How do I access the databases from home?
How do I cite a book, article or web site?
How do I evaluate books, articles and web sites?
How do I find a journal or magazine if I know the title?
How do I find an article from a citation?
How do I find and download an Eaudiobook?
How do I find and use an ebook?
How do I find books, music cds and videos located in the library?
How do I find full text articles?
How do I find information by subject?
How do I find literary criticism?
How do I find only scholarly/peer reviewed articles?
How do I find the online tutorials?
How do I get a book or article that our library does not have?
How do I get a book that is checked out to someone else?
How do I get help with research?
How do I learn to use the library?
How do I access the databases from home?
To access the databases from anywhere off campus, select the Off campus access link on the Library web page. This takes you to a login. Your username is your Brescia email address, [email protected], and your password is your password for your Brescia email.
SSS students have access to laptops that the SSS office has placed in the library for a three day circulation period. Ask for a laptop at the Circulation desk.
You must have a current Brescia ID to check out books. Take the books to the Circulation desk, Main floor and the Circulation staff will assist you. Books may be checked out for four weeks.
How do I cite a book, article or web site?
To cite books or print articles, select Citing Sources under Resources on the Library web page.
To cite articles from the databases, use the cite feature that is in the citation of each article in Ebsco,and ProQuest
To get to the databases, select Databases under Resources on the Library web page.
How do I evaluate books, articles and web sites?
Determine if the author is an expert by trying to find the following:
Where the author is employed and the author’s credentials, often listed under an article title, under contact information with a web site, at the end of a book or on the title page of a book.
Determine the audience the material is written to reach; academic or layman. Scholarly journals are usually original research written for academics. Popular magazines are written for a wide audience on topics of general interest.
Determine the accuracy of the material by:
Comparing to other sources to see if there is agreement and looking for documentation such as a bibliography or a list of references.
Check the currency of the material by finding the copyright date or an update on a web site.
Determine the relevancy of the material found to the topic you are researching. Don’t use material that is too general or trivial.
Determine if the material is biased:
Are all sides of the issue presented or only one side?
How do I find a journal or magazine if I know the title?
To find a journal or magazine by the title, select Journal Titles from the Library web page. This takes you to a list of all the journals and magazines the library provides access to or owns. Enter the title of the magazine or journal and search. If it is available you will see the title with a link or links to the library or databases below it. Select a link to access the journal or magazine.
How do I find an article from a citation?
When you have a citation like this, given to you by your instructor or that you have found in a book or with an article:
Slights, William W.E. “The art of medicine: Deep in the heart of Shakespeare. ” The Lancet 373.9663 (2009): 538-9.
Find this article by using the Journal Titles feature from the Library web page. Select “Alphabetical/subject list of electronic journals & journals in the library“ before entering the journal title. Enter the journal title, Lancet. If our library has access to this journal, select one of the databases or the library catalog displayed. Select the correct volume and issue to display the article.
How do I find and download an Eaudiobook?
Eaudiobooks are available through EBSCO. These eaudiobooks are cataloged in our library catalog. Select Fr. Alvey Library Catalog from the Library web page or go directly to the eAudiobooks in the EBSCO database.
How do I find and use an ebook?
Ebooks are electronic books available through several collections and are cataloged in the Library online catalog.
A search in the catalog with a Limit to: Electronic Books will display ebooks. Select one to bring up the Record View, and scroll to the end of the record to select Links. This opens to EBSCO eBooks (Brescia’s largest eContent collection); ACLS Humanities ebooks; and Credo Reference.. In eBooks (EBSCO), create a free account. Ebooks may be searched for a word or person’s name, notes may be added and chapters or parts of the book may be selected for printing. Because of copyright, the whole book may not be printed. For ACLS Humanities ebooks, Credo Reference and OverDrive, follow the instructions for reading or downloading the ebook.
How do I find books, music cds and videos located in the library?
From the Library web page select Fr. Leonard Alvey Library Catalog under Resources.
Enter a search term in the Basic search, …within… All fields (keyword); change the Limit to: Stacks and search for books you can check out.
Change the Limit to: Music CDs for music cds you may check out.
Change the Limit to: Videos for videocassettes and dvd’s you may check out.
How do I find full text articles?
Full text articles are in these databases, Ebsco;JSTOR; Ky Virtual Library; and ProQuest. These databases may be searched by individual collection, see the a-z list on the databases page, or the complete collection may be searched.
To get started, go to the databases page by selecting Databases. Select one of the databases and enter your search.
Definitions may be found by using a search engine like Google; selecting the dictionary with Grolier Online Passport; or selecting Oxford Reference Online , a database of subject dictionaries.
How do I find information by subject?
From the Library web page select LibGuides under Resources. Choose the Division tab your subject is under. Select the Research guide that best fits your topic.
How do I find literary criticism?
There are two databases for literary criticism, Thomson-Gale and Literary Reference Center. Select Databases under Resources on the Library web page. Select Thomson-Gale to search Twayne Authors, including past and present authors, English, American and World; and Contemporary Literary Criticism Select, including 20th and 21st century authors. Twayne’s includes biography and discussion of all the works of the author. Contemporary Literary Criticism Select includes a biographical essay and critical articles on the works of the author. Select Literary Reference Center to search a comprehensive database that combines information from over 1,000 books and monographs, major literary encyclopedias and reference works, hundreds of literary journals, and unique sources .
There are many print reference works that lead to literary criticism articles and book chapters. Search the library catalog by author name anded with criticism. For example, frost, robert AND criticism.
How do I find only scholarly/peer reviewed articles?
Use the Ebscohost, ProQuest and JSTOR collections. All of these databases have a limit option for scholarly/peer reviewed journals. Select this limit when you search and the guess work is eliminated.
How do I find the online tutorials?
How do I get a book or article that our library does not have?
To get a book or article that is not available at our library, you ask our library to request the item from another library. This is Interlibrary Loan. Select Interlibrary Loan to read about the borrowing process.
How do I get a book that is checked out to someone else?
A hold request may be placed on a book that is checked out so that you will be the next person to get it when it is checked in. From the Fr. Leonard Alvey Library Catalog when the book’s main record is displayed on the screen, select Request from the links at the top of the record screen. Enter your six digit number on the front of your current Brescia ID and your last name. Select Hold. The book will be kept for you when it is checked in. The library staff will notify you by Brescia email that the book is available. The book will be kept for you for 3 days. You may also email [email protected] or call (270) 686-4212 to request a hold.
How do I get help with research?
To get help with your research, use a variety of formats on our Ask a Librarian page. The librarians answer emails when they are at work.
Make an appointment with a librarian and spend 30 minutes to an hour getting your research off to a great start. Call (270) 686-4213 or email [email protected]
Drop by the circulation desk and ask for help.
How do I learn to use the library?
There are several opportunities for our students, faculty and staff. Take advantage of the workshops offered throughout each semester; take the IDC 100 Information Resources online library skills course; request a tour or a session with a librarian; or watch the tutorials demonstrating library use.
Renew Materials Online. Select My Account from the top of the search page. Log in by entering the 6 digit number on the front of your Brescia ID and your last name, lowercase, as your password. You will be able to renew your books by selecting them and clicking Request Renewal.
You may also email [email protected] or call (270) 686-4212 and request that your books be renewed.
There are several ways to reach a librarian. Use the Chat feature on the Library web page; email one of the librarians; call one of the librarians; or come by the Circulation desk and ask for help. Please don’t hesitate to contact us, we want to help you.
