Subject Guide
Reference Research Services
Contact: Website
There is a Distance Assistance Webpage that will replace this guide
- This guide will go offline before the start of Fall 2020 semester
- If you are using this guide regularly to access a library resource/service, we will help you find it a different way
- Contact reference@library.und.edu with questions / concerns
WELCOME!
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WELCOME TO DISTANCE LIBRARY SERVICESDistance Assistance is available for students and faculty outside the Grand Forks area. Please notice some of the beginning essentials for distance access below. Click tabs at left for more information.
If you need research assistance, please contact your SUBJECT LIBRARIAN.
Click for general assistance for faculty.
Click for general assistance for students. Click for a redone Introduction to the Library.
BEGINNING ESSENTIALS FOR DISTANCE ACCESS
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1. MY UND--Links to university e-mail & other essential linksAccess MY UND. Use your university e-mail as your interlibrary loan contact information and for accessing online materials/databases. Your username is before the @ of your e-mail account (usually firstname.lastname) & your password is your e-mail password.
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2. SIGN UP FOR DISTANCE INTERLIBRARY LOAN SERVICEONE-TIME SIGN UP--We will send journal articles by email and mail books to your address, so please let us know if there are changes to your contact information. You will be given a barcode & a library card for interlibrary loan service. YOU MUST SELECT THE DISTANCE OPTION OR YOU WILL NOT BE GIVEN DISTANCE SERVICE & THEN MAY BE FINED IF YOU DO NOT PICK UP MATERIALS IN THE LIBRARY. Click Interlibrary Loan Services tab at left for full policy.
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3. REQUEST INTERLIBRARY LOAN MATERIALSWhenever full text is not available, request materials from us. Click Interlibrary Loan Services tab at left for full policy.
Please notify us of your e-mail or address changes after logging in by clicking "Let me update my contact details" OR by contacting us at und.accessservices@library.und.edu -
5. DOWNLOAD ADOBE ACROBAT READERTo allow PDF article access.
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6. RefWorks 2.0 (NEWER VERSION)NO NEW ACCOUNTS CAN BE CREATED, but access to RefWorks LITE is still available for those with an account. RefWorks is a bibliographical management software tool that stores and manages an unlimited number of citation records. YOU ARE ADVISED TO GO TO THE CITATION MANAGERS TAB TO TRANSFER YOUR MATERIALS TO A DIFFERENT CITATION MANAGER, such as Zotero, Mendeley, or EndNote.
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8. Proxy BookmarkletGet access to articles out on the internet through this Proxy Bookmarklet to our licensed resources (when possible).
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9. PASSWORD CLARIFICATIONa. For Catalog passwords--Use your IDM username & password OR the barcode number (on your library or ID card) & your last name
b. For most other library passwords (access to databases, full text journal articles, ebooks, etc.)--Use your university IDM e-mail username which occurs before the @ of your e-mail (usually firstname.lastname) & your university e-mail password (that you have devised).
c. For RefWorks--Devised username & password (perhaps use university e-mail)
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10. USE TABS AT LEFT FOR MUCH MORE INFORMATION!
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11. ICPSR (Inter-university Consortium for Political & Social Research)ICPSR offers more than 500,000 digital files with social science raw research data for political science, sociology, demography, economics, history, gerontology, criminal justice, public health, foreign policy, terrorism, health and medical care, education, racial and ethnic minorities, psychology, law, substance abuse, mental health, and more. Create login. View Related Literature for articles on datasets. RefWorks can import RIS References. DISTANCE STUDENTS MUST CONTACT JANET REX FOR ACCESS.
Continuing Education
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Online Education (UND)Information about Distance Degrees, Online Courses, Certificates, Career Development, & more.