Did You Know - Complete List

• You can check your library record online to see what books you've checked out?
• You can go check your library record online to see what items you have requested?
• You can renew your library materials over the phone?
• You can request an item that is signed out to someone else?
• You can sign out journals?
• You can place a hold on items that are listed as 'In Process'?
• You can borrow a camcorder from our General Services Desk?
• You can borrow a digital camera from our General Services Desk?
• You can borrow a laptop computer from our General Services Desk?
• You can check out DVDs from the Library?
• UofL students, faculty and staff can place an online hold on a book that is signed out to someone else?
• Courtesy notices for materials coming due will be sent out via email on items with a 7 day or longer loan periods?
• You can place a hold on items that are listed "On Order"?
• You can view your library record online?
• You can book media equipment and software?
• We issue free COPPUL cards to U of L graduate students, faculty and staff so they can borrow materials from other Canadian university libraries?
• Magazine titles can be searched in our catalogue by clicking on Journal Title?
• Newspaper titles can be searched in our catalogue by clicking on Journal Title?
• You can view a list of new Library books?
• Laptop hookups are available in the Library?
• You can plug in your laptop in any of the Group Work Rooms, at any carrel where there's a yellow cone overhead and at a table with a plug underneath?
• We offer wireless access for laptops  in the Library?
• The blue arrows on the ceiling designate where there are computers with access to the Internet, Microsoft Office, printing capability and UofL network drives?
• We have computers/data projectors on carts for use in the Group Work Rooms?
• There are four wheelchair accessible computers in the Library?
• Most study tables now have power outlets nearby so you can connect your laptops?
• Electricity is now available near most of the tables in the Library so you can plug in your laptop?
• We have 16 laptops (Mac and PC) which you can borrow from the General Services Desk?
• You can use our TRAC system to check online for available computers in the Library
• We have a partnership with The Alberta Gaming Research Institute?
• We are a member of The Council of Prairie and Pacific Libraries (COPPUL)?
• We participate in the Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN)?
• We have a partnership with The Southern Alberta Art Gallery (SAAG)?
• We share our automated Library catalogue with Medicine Hat College?
• We participate in the Lois Hole Campus Alberta Digital Library Initiative (LHCADL)?
• You can access several photocopiers in the Library?
• The Library has one photocopier restricted for faculty/staff?
• You can search COS Scholar Universe for authoritative information about scholars and organizations worldwide?
• You can search the Classical Music Library database for information on a piece of music and listen to the music at the same time?
• You can search Book Review Index Online Plus for reviews of books, periodicals and electronic media?
• People in academe can search the Chronicle of Higher Education for news, information and jobs?
• You can search the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) online to trace the usage of words from their first recorded occurance to the present time?
• You can search Dissertations & Theses @ University of Lethbridge for access to fulltext dissertations and theses authored by UofL students and published after 1996?
• You can access personal narratives (including some audio files) of North American immigrants when searching the North American Immigrant Letters, Diaries and Oral Histories database?
• You can use Web of Science to track the research activities of experts in your subject area?
• You can read letters, memoirs, diaries and accounts of early encounters with North American peoples when searching Early Encounters in North America database?
• ARTstor Digital Library offers access to nearly 1,000,000 digital images in the fields of art, architecture, history, anthropology and more?
• You can access the full-page archive of the Globe and Mail from 1844 to 2005 via Canada's Heritage from 1844 database?
• Alt HealthWatch offers access to fulltext articles on complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to healthcare and wellness?
• You can search COS Funding Opportunities for information about monies available for research from public and private sector sponsors worldwide?
• You can locate articles by searching any of our 267 electronic databases?
• You can search Passport GMID database for business intelligence on countries, consumers and industries worldwide?
• You can search North American Theatre Online for information on plays, theatrical people, theatres, productions and production companies in Canada and the United States?
• You can examine life sciences and biomedical research using BIOSIS Reviews?
• You can search the database China: Trade, Politics and Culture 1793-1980 for unique, primary source material relating to China's history from 1793 to 1980?
