Locating and Receiving Library Material

Getting a Book:
From the Library home page, click Search the Catalog.  Click Local Catalog to see if we have the book.  If we don’t have the book, go back to Search the Catalog and click Remote Libraries.  If you are still unable to locate the book, return to the Library home page, click Find Articles, choose Databases by Title, WorldCat.  You will be taken to the First Search page.  Check WorldCat as the database to search.  When you locate the book, print the citation so that you will have the information you need to request the book. 

To request a book through Interlibrary Loan (ILL):  Go to the Library home page, click Student Services, Distance Education, Interlibrary Loan, Book.  Click Request a Book.  Complete and submit the form.  If you prefer to mail your book request, complete and print the form, attach the book information sheet you printed previously, and mail to the address below.

Getting an Article:
From the Library home page, click Find Articles.  We suggest that you go to Databases by Vendor first and try EBSCO and ProQuest.  These two databases are full text and have access to journals with many general and area specific professional sources.  To learn more about these and other databases and locating database journal listings, click here. 

For another approach click Databases by Subject and choose your area of study.  These are just some of the suggested databases for some subjects.  This list does not imply that these are the only databases available for these subjects.  We previously suggested EBSCO and ProQuest first because some of the databases under subject are citation only (no full text). 

To limit your search to full text only, click Full Text.

If you locate the article you need and it is not full text, we may be able to obtain it through Inter Library Loan and mail it to you.  Print the article information and submit to ILL as instructed below.

To request an article through Interlibrary Loan (ILL):  Go to the Library home page, click Student Services, Distance Education, Interlibrary Loan, Article.  Complete and submit the form.  If you prefer to mail your article request:  complete and print the form, attach the book information sheet you printed previously, and mail to the address below.

Internet Resources:
In addition to the subscription databases available through Find Articles, we have links to Internet web pages, which may be useful.  We make every effort to provide access to educational websites but we make no guarantee as to the quality of the information.  To access these web links by subject, from the Library home page, click Browse Internet Resources by Subject.

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