How
Do I....?
Find
books on a topic?
Find articles on a topic?
Find information on the Internet?
Format bibliography entries and citations?
Order materials from another Penn State
campus?
Renew books?
Search the library from home?
Detect plagiarism?
Get a library card?
Get a student or faculty id card?
Get an Access Account for online access from
home?
Arrange for computer presentations in class?
Get my own web site?
Find
books: use The CAT,
Penn State's online catalog at http://cat.libraries.psu.edu/
Find
articles in magazines, journals, newspapers:
use the Databases by Title List (A - Z) menu at http://www.lias.psu.edu:80/alalllib.html,
try ProQuest or Academic Universe for broad subject coverage.
Find
out if a specific magazine or journal
is full text online: check the Full Text Electronic Resources list
at http://apps.libraries.psu.edu/fasttrack/search.cfm
Find
information on the Internet: use search
engines such as Google (http://www.google.com)
Get
the format for bibliographies and footnotes:
sample citation formats are available at: http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/
Order
books from another Penn State campus: when you see the
description of the individual book displayed on The CAT screen,
check the top of the screen for the I WANT IT button, click
that and fill in the requested information. This will not work on
a screen that lists several books, you must be at the screen describing
an individual book. Or call library, 610.892.1386.
Order
a film or video from another Penn State campus: when
you see description of an individual item displayed on The CAT screen,
check the top of the screen for the I WANT IT button, click that
and fill in the requested information. This will not work on a screen
that lists several items, you must be at the screen describing an
individual item.
Some
films and videos are not in University Libraries. A huge film collection
is available through MediaTech. These films must be booked in advance
for classroom use. These films are listed in LIAS CAT and a special
film database called MediaNet. Search MediaNet at http://www.medianet.libraries.psu.edu/
There are links in both the CAT and MediaNet to do online booking.
If you have problems with ordering any films, contact the library
at ext. 386.
Renew
books: click on the My Library Account link thru LIAS
(http://www.lias.psu.edu/)
and follow links to renew books; LIAS will alert you if not all
your books can be renewed; or call library, 610.892.1386
Search
Library Databases from home by entering your Penn State
ACCESS userid and password when prompted. Look up your userid
and password at a CAC Signature Station computer in Vairo Library.
Detect
plagiarism: search unique language by
doing a "phrase" search in Google (http://www.google.com)
or one of the other search engines. For further information on detection,
prevention and University policies, consult http://tlt.its.psu.edu/suggestions/cyberplag/
Get
a library card: your student or faculty
id is your library card.
Get
an id card: at the library front desk;
if you've lost one, you must pay $15 in the Financial Office (105
Main) before you can get a replacement.
Arrange
for computer presentations in class:
contact Information
Technology Services Department (Room 128 Vairo Library) or call
610-892-1297 or e-mail laptoprequest@de.psu.edu for help in showing
PowerPoint or other computer presentations in class; they will help
you load it on equipment compatible with the computer projection
equipment.
Get
a web site: contact:
http://its.psu.edu/web.html
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