Guide for Overseas Students

How to Log in to Your Library Account

As a UA student, you automatically have a Library account. Follow these steps to log in:

1. Go to the UA Library homepage.

2. Click on "My Accounts" in the top right corner of the page.

3. Click on the "Go to your library account" link.

4. You will be prompted to log in using your NetID and password.

5. Once logged in, you can view your checked-out items, renew materials, and access additional services.

Need help getting started with research? UA Libraries offers short, self-paced tutorials to help you build essential skills like choosing sources, creating search strategies, and evaluating information.

Not sure where to begin? Try the What Kind of Researcher Are You? quiz.

Top Tutorials:

• How Do I Create a Search Strategy? (10 min)
  Break your topic into keywords and search smarter.

• Popular vs Scholarly Sources (3 min)
  Learn the difference and when to use each.

• What Types of Sources Do I Need? (15 min)
  Choose the best source for your research needs.

The following resources are a great place to start your research.

• Academic Search Ultimate
  Find peer-reviewed journals, full-text periodicals, reports, and books across multiple subjects.
• Google Scholar
  Find peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, pre-prints, abstracts, and technical reports.
• JSTOR
  Find articles, book reviews, and more from thousands of academic journals across the social sciences, humanities, arts, and sciences.
• Scopus
  Find articles and citations in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities.