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The
University Libraries offer to all faculty at AUB, customized services
to suit their teaching and research needs.
These services are:
General:
Services related to technical issues and regular procedures
Teaching Support:
Services targeted to enrich the research segment of your courses
Research
Support: Services and resources to assist you in your research
for publication
Order an article
through the Document Delivery Services
Order a new book
or any other item to be added to the Library collections
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General Services
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The Libraries are equipped for wireless access. Laptops
need to be registered with the Computing and Networking Services
of AUB.
For more information on faculty computing services, go to the Computing
and Networking Services (CNS) page at: http://www.aub.edu.lb/cns/faculty/
Questions or problems: Contact the Automation
Department, ext. 2604, email: automation@aub.edu.lb
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You may borrow up to 100 items for a period of one year. Check
here
for more details.
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use the Borrowing
Authorization Form (Faculty only) to permit your student/graduate
assistant to borrow library items on your behalf. Once you submit
the form, you will be liable for the loss or mutilation of all items
borrowed in your name until they are returned.
For more information, contact the Circulation Librarian
at ext. 2619, or by email at circulation@aub.edu.lb.
Note: this form is accessible ON-CAMPUS
only.
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| Carrel rooms
are available in the 3rd floor of Jafet Library. To reserve a carrel,
print this form,
fill it out, sign it, and send it to the Circulation Librarian, who
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Teaching Support
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put items on reserve for the course you are teaching in print (books)
and electronic format (articles, etc.).
- For Electronic items, one week in advance,
send a clear hard copy (to be scanned) to the Circulation Desk,
or in electronic format. Read more about E-Reserve.
- For print items, send a list of titles to the
Circulation Desk at:
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- To reserve a library information literacy session
for your class, go to the online calendar at: http://www.aub.edu.lb/services/webreserve/,
and follow the instructions.
- You will be contacted by a librarian from the
Information Services Department to discuss with you the content
of the session. Sessions will be held in the Antoun Ghattas
Karam E-Classroom, Jafet Library.
- Contact or e-mail the Information Services Department
for details: e-mail libinfo@aub.edu.lb
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| The Reference
Department organizes tours to demonstrate to students the resources
and services.
To reserve a tour for your class, where the students
learn about the libraries facilities and services, fill-out the
online form
You will be contacted by a librarian from that Department
for session confirmation.
Email: jftref@aub.edu.lb
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| Linking
to Library Resources
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| Instructions
on how to integrate, items from the Library Catalog, research guides
and articles from databases in your Moodle course/syllabus are available
at this link.
Contact the Information Services Department at libinfo@aub.edu.lb
for further information.
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Research Support
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The impact factor is a measure of the frequency with which the
"average article" in a journal has been cited in a given period
of time. It is available from Journal Citation Report (JCR), a
product of Thomson ISI (Institute for Scientific Information).
Guide to JCR Impact Factor.
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To find out who is citing your work, and how many citations
an article or an author has received, use Scopus. You can perform
a search by affiliation and track how often articles (for example
from a particular author or journal) have been cited using the
Citation Tracker. Guide to Scopus
Citation Tracker.
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| Citation
Management Software
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The
University Libraries subscribe to a Citation Management Software
(Refworks)
that will assist you in creating your own database of references.
Tutorial
on how to use Refworks.
Reserve a session on how to use Refworks. E-mail
the Information Services Department at libinfo@aub.edu.lb
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| Order
an article, and track articles ordered
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If you cannot find an article in the library collections, you
may order it through the Document Delivery Services (DDS):
- Learn more about DDS
- Fill out the form
- Faculty Assistants may use this form.
Form should be sent to the concerned faculty for final approval.
Faculty will forward the order to the Library for processing.
Track articles ordered: Go to LIBCAT, under
My Account section, sign-in by entering your barcode and password.
If you forgot your password, contact the Automation Department
at ext.2604, or by email: automation@aub.edu.lb
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| Order
a book, and track books ordered
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You may order a new book or any other item to be added to the
library collections:
- Learn more about Ordering
books and other items
- Fill out this form
- Faculty Assistants may use
this form.
Form should be sent to the concerned faculty for final approval.
Faculty will forward the order to the Library for processing.
Find a list of items you ordered / borrowed:
Go to LIBCAT,
under My Account section, sign-in by entering your barcode and
password. If you forgot your password, contact the Automation
Department at ext.2604, or by email: automation@aub.edu.lb
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| Find
a list of journals, a research guide, and a list of databases in
your discipline
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