Library

Help on OAIster (Open Archives Intiative)

OAIster is a discovery tool that contains no content but allows a user to search the web for digital collections. 

  • contains records of digital resources from open-archive collections worldwide 
  • more than 23 million records representing digital resources from more than 1,100 contributors
  • discovery tools means it will lead to open collections but OAIster does not contain any content

OAIster includes:

  • digitized (scanned) books and journal articles
  • digital text
  • audio files (wav, mp3)
  • video files (mp4, QuickTime)
  • photographic images (jpeg, tiff, gif)
  • data sets (downloadable statistical information)
  • theses and research papers

The advanced search has options to enter a variety of search terms.
Dropdown menus allow limit by language and resource type.

Library Hours:
Austin Campus Library Hours

Monday -Thursday  

9:00 - 6:30

Friday 9:00 - 4:30
   

Closed on weekends

Albert Lea Library is closed - look for the research kiosk in the student services area.

Special Hours

  
Contact Information:
library@riverland.edu
Riverland Library:
507-433-0533

 

Librarian:

Jeannie Kearney
Jeannie.Kearney@riverland.edu

Library Technician:

Keith Cich
Keith.Cich@riverland.edu