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We are here to help with your coursework, research, and teaching needs. Contact the Alden Public Services Desk anytime. 

Browse our  and our help pages for a variety of great tips, including this quick video on through your Gmail account.

Get to know your Subject Librarian and contact them to:

• Suggest a library purchase
• Find a journal to submit your article
• Learn more about authors’ rights at publication
• Ask questions about finding and using information resources or data
• Integrate library materials into your syllabus
• and more . . .

Research Assistance

• Contact the Research Services Department for help all along your dissertation or thesis journey: finding data sources, identifying journals, preserving your data, literature search and management, open access options, and all the steps in between. Ask us about:
  • and other workshops
  • , including data management plans (), ,
  • to identify and differentiate your publications
  • Collaboration on and other evidence synthesis projects
• Ask your Subject Librarian for assistance with conducting a literature review, finding the full text from a citation, understanding your article publication agreement, and other research questions
• View  for recommended research resources in your discipline.
• Contact or visit the Mahn Center for Archives and Special Collections to explore a wealth of primary source materials in support of your research and creativity

Accessing Materials

• Borrow books, videos, and more from our collections and beyond (search  and the )
• Access disciplinary  from anywhere - on or off campus
• Request books and articles we do not have through Interlibrary Loan – ILLiad - it's free

Writing & Presenting Your Research

• Find  at 51ÉçÇø and beyond
• Save and organize your references with 
• Apply, win a cash award, and present your research at the Graduate Research Series
• Use specialized software on Alden PCs and Macs in our Multimedia Center to design and analyze your research and creative work

Teaching

• Put books and articles on reserve for your classes
• Add library resources to your Canvas or Blackboard course
• Add library resources to your Blackboard course
• Collaborate with a librarian to develop customized library instruction for your class
• Arrange instruction sessions for courses you teach with archives and special collections staff to provide hands-on experiences engaging with archival, manuscript, photographic, and rare book materials

Using Alden Library

• Access other floors when only the 2nd and 4th floors are open
• Reserve a study carrel, a group study room, a computer lab, or a meeting room