Asher Library Online Databases, Policies, and Contact Information for Distance Learning Students or

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Asher Library Online Databases, Policies, and
Contact Information for Distance Learning
Studentsor How will I survive without Dan?
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Asher Library Homepage
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Feinberg Homepage
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Feinberg FAQs

• Help
• If you are experiencing difficulty using the
  Feinberg E-Collection read our frequently asked
  questions or you can fill out our help form.
• In order for us to better assist you, please be
  sure to describe your problem as accurately as
  possible.

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Access to the Feinberg E-Collection
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Downloading and installing the Citrix Client

• You must download and install the client before
  accessing any of the available resources.
• Client Downloads
•  Windows XP or Earlier
•  Windows Vista
•  Macintosh OS 9
•  Macintosh OS X

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Signing into Feinberg
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Click on a database
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Remote Patron Authentication
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Signing in continued

• User ID/ Barcode P0000
• Verification first four letters of your last
  name, all in capital letters
• i.e. SHMA or TTEH
• If you do not know your user ID, contact the
  Asher Library
• If you dont know your last name, call your
  mutha.

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Troubleshooting

• Troubleshooting Tips Feinberg E-Collection
• 1. download and install the Citrix program2.
  enter user ID and verification
• Troubleshooting Tips using Firefox and Mac
  Bar-Ilan
• 1. Open Firefox preferences, under security,
  erase all passwords related to Spertus and
  Bar-Ilan.
• make sure you know your Spertus password at
  this time.
• 2. Go to the Spertus website, enter Bar-Ilan and
  use username and verification.3. You will be
  redirected to Bar-Ilan and after a short delay
  you will be signed in to Spertus.

Please, do not try to connect directly through
the Bar-Ilan Responsa site.
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Encyclopedia Judaica

• Includes
• more than 21,000 signed entries on Jewish life,
  culture, history, and religion.
• all yearbooks and decennials, and a rich media
  gallery of pictures, audio and video.
• downloadable PDF files
• Searching and display is English only.

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Bar Ilan Responsa

• Includes
• full text of the Bible and its principal
  commentaries
• the Babylonian Talmud with Rashi's commentary and
  Tosafot
• the Jerusalem Talmud
• the Mishneh Torah of Maimonides
• Shulchan Aruch with commentaries
• Midrashim
• hundreds of books of responsa.
• Searching and display is Hebrew only.

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Judaic and Soncino Classics Libraries

• Searchable full-text database of more than 50
  basic books
• Bible
• Talmud
• Commentaries
• Ethics
• Mysticism
• Full Hebrew texts, limited English texts.

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DBS Torah CD-ROM Library

• Contains
• Bible
• Talmud
• Commentaries
• Midrash
• Ethics
• Mysticism
• Searching and display is Hebrew only.

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Bible Works

• Multi-lingual Bible software program, that
  contains
• Hebrew,
• Greek, and
• Septuagint Bibles,
• as well as translations in English, German,
  Spanish, and many other languages.
• includes language (grammar) and translation
  aids

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Hebrew Books

• Full-text to 15,000 Hebrew books and journals
• With an emphasis on
• Talmudic commentaries,
• rabbinic responsa,
• and Americana (i.e., books written by American
  rabbis).
• It is fully-searchable by
• author, title, subject and keyword, and displays
  the actual page image of each work.
• Searching and display is Hebrew only

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Index to Jewish Periodicals

• Indexes more than 150 English language
  periodicals of Jewish interest,
• covering the years 1988-current.
• Clicking this database takes you directly to
  EBSCOhost.

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EBSCOhost
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• From the list of databases choose
• Academic Search Premier
• Index to Jewish Periodicals
• then click continue

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Advanced Search Screen
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Searching for Full Text Journals
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Click on the title of any article
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Click on the journal name
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Choose year under All Issues on the right
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List of articles from selected volume
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Searching for Full Text Articles

• enter search term(s)
• select a field (optional)
• click Search
• click on PDF or HTML
• if there is no PDF the article is not available
  as full text

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Searching for articles in RAMBI
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Enter your search terms
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Asher Library Catalog

• search our catalog for journal or book and
  request it
• if we dont have it, request via Interlibrary
  Loan

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Asher Library Services

• Loan Periods
• books
• three months
• audiocassettes, audiobooks, CDs
• one month
• videos/DVDs
• two weeks
• Renewals
• Items may be renewed twice by phone, fax, e-mail,
  or via our online catalog. If renewing by fax or
  email, be sure to include your name and the title
  and call number for each item you wish to renew,
  and the Library will inform you of the new due
  date. Overdue items may not be renewed.

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Asher Library Overdues

• Overdues
• book, audiocassette, audiobook, or CD.
• 20 per item, per day
• Overdue videos/DVDs accrue
• 2 per item, per day
• Overdue notices are emailed two days after the
  item becomes overdue.
• If no response is received after three overdue
  notices have been sent, the item is considered
  lost and an invoice for the replacement cost will
  be issued.

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Asher Library Reference Service

• The reference staff is available to answer
  questions
• in-person
• by phone at [phone]
• by fax at [phone]
• at asherlib_at_spertus.edu
• Most queries are answered within 24 hours.

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Asher Library Fee Schedule

• Book, video/ DVD, audiocassette, audiobook, music
  CD loan (in person)
• No charge
• Book loan (via UPS)
• 4 for the 1st book 2 each additional book.
• Pre-paid. Must be returned via UPS.
• Video loan (via UPS)
• 2 per video shipping fee
• Pre-paid. Must be returned via UPS.
• Audio-cassette/Music CD loan (via UPS)
• 2 per Audio-cassette shipping fee
• Pre-paid. Must be returned via UPS.
• ILL-Book (as borrower)
• Pass on cost of ILL if incurred .
• Pre-paid with student consent

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Asher Library Fee Schedule

• Articles
• Article scan and email
• 4
• Pre-paid
• Article photocopy and fax (first 25 pages)
• 4
• Pre-paid
• Article photocopy and mail (first 25 pages)
• 4/article (including postage)
• Pre-paid
• ILL-Article (as borrower)
• Pass on cost of ILL if incurred .
• Pre-paid with student consent

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Asher Library Hoursduring the Seminar

• Sunday 10 am - 5 pm
• Monday 8 am 7 pm
• Tuesday 8 am 8 pm
• Wednesday 8 am - 7 pm
• Thursday 8 am - 7 pm
• Friday 8 am - 3 pm

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Asher Library Regular Hours

• Sunday 10 am - 4 pmMonday-Wednesday 10 am -
  6 pmThursday 10 am - 7 pmFriday 10 am -
  3 pm
• (closed 215 Fri. during winter)

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Asher Library Contact Information

• Gail Goldberg, Senior Reference Librarian
• Camille Shotwell, Periodicals and Reference
  Assistant
• email asherlib_at_spertus.edu
• phone [phone]
• fax [phone]

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