Using the IUP Libraries

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Using the IUP Libraries

• How to search forand findwhat you need

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Agenda

• Facts about IUP Libraries
• Finding your way around
• Using the PILOT catalog
• Using IUPs electronic resources
• What if we dont have it?
• Planning your search
• Sowhere do I actually look?
• Tips and tricks
• Questions?

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Facts and Figures

• Stapleton Library was built in 1980, as an
  expansion to the original (1960-vintage) Stabley
  Library
• IUP Libraries employ 14 faculty librarians, 17
  support staff, and more than 150 student
  assistants
• Wide array of resources to consult
• More than 840,000 books
• 2,626 journal subscriptions
• 128,000 bound periodicals
• Almost 34,000 government publications
• Extensive music collection (in Cogswell Hall)

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Facts and Figures

• Numerous electronic resources available
• 170 databases covering various topics
• 6,000 electronic books via NetLibrary
• 60 web guides to resources in various topics,
  assembled by the librarians
• New resources are constantly being addednothing
  is static in the library

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Library Hours

• During Fall Spring Semesters
• M-Th 745AM 200AM
• Fri 745AM 700PM
• Sat 1100AM 500PM
• Sun 100PM 200AM

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Where things are

• Ground Floor
• Current print serials (current stacks) and
  bound serials (back stacks)
• Microform collection
• Copiers

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Where things are

• First Floor
• Circulation Desk
• Reserve Desk
• Library Technolgy Security Help Desk
• Media Resources Desk
• Reference Desk, reference collection, and indexes
• Government Documents
• Computer Lab
• Java City

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Where things are

• Second Floor
• Books in subject classifications A through L
• Media Services
• Childrens Collection
• Textbook Collection
• Instructional Design Center
• Multimedia Pods
• Administrative offices

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Where things are

• Third Floor
• Books in subject classifications M through Z
• Dewey collection
• Oversized books
• Dissertation Collection
• Special Collections Archives

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Using PILOT

• PILOT is the electronic catalog to the librarys
  collection, helping you search for and find the
  books, journals, and other resources you need.
• PILOT can be accessed from the IUP Libraries home
  page, http//www.lib.iup.edu
• PILOT offers a number of ways to search for
  information here are some examples
• Searching for books
• Searching for journal titles
• Finding dissertations, videorecordings, and
  microform

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Using the Electronic Resources

• Databases
• Typically, youll access the databases from the
  library home page http//www.lib.iup.edu under
  Articles and more
• The all-databases page is organized
  alphabetically by title, with brief descriptions.
• The databases by subject page allows you to
  pick out databases that cover certain subjects

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Using the Electronic Resources

• E-Journals
• We have an extensive collection of full-text
  e-journals which offer articles in electronic
  format.
• E-journals are closely connected to our databases
• Tracking down an e-journal
• 1. Look up journal title in PILOT, and then click
  the linked resource link to connect
• 2. Use the E-Journals Portal to browse
  electronic journals by subject.

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Using the Electronic Resources

• Electronic Books
• IUP has access to thousands of electronic books
  via NetLibrary
• Access NetLibrary from the library home page
  http//www.lib.iup.edu under Books and more
• Web Guides
• IUP librarians assemble web guides to cover
  popular or critical topics
• They can be accessed from the library home page
  under Research Guides

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Sowhat if we dont have it?

• If we dont have what you needwe can get it.
• PALCI
• Pennsylvania Academic Library Consortium, Inc.
  lets you request books from other Pennsylvania
  libraries.
• Books will be sent to the IUP Library for pickup
  by the requester.
• Allow approximately 3-4 days to get the requested
  item
• ILLIAD
• ILLIAD lets you request books (if they cant be
  found in PALCI) or copies of journal articles
  (which cant be done using PALCI), which will be
  sent either in paper or electronically.
• You will need to set up an account with ILLIAD
• Allow 4-7 days for delivery.

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Planning Your Search

• Have a plan before you begin your library
  research.
• Know a little bit about how we organize
  information
• Two basic ways to find information searching,
  and browsing.
• Browsing is essentially investigating a topic
  area with an eye toward serendipitous discovery
• Searching involves the use of reference tools or
  other methods to locate specific resources or a
  specific subset of resources

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Resource Types

• There are three major types of sources
• Primary Sources
• Secondary Sources
• Tertiary Sources

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Primary Sources

• Firsthand reports of research or analysis
• Critical for understanding the state of the art
• Examples
• Published primary sources journal articles,
  conference papers, books, theses and
  dissertations,
• Unpublished (usually) personal correspondence,
  notes

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Secondary Sources

• Secondary sources collect information from
  primary sources according to some defined plan
• Typically summarize, analyze, or comment on
  primary sources--these sources use primary
  information to develop additional conclusions.
• They can serve as a guides to the original
  primary source
• Examples
• Review articles, abstracts, database, bibliography

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Tertiary Sources

• Collects and summarizes information from primary
  and secondary literature
• Usually does not draw new conclusions
• Usually presents only information that has become
  generally accepted wisdom
• Examples dictionary, encyclopedia, textbook,
  handbook

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Tips Tricks

• Finding books
• Brainstorm keywords, synonyms, and related words
  to enter in PILOT
• Double-check your search for typos if you get no
  results
• Limit your search by field to keep the result set
  manageable
• Use the Subject Headings to find books or
  articles on the same topic or on related topics
• Remember library classification systems group by
  topic, so if you find one good source, chances
  are the books immediately to the right and left
  are on the same topic!

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Tips Tricks

• Finding journal articles
• Brainstorm your keywords
• Choose the right database dont go looking for
  movie reviews in Biological Abstracts
• Use the advanced searchit actually makes
  things easier
• Use descriptors (another term used for subject
  headings) to find related articles
• Make sure to check the coverage dates in PILOT!
• If we dont have it online, we may have it in
  print do a Journal Title Search in PILOT to
  check

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Any questions?
Finally, remember if you have a question, ask a
librarian!