Welcome to the University Library

Arthur N. Olsen, Academic Librarian

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Welcome to the Agder University Library

A modern library with :• 200.000 volumes• Access to 18.000 electronic periodicals• A wide variety of electronic services: databases, dictionaries,

encyclopedias• qualified and helpful library staff

Access to electronic services and more information on our Webpages:

http://www.uia.no/uba

Choose English !

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Facilities Gimlemoen library

• Newspapers and periodicals• Reference books of all kinds• Reading/work space

Wireless and wired connection to the campus network• Group rooms• Internet terminals

Brief usage for the library catalog, Internet and e-mail• Standard PC’s

Login necessary , 2 printers• Specialized equipment

Listen to cassettes and CD’s, film on video and DVD, microfilm and microfiche.

• Printers and copiers• Follow Me, use of student card

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Our library catalogue Bibsys

• Used by all university and college libraries in Norway• Contains descriptions of 5 mil. documents• Can be used from anywhere • Possible to find books :

• In our library• At other Norwegian research libraries

http://ask.bibsys.no/ask/action/smpsearch

• Searching:• Author: Amin, Samir• Title words : agriculture africa • Free Text: sustainable development• Dewey number: 320.91724• Boolean combinations and truncation

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E-books

• E-books kan be accessed via Bibsys• Main service from Ebrary

• Over 40,000 electronic books • From 1990 – 2009• Good coverage of relevant topics:

sustainable development 2,000 documents developing countries 4,000 documentsglobal warming 400 documents

• Bookshelf, Infotools, markup

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Electronic Journals

• Pointers to electronic journals in Bibsys• Bibsys Tyr• Bibsys X

Choose Bibsys X from database search screens to see our library holdings

• Collections from publishersElsevier Science Direct, Springer Link, Sage ,

Blackwell , Taylor and Francis

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Some important electronic services

• EBSCOhost

Academic Search Complete, Business Source Complete, CINAHL

• Google Scholar

• Web of Science

• Dictionaries

Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford Reference

• Encyclopaedias

Encyclopaedia Britannica

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Borrowing and ordering documents

• Your student-id is also your library card

• Normal loan period is 4 weeks reduced to 1 week if others are waiting

• Inter-library loans and reservations

• Renewals

• Purchase suggestions