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UNIV-EN 1131 Library Orientation

Highlights

Central Library Information Handout
This handout lists the services found on each floor of Central Library.

Before You Begin Your Research

ILLiad (Interlibrary Loan)
Need something UT Arlington Library does not have or have access to? Use our Interlibrary Loan Service to borrow material from other libraries. This is a free service for our clientele, but you must create an account if you don't already have one.
Get a VPN Connection
Enables an easier connection once the appropriate software is installed. Requires login with NetID.

Citation Management Tools

Need help organizing your sources?

Use a citation management tool to create personalized databases of your source references.

Citation management applications will allow you to:

import and organize citations,
create folders for different projects,
share folders with collaborators on group projects,
format citations and create reference lists in various styles, and
write and store your personalized notes and annotations.

EndNote Guide
by Engineering Librarian Last Updated Dec 8, 2023 1226 views this year

EndNote Online (EndNote Basic) This link opens in a new window
Register a personal account with your UTA email
EndNote (Basic) Online is an online reference management solution. EndNote online users can create an online library with up to 50,000 references and up to 2GB of attachments. As part of UTA's Web of Science subscription, EndNote Online offers users registered with UTA emails thousands of styles and hundreds of filters and connection files.
For assistance on navigating through EndNote, please see this LibGuide
Web of Science users may sign in to the Web of Science and
click the EndNote link from the top menu bar to open your EndNote
online library

Mendeley
Mendeley is a free reference manager and academic social network that can help you organize your research, collaborate with others online, and discover the latest research.

Zotero Guide
by Morgan Rowe-Morris Last Updated Dec 8, 2023 2805 views this year

Zotero
Zotero is an open-source online citation management tool (CMT). It is a fully fledged CMT that enables users to create, manage, and format all of their citations from books, journal articles, websites, and other types of sources. It is especially well suited to Internet-based research. For UTA's guide to using Zotero, please see:

Finding Scholarly Sources for Research

Library Catalog
Use the catalog to find books and other materials owned by UT Arlington Library.
Databases A to Z
List of more than 300 databases that UT Arlington Library subscribes to.
Google Scholar
Tip: setup "Library Links" in your Google Scholar settings to access UT Arlington Library-owned content.

Engineering Subject Guides