Research help: FAQ

You can get help via email or phone.

Start at the Library & Archives home page. All of the links from Omni (our academic search tool), the databases, and the research guides lead through our proxy server, which proves to content providers that you are a member of the Laurentian University community.

You can check the opening hours online. Please note that the libraries and archives are closed on public holidays.

Laurentian University offers several libraries and one archives:

• The J.N. Desmarais Library is on the main campus at 935 Ramsey Lake Road (#8 on the campus map) (Google Maps)

• The Architecture Library is in downtown Sudbury at 85 Elm Street (#28 on the campus map) (Google Maps)

• The Archives are on the main campus at 935 Ramsey Lake Road, on the 1st floor of the J.N. Desmarais (#8 on the campus map) (Google Maps)

• The Education Resource Centre is on the main campus at 935 Ramsey Lake Road, in the Alphonse Raymond pavilion, room AR-102 (#20 on the campus map) (Google Maps)

You can get help with your research:

• by chat: Ask the Library

• by email: contact your librarian.

• by videoconference or telephone: book a consultation with your librarian.

• by telephone: 705-675-4800 or, on campus, extension 4800.

• in person, at the library service counter; you might be directed to a librarian.

• for the Architecture Library: bibarchitecturelib@laurentian.ca or 705-675-1151 x7273.

• for the Archives: archives@laurentian.ca or 705-675-1151 x3306.

When the library is open, you can ask for reserve items at the service desk. To find items that have been placed on reserve, search the Course Reserves in Omni.

Faculty who want to add scanned items to their course in D2L can ask the library to scan articles from print journals or chapters of print books using the Request a digitized article/chapter/excerpt link in Omni for items held by the library, or the Request link in Omni for items not held by the library.

Faculty who teach on-campus courses can also ask to have print items placed on reserve.

 

 

To renew a loans, connect to your Omni account and select My Loans from the menu under your name (top-right). Select the items you want to renew, then click Renew. The items will refresh to show their new due date.

If you have a problem renewing a loan, email the library that owns the item:

• Architecture Library
• J.N. Desmarais Library

You can request print books, electronic articles, and scans of articles, book chapters, and book excerpts from records in Omni.

1. Search for the item in Omni.
2. If the item is not held by Laurentian or any of Laurentian's Omni partners, check the Add results beyond Laurentian's collection to expand your search to all known items.
3. If you find a matching result, click Not available locally, click for more options -> Get it from another library.

If you can't find a matching result in Omni, click Interlibrary Loan in Omni's top menu and fill out the blank request form.