This document provides an overview of library resources and services for students at UIC. It discusses citation management tools like RefWorks, accessing library resources and databases off-campus, obtaining full-text articles through interlibrary loan, and setting up course reserves. Contact and research guide information is provided for getting help from librarians on topics like citation management, remote access to library resources, and setting up course reserves.

1. LIBRARY REFRESHER
Jamie Dwyer
Visiting Assistant Information Services,
Research & Liaison Librarian
jamied@uic.edu
http://library.uic.edu

2. Welcome!
• Library resources & tool
• Using the library off-campus
• Obtaining full-text articles
• Course reserves
Jamie Dwyer
LHS Liaison
Librarian to BHIS
jamied@uic.edu

3. Library resources & tools
• Hundreds of citation databases
• Research & Subject Guides
• Summon search catalog
• RefWorks for citation management

4. Library Website http://library.uic.edu

5. Health Informatics Guide
http://researchguides.uic.edu/healthinformatics

6. Stay organized: Citation managers
• RefWorks, Zotero, EndNote
• Save article citations & build bibliographies
• Library help: http://researchguides.uic.edu/refworks

7. RefWorks (Beta) Demo
• Organize citations
• Annotate PDFs
• Build bibliographies
• Plug-in for Word & Google Docs for in-text citations
• Drag & drop PDFs
• Library help: http://researchguides.uic.edu/refworks

8. Using the Library Off-campus
• Start at the library website!
• When prompted, login with UIC netID
• Ask a Librarian: use our online chat service or
request an online consultation with a librarian
• Borrowing books
• If you have an iCard, many academic libraries
throughout Illinois will honor it
• If you do not have an iCard, contact us for
additional options

9. Using the Library Off-campus
• View more tips on accounts, remote access, and more on
this research guide:
http://researchguides.uic.edu/distance
• You’re encouraged to point your students to this resource
as well.
• A recording from an online webinar on this topic is
available on this page:
http://researchguides.uic.edu/c.php?g=252549&p=168460
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10. Getting Full Text
• Click on “View Full Text”- UIC has online access!
• Login with netID if prompted.
• (Remember to start at the Library website to see the
“Find it @ UIC” icon!)
Click on from your database.

11. Getting Full Text
Click on from your database.
• UIC does not have online access
• Scroll down to request through Interlibrary Loan

12. Interlibrary Loan (ILLiad)
• Click on “Library of the Health Sciences- Chicago

13. Interlibrary Loan (ILLiad)
• Login or create an account to submit your
request

14. Interlibrary Loan (ILLiad)
Most requests
are filled in 3-5
business days!
If we have a
journal in print,
it’s fastest for
you to walk over
and scan the
article.

15. Course Reserves
• Contact us if you’d like help setting up online access to
articles or book chapters in your Blackboard course
• The LHS-Chicago staff can be reached at
lib-lhs-res@uic.edu or 312-996-8963
• Explore Copyright Guidelines for Course Reserves

16. UIC Library Bookmarklet
• Bypass the library website when off-campus!
• If UIC has online access to the resource, you’ll be asked
to login with your netID
• If UIC does not have access, you’ll get an error message
• Complete details & installation info:
http://library.uic.edu/home/services/library-bookmarklet

17. Need Help?
• Ask a librarian your question via chat or email
Jamie’s email is jamied@uic.edu
• Drop by or call your UIC Library location
• Schedule an appointment with a librarian
• View additional Services for Faculty