How Do I?

How do I?

Cite a source?
Access resources from off-campus?
Find an article?
Retrieve a reserve item for a class?
Reserve the Bernat Special Events Room for my group?
Borrow a laptop in the library?
Find books and more?
Find a librarian for my topic/course?
Use Refworks?
Apply for a job in the library?
Renew a book?
Find out what journal titles the Library has access to in electronic full text?
Find an encyclopedia on my topic?
Link to a database from my course Blackboard site?
Use wireless in the library?
Reserve the computer lab in the Library?
Reserve a study room for my group?
Place an item on reserve?

Cite a source?

It depends! There are different styles depending on the discipline of study. Always ask your professor which one to use.

For medicine there is the AMA Manual of Style Print copy at REF DESK WZ 345 .A511 2007 (10th Edition)

For psychology, there is APA (http://www.lib.usm.edu/help/style_guides/apa.html) style adapted by Univ. of Southern Mississippi. See print copy of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association at REF DESK BF 76.7 .P83 2010 (6th Edition)

For sociology, there is the American Sociological Association, also ASA style with more detail, adapted, by I.Barnello. Print copy of ASA Style Guide, 2007, coming soon to REF DESK HM.....

Historians use the Chicago Manual of Style Print copy at REF DESK Z 253 .U69 2010 (16th editon), also see the Handbook for Historians

The humanities tend to use the Modern Language Association style. See MLA style adapted by Lone Star College. Print copy of MLA Handbook at REF DESK LB 2369 .G53 2009 (7th edition)

Get help from Reference Services on how to use RefWorks, the citation management software, or click here to view the flash tutorial (click on "tutorial basics" at top of next screen). It formats your citations for you in all the above mentioned styles and many more right into your research paper Word file or into a separate Word file.

Access resources from off-campus?

Instructions for Accessing Databases and E-Journals from Off-Campus

When you try to access a library resource from off-campus, you will be prompted to log into Library server

Your Username and Password from your Le Moyne Computer Account.
Your name and barcode as it appears on your Le Moyne ID card.

Many of the articles and electronic reserves are presented using Adobe Acrobat Reader.
It is available as a free download from the Adobe website.

User must enable pop-ups

Internet Explorer

Open Internet Explorer.
On the Tools menu, point to Pop-up Blocker, and then click Pop-up Blocker Settings.
In the *Address of Web site to allow* box, type the address (or URL) of the Web site you want to see pop-ups from, and then click Add.

Firefox
The Popup Blocker Options Preferences are located in the Content panel of Tools > OptionsEdit > PreferencesFirefox > Preferences.

From there:

Block pop-up windows: Deselect this option preference to disable the popup blocker altogether.
Exceptions dialog: This is a list of sites that you want to allow to display popups.
Select the following choice:
- Allow: Click this to add a web site to the exceptions list.

Safari

Choose Safari > Block Pop-Up Windows so that no checkmark appears next to it.

Blocking pop-up windows stops the windows that appear when you open or close a page. It does not block pop-up windows that open when you click a link.

Would you like to open the Login to My Library Account window?

If you have any problems accessing resources from off-campus, please contact the Reference Desk at 445-4330.

Find an article?

Do you know the database you need to search? Try viewing the Web page Databases by Name. See the navigation bar to your left on this screen.

Not sure what database will fit your topic best? Try viewing the Web page Databases by Subject.

Have an article citation (partial or full) or just a journal title? Try using the search by journal title to search by journal title for where the article might be found.

Retrieve a reserve item for a class?

Students
Search by Course Name or Number
Search by Professor, Lecturer, or Instructor Name

Reserve the Bernat Special Events Room for my group?

Read the Reserve a Room guide.

Borrow a laptop in the library?

Go to the Information Technology Help Desk, located in the library, to check out a laptop for 3 hours to use within the library. Call IT Help Desk at 445-4579 to reserve one ahead of time.

Find books and more?

Search Le Moyne's library catalog.

Search Connect NY catalog 14 academic libraries in New York. Books are delivered within 3 business days. Need current Le Moyne ID card to initiate a request for a book.

Use an interlibrary loan form to obtain books not found in Le Moyne's catalog or in Connect NY.

Search Worldcat to see what libraries in our region, and beyond, have a copy of the book. It is sometimes possible for you to pick up the book at a nearby library.

Renew a book?

My Account is the place to find out due dates, to renew items and to view fines that have accumulated. The first screen will prompt you for either your Novel username and password, or, your name (First and Last) and your ID/Special Patron card barcode number. Once the information is input, you will be taken to another page with several choices.

Select CHECKED OUT ITEMS. You will be taken to another page.

You have two options for renewal: either renew all (button on left side of page) or click in the box beside individual book, and then renew. Make sure to check the screen, as error messages may indicate that you are prohibited from renewing a particular item.

Find out what journal titles the Library has access to in electronic full text?

The Library has access to approximately 14,000 journal titles in full text through its subscriptions to full text electronic resources.

All of the print and electronic journal titles are available in alphabetical order in Print and Electronic Journal List in the online catalog.

Find an encyclopedia on my topic?

Search our online catalog or use one of the following online encyclopedias

Britannica Online - search the full text of the Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia of Bioethics [Galegroup]
Encyclopedia of Education [Galegroup]
Encyclopedia of Public Health [Galegroup]
Environmental Encyclopedia [Galegroup]
Gale Encyclopedia of E-Commerce [Galegroup]
Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia
St. James Encyclopedia of Labor History Worldwide: Major Events in Labor History and Their Impact [GaleGroup]
Ancient Europe, 8000 B.C. to A.D. 1000: Encyclopedia of the Barbarian World [Galegroup]
Encyclopedia Americana Online
Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice [Galegroup]
Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World [Galegroup]
Encyclopedia of Science and Religion
Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World [GaleGroup]
Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia [GaleGroup]
Nueva enciclopedia Cumbre en línea - a spanish language encyclopedia
St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture [Galegroup]

Link to a database from my course Blackboard site?

How do I link to a specific library provided electronic resource, e.g.. ERIC?

Creating links to library provided electronic resources is easy if you always use the TITLE PAGE for the resource which describes that individual title and has the connect button.
Capture the address displayed in the Address (IE) or Location Window (in Netscape)

it will look like
http://www.lemoyne.edu/library/resources/titles/

followed by the name of the resource
e.g. http://www.lemoyne.edu/library/resources/titles/academic_search_elite.htm

Use wireless in the library?

The dolphin wireless network operates much like hotel style wireless service, requiring that you login via a web page each time you connect to the service. Dolphin wireless is only available to current faculty, staff, and students. It is likely that your wireless card will pick up the dolphin network automatically and then prompt you to login when you access the internet. If it does not, simply configure your wireless card to use the SSID (or network name): dolphin