 Hi and welcome to the Marocasier Library. The Marocasier Library isn't your stereotypical stuffy, silent building full of books. The library is the hub of Utah State University, especially for our students. The library is a space designed specifically for you to collaborate, learn, and explore. We have both individual and group study space, a cafe, information experts who love to help, and innovative technology like a one-button recording We also have technology we loan out including iPads and laptops. Our library website, library.usu.edu, is a great place to learn more about these resources. As USU students you will likely be assigned research projects where you'll need to find reliable information. And as you have already found out by searching Google, many scholarly journals and magazine articles are not freely available online. But by searching through USU databases you can get past those paywalls and access millions of great resources that you otherwise would not have access to. All you need to do to find these resources is to log on to the library website with your A number and password. Once you've successfully logged in you can view articles from anywhere you have an internet connection. Using library databases is a great place to do research for your papers because not only do they include peer reviewed articles which are written and reviewed by experts in the field, but you can also find current magazines, newspapers, and encyclopedia entries which are great for background information. Our articles and databases page has a general database academic search ultimate that's great for getting started or subject specific databases for each department. Another resource you'll probably need throughout your time at USU is books, which you can find in the library catalog. As a USU student you have access to not only our 2 million print books but also hundreds of thousands of ebooks. Plus if we don't have the book you can request it from another university for free using interlibrary loan. We also are a federal repository for government documents which can be a helpful resource across the disciplines. The library also has a course reserve collection where you can sometimes find your courses textbooks available to check out for three hours at a time. This can help save you money but always check to see if your book is available. Not every course has a textbook on reserve. USU's special collection and archives houses thousands of unique materials related to Utah, USU, Mormon, and Mountain West history and even folklore. These collections give you a glimpse to the past. You can even see the skull of Old Ephraim, the last grizzly bear in Logan Canyon. We know that research assignments can be stressful and it can be overwhelming to try to locate relevant information. But as USU students you have access to many resources that will help make this process a lot easier including our wonderful librarians. At USU we have research librarians each specializing in a specific discipline ranging from economics to music to psychology. No matter your major there's a librarian who has ample experience in your subject. Just type in your major or subject under meet with a librarian to find the librarian best suited to help you. Also another thing to remember is that on the lower left hand side of each of your Canvas courses is a research help tab. This links to a guide filled with helpful research tips specific to that class and it will also provide the contact information for your class's personal librarian. If you need quick live assistance from a librarian you can always use our chat box which you can find on the library's homepage. Here you can get help finding and evaluating information sources, integrating library resources into your paper and a lot more. The library is always happy to help you and remember the USU libraries are your libraries no matter where you are.