library can do to help you succeed, but we're surprised when students tell us they didn't know about this service or that service. We have thousands of books and videos and millions of articles available. Most importantly, we have a staff that's ready and willing to answer your questions.

Here is a quick guide to the Library:

Electronic Reserve

Professors post articles, book chapters, and videos here. If you didn't get a password from your instructor, call us at (801) 863-8886.

Interlibrary Loan

Need something we don't have? Request it through Interlibrary Loan for free!

OneSearch

Search for articles, videos, books, and more with OneSearch. Located on the Library's homepage, all you need to do is type and click the search box. Most of our article databases are included in OneSearch.

Online Research Help

Contact a librarian via text, chat, email, or phone and ask us any research or library-related question.

Research Guides

Stumped for a topic? Our research guides include some suggestions and will give you a jumpstart on that paper or speech.

Study Rooms

We know how important peace and quiet is, so we have places in the Library for your group to get together to study or work on a project where you can get a little noisy.  You can reserve them here.

These are just a few of the services we offer, so stop by the Library today to learn more about us!

Read on at the UVU Library!

Few people know about the rich fiction collections we have here at the UVU Library. Since we have one short week before classes begin, why not try a good read?

Browsing Collection

Housed on the first floor, near the cafe, the browsing collection is packed with recent fiction and entertaining non-fiction. Books from this collection check out for three weeks, but you can call us at (801) 863-8886 if you need a little more time.

New books are arriving all the time. If you've already visited, it's time to come back and see what's new.

Literature Resource Center 

You might not think of a literature database as a place to find your next great read, but the Literature Resource Center has more than literary criticism. You can also find author biographies with their complete works listed (with the series in order!). This database also contains book reviews so you can find out if the book you've been hearing about lately is all it's cracked up to be.

Suggest a Book or Video

Is there a book or video you'd like to see added to our collections? Let us know! We're open to suggestions from students as well as faculty.

Self-Serve at the Library

The Book Drop is located to the west of the Library.

We spend a lot of time here at the Library talking about how we can help you, but there are also several ways you can help yourself. Here are some of the best self-service, well, services we have here at the Library.

EBooks

In previous posts we've talked about our extensive collection of reference eBooks, but we also have thousands of eBooks in our Safari, eBrary, and EBSCO collections. All of our eBooks are in the Library's online catalog. To access them, simply click on the link provided. EBrary also allows you to download books for a limited time. (Safari and EBSCO books must be viewed online.)

OneSearch

Last fall we debuted OneSearch, a database that allows you to search across most of our databases from one interface. OneSearch is available on the Library's homepage in the upper left corner. It uses the same searching tricks that we've taught you in our workshops and offers easy-to-use filters and limits to narrow down your search. We've linked the journal and magazine titles we have access to in OneSearch, so you'll be able to read many of the articles you find.

Self Check Out Machine

If you have already checked something out from the Library, you will be able to used our self check out machine. Located on the fourth floor, the self check out machine makes it easy to check out your books and scoot out the Library. Just swipe your card, put your books in the cradle, and take your receipt when you're done.

The self check out machine only works with books. Videos, DVDs, and CDs still need to be checked out at the Circulation Desks.

Off the Shelf, Episode 2

Librarian Annie Smith explains why Android Karenina by Leo Tolstoy and Ben Winters, and John Scalzi's Redshirts, are the perfect end of summer read.