Resources and Services for Graduate Students

The GU-Library of Congress Connection

How to research/identify resources

• Get help with research (ask a question, make an appointment with a librarian)
• Begin research in various disciplines
• Find books, videos, DVDs, etc.(GEORGE, the online catalog for the Georgetown University Libraries)
• Find journal and newspaper articles on a topic (Research Advisor)
• Article alerts (get regular, automatic updates on a topic from periodical databases)
• Find online and print copies of journals in Journal Finder
• Do Internet research effectively
• Access library databases from off campus
• Find primary sources
• Find government information
• Cite references in footnotes or a bibliography
• View the Monthly New Materials List of items recently purchased by the library

Borrower Services

Find out what you can check out, how many, and for how long:
• Lauinger, Blommer Science, and Woodstock libraries
• Dahlgen Medical Library
• Law Libraries
  Williams Library
  Wolff Library
• Access items on Reserve
• Renew an item
• Request a title from off-campus storage
• Recall an item that is checked out
• Report a missing book
• Borrow materials from other libraries
• Borrow multimedia resources
• Request that the library purchase materials in your field
• Learn which librarian purchases materials in your discipline
• Browse new books (3 bookcases across from the Lauinger Library  Reference Desk, arranged by subject and ready to be borrowed) or view the Monthly New Materials lists.
• Read the latest library news (new databases, author talks, exhibits)

Other Library Services

• Locate the campus libraries
• See library hours: Blommer Science Library --- E.B. Williams Law Library --- Dahlgren Memorial Library --- Kennedy Bioethics Center Library --- Lauinger Library
• Print and photocopy
• Use a laptop in the Library
• Study in the Graduate Student Lounge (Lauinger, 1st floor)
• Reserve a group study room
• Reserve a carrel
• Reserve a locker

  Last updated: 08/22/07