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Essential Library Services & Resources for Graduate Students

Reference Services & Ask a Librarian
Try using our chat service for help—it’s available 24/7!! You can also check Library FAQ.
Personalized Assistance With Searching -- PAWS
PAWS is a research consultation feature for UAlbany students, faculty and staff that provides a one-hour appointment with a reference librarian. Currently offered virtually only. This is especially helpful for larger projects and research papers.
Interlibrary Loan (ILL)
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Circulation of physical materials is currently suspended, including via Interlibrary Loan ILL. Any physical material requests will be held and processed at a later date. Scanning of physical items from the University Libraries’ collections has been suspended until further notice. We will do our best to obtain requested articles and book chapters from other libraries. If you find the information of your article(s) in one of our databases, you can submit your request by clicking on "Find it! Request Item" in the record of the title(s) you need. Your request form will be automatically populated! All you need to do is to click on "Submit request".
Citation Help
Subject Librarians
For discipline-specific information, subject librarians can help you locate electronic articles, eBooks, videos and other materials for your course assignments.
My Library Account
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Renew your current loans, view items that you currently have checked out and their due date, request items on hold or recall, add your favorites to a list, check your search history and more!
Database Finder
Access databases on- and off-campus. Ask us if you have access problems that you cannot resolve. When the article(s) you need are not available online in the libraries, request them through Interlibrary Loan.
Journal Finder
Reserves for Students
Only the electronic reserves service is available.
Find further information about your eserves as an instructor for a course you teach.
Research Guides by Subject
Find resources on your topic
Study Carrels and Lockers
For use by University at Albany doctoral candidates, with priority given to persons conducting dissertation research.
Library Services for Online and Distance Learning
Distance learners include those registered for fully online degree programs, those participating in various extended learning programs, and those students who live over 50 miles from the university.

Library Hours

For the most up-to-date information on hours, please check out our Weekly Hours page.

Access to Library Collections

Please request items using the Libraries’ Search Tool. Library staff will retrieve requested items, and users will receive an email notification to schedule a pickup date and time. Items will be checked out to users just prior to the scheduled pickup time.

Alternative Access to Elsevier Articles

Alternative Access to Elsevier Articles

Scholars Archive
A Showcase for Student Work

Scholars Archive
A digital repository for the UAlbany community to collect and share scholarly work in a centralized location where it will be preserved and stored securely.

Maintained By

Sue Kaczor, Priscilla Seaman, and Jesús Alonso-Regalado.

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