2. The Library’s Online Resources

3. Online resources  Get them from home or office  Databases provide something for every discipline, as well as scholarly sources, magazines and newspapers  Essential source of scholarly information for a college where the population is not on campus for long periods.

6.  Start with general databases – ProQuest Central, Academic Search  Good start for a search where you may not be sure of your approach  Search strategies will be the same for other databases

7.  Link to databases in particular disciplines  Look for databases that meet particular needs Ethnic Newswatch Genderwatch New York Times Historical – dates from 1851 Academic Universe: Legal (Lexis Nexis) – case law AP Images – photographs Several databases for news articles and more, just read our menu or ask us!

8.  How do you read articles when you don’t now what they’re talking about? Online reference sources are available ABC-Clio Electronic Books Encyclopedia Britannica Gale Virtual Reference Library Oxford English Dictionary

9.  Databases allow your students to obtain scholarly and research information by limiting searches to scholarly sources  Are you doing research? You have access to a wide range of scholarly information as well.

10.  Link to available e-books when you get results from a search in the library catalog  Search EBSCO E-books  Search ebrary Allows you to search within the books you retrieve to easily locate information on your topic

11.  ERIC  ProQuest Education Journals  Teacher Resource Center  Faculty and Staff Services – links to Chronicle of Higher Education and Inside Higher Ed

12.  VAST: Academic Video Online  Reference USA – links to information on many US and Canadian businesses; for business research and for finding internships  Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center  Global Issues in Context, Issues and Controversies, Points of View Reference Center

13.  Visit online resource page periodically; see what is available and new  Give us your feedback. We want to have the best resources for your students in each discipline  Let us know what you need; Are students having trouble finding sources? Are new courses coming up? What about personal research?

14.  For reference/research assistance please call: Reference Desk: 609-570-3560  For electronic resources (including assistance with connecting to library resources from off campus or database help) please call: Electronic Resources: 609-570-3550 (Monday – Thursday 10AM – 6PM and Friday 9AM – 5PM)  For acquisitions of library materials please call: Acquisitions: 609-570-3559

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