The York University Libraries’ new website was launched during the first week of September this year, and we hope you’ve been exploring its great new features, as well as using the functions that are more familiar to you.
Below we’ve highlighted our top ten favorite features designed to make the site more useful to you as researchers and teachers. Now you have more ways than ever to make use of the vast array of library resources and services!
Top 5 Home Page Features
1. Hours >>
The hours of each library and study area are posted daily, so you know exactly what’s open, where, and how long. For a full list of York libraries and departments, you can click on the Libraries & collections text. |
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2. Library workshops >>
The library workshops for each day are posted on the home page. For a full list of workshops, click on the Workshops text. |
3. Quick Links >>
The most used links are provided on the left side of the home page for easy and fast reference. Find the most commonly used functions: catalogue searches, browse subject research guides, check your library account, renew items and access interlibrary loan facilities – all on one page! |
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4. Tabbed searching >>
The search box contains four of the most popular searches.
Search=quick search by title
Articles=subject research guides for articles
eResources=various ways to search electronic resources
Reserves=search course reserves |
5. Featured Items >>
At the bottom of the page is a feature box highlighting library resources and services of current interest – and it changes regularly. |
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Top 5 Resources for Faculty
1. Faculty Tab >>
On the home page, mouse over the red Faculty choice on the horizontal bar to find links to the Faculty Library Guide, booking a library class, the YORKwrites database of research and creative output by York faculty, staff and students, and placing materials on reserve for your students. |
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The Faculty Library Guide: The guide groups together many of the links and features from the former Faculty and Grad Students page of the website. Items of relevance to a faculty audience are grouped on the left side of the page. Four new additions to this guide are highlighted below: |
2. Faculty Library Guide: Keep up with Research >>
This page outlines how to use RSS feeds to receive news regarding new publications/ other research. |
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3. Faculty Library Guide: Moodle and Library Resources >>
This section provides information on how to incorporate various types of library resources into Moodle learning management software. |
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4. Faculty Library Guide: Making Permanent Links >> This page contains a form that allows you to enter article links and receive back a safe permalink to use in your web pages or course management systems (such as Moodle). |
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5. Faculty Library Guide: Organize your Research >>
This section introduces you to bibliographic software that helps you keep track of citations, and to LibX, a Firefox (browser) plug-in customized by York University librarians.
Use LibX to search the library catalogue from any database or a website – or highlight text in a web page, right-click and quickly perform a 'context menu' search in the catalogue.
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So take a closer look at these great tools today! |
