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Keep your research organized with RefWorks

If you are still emailing articles to yourself from Summon and databases, it’s time to sign up for RefWorks. RefWorks allows you to export citation information and direct links to articles, books, streaming video, and even websites into your personal online account. Inside your account, you can organize your research into folders by class or project.

While writing your papers, RefWorks operates with Word to create bibliographic references and in-text citations in all major styles, including the latest editions of APA, MLA, and Turabian.
With RefWorks, there is no need to maintain personal accounts with multiple database vendors. All your research is safely located in a central account that you will be able to keep after you graduate at no charge.

To get started with this indispensable resource, click here, enter your Regent e-mail address so that RefWorks will recognize you as a Regent user, and follow the prompts.

Once you have opened an account, the easiest way to get started is to watch the YouTube tutorials and try a few searches and exports in Summon. If you need any help getting started, contact us through the Ask a Librarian page.

Essential links on the Library website

 

Did you miss the Campus Virtual Connection Fair? Here are some of the essential links on the Library website that we shared and want everyone at Regent to know about:

The Basics

Access Services

Research Help

  •  Summon – Think of it as Google for the Library. Best way to start your research.
  • Ask a librarian – So many ways to contact your librarians and ask for help.
  • Research guides – Find out the core databases and authoritative websites for your classes.
  • Digital reference section – No Wikipedia here! Only scholarly and citable dictionaries and encyclopedias.
  • Online Video – Thousands of streaming videos in all subjects.
  • eBook collections – Find out how to search for ebooks.

Social Media

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Alumni benefits at the Library

The Library faculty and staff offer our sincere congratulations to all new graduates of Regent University. We are honored to have played a role in your accomplishment and would like to take this opportunity to remind you that Regent alumni have lifetime borrowing privileges at the Library. In addition, we are able to offer alumni access to thirteen online databases. So no matter where the future takes you, keep us in mind for your information needs.

To check out materials or use databases, please submit the online Alumni Registration Form. Processing may take up to five business days for verification and approval. For more information, please see the Services for Alumni page.

New premium video databases

The Library has purchased subscriptions to two premium video databases:

Academic Video Online (AVON) is the world’s most comprehensive streaming academic video collection. It contains nearly 70,000 titles spanning the widest range of subject areas, including anthropology, business, counseling, film, health, history, music, performing arts, and more. AVON has more than twice the content of any other academic video database. Just a few of the providers represented include CNN, BBC, PBS, Sony Pictures Classics, 60 Minutes, and the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Behavioral and Mental Health Online (BMHO) is a multimedia resource with more than 2,500 videos and almost 3,500 books, documents and transcripts, BMHO is a fundamental resource for studying and teaching in the areas of behavioral and mental health. This ever-growing multi-media resource includes videos of real clinical mental health sessions, DSM-5/ICD-10 video content, psychotherapy transcripts, reference works, clinical mental health textbooks and workbooks, psychological experiments, and more.

As always, the Library depends on our users to help select, renew, or cancel online subscriptions. Please share your opinion or questions about AVON or BMHO in the comment box below.

Important message from the Library

 

 

 

 

The Lord hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee.
– Psalm 20:1

A climate of fear has descended on the world, and for many university students across the country who spent the past week moving out of campus housing, feelings of anxiety are just beginning to set in.

The librarians and staff at the Library are aware of the emotional toll the past week has taken on many of our students, and we want to assure our users that all essential library services – research assistance, instruction, interlibrary loan, materials acquisition – will continue without interruption or reduction.

The librarians have set up a special FAQ Central page to answer some of the most common questions students may have about Library services during the closure. This page will provide our users with up-to-date information about Library services, new online acquisitions, and recommendations from the academic library world on making the most of the evolving situation.

The Library is committed to the academic success of our students and will provide every possible support in the coming weeks. May the Lord keep the entire Regent family safe through this trial and grant that we all emerge from it with a strengthened faith and closer relationship with Him.

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