Graduate Student Guide to Library Resources and Services   Tags: graduate program, graduate research, graduate school, graduate students, graduate studies, literature review  

A special visit to the Library Information Desk from Augie, SUNY New Paltz's goose herding Border Collie

• Get immediate assistance when the Information Desk is staffed.
• Walk-ins welcome!
• Hours : See "Research Desk"
• OR call 845 257-3710

For students, faculty and staff: chat with a librarian online at any hour day or night. (NOTE: You may not always be talking with a librarian at New Paltz.)

The Library is your gateway to all of STL's databases and services.

Our web address is http://library.newpaltz.edu

 A NPCUID or Banner username and password are required to search our databases.

• It's the same as the ones you use for Blackboard, NPmail, and my.newpaltz
• Banner information
• STL doesn't manage or distribute usernames and passwords. If you don't have one or it stops working, contact te Academic Computing Helpdesk

Your needs as a graduate student may be different than they were in your undergrad days. You may find yourself needing to:

How can the library help? The purpose of the tabs on this guide is to point you to resources, tools, and services which can make your life easier.

Planning: be sure to understand the fundamental information about your topic/area of research, and to formulate your search terms before formulating a query. A "literature review" is an key part of this process.

Research tools : links to search tools and pages for finding books, articles, journals, e-books, digital media, etc.

Full Text: learn about the multiple ways you are able to access the full text of a cited article or book.

Finishing: information about citation format, along with help from the databases in actually doing the work for you.

Videos and Tutorials: sometimes a video or online tutorial is just the thing to make your life easier.

Library Tech Help: Can't find your print job? Having trouble with Wireless printing? Try this page -

For individual assistance, fill out the Research Consultation Request Form.

You and a librarian can decide on a time to work one-on-one to find information about your topic. Augie is waiting for a librarian to assist him with peer-reviewed articles on the migration habits of Canada Geese

• Ask us a question: replies sent within 24 hours (some exceptions apply)