• You can search Choice Reviews Online for current, authoritative reviews of academic books, electronic media and Internet resources?
• You can search Contemporary Authors for information on more than 120,000 modern international novelists, poets, playrights, nonfiction writers, journalists and scriptwriters?
• You can begin your research by searching Credo Reference which includes full text of the best reference books?
• You can send us a comment or suggestion online?
• You can suggest titles for us to order?
• You can check out our current and past General Library displays on our Library General Displays webpage?
• We have a display area featuring publications authored by U of L faculty?
• We have a U of L faculty publications webpage?
  
• We have an average of 40,500 people using our Library per month?
• The Library publishes Bibliobytes, an annual reporting of what goes the Library has been up to?
• We offer online access to Statistics Canada 2006 Census data?
• We offer access to E-STAT, Statistics Canada's warehouse of statistics?
• The Library is a depository for all Statistics Canada print and online documents?
• We have a comprehensive collection of Canadian and Alberta government documents?
• We have several data projectors on carts for use in the group work rooms?
• The Library has group work rooms for student use?
• Students can book a group work room online?
• The Library has group work rooms which can be booked by students?
• You can ask us a question online via AskUs?
• You can phone us to ask for help?
• We have Librarians who will help you with your research?
• You can find quick answers using our E-Reference?
• You can email search results to yourself?
• Our Library offers access to thousands of articles online?
• We offer links to authoritative sites on consumer health information?
• You can view our FAQs to find answers to Library related questions?
• You can read replies to questions submitted online?
• We have a troubleshooting guide if you're having problems connecting from off-campus?
• We have links to other libraries in the world?
• We offer extended Library hours of opening on weekends during exam time?
• Information is available on how copyright pertains to copying and using other people's works?
• You can access historical records of the University in the Archives?
• Our hours of opening are available via our homepage?
• We have an online guide for those needing help with EndNote?
• We have access to thousands of electronic journals?
• We have an online guide to finding industry information?
• You can IM the library?
• You can transfer microform documents into digital format?
• We have an online guide which can assist you with using our Microform scanners?
• The Library has an online guide for researching genealogy?
• The Library has a webpage with information resources for students in the Master of Counselling program?
• The Library has an online guide on plagiarism information for faculty?
• You can now subscribe to some Library web-based content using RSS feeds?
• You can receive regular updates about your library record by subscribing to a RSS feed from Your Library Record?
• You can keep updated on all new Library materials by subscribing to a RSS feed?
• You can text questions directly to the Library's Information and Research Assistance Desk from your cell phone?
• We have an online guide which introduces you to library resources in the study of Canadian Art History?
• We have an online guide which introduces you to art resources in the Library?
• We have an online guide which can help you locate library resources in your study of photography?
• We have a webpage with information for library services for Distance M.Ed. students?
• The University of Lethbridge Library has digitized important materials of significance to Southern Alberta, such as the Lethbridge Cenotaph Collection, the Magee Photograph Collection and more?
• We have an online guide which introduces you to the Library resources in the area of International Management?
• We have an online guide to finding accounting and finance resources?
• We have an online guide to finding business information online via free websites?
• We have an online guide to finding Library resources in the area of business ethics and corporate responsibility?
• We have an online guide which can help you find library resources in the area of business ethics?
• We have an online guide to help you locate Library resources in the field of Public Health?
• We have an online guide to help you locate library resources in the study of Theatre History?
• Our U of L Institutional Repository is one of the fastest and most secure way to ensure the world access to your research work?
• Our Library has digitized thousands of records which are freely available to the world?
• You can take a credit course to learn how to do effective research?
• We offer guided Library tours in September and January?
• You can search Library databases from home?
• Our librarians will provide classroom instruction on library research?
• Staff at the Information & Research Assistance desk can save you time by assisting you with your research?
• You can ask us an online question via our Ask Us service?
• You can take a Virtual Tour of the Curriculum Laboratory?
• We have Class Guides which will help you in your research for various classes?
• Faculty can complete a Library Instruction Request Form asking a librarian into their class to assist students with their research needs?
