Remote Access

Naropa University Library Online Access

When you use online materials like electronic books or journals, you will log in with your general Mynaropa username and password, which is the same as the single sign-on information that you use for your email and Canvas course pages.

If you’d like to streamline your process you can log into Mynaropa first, then you won’t have to log in again when you go to access materials. Go to https://naropa.sharepoint.com/sites/MyNaropa and navigate to the library homepage by hovering at the top of the screen over “Academic Support Services” and then choose Allen Ginsberg Library.

It is also fine to start directly from the library homepage, and just log into the Naropa system when prompted.

The library homepage can be found here: https://www.naropa.edu/academics/library/

It is important to use the links for resources that we provide on our pages, instead of looking up a database through the open internet, because when using the links on the library webpages you will be prompted to log in with your Naropa username and password, and then you will have the fullest access to materials we subscribe to.

Electronic Books

To access electronic books you can use the Discovery Catalog linked on the homepage, use the basic search field offered to begin your search or the Advanced Search option, and when you find an eBook that you’d like to access, you can click the green “View eBook” button to directly access the book from the record in the catalog.

Or you can go directly to the eBook collection by following this path:

Go to https://www.naropa.edu/academics/library/ then navigate to Research Resources, open the drop-down menu for Finding Books, then select Ebscohost E-Book Collection. If you have not logged into the Naropa domain yet, you will be prompted to log in with your MyNaropa username and password. Once you log in, you will be able to access the electronic book collection.

Search within: You can search the text of the eBooks for a word or phrase. Find your book and access it as instructed above. Once you have accessed the book and you are in the record page for the eBook, you will look for the small magnifying glass icon, to the upper right. Click on it, then simply input the word or phrase for which you would like to search.

Save pages: You can also save pages, chapters, or a portion of the book; just click on the icon of the arrow pointing down to the upper right. Each book has a unique limit to how much you can save, based on certain rights agreements with publishers that are delineated by the hosting platform and outside of our control. A small percentage of the books in the collection do not allow any pages to be saved.

Cite: Find the citation tool by looking for the tiny quotation mark icon, click it, and choose your style to copy and paste.

Share: To get a permalink, look for the share icon (curved arrow), click, and you can copy and paste the link to the record. This is better because the URL at the top of the page could time out after an unspecified amount of time.

Databases & Journals

Naropa Libraries offers access to several online periodical indexes of abstracts, journals, and other research databases, many with full-text access to articles. To access journal abstracts & articles you can use the Discovery Catalog linked on the homepage, use the basic search field offered to begin your search, or the Advanced Search option, and when you find an abstract or article that you’d like to access, you can click the green “Access Journal” or “View Full Text” button to directly access the resource from the record in the catalog.

To navigate directly to specific online journals and databases use the Finding Research Resources page:

https://www.naropa.edu/academics/library/finding-resources/

Open the drop-down menu for Finding Articles, then select Research Databases. Databases are organized by discipline, and also lower down you will see that they are organized in an alphabetical list. You will use your MyNaropa username and password to access the database or journal of your choice; after clicking on a title, you will be prompted to log in with your Naropa username and password information if you are not already logged into the single sign-on system.

Interlibrary Loan Article Requests

To make Interlibrary Loan article requests, please email complete citation information in the style of your choice (MLA, APA, Chicago, etc…) to: library@naropa.edu

The bibliographic information must be complete, so it must include: author, date published, title of article or chapter, title of source, volume, issue, page range, and DOI if applicable.

Navigate to the Interlibrary Loan page for more information: https://www.naropa.edu/academics/library/interlibrary-loan-services/

Naropa University Digital Archive

Enter the Naropa University Digital Archives by finding Archives and Special Collections page on the library website, or just using this link here: https://cdm16621.contentdm.oclc.org/

This resource contains approximately 3,000 audio recordings from our institutional archives. The audio files have been digitized from the Naropa recording collection, which consists of over six thousand tapes of events at Naropa University over the institution’s existence. These recordings include unique events in the world of education and the arts, with important writers, teachers, and religious leaders.

Library Catalog and Library Print (Physical) Book Account

You can use the library catalog to search for resources any time, with no need to log in:

https://naropauniversity.on.worldcat.org/discovery/

If you would like to access your library book account, please follow the steps on the library homepage under “Accessing your Library Account.” Setting up a library book account in this way will offer you the opportunity to create login information for the catalog, so you can put books on hold, renew books, and see what you have checked out. This login information is separate and distinct from the Naropa username and password that you use to access the digital resources, as explained above, which is why you have to set it up in a separate process.

Need Help? To contact us email: library@naropa.edu

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