Transcript SLIS_Orientation - North Carolina Central University

Presented by
Theodosia T. Shields, Ph.D.
Director of Library Services
Friday, August 19, 2011
James E. Shepard Memorial Library is
named for the founder of the university,
Dr. James E. Shepard.
 Shepard serves as the main academic
library and includes the CMC & Music
Library.
 There are two additional libraries on
campus.
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Law Library – 2nd Floor
School of Law Building
School of Library and Information
Sciences (SLIS) Library – 3rd Floor
James E. Shepard Memorial Library
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Books
 Journals and Magazines
 Newspapers
 Federal Documents
 Masters Theses
 Print Indexes
 Electronic Databases
 Videos and DVDs
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 The
NCCU Online Catalog is accessible
from the library’s home page.
http://web.nccu.edu/shepardlibrary/
 The online catalog also allows you to
search the library catalogs at Duke,
NCSU, UNC-Chapel Hill, and other
UNC System libraries.
http://search.trln.org/
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Different ways to search the catalog:
Examples
 Author – Johnson, Mary
 Title – Health and Wellness Research
 Subject – Health
 Keyword – Students and Health
Classification Systems: Library of Congress
and Superintendent of Documents
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Use indexes to find articles
 Printed Indexes – located in the Serials
Department.
Examples: Business Periodicals Index
Index to Black Periodicals
 Electronic Databases - accessible
through all computers on campus and
remotely through the Web VPN server.
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 Shepard
Library provides access to over 100
electronic databases in a variety of subject
areas.
 NC LIVE
http://www.nclive.org/index.phtml
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NC LIVE provides online access to:
 Articles from over 9,000 newspapers, journals,
magazines, encyclopedias; access to over 22,000
electronic books; and direct links to state and
national agencies.
 To access NC LIVE, log on to the library’s home
page and click on NC LIVE from any campus
location. For remote access call or stop by the
Reference Department to obtain a password, or
connect to and use the Web VPN.
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If the article you need is not full-text check:
- Journal Finder
http://journalfinder.uncg.edu/nccu
- The library’s online catalog
- Request it through Interlibrary Loan
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Materials not available in the Shepard
Library are borrowed from other libraries.
 The Interlibrary Loan Request Form is
available electronically from the library’s
home page.
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http://eres.nccu.edu:81/eres/
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http://web.nccu.edu/forms/library/instructionrequest.htm
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Academic Search Premier
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Library Literature & Information Science
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LISA: Library and Information Science Abstracts
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Mango Languages
http://web.nccu.edu/shepardlibrary/tools/databases/redirection/mango.html
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ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (PQDT)
http://web.nccu.edu/library/tools/databases/redirection/
ProQuestDissertationsTheses.html
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Subject Guides – LibGuides
http://shepard.libguides.nccu.edu/
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Theodosia T. Shields, Ph.D.
Director of Library Services
Office: (919) 530-5233
Fax: (919) 530-7612
[email protected]
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