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Using Today’s Library as a Teaching Resource
Britt FagerheimCoordinator of Library Services for
Regional Campuses and Distance Education [email protected]
435-797-2643
Electronic Collections
• Large number of electronic journal subscriptions, plus full text access to many more journals via the article databases.
• Over 150 article databases • Increasing numbers of e-books and electronic
book collections available from the library
Print Collections
• Online request form to have print books sent to the student’s home
• Online form to request a scan of any print articles available in the library
• Interlibrary Loan for articles available to all students (articles sent as pdf files)
• See the Regional Campus and Distance Education Library Services Guide
Online Encyclopedias
• Two large encyclopedia collections: Gale Reference Collection and Oxford Reference Online
• Collection of individual, specialized encyclopedias
• All encyclopedias are full text
E-books
• Library catalog contains all print and electronic books owned by the library
• Search for e-books in the library catalog by typing a keyword and choosing e-Books within Type.
• Coming: Purchase on Demand trial for e-books in psychology and education
Library Databases
• See full collection of library electronic databases
• Select just a few to point students for class research: PowerLink within Blackboard
• Will be available within the Add Content link.• Get help from your subject librarian
Library Databases
• Find permanent/durable links for sources in the library databases.
• Also find instructions for linking to a database from within Blackboard
• Create links to specific items in the USU Digital Library using shorter URLs than the URL which appears in the menu bar.
LibGuides
• A way to collect together select resources for a course or subject with the help of your subject librarian
• Example: ENGR 1000• These can be linked within any page in
Blackboard and can either open in a new page or within Blackboard.
• Example of LibGuide linked within a class.
LibGuides – Research Tips
• You can link to one-page tips for accessing library resources and conducting research.
• You can access these links from the LibGuide for RCDE instructors.
• Find tips for accessing library resources, plus a guide for citing sources and searching a specific database.
• Also find a Guide to Research, broken down into specific steps. You can link to specific pages within the guide.
Subject Librarians
• Your subject librarian can create a LibGuide for your class
• List of subject librarians• Your subject librarian has expertise in the library
resources for the particular discipline and can: – create a library research guide– provide research help within Blackboard by responding to
students’ questions via e-mail – monitor a discussion thread to help students with
individual or group research projects.
Library Help “Widgets”
• Currently, two “widgets” are available within the Blackboard course template.
• The Library Tips widget lists a selection of LibGuides related to research in general and accessing the library resources.
• The chat widget enables students to send an instant message to the reference desk and interact with a librarian.
• These are available in the current Blackboard template and can be added into any page by your instructional designer.
Questions?
• [email protected] • 435-797-2643• Subject Librarians:
http://library.usu.edu/coldev/subject-librarians.php