Q. What services does the University Library offer to AU staff?

Answered By: Kathryn Ray
Last Updated: Mar 14, 2024     Views: 70

Take a look at our Subject Guide: Staff Resources for Personal and Professional Development Play, Read, Learn Skills, Research, Watch, and Listen @ the Library.

The AU library offers a wide range of fun and serious resources and services to all full- & part-time staff, students, and faculty. These users may access resources for work, research, personal development, consumer information, and fun on campus or remotely.

Staff can read many current online newspapers, including the New York Times and Washington Post, from the US and around the world. The library has general interest databases including Consumer Reports and Washington Consumer Checkbook.  Staff interested in genealogy may search the Library Edition of Ancestry.com. Staff have access to journals and magazines which can be found under "Find Journals" on the library homepage. Type the title of the journal in the search box, hit search.  Be sure to read the dates for each database.  Not all databases have the same years of coverage.  If the journal isn't found, also check Research Assistance > Databases.  The Atlantic, Vogue, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy and The Economist (among others) can be found that way.

The library has books, too! On the library's first floor is the Popular Reading Collection featuring the latest bestsellers. Circulating cookbooks are among our specialties. There is even a collection of games that may be checked out and taken home. Want to learn a new language? We have a database for that!

Media Services offers thousands of popular films and documentaries that can be streamed, and DVDs that may be checked out. Our scanners are free. We also circulate technology. The Makerspace has really cool stuff such as 3D printers and a sewing machine!

Librarians are also available for chat or individual consultation appointments.  Chat support is available 24/7 when the university is open through Ask-A-Librarian, Staff can also email questions to research@american.edu. For on-line research, take a look at:

 

AU librarians help high school students, so parents, please encourage your children contact us if their school and public libraries do not have the information they need. We can introduce them to academic sources and help them get ready for college. If they are reluctant, suggest email (research@american.edu) or chat. They should tell us that their parent works for AU.

AU library faculty and staff look forward to helping all AU staff members find what they need to succeed.

 

 

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