Undergraduate Students

We are here to help with your coursework, research, assignment, and learning needs. Ask your Subject Librarian or contact the Library Help Desk.

Take our Alden Virtual Tour for more helpful information about our spaces and resources. 

Research Assistance

• Contact your Subject Librarian for your major to help with finding books, articles, data, or other sources for your papers and projects. 
• View Subject & Course Guides for recommended research resources, databases, and other tools in your discipline.
• Check out our guide to using Zotero, a free tool for collecting information about your research sources and creating citations.
• Read our guide to the library research process.
• View our Avoiding Plagiarism Guide and tutorial.

Accessing Materials

• Search our Library Search catalog website to find books, e-resources, and streaming video, and request materials. (Watch this tutorial to learn search tips.)
• Borrow books, videos and more, from our collection
• Access electronic databases from anywhere, on or off campus
• Request books and articles we do not have through Interlibrary Loan – ILLiad

Using Alden Library Spaces and Resources

• Reserve a study room or Hush Pod
• Find a place to study by noise level
• Printing in the Libraries

First Year OHIO Libraries Information Literacy Tutorial

• The First Year OHIO Libraries Information Literacy Tutorial provides students a solid foundation in library and research skills. 

Tutoring

• Contact the Academic Achievement Center to schedule tutoring.