• You can get help with writing papers at the Writing Centre on level 10 of the Library?
• We have an online guide for creating effective webpages?
• We have an online guide explaining call numbers in the Library?
• We have an online guide with tips for effective Web searching?
• We have an online guide to finding company information?
• We have an online guide for finding music scores and sheet music?
• We have an online guide of information resources for beginning language learners?
• We have an online guide on locating information resources on the topic of leadership?
• We have an online guide on locating information resources in the field of Nursing?
• We have an online guide which can help you in your research on Philosophy topics?
• We have an online guide introducing you to information resources on the topic of Buddhism?
• We have an online guide which offers Research Grant FUNDamentals?
• We have an online guide which helps locate information resources in the topic of Women's Studies?
• We have an online guide with instructions on how to use the microform scanners to create digital images from microfiche and microfilm?
• We have an online guide with information on creating persistent links?
• We have an online guide with information on using primary and secondary sources for research?
• We have links to Chicago style guides?
• We have an online guide for evaluating journal articles?
• We have an online guide for avoiding plagiarism?
• We have an online guide for writing critical annotations, abstracts & critiques?
• We have links to APA style guides?
• We have links to MLA style guides?
• We have a webpage with information on citing sources?
• We have an online guide for finding and writing book reviews?
• Our Library Research Strategy guide will help you organize your research?
• A Research Log can assist you in keeping track of the resources you've used in your research?
• Our Writing a Research Paper guide will guide you through each step of writing your paper?
• We have an online guide for evaluating web resources?
• You can use our Interlibrary Loan service to request books and articles not available in our Library?
• You can receive free Interlibrary Loans?
• You can submit an Interlibrary Loan request for an item that is listed "At Bindery"?
• You can request an Interlibrary Loan on items that are listed "For Repair"?
• Your Interlibrary Loan articles are now delivered right to your email?
• You can preview videos in the Library?
• You can listen to CDs and cassettes in the Library?
• We have a scanner in the Library?
• You can book audiovisual equipment?
• We have an online guide to help you locate Library resources in the field of History?
• We have a webpage which explains how Calgary Campus students can access our library resources and services?
• We have a webpage which explains how Edmonton Campus students can access our library resources and services?
• Research assistants have special borrowing privileges?
• We encourage any community members to use our Library?
• Community members may borrow our Library books with an Alberta Library (TAL) card or a Community Borrower's card?
• Alumni may borrow Library books with an Alberta Library (TAL) card or an Alumni card?
• We have webpages which explain how graduate students studying at a distance can access our library resources and services?
• We have a webpage which offers information on Library services for Master of Social Work students?
• All of Level 9 is a designated QUIET study area?
• The Library has a Student Hiring Policy?
• The Library has a Code of Conduct Policy?
• Drinks brought into the Library should be in spill-resistant containers?
• Messy, smelly food should not be brought into the Library?
• Faculty must fill out a Public Performance Report before showing a video to a class?
• The Library has a Group Work Room Use Policy?
• The Library has a Silent Study Area (L1168)?
• Loud talking, group work and cell phone conversations are prohibited in designated quiet zones in the Library?
• Group work must take place in Group Work Rooms or outside of areas designated as quiet zones?
• Cell phone conversations are prohibited inside the Library?
• Cell phone ringers must be turned off before entering the Library?
• Beverages brought into the Library must be in spill-resistant containers?
• Hot, messy food is not allowed in the Library?
• We accept gifts of books and other information resources that complement our Library collections?
• Anyone can print in the Library?
• You can print from any of our Library computers?
• Faculty can access guidelines for putting materials on reserve in the Library?
• We have workstations for students with special needs?
• We house 1,458,525 items in our Library?
• We answered nearly 14,000 reference questions in the past year?
• We checked out 97,200 library items in the past year?
• We have 1,095 study spaces in the Library?
• We have 240 computer-equipped workstations in the Library?
• An average of 1,445 people enter our Library per day?
• We have a Library Facts and Statistics webpage?