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How Do I?
Access
databases from off campus?
Follow these step-by-step instructions:
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Go
to the Library Web Page
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Most
databases can be accessed with your SHU email user name and
password
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Go
to Databases
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Click the drop down arrow next to topical
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Select subject
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Databases displayed will relate to your subject
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Once
you select a database you will be prompted for your username and
password
Note!
1. Generally your email
id is the first six letters of your last name and the first two
letters of your first name, your password is your social security
number without dashes. Contact your degree program administrator if
you have problems with your email id and password.
2. Your user name is not your
full email address. Example Robert Smitty
Yes smittyro
No
smittyro @ shu.edu
Locate full-text of journal articles
in an online database?
Many journal articles are available
in full-text through select online databases. To access these
databases, follow the link to
Full Text Electronic Journal Holdings. To locate a particular
journal title, you may search alphabetically or choose “Journal
Titles Starting with Numbers”. Upon selection of your title, you
will see the period of availability for full-text articles. You may
then link directly to the holding database. Some databases will
allow you to come in by using your SHU email user name and password.
Others require a unique password. For detailed instructions on
accessing online databases, see instructions above “How to Access
Databases from Off-Campus.”
Obtain
journal articles not available from a full-text database?
Please contact the
Client Services Librarian at 973-275-2059 or email Christopher Lee
at leechria@shu.edu Please tell him where you live and supply her
with both the article and the journal title, including volume,
month, and year, that you need. She will try to locate the material
and get it to you. If the library does not own the material, we
will locate the library closest to you with the material. Please
identify the SWW program you are enrolled in, detailed information
on the topic you are researching and which databases you have
searched.
Access electronic reserves?
- Go to the Library Homepage
http://library.shu.edu
- Click on
E-Reserve under Electronic Resources.
- Click on
Catalog for Electronic Reserve
- Search by instructor, department
or course number.
- You will see a list of reserve
articles.
- Click on the article you would like to read.
- If you see "E-Items: Full-text
version online. Requires SHU E-mail ID / password and Adobe
Reader," the article is available full-text online.
- All laptops issued by SHU have
Adobe Acrobat Reader. If your computer does not have this
software, call the PC Support Services Help Desk at 973-275-2222
for assistance with downloading and installing it.
- Access to electronic reserves is restricted to SHU faculty and
staff and students. You will be prompted for your e-mail ID and
password.
- You may read the article online or print it out.
- Users may make one copy for private study or personal research
or education.
- If you don't see the statement
in #7, it means that the article is not available online. If the
material is not listed, contact your professor.
- Questions or problems with accessing electronic reserves?
Contact the Circulation Desk, 973-761-9435.
Borrow
materials both onsite and offsite?
- You may have to come to the
Seton Hall Library to check out books located in our collections.
You may wish to find out
about library privileges closer to home. Many libraries, both public
and academic, allow visitors to use books, journals and other
materials in the library and/or make copies of them. Your local
public library is a good place to start. You may want to inquire
about visitor policies at college and university libraries in your
area. Borrowing privileges may be free through local cooperative
library agreements or by paying a monthly or annual fee.
For graduate students and
faculty through the Vale resource sharing agreement you can
access and have borrowing privileges at many universities and
colleges throughout the state.
Interlibrary Loan is a
service that allows you to request books and journal articles that
the Library doesn't own. This can be done online by filling out an
interlibrary loan form. Most journal articles are sent
electronically to your email. (Note** All ILL book request first go
through E-zborrow)
All library user are encouraged
to take advantage of the E-Zborrow system. E-Zborrow is
consortia borrowing at its best.
EZ-Borrow
is PALCI's (Pennsylvania Academic Library Consortium, Inc.) web
gateway that allows simultaneous searching of academic library
catalogs of the Consortium. The consortium contains several
library’s outside of Pennsylvania. Seton Hall University
Library is a part of this 60+ libraries consortium. Many items
found in PALCI can be directly requested by Seton Hall
University users. Think of it as an extended circulation.
Get help?
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Reference Desk 973-761-9437 or
Ask a Librarian For help accessing or using SetonCat or any
online database, getting started on research, formulating search
strategies, or any research question
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Research advice and assistance in specific subject areas, check
the list of
Librarian Liaisons to Academic Departments
for the phone number and email address of the appropriate
librarian
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Information Technology Help Desk 973-275-2222 Problems with
Email ID and password, or other technical issues
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