Introduction to the ASU Libraries
Linda Shackle
Noble Science & Engineering Library
Room 130E
480-965-7601
http://libguide.asu.edu/engineering
linda.shackle@asu.edu
Accessing the ASU Libraries
• ASU Home Page
http://www.asu.edu
• My ASU
http://my.asu.edu
• ASU Libraries Home Page
http://lib.asu.edu
• ASU Libraries mobile access
http://m.lib.asu.edu/
The ASU Libraries are:
Services
The library staff are here to help you succeed.
Library Accounts
• Your Sun Card is your …
Library Card
•Set Up Accounts:
– Check Library Account for your preferred email address
– Register for Illiad (Interlibrary Loan service)
– Register for RefWorks (citation management)
Don’t Know How to do Library Research?
Tutorials
http://lib.asu.edu/tutorials
The ASU Libraries are …
Resources
Over 4 million of them!
Resources
Don’t Know What Resource To Use?
Libguides!
http://libguides.asu.edu
http://libguides.asu.edu/engineering
Resources
Ask a Librarian!
http://lib.asu.edu/help
The ASU Libraries are …
Spaces
Eight buildings on four campuses
Group Study
Individual Study
Tutoring
Take a Break
Library Spaces
Each campus has at least one library building:
•Downtown Phoenix Campus Library
– Nursing, healthcare, social work, journalism/mass media
•Polytechnic Campus:
– Library (technology)
– Storage Facility (not open to the public)
•Tempe Campus
– Hayden
Library (campus center; humanities, social sciences, business, education)
– Noble Science & Engineering Library (northeast)
– Architecture & Environmental Design Library (CDN)
– Music Library (west)
– Law Library (operates separately from the other ASU Libraries)
•West Campus
– Fletcher (liberal arts & sciences, education, business)
We’re not just a building with books!
Hours:
– Hayden is open 24/5 during Fall and Spring Semesters; 24/7 during finals
– Noble is open until midnight from Sundays – Thursdays (2am during finals)
Food and Drink:
– Cafes or vending machines (varies)
Equipment:
– Moveable tables
– Stuffed chairs and sofas
– Booths
– Whiteboards (stationary and mobile)
– Mediascapes
– Laptop Zones with electrical outlets
We’re not just a building with books!
Study spaces for everybody:
– Community centers on the main level
– Enclosed rooms for tutoring or group meetings
– Quiet areas on upper floors
– Enclosed individual carrels for silent study
– Large silent study rooms
– Tutoring Centers (Student Success)
Check out:
– Markers and erasers for the whiteboards
– Headphones
– Flash drives
– Scientific calculators
– Power strips
– Board and Card Games
Give Away:
– Earplugs
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Questions?
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Important Thing You
Learned Today?
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