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School for Professional Studies Library Orientation Guide

Librarian Introduction

Watch this video (0:37) to meet your SPS Librarian, Lori Kupsky, lori.kupsky@slu.edu. 

Navigating the SLU Libraries Website

Watch this video (07:11) to learn more about the resources found on the SLU Libraries website such as hours, databases, help services, books, and much more. 

Searching SLUth Search Plus Database for Your Topic

Watch this video (14:00) to see how to do a search in the SLUth Search Plus discovery database, as well as add articles to a SLUth folder, download, print, save, or email a source from the database, and how to generate a citation using the database. 

SLUth searches for print books, ebooks, journals, journal articles, audio and video media, microfilm, and more including the full text for many ebooks and journal articles.

Linking Google Scholar to SLU Libraries

Watch this video (2:39) to learn how to link Google Scholar to SLU Libraries. This helps link you to full text articles that are available through SLU Libraries.

Never pay for an article! If you find something through Google Scholar that is not available in the Libraries, use the interlibrary loan service, ILLIAD, to request the article at no cost to you.