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Find it @ York changes

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The Find it @ York button that appears in many of our databases has a new and cleaner look.  If you’ve seen this button before but have never used it, click on it to give it a try.  If you see a citation to an article, book, thesis or any other type of document that you’re interested in accessing, it can:

  • Connect you to any online full-text content available through the York U Libraries’ subscriptions.
  • Search the library catalogue to see if York U Libraries owns an item of interest in print.
  • If the item is not available in the Libraries, provides you with an option to have it borrowed through Resource Sharing (more details here).
  • Connect you to more information about the item.  For example, do you ever wonder if a journal is scholarly or peer-reviewed (refereed)?  Find it @ York can link you to Ulrich’s Periodical Directory where that sort of information can be found.

Find it @ York will also allow you to access help.  York U Libraries’ Ask a Librarian service connects you by chat to a librarian (more details here).  And, as hard as we try to make sure they never occur, technical problems do pop up when managing millions of items online and in print.  So, if you run into any technical problems, let us know by sending feedback and we’ll get the problem fixed.

LibX: Bringing Your Library to the Web

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Ever done research on the Web and found a reference to a book or journal and wondered if your library has a copy? Ever found a citation to an article that looks relevant and wanted to quickly see if the library has access to it? Tired of having to perform multiple steps to get to resources? If you’re answering yes to these questions then you’ll be interested in installing the Firefox extension LibX for York University Libraries.

The YUL LibX toolbar plugs you into the library from anywhere on the Web. You can right-click and quickly perform a "context menu" search, or drag and drop terms straight onto the toolbar, instantly searching the YUL library catalogue or eResources from the comfort of your browser. If you’re searching Google or another library catalogue you’ll find the ISBN becomes a hyperlink to the YUL catalogue. You can immediately see if the book is in the collection and if it’s available to borrow.

You’ll also start seeing the embedded cues such as the York University icon and the "Find It @ York" button appearing on web pages at Wikipedia, Amazon and anywhere else that refers you to a potential library resource. Want to give it a try? Download and install it with just a couple of clicks > and bring your library to the Web!

F. Tim Knight

For the YUL Emerging Technology Interest Group.

New RefWorks tutorial

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Do you use RefWorks? It’s a citation manager that can save you a lot of time. A new tutorial on RefWorks is available, in both English and French.

This tutorial will introduce you to RefWorks, a web-based bibliographic management tool (citation manager) that allows you to create a database of citations or references to resources (books, journal articles, web sites, etc.). It facilitates the insertion of citations within a research paper as in-text references, footnotes, or endnotes, and the creation of a formatted bibliography using a citation style of choice. All major citation styles are supported (e.g., APA, MLA, Chicago, etc.).