Services for Undergraduate Students
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Special Services for International Students
Borrowing
Policies - Find out what you can check out and how long you can keep
it.
Your Library account - See what you have out, when they are
due back, AND renew
materials without having to bring
them to the Library. When you log on, use the 9-digit
number under your name on your student ID, and add tsu.
Example: 000012345tsu
You can also
save searches to run weekly and
keep
a record of books you check out.
Books and more--
Audiobooks, Videos/DVDs,
CDs/Cassettes,
Art Prints,
Maps
Laptops
-- Borrow a laptop to use in your favorite corner of the Library!
When it's not in the Library --Try MOBIUS or Interlibrary Loan
When the item you want is checked out
-- Place a recall or
order it through MOBIUS.
New Library Materials List -- Find out what's been added to the
collection in the last month.
Building Services
The library provides laptops, photocopiers, FAX machine, microform reader/printers, group study rooms, typewriters, computer labs, wireless connections, an Assistive Technology Lab, laminating, transparencies, etc.
Research Help
Connecting to databases from home:
On campus you only need to be
connected to the University network.
Off campus you will need
directions
to connect to the network.
Subject research guides
---Guides to databases, Web sites, and other resources on various
topics.
Hot topics --- Can't
think of a subject for a speech? ...research paper? Check
out the Hot Topics link for ideas.
Points of
view --- Check out these sources for finding various
viewpoints.
Finding/Evaluating Internet Information
Primary sources --- What are they and how do you find them?
Refereed or peer-reviewed journals --- What they are and how to find them.
Differences between Popular, Scholarly and Trade articles.
So
you have to give a speech
--- Resources for researching information for speeches.
Get help from a Librarian:
Schedule a RAP
Session ---One-on-one assistance for research assignments
Ask-A-Librarian ---
E-mail your questions and receive a response within 24 hours
Call the Reference Desk at 785-4051
Visit the Reference Desk --- First
floor in Pickler Library
Contact a subject
reference librarian for help.
EndNote - Commercial reference management software available from ITS. Get instructions for installing it on your computer, and directions for downloading references from the library catalog and other subscription databases.
EBSCO Search Alert -
EBSCO databases allow you to store your favorite searches and
then notify you by e-mail when articles that meet your search
criteria are added to the database.
The OWL at Purdue --- Purdue University's Online Writing Lab has a wealth of information to help students with their writing. You can also ask questions by email--you don't have to be a Purdue student.
Avoiding Plagiarism --- From the Purdue University Writing Center.
Synthesis: Using the Work of Others --- Anti-plagiarism site from University of Maine at Farmington. What plagiarism is and how to avoid it.
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