Remote Services: Classes are online and so are we!

Many library services and resources are already available to students and faculty from the Libraries homepage, library.rider.edu, including:

Online Access to Library Materials

Online databases, journals, and ebooks will continue to be available 24/7 when accessed via library.rider.edu.  Please log in with your Rider Key. If you should have trouble accessing a database, please

Research Assistance

• Virtual Research Assistance: email, text, and chat research assistance during reference desk hours. Although the physical library is closed the librarians will keep our regular semester service hours.
• Research Appointments: Librarians can also provide research assistance via web conference (Zoom) by appointment. Please contact your librarian directly or connect with the librarian on duty. reference@rider.edu or guides.rider.edu/ask Librarian responses may be delayed due to COVID-19, so contact the librarian on duty if necessary.
• Contact a librarian at reference@rider.edu or guides.rider.edu/ask

**Expanded Access to Ebooks, Journals, Videos, and Databases**

• Many databases and publishers are offering temporary free access to thousands of ebooks and journals through the end of May or June to help with the inability to obtain physical items at the library or through Interlibrary Loan. Access to these materials is restricted to Rider University users.
• We are working to seamlessly integrate these temporary resources into our catalog and databases, so you will find them in a regular search. However, this is dependent on vendor access and metadata, which may be beyond our control.
• Current Databases/Publishers activated:
  • MIT Press Direct Complete ebooks
  • JSTOR ebooks and all journal packages (currently available only directly through JSTOR database. Publisher list. Caveat: some, but not all, journals.)
  • Project Muse ebooks (currently available only directly through Project Muse database. Publisher list)
  • National Theatre Collection via Drama Online
  • Drama Online: All content unlocked
  • Theater, Performance, and Design Collection
  • ​HeinOnline
  • Academic Source Premier upgraded to Academic Source Ultimate (and in Library One Search)
  • Business Source Premier upgraded to Business Source Ultimate (and in Library One Search)
  • MORE on the way!

Research Instruction

The University Libraries can teach library instruction sessions for online classes. Let a librarian help take the confusion out of the research process for your students.

• Synchronous Instruction   

  • If you already have a face-to-face library instruction session scheduled for this semester and would like to move that session to an online format, please contact your Subject Librarian.   If you would like to schedule an online library instruction session, please put in a request using our Research Request Instruction Form.

• Asynchronous Instruction  

  • Check out our Research Guides and Tutorials. Don't see something that meets your needs?  Contact your Subject Librarian to discuss creating a tutorial or research guide for your class.   

Interlibrary Loan

• Only requests for electronic materials will be obtained. Borrowers will be notified by e-mail when the item is received and how to access the requested electronic materials. **Delivery of requested materials may be delayed due to COVID-19.**

Archives & Special Collections

For assistance with archives and special collections at the Talbott Library, please see Remote Services to Students, Faculty, Staff, and Researchers from the Special Collections and Archives Department-Talbott Library,  For the  Moore Library, please contact Robert Congleton or Julia Telonidis.