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Anyone may use the UNH Library, whether or not they are associated with UNH. Consult the library's webpage (http://www.library.unh.edu/) for hours for the library and its various departments. Special Collections and Reference, two of the best sources for genealogical resources, are open fewer hours than the main library hours.

The Archives does not have any copies of the yearbook available for purchase. However, if you are interested in only the hockey sections of the yearbook, we would be happy to make photocopies for you. The Library does have circulating copies of the yearbook if you would prefer to look through one. You can borrow a copy through interlibrary loan at your local library.

If you go into the library catalog and choose a WORD search, you will be given a screen to modify your search. If, for instances, you want to read fiction, type fiction, then go to the drop down menu for material type and choose "spoken word recording."

There are currently two scanners for student use in Dimond library located next to cluster computers number 2 and 6 near the reference desk.

Yes, you can set our catalog so that your results will be only videos, DVDs, and laser discs. On the main screen, use the pull down window that defaults to "entire collection" and choose "videos, DVDs." Be aware that the titles at UNH-Manchester are included in this list. However, if you're interested in any of their titles, simply come to the Circulation Desk in Dimond Library and staff can request that a UNH-M title be sent to you within 48 hours.

While we would love to open up our interlibrary loan service (as well as remote access to our electronic databases) to UNH alumni, it will be fiscally impossible to do so, unless our financial situation vastly improves. But don't despair. Your local public library can get materials for you through interlibrary loan.

You can search WorldCat by ISBN and restrict the search to UNH.

On the main search screen in the catalog:In our catalog, on the main search screen, pull down search term: and
. Select "AUTHOR" and type in author's name
. When you get these results, go to the top of the screen and select "limit this search."
. Select "Music Recording.
. At the bottom of that page, click on retrieving that selected group. Results will show a "record player" under medium.

If you go into your ILLiad account and to view/renew checked out items - find the item and ask for a renewal- must be done between the day after it's due and up to 10 days.

We had a choice of indexes that the general public would find useful and the ISBN, although useful to some users like yourself, is not as helpful as a title or author search for others. If you only have an ISBN to search, I would recommend that you use WorldCat (one of our databases) where you can perform an ISBN search). This database also lets you know if the item is in our library.

No, we do not have this service in the library but try UNH Photo Services at: http://www.unh.edu/photo/

All of our electronic resources come with license agreements that we have to sign which explicitly outline who can and and cannot use these resources. While we would like to include alumni in these license agreements, the cost would be more than we can afford. At this time, only registered students, faculty, and staff have access to the electronic information available from our site.

Although our library system doesn't allow you to renew your card directly, you can simply e-mail the Loan Department at circadm@library.unh.edu with your request, and your record will be updated. We will make a note to put a new sticker on your card the next time you visit the Library.

Thanks for your feedback about the online journals searching. The easiest way to search from this page is to type more of the title into the search box. Rather than clicking on J, type "journal of bio" or "journal of chem" into the search box and you will get a list of results with all of the journals that begin with "journal of bio" or "journal of chem." in the title.
For tracking a request, this can be done in "renew your books". If you have holds, they'll be listed there. If you have further questions about this, please call the Circulation Desk at: (603) 862-1535.

When you go into the Renew Your books function in our library catalog, https://library.unh.edu/patroninfo/ - see under Services on our homepage, UNH library catalog - any fines you may have accrued which have not yet been forwarded to the Business Office would be listed there.

Yes, with the same provisions: they must have proof of employment with the county as well as identification with local address, etc.

"At this point, a vendor creates and hosts our online journals list so we don’t have the ability to assign subject headings to the titles on the list. We are limited to the categories that the vendor assigns to each title. In the future, we may have more control over the subject headings, but for now, we don’t. I apologize for the inconvenience this causes. We do have a database where you can browse journals by subject that may be helpful called

Ulrichsweb: http://www.library.unh.edu/scripts/redirect.pl?dbase=140 In the quick search box in the upper right hand corner, select “Subject” from the drop down menu, then enter “analytical chemistry” Choose the title you are interested in, Journal of Chromatography A, for example, and then at the top of the entry, you will see a “Find it at UNH” button. If you click on that button, it will show you our holdings. Please let me know if you have any questions."

