PRESCOTT MEMORIAL LIBRARY

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PRESCOTT MEMORIAL LIBRARY

• UNIVERSITY SEMINAR
• TUTORIAL

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Using the Tutorial

• For those students enrolled in University
  Seminar, you must use this Tutorial and the
  Library Web Page to complete the quiz and return
  it to your instructor.
• For all others, you may use the tutorial for
  library information and instruction.

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Introducing

• Prescott Memorial Library
• Getting Acquainted with the Library and its
  Resources

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Facts about Prescott Memorial Library

• Prescott Memorial Library was named in honor of
  the first President of Louisiana Tech, Col.
  Arthur Taylor Prescott
  
• The library houses a collection of more than 1.5
  million volumes, over 2,700 periodical
  subscriptions, more than 35,000 maps and many
  electronic resources
• The Electronic Reference Center is situated on
  the Main floor (2nd) provides 20 computer
  workstations for research. Also located on the
  Main floor is the Reference Desk, Reference
  Collection, Circulation Desk, Reserve Collection
  and Government Documents Reference Collection
• 10th Floor houses the Student Technology Lab with
  50 computer workstations, providing Internet
  access and word processing programs
  
• Prescott Library is one of only 53 U.S.
  Government Regional Documents Depositories in the
  United States and is also a Louisiana State
  Documents Depository
• 3rd Floor houses the periodical collection,
  microforms and the Forestry Library

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PRESCOTT LIBRARY WEB PAGE

• URL http//www.latech.edu/tech/library
• La. Tech Catalog Books and Journals
• E-Books and E-Journals Online books and
  Journals
  
• Indexes and Abstracts Journal articles
• Remote Access Information
• Help- Library Directory, Hours and other General
  Information

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Part 1

• BOOKS

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Finding Books

• Click on Louisiana Tech Catalog
• Click on Other Catalogs to Search Other Louisiana
  University Catalogs such as
  
• LSU, LSUS, Grambling, ULM, etc.

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Searching for Books

• The La. Tech Catalog may be searched by
• Author
• Subject
• Words or Phrases (Keyword)
• Title

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Sample Keyword Search
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Use Library Directory To Locate Books By
Call Number
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Part 2Searching for a Journal Title
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Searching for a Journal Title

• Journals and magazines are also called
  Periodicals.
  
• The most efficient way to find a Periodical title
  is to use the Power Search Box.
  
• Type the full name of the periodical
• Use the Periodical Title Search Option
• Scroll down to Match On box.
• Select the choice Left to Right.
• Click on Search.

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Click on Switch to Power Search
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Type Periodical Title
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Click Match On Select Left to Right
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Part 3Searching for Journal Articles
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Indexes and Full-Text Databases

• Indexes help you locate an article on a specific
  subject .
  
• Indexes may be searched using keyword,
  subject, title of article or author.
  
• Some Indexes may provide an abstract or summary
  of the article.
  
• Full-text Databases provide an Index and also
  access to many full-text periodical articles.

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Click on Indexes Abstracts -To Find an
Alphabetical List of Indexes Full-text Databases
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Academic Search Premier is automatically
selected (Other Databases may be selected and
searched at the same time) Click to begin
searching
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EBSCO Academic Search Premier-Sample Keyword
Search
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Part 4

• E Books
• netLibrary
• Project Gutenberg
• and Others

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Using E-Books

• Some books in the La. Tech Catalog are available
  from netLibrary in electronic format. A URL
  indicates that the book is online.
  
• You may check-out the book for 4 hours.
• You may copy/ print the pages of a checked-out
  book.
  
• Set up your account for netLibrary while you are
  in Prescott Library.

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netLibrary -Searchable by Title, Author,
Subject, Keywords, etc.
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netLibrary-Sample Book Cover
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netLibrary -Sample Page from Chapter 1
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Part 5

• GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS
• In
• Prescott Library

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Government Documents

• Locate Gov. Docs published since 1976 through the
  LATech Catalog.
  
• Some sources are physically in the building
• Some resources are available full text online

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Louisiana Tech Materials include over 2
million U.S. documents, more than 80,000
Louisiana publications, and 35,000 maps.

• Louisiana Tech has been a Depository of
  Government Documents since 1896
  
• Regional Depository since 1964
• State Depository in 1948

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Government Documents -Sample Catalog Search
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Microfiche
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Federal Depository Libraries

• Purpose
• To provide public access to a wide variety of
  government information
  
• Every state is serviced by a Regional Library,
  Louisiana Tech and LSU are responsible for taking
  care of the needs of the citizens of Louisiana
  
• There are approximately 1,350 depository
  libraries in the United States
  

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Finding Government Information on the Web

• Use one of the main government Web sites to
  search for topics
  
• Google Uncle Sam
• www.google.com/unclesam
• First Gov
• www.firstgov.gov
• GPO Access
• www.access.gpo.gov
• Louisiana Info
• www.state.la.us

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End of Tutorial

• Prescott Library is located in Wyly Tower of
  Learning on campus.
  
• For further Help with assignments or projects
  visit the Reference Desk on the Main floor of
  Prescott Library.
  
• Thank you for taking the tutorial.