The first visit to a university library can be a challenge - perhaps even more so for an online student. In the first module it is important for students to show that they have used the university library to find a work-related article (or book). At this stage, it is acceptable to interpret this widely. The facilitators know that early visits to the library may be challenging for many reasons, and it is enough to show that you have: a) found the library b) found one work-related item Campus students have parallel experiences - I can remember my first visits to a university library (huge!), getting used to a new and complex system, locating the shelves where the most relevant books would be found, taking out my first book. The Anglia Ruskin library can be accessed at http://libweb.anglia.ac.uk/digitallibrary/digital_library.htm

It has not been clear to students that the Library barcode is available from their e-vision accounts. For any problems, there is an online query form. I had to use it last week to renew my account, and within five minutes I had a reply.

Lydia made a movie about using Google Scholar in conjunction with the university library, available at http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=PZH8NWvQ3Ig