Alumni can use the online periodicals, but only from computers on the UNH campus. We would like to be able to give alumni access from their homes, but our licenses will not allow it.

The UNH Dimond was named for Ezekiel W. Dimond (the first Professor and Administrator of the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts in Hanover NH): http://www.izaak.unh.edu/museum/Fields/dimond.htm

As far as I know, there are no skeletons or other anatomical models anywhere in the Library. There are books with flat illustrations that you can borrow, although your textbook probably has similar drawings and photographs. Some UNH departments may have their own skeletons. You might ask your TA or instructor about those.

Go to our webpage (http://www.reference.unh.edu/), and select "Online Indexes and Databases", then locate "Dissertation Abstracts" from the list. This database will allow you to locate and download dissertations done at UNH, and also to locate and (often) view the first 24 pages of dissertations done elsewhere.

The "request" button is used to request books which are checked out to other patrons or located in closed stacks (Library storage). Books which are available in open stacks cannot be requested; they are available on a first-come, first-served basis. UNH-Manchester books can also be requested, but this must be done through the Circulation Desk staff at Dimond Library, at (603) 862-1535.

"In order to cancel a hold we require that you notify Circulation Desk staff directly at (603) 862-1535 or email us at Dimond.Library@unh.edu. Staff will then cancel the hold, which often involves contacting the current patron to inform them they do not have to return the item and renewing the book for them. If we allow patrons to cancel their own holds, staff do not have the opportunity to reverse the process and books are returned unnecessarily."

We do have online access to Science that goes all the way back to 1880. The easiest way to tell if UNH has access to a journal online is to go to our Full Text Journals page, where you can do a title search, at: http://sc8ln4lf7c.search.serialssolutions.com/

We subscribe to a service called Safari Tech Books, which has many of the types of books that we used to subscribe to in paper. Tech books quickly go out-of-date, and tend to go missing when we do have them, and have to be replaced. The Safari Tech database also has an advantage in that it is dynamically updated. Aside from all of these reasons, the feedback that we have had from students, staff, and faculty have been very positive.

There are two groups of lockers in the Dimond Library. Grad lockers are located in the Grad Study Room on Level 4, and cost $5/year, plus a $10 key deposit. Level One lockers can be chedked out for $5/semester, or $5/year for grad students. More information about them can be found here: http://www.library.unh.edu/services/lockers. To check out a locker, stop by the Circulation Desk on Level 3, or call (603) 862-3125 with any questions.

That means that someone has reported that the book is not in its place on the shelves, not in the waiting shelves, and not in the Loan Department waiting to be transported to the shelves. In such cases, the Circulation Desk puts a search on the item and changes the status in the catalog to "on search", to alert patrons to the fact that the book is at least temporarily missing.

We certainly do; the Reference Department gives tours to the new international students at the beginning of each semester. The International Students Office arranges these and the students come in groups. In addition, the Reference Department is available seven days a week to help you with your research and to answer all your questions.

"You have two options. The first is to use the Advanced Keyword Search form in the Library Catalog to search for items by Location. If you select Main Library under the Location drop-down menu, for instance, you can restrict your search to items only in Dimond Library. If you're looking for biological sciences materials, for example, you can restrict your search to items at the Biological Sciences library. The Advanced Keyword Search form is available here: http://library.unh.edu/search/X
Your other option is to request an item which is only available at UNH Manchester. If you do find such an item, you can contact the Loan Department in the library and request it. Just call at (603) 862-3125 or use their new request form: http://www.library.unh.edu/services/borrow-renew/other-libraries/unh-man...
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Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts on quiet study areas in the Library. I've forwarded your message to Library Department Heads to discuss at their next meeting. I'm sure they will do their best to find a solution that will resolve this issue. Thanks again for taking the time to let us know about this problem.

