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Use The CAT , Penn State 's online catalog, to find books, CDs, and DVDs.
Go to Try These First and select ProQuest or NewsBank for broad subject coverage.
Check the Citation Linker.
Use these handouts and web pages
When you see the description of the individual book displayed on The CAT screen, check the right side 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.
Just as you would order a book when you see the description of an individual item displayed on The CAT screen, check the right side of the screen for the I WANT IT button, click that and select a pickup location from the scrolling list. As before this will not work on a screen that lists several items, you must be at the screen describing an individual item. Videos may be checked out for 7 days.
For faculty who wish to reserve a video for a class for a specific date, contact Library staff.
For materials not at Penn State or Penn State materials that may require a special permission, please review the information on the Interlibrary Loan webpage. For assistance with Interlibrary Loan, contact Margie Kruppenbach, 610-396-6241, mjk9@psu.edu
Click on the My Library Account link in the gray bar at the top of Libraries web pages or in the CAT and follow the directions to renew books. The system will alert you if not all your books can be renewed. Or call the library, 610-396-6339.
Use either a Get It button in a database or Citation Linker to see if an article is already available online or if it is in print at Berks. If not, stay in the Get it or Citation Linker dialog box and use ILLiad to request it. For more information, contact Margie Kruppenbach 610-396-6241, mjk9@psu.edu
Enter your Penn State ACCESS userid and password when prompted. Look up your userid and password at a CAC Signature Station computer in the library. If you have difficulty, contact the library at 610-396-6339.
Search unique language by doing a "phrase" search in Google ( http://www.google.com ) or one of the other search engines. For further information see Plagiarism Prevention Resources.
Your Penn State student, faculty or staff id card is your library card.
Call or email the Reference Librarians: Nancy Dewald, 610-396-6243, email nxd7, and Katie Garcia, 610-396-6242, email krg16. We'll be happy to discuss your library-related assignment and schedule a time in the library classroom when you and your students can come in.
