Services for online students
Online NAU students can:
- Use our Quick Search to search for books, articles, and media and request items via Document Delivery Services.
- Connect to Library Licensed Resources from Off-Campus and search our Databases A-Z index to find scholarly articles to help you with your research.
- Browse streaming media resources for online music and films or use Document Delivery Service to request the loan of a physical item such as a CD or DVD for home delivery.
- Check due dates for your loans and renew items through My Library Accounts.
Additional resources
Research help Accordion Closed
Get the research help you need in a variety of ways:
- Call, email, or chat with us (24/5 during the academic semester) for basic research help.
- Utilize our research foundations guides for help with many basic questions.
- Build skills by taking either our Information Literacy Basics or our Advanced Information Literacy Skills for Science Students tutorials.
- Make an appointment with your subject librarian for a one-on-one phone or online consultation when you need more in-depth research assistance.
- Learn how to manage your citations with our Zotero: The Basics tutorial.
- Use our course and subject guides to get your research started and find the answers to common questions.
Writing help Accordion Closed
Cline Library partners with the University Writing Commons, which offers online tutoring and workshops for online students. UWC tutors assist with composition, math, Spanish, psychology, study skills and more.
Technology help Accordion Closed
Cline Library partners with the Student Technology Center (a 24hr online service), which offers:
- Student software support
- Virus and malware removal
- BbLearn support
- LOUIE navigation and troubleshooting
- Password help
- Help connecting to NAU networks including NAU Wi-Fi
- Help with NAU Gmail and other GSuite applications
Document Delivery Services Accordion Closed
Use the Document Delivery request form to request materials from Cline Library’s collection as well as materials owned by hundreds of other libraries.
Articles and book chapters will be sent to you electronically.
If you live 30 miles outside of Flagstaff, Document Delivery Services will ship physical items such as books and DVDs your home address, along with a shipping label that allows you to return your borrowed materials without incurring a shipping fee.
3D Printing for distance students Accordion Closed
If you are a student and live 30 miles outside of Flagstaff, the MakerLab’s 3D printing service will mail 3D prints directly to you. Complete the 3D printing request form and select “mail to address.” A $3 shipping and handling fee will apply.
Access to other Arizona libraries Accordion Closed
As a currently enrolled NAU student, you can check out books and other materials at these other Arizona libraries:
- Phoenix: Phoenix Biomedical Campus Library*
Computer access and study space are available in the PBC Library for currently enrolled NAU students who are residents of Maricopa County. Contact catherine lockmiller, NAU’s librarian at PBC, in advance of your first visit to set up a visitor account. - Tempe: Arizona State University Library
- Tucson: University of Arizona Libraries
- Yuma: Arizona Western College/NAU Yuma Library