Fielding Graduate University Library

library@fielding.edu

Contact: Abby Rae, MLIS

We can help with:

• Questions about the resources available in the library collections

• Questions about search strategies/identifying resources

• Connecting you to additional resources available in your area or on the web

• Any trouble with authentication

• And anything else that might come up!

Our librarians are happy to help with questions and can be reached by sending a message to: library@fielding.edu

Resources

Fielding Research Guides

Library Help Videos

• Introduction to the Library - 6 video playlist to help you get acquainted with our resources

• Start Your Research - 5 video playlist showing how to use FASTsearch and locate journals, books and dissertations

• Search Tips & Techniques - 6 video playlist demonstrating how to brainstorm search terms and make searches more efficient

• Research Tools & Databases - 7 videos demonstrating how to use different tools or databases to accomplish certain tasks. Includes videos of APA databases, BrowZine, LibKey, and SAGE Research Methods

• Citations & Citation Managers - 8 videos providing information about Zotero as well as overviews of the structure of citations and finding citation information.

• More videos available on our YouTube Channel or the Library Blog 

Access for Fielder Alumni Fellows

Fielder Alumni Fellows: This is where you can log into the Fielding Graduate University Library. You will have access renewable every year by completing a short report document (coming soon!)

The log-in process may be a little different than you remember, so here are the basic steps

1. You will log in to Moodle to access the library (click on ‘Menu’ then select ‘Library’). When logging into Moodle, your username is the first half of your Fielding email address, but not the whole thing. For any trouble logging into Moodle, scroll down on the log-in page and you will find detailed instructions about getting IT support.

2. If you graduated before December 2024, you will encounter a new authentication system when you first access a full-text resource in the library. This new system is called OpenAthens and requires an @fielding.edu username and password to authenticate. Please review the video demonstration to see more.

3. Once connected to the library website in Moodle, you can search and navigate as you have done before. Our FASTsearch tool searches most of our full-text subscriptions at once, or you can click on the ‘Journals, Books and Databases’ link to search for individual publications or utilize specific databases. See the video demonstration for more details.