Hi, thanks for taking the time to let us know that it was too noisy in Dimond yesterday - there were two comments, so it must have been quite loud! This issue came up at a library-wide meeting last week -- the general consensus was if, when the noise is bothering you, please approach a public service desk (Circulation, Reference or Current Periodicals) and let the staff person know, they can approach the group and ask them to be quieter or suggest other locations. I hope this helps. Please feel free to write (tracey.lauder@unh.edu) or call me at 862-3041 if you have any other ideas. We're here to help. In the meantime, thanks for your patience while we work out solutions to this problem.

Hi, I'm beginning to feel like a broken record, but sincere thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts about quiet spaces (or, lack thereof) in Dimond Library. Please be assured that we are working hard to resolve this issue... measures taken thus far include the "Respect the Q" signs you see posted, a rotator on our webpage that asks students to respect their peers need for quiet and a 'patrol' every few hours through the reading rooms by staff. Since these measures were just recently implemented, please visit the Library again and let us know if they are working... or not. Again, thanks for your feedback - it helps us make adjustments to library space so that it can be enjoyed by all.

"We cannot give you a username and password for direct access to these databases -- we are not set up to access in that way. I can offer a couple of options to you, although I cannot guarantee any of them will work if your host school is blocking so aggressively.
The first thing I would suggest is to try to log on to your Blackboard account. It's possible that the UNH Library's catalog is blocked but Blackboard may be available. Our resources can all be accessed through Blackboard (in fact that is the only way you can connect to them from off campus).
If that doesn't work, I would try using the campus-supported VPN product. VPN is a way of logging in to campus resources as though you were right here on campus. See https://vpn.unh.edu/ for access and information.
Finally, is there a place outside of your university that might have less-aggressive blocking - a café, a restaurant, a public library, a bookstore? Another location may be less convenient, but may not block you from UNH's resources."

"You can use the online form to send a message to the Loan Department at http://www.library.unh.edu/about/staff.php?department=Loan, or call at (603) 862-3125. Be sure to include your first and last name with your email address change request. In the future we plan to allow patrons to edit their own account information and will advertise this when it’s ready for use.

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"The library has Museum of Fine Arts passes available to students.

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Thanks for taking the time to let us know our efforts to identify (and enforce) the quiet zones are appreciated!

The "my cart" tab allows you to email library catalog records to yourself. The "request" tab allows you to place a hold on an item that is currently checked out to another patron. When it is returned to the library, the Circulation Desk will hold the book and send an email message notifying you the book is ready to be picked up.

Thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts regarding food in the Library. Librarians fought this battle for years.... and, frankly, we lost. While we understand your frustration, the majority of Library patrons LOVE not having to break away from their studies to grab a cup of coffee or bagel. So, we allow food in Dimond Library. Though the branch libraries have posted no food policies, I have learned that they are not necessarily strictly enforced.

Anyone at the Reference Desk in Dimond Library can help you navigate the system and teach you how best to use the myriad resources available to you as a UNH student. They can be reached by phone at (603) 862-1544, email – reference.desk@unh.edu or, IM (http://www.library.unh.edu/research-support/ask-a-librarian).

As an alum, you have free borrowing privleges. However, due to licensing agreements, access to online databases is limited to onsite for alumni. You can visit the UNH Library and use any public computer to access all our databases, but won't be able to connect to the databases remotely.

"UNH students, faculty, and staff may request scanned copies of articles from journals which the UNH Library owns in “paper only" by placing a request with complete citation information through Interlibrary Loan -- http://www.library.unh.edu/services/borrow-renew/other-libraries/ill.
If you are not affiliated with UNH, you may visit the UNH Library to scan your own copies or contact your local public library to request the articles through their interlibrary loan service."

"My best advice is to ask the staff at the Circulation Desk. But these few simple guidelines will help you: Check the location - could it be a Manchester or Special Collection book?

b. If the book has been recently returned or used in the library, it may be on the waiting shelves. On each floor, at the front of the building and at the start of each collection, we have some differently coloured shelves for books that are awaiting reshelving.

c. The item may be currently used in the library by another patron.

The Circulation Desk staff are knowledgeable and very keen to help you, please do not hesitate to ask.

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