University of Nebraska Kearney
2508 11th Avenue
Kearney, NE 68849-2240
Email: brownfieldlj@unk.edu
Tel: (308) 865-8853
Meet the librarian assigned to your department and get an orientation to the resources available through the library. Librarians also offer research consultation appointments for faculty members. If you would like to request a course guide, please contact the appropriate subject liaison.
The Library Research Tutorial provides an overview of library research tools and services via Canvas. This online learning experience allows students to learn or refresh their information literacy skills at their own pace, outside of classroom time, and self-assess their skills and understanding of key concepts.
Need assistance conducting a literature review or updating course reading lists? Faculty librarians will be happy to assist you with identifying recommended sources. To arrange a consultation, please contact your librarian. Looking for a few recommended article databases or e-books in your subject discipline? Try one of the library's research guides. Customized research guides may also be requested for use with your on-campus or online classes. Please contact your librarian for more information.
Publishing & Scholarly Communication: A guide to understanding and locating impact factors and other qualities of scholarly journals.
Recommend a purchase: The Calvin T. Ryan Library welcomes faculty recommendations for additions to its collections.
Choice Reviews Online: Choice is a publishing unit of ACRL dedicated to providing the academic library community with the tools and services it needs, through a variety of resources including Choice magazine and the Choice Reviews database. Founded in 1964, Choice now reaches more than 18,000 librarians, faculty, and key decision makers connecting the three principal groups of the academic library market: librarians, patrons, and content providers. (Description is from Choice website) http://www.ala.org/acrl/choice/
After signing in to their account faculty may request items to be delivered to their office by locating and selecting the item in the library catalog.
Once the item is selected a window will pop up. Look for and select the Request option in the middle of this window.
If the Request option is not available please contact the Circulation Department at 308-865-8599 for assistance.
Faculty may set up a Proxy Borrower Library Account so that student or graduate assistants may check out books in their name. This account will be separate from their regular account. Faculty must fill out a Proxy Borrower Form for each assistant they wish to have check out books. The assistant will be issued a Proxy Borrower Card that they must present to check books out to the proxy account.
What are persistent links (or permalinks)? Persistent links are stable, unchanging URLs (Uniform Resource Locators) ideal for linking to library catalog records and e-resources from within Canvas course pages, e-reserves, emails, browser bookmarks, and other documents used for instruction. These may also be referred to as permanent links, permalinks, or durable or stable URLs.
Why should I use persistent links? Using persistent links to library catalog records and database articles can offer key advantages: Persistent links rarely change, simplifying maintenance of Canvas pages and other instructional documents. Links to general Internet sites, on the other hand, may change without notice. Persistent links to library e-resources resolve issues of copyright compliance, since no actual copies are made. To download, store and distribute copyrighted materials online often requires permission of the publisher and/or author. The use of persistent links does not require such authorization.
Tutorials
A tutorial explaining permalinks in EBSCOhost, Gale, ProQuest, and JSTOR databases is also available
Not all library databases are capable of utilizing persistent links. Please contact a librarian for assistance with databases.
There are easy ways to get “permalinks” for items you find when searching. These permalinks will automatically take you back to that specific record. These links will not take you directly the article or resource – to do that you need to get the permalink directly from the database or source where the article resides.
To get a permalink for a record in our new catalog, there are two ways you can do it. First, from your Search Results List, you can click on the “link” icon:
Click on the “Copy the permalink to clipboard” and then paste it into your document. As you can see there are other options available, too.
The other way of getting the permalink, is once you click on the title, the full record display will pop up. Here, once again, you can select permalink, or one of the other options available. The “pin” icon in the corner will pin it to your favorites list if you are signed in. Clicking on “Permalink” will again bring up the box where you can copy the permalink URL to the clipboard and paste it into your document.
The Library offers instruction on library research for undergraduates and graduate students, tailored to courses, assignments and students' research topics. Please use this form to submit a request for library instruction for each session requested.
Librarian led instruction may be held in one of the library's two computer labs or in other classrooms on campus. To arrange an instruction session or class visit, please contact Lindsay Brownfield, or fill out the Library Instruction Request form.
To arrange instruction for general orientations and introductions for area school and community groups, please contact:
Lindsay Brownfield(Definition from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation)
Electronic reserves provide your students with 24-7 online access to supplemental readings.
Physical reserves may include personal copies or library copies of books, videos, CDs, or other materials that you want readily available at the library for your students. You may also place photocopies of articles or book chapters on reserve, so long as these copies comply with U.S. copyright laws and fair use guidelines.
Please call the Circulation Desk at 308-865-8599 for assistance with course reserves. For additional information please contact Joe Taylor at 308-865-8597 .
How to Locate Course Reserves