Science Education & Teaching

For individual or small group research help, schedule a consultation with the Education Librarian: Anne Melville.  Appointments may be made 

1. Using the schedule appointment button below

Schedule Appointment

2.   via email by clicking on my email address: adrisco2@gmu.edu  

3.   By clicking on my name above

• .All appointments require at least 24 hours notice. 
• Appointments are available:
  • Monday through Thursday from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
  • Friday 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
• NOTE: All appointments are virtual during the COVID pandemic
• Please specify appointment type: 
  • Virtual (using Zoom or Collaborate)
  •  by Telephone (Once COVID is over)
  • Face to face (Once COVID is over)
• I will check my calendar and we will get your appointment scheduled

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Services for Mason Online Students & Faculty

Home Delivery

As a student enrolled in a designated online or hybrid course, or a faculty member teaching a designated course, you may have books delivered directly to your home. ​With each delivery, Mason Libraries will provide a prepaid UPS label for you to use when returning the books.

Additional Services

These resources and services, available to all Mason students & faculty, are particularly useful for those enrolled in or teaching online classes:

• Off-campus access to the libraries' electronic databases and e-books. 
• Tutorials on: the Research Process, Finding Material, Basic Research Concepts, Advanced Research Concepts, and Library Tools & Services
• Document delivery of Mason print articles and book chapters

Tip: When using MasonSearch on the Mason Libraries homepage from off-campus, be sure to sign in to search the full range of available content.

Use the following PDF to find step by step instructions to access resources and services in the library including:

• Look for a known article by article title
• To check if a library books is available
• request a book/article from another GM campus, from Storage, the WRLC, or Interlibrary Loan
• find out if a journal is available electronically
• To access the databases via the Database link
• check if a journal is peer-reviewed,
• find the DOI of an article, when not listed
• Download an EBSCO e-Book
• Use Boolean to conduct more effective searches
• Find Journal acceptance rates