Monday, October 15, 2007

Trial Databases

We have the following trail databases for you to check out on our library web page under the Databases link. You will see that some of them will expire soon. You may be able to use some of them for the assignments that you have due this month. Take a look.

Academic Search Complete*
Biography Resource Center* [Ends 10/31]
LitFinder* [Ends 10/31]
Nursing Resource Center* [Ends 10/31]
OVRC Critical Thinking* [Ends 10/31]
Science Reference Center*
Small Business Res. Center* [Ends 10/31]
SocINDEX with Full Text*

Document Delivery

Cayan Library is now offering a new service for our distance learning students. A student who lives more than 50 miles from SUNYIT and is enrolled in a SUNYIT online course is eligible to use the new service. Graduate students working on a final thesis and who are not attending classes on campus are also eligible for services.

We offer both Interlibrary Loan for items that the Cayan Library does not own and a Document Delivery Service for items that we own. At present, we will provide articles but not books.

For more information, please visit the Interlibrary Loan link on the Cayan Library web page or contact Jacquelyn Coughlan, Librarian, at jackie@sunyit.edu or (315)792-7250.

Tutorial Available

A new feature on the library web page is a link to tutorials. Listed there you will find the pilot tutorial concerning e-journals. This brief video will take you through the process of locating the e-journals to which the Cayan Library subscribes. Take a look.

We hope to provide more tutorials that will help both on-campus and online learners learn of library services or walk them through the steps needed to help them find the information they seek. Stay tuned.