LoyalistLibrary: Writing and Citing: Catalyst

Introducing Catalyst

Catalyst is the Library's search engine. It searches the books on the Library's shelves, and the electronic content in the Library's databases. Catalyst allows students, faculty and staff to build searches and access resources. It also has tools to help with citations, sharing resources, exporting data, and with saving searches and resources to a library account.

Remember! The login for your library account is the same as your MyLoyalist login.

How to sign into eResources from off-campus (Current Loyalist Students and Staff) Instructions for logging into library eResources (databases) from off-campus.
Catalyst Search Tips Tips for using Catalyst - Loyalist College's Library Catalogue
Creating links to library resources found in Catalyst

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Advanced Search

Catalyst Search Tips (PDF)

How to Borrow a Book

Not sure how to borrow an item? Check our Borrowing Policies, or come in and see us! Curious about eBooks? The Parrott Centre has over 237,000 eBooks, ready to read online. You can search for them through Catalyst, just as you would search for print books! Need help? Contact the Library by email or at Ext. 2249.

Loyalist Library : Helpful Videos for Successful Research

Introduction to the Loyalist Library website In this video, we'll explain how our library website is organized and highlight main features.
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Creating a Search Strategy In this video, we'll provide you with tips and techniques to achieve the best search results for your assignments.
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Search Strategy Handout

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Basic Searching with Catalyst This video is one in a series that explores searching and research skills. In this video, we'll show you how to find information by doing a basic search using Catalyst.
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Basic Search Handout

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Advanced Searching with Catalyst This video is one in a series that explores searching & research skills. We'll introduce you to some advanced searching techniques that you can use to find information in Catalyst & library databases. The content in this video presumes you've already watched our Basic Search video and that you know a little bit about using Catalyst to look for information.

Advanced Searching Handout

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Locating Items in the Library by Call Number This video is one in a series that explores searching and research skills. In this video, we'll show you how to find physical items on the library's shelves using a call number.
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Call Number Handout

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Introduction to Peer Review This video is one in a series that explores searching and research skills. In this video, we'll learn about peer review; what it is, why it's important, and how you can find peer reviewed content using Catalyst and other library databases.
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Peer Review Handout

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Picking the Right Research Tools This video is one in a series that explores searching and research skills. We'll introduce you to the different kinds of resources in the library. We'll learn what they are, what kind of information they have, and how you can find them.

Types of Library Resources - Picking the Right Tool Handout

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Writing and Citing: Catalyst

Introducing Catalyst

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How to Borrow a Book

Loyalist Library : Helpful Videos for Successful Research

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