First-Generation Resource Guide

This library guide is designed to introduce ASU First-Generation (first-gen) students to the ASU Library and to provide support to ensure success in accessing and utilizing resources and services at the library.

• Use the Find and Connect tab to get help using ASU Library chat, email, phone, and in person services.
• Use the Getting to Know the Library tab to explore guides, tutorials, and lingo to conquer your library experience. 
• Use the Research with ASU Library tab for a step-by-step process for researching.
• Use the Services tab to learn about support resources for academic research. 
• Use the Library Materials and Collections tab to learn about our books, archival collections and more. 
• Use the Collaboration and Innovation tab to to locate collaborative and innovative spaces
• Use the First-Gen Resources @ ASU tab to get connected with support services for First-Gen students at ASU. 
• Use the Transfer Students tab to learn all about the support services for getting started at ASU.  
• Use the First-Gen Faculty and Staff tab to learn how librarians can be embedded into your courses. 

The ASU Library acknowledges the twenty-three Native Nations that have inhabited this land for centuries. Arizona State University's four campuses are located in the Salt River Valley on ancestral territories of Indigenous peoples, including the Akimel O’odham (Pima) and Pee Posh (Maricopa) Indian Communities, whose care and keeping of these lands allows us to be here today. ASU Library acknowledges the sovereignty of these nations and seeks to foster an environment of success and possibility for Native American students and patrons. We are advocates for the incorporation of Indigenous knowledge systems and research methodologies within contemporary library practice. ASU Library welcomes members of the Akimel O’odham and Pee Posh, and all Native nations to the Library.