Paul J Graham University Librarian

Paul J Graham

pgraham@yorkvilleu.ca Extension 1302 Skype: UniversityLibrarian

(located Fredericton, NB)

The Librarian has over 10 years Social Science

research experience, and over 5 years providing

Library & Research support at Yorkville University. You

can contact him for any reference, research, and

database question pertaining to your studies.

Using “ASK YU” is perfect for the weekends to ensure that your question has been triaged. Otherwise, you can contact the Librarian directly.

The Librarian can respond to many of your questions. ◦ Finding & Navigating the Library ◦ Providing search strategies for assignments ◦ In-depth research consultation ◦ APA citation advice

Please note, all questions about textbooks can go directly to the bookstore: Yorkville/RCC Bookstore yorkville@nuskule.com or call them at 1-877-289-1151 (toll free North America). You can contact me for any textbook challenge that cannot be addressed by the bookstore.

You start by selecting the “MyYU” button to view the main options

You will then see many options, including the button allowing you access to the Library

You’ve now reached the library. You need to

scroll down the page to see Library options.

You now can access the Library’s

resources…both scholarly resources and

external weblinks.

You can access to many resources.

Databases for Psychology, Education, and business

are available via the “Academic” label.

Databases for Steeles based programmes, such

as BID, Btech can find their databases via the

“Professional” label.

Please note, all databases are accessible to all students.

EBSCO Academic, for example, has many databases providing full-text, peer reviewed resources.

In “EBSCO Academic” just select “Continue” to go to

the database.

Here is the EBSCO interface for searching for scholarly

resources.

Both EBSCO Academic & EBSCO Professional have ebook options.

EBSCO Academic has ebooks for Psychology, Business, and Education.

EBSCO Professional has ebooks for all other programmes.

You can access the ebook platform from EBSCO

Academic by selecting the “Choose Databases” option.

Deselect all of the databases except ebook collections, press

okay.

Please note… you “do not” need any special software to access the

ebooks. You “do not” need to “borrow” or “sign them out”.

“If” you want to read the material “offline”, then you need to

download “Adobe Digital Editions” and create an internal EBSCO

account by pressing the “Sign in” button in the database.

Please note, many people will purchase ebooks from the bookstore and have follow up questions. It is important to note the following: ◦ It may take up to 24 hours for the bookstore to

process your ebook purchase. ◦ You will receive an access email which sometimes

can accidentally go to your email spam folder. ◦ If you have not received your ebook email after 2

business days, then directly contact the bookstore for a status update.

This is only a brief orientation. A more thorough orientation with audio will be provided in the coming months.

Please feel free to ask plenty of questions.

Good luck in your studies!