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If you have a citation and you need the full-text of a book
To search for specific print or electronic books and items owned by the ISU Library, we recommend the following:
Go to the ISU Library homepage at http://library.indstate.edu/
At the top of the webpage, click Find.
Click Classic Catalog. The Catalog window opens.
Enter the title of the book. Select Indiana State University from the dropdown. Click Title.
Title: gone with the wind
Examine all retrieved records for your book. The library may have multiple copies. Read more detail about a book by clicking on the title of the record.
If the book is electronic, click ISU patrons click here to access full text through Library Electronic Resources
If the book is available in print, write down the Call Number and the Location (Reference, ISU Gov Docs, ISU Main Library Stacks, etc.).
In the ISU Library building, go to the shelving location and use the call number to find the correct book.
If you need only a section of the book, photocopy or scan the section using the (free) scanners or (fee) copiers on the First Floor.
All Print Library Books are located on the library's 2nd and 3rd Floors, except for books located in "Reference Books", "Browsing Books", TMC (Children's Books), and Special Collections.
If ISU does not have your book, ISU students, faculty and staff should use Interlibrary Loan (ILL).
Go to the ISU Library homepage library.indstate.edu
At the top of the webpage, click Find.
Click Interlibrary Loan.
Enter your ISU Username and Password.
If you have never used ILL before, you will be asked to register.
After you register, you may login to the ILLiad software system.
Click Logon to ILLiad.
Under the heading New Request, select Book or Other Loan.
Fill in the information and click Submit Request.
You will receive an e-mail when your article arrives. It will tell you to pick up your book at the Circulation Desk.
ISU DISTANCE LEARNING STUDENTS: Students taking all distance learning classes (and, therefore, are assumed to not have easy access to ISU's campus) can request that Interlibrary Loan send them physical materials owned by ISU's Cunningham Memorial Library. Some materials, such as DVDs and reference materials, do not qualify.
If you have a citation and you need the full-text of the article, try the following steps:
Interlibrary Loan (ILL) offers a service where ILL staff will find and obtain the full-text of your article and send it to you via the ILL software. However, they are very busy and they cannot promise speedy delivery. You must decide if/when this service meets your needs.
To find out if we have electronic access to a journal, check the ISU Library's gold-colored E-journals/E-newspapers database of online journals.
Go to the ISU Library homepage at http://library.indstate.edu/
At the top of the webpage, click Find
Click Electronic Resources (Articles).
Under Find e-journals, eBooks, and media by title or identifying number: and to the right of Title begins with, enter the title of the journal, NOT the title of the article. Click Search.
A list of results appears with your words in the title of the journal. Scroll the list for your journal. When you find it, click the database name which contains the appropriate year for your journal article. The database will open in a new window. Browse to the appropriate year and article.
Different databases will do this differently. Some take you directly to the article; some to the webpage for the journal. Another opens the correct database but you have to search for the article you want.
ISU has a special contract with ScienceDirect where the library buys immediate access to its articles as needed by ISU patrons. All ScienceDirect journals and e-books are not findable using the E-journals/E-newspapers search above.
Go to the ISU Library homepage at http://library.indstate.edu/
At the top of the webpage, click Find
Click Electronic Resources (Articles)
Click All Databases A-Z.
Scroll down and click ScienceDirect.
ScienceDirect articles are – for the most part – covered by the ISU Transactional Access contract. These articles will incur additional costs to the Library, so we ask you to carefully consider whether you need a copy of the article for your research or assignments. The ISU Library has set aside a specific amount of our collection development funds for this purpose; therefore, there is a finite number of articles that ISU will be able to provide in this manner each month. If your research or homework project will require a large number of articles or publications, we encourage you to contact the Library to discuss how we may best meet your needs.
REGISTER
Access to full-text in ScienceDirect requires users to create a free ScienceDirect account. At the top of the webpage in ScienceDirect, click Create Account and register with your ISU e-mail. In the top right corner should be the following words: Brought to you by:Indiana State University | Cunningham Memorial Library
SEARCH RESULTS
1. Within ScienceDirect, search for your article title, as usual. Enter your term(s) and click Search.
2. You can obtain more information about an article immediately by clicking on its title link, which will give you access to the article abstract and an outline of the article. Determine whether you really need the article for your research or assignment.
3. YES, I STILL WANT THIS ARTICLE! At the top of the webpage, click Get Access and then click Download PDF.
To search for specific ISU print and electronic journal, magazine, or newspaper subscriptions, we recommend the following:
Go to the ISU Library homepage at http://library.indstate.edu/
At the top of the webpage, click Find
Click Classic Catalog. The Catalog window opens. Click Advanced Search
Search for the journal/magazine/newspaper title as a Title and the term "periodicals" as a Subject.
Title: new york times
AND
Subject: periodicals
Examine all retrieved records for your journal, magazine, or newspaper. Read more detail about a journal by clicking on the title of the record. Look at the information under "Holdings" to see if ISU has the date you need.
Write down the Call Number and the Location (Periodicals, Gov Docs, Stacks, etc.).
In the ISU Library building, go to the shelving location and use the call number to find the correct journal. "Current Periodicals" are on the First Floor. All other print library journals and magazines are located in the library Basement.
Photocopy or scan the article using the (free) scanners or (fee) copiers on the First Floor.
Students taking all distance learning classes (and, therefore, are assumed to not have easy access to ISU's campus) can request that Interlibrary Loan send them physical materials owned by ISU's Cunningham Memorial Library. Some materials, such as DVDs and reference materials, do not qualify.
If ISU does not have either an electronic subscription, ScienceDirect access, or a print subscription that includes your article, go to Interlibrary Loan (ILL).
Go to the ISU Library homepage at http://library.indstate.edu/
At the top of the webpage, click Find.
Click Interlibrary Loan.
Enter your ISU Username and Password.
If you have never used ILL before, you will be asked to register.
After you register, you may login to the ILLiad software system.
Click Logon to ILLiad.
Under the heading New Request, select Article/Chapter.
Fill in the information and click Submit Request.
You will receive an e-mail when your article arrives. It will tell you to log into your ILL Account. Then click Electronically Received Articles.
360Link is a software program that connects ISU databases together to allow access to full text. ISU uses the link Check For Availability or Check For Full Text. If full text is not available in your current database search, click Check For Availability to see if it is full text within another ISU database. A new window will open on your computer. If possible, you will be linked directly to the full-text article, but sometimes you are linked to the journal page and you have to browse to the appropriate date, volume, issue, and page numbers.
DO NOT BUY THE ARTICLE. If you are given an option to buy an article, don’t! Use our Interlibrary Loan (ILL) service to get the article for free. ILL costs are covered by your tuition.
Some older issues of journals are available on Microform or Microfilm in the ISU Library. This is when the journal pages have been placed on pages or reels of film. A Microfilm Reader can digitize pages from the Microfilm.
To view Microfilm or Microform item, Go to the ISU Library homepage at http://library.indstate.edu/
At the top of the ISU Library homepage, click the Find
Click Classic Catalog. The Catalog window opens. Click Advanced Search
Search for the journal/magazine/newspaper title as a Title and the term "periodicals" as a Subject.
Examine all retrieved records for your journal, magazine, or newspaper. Read more detail about a journal by clicking on the title of the record. Look at the "Holdings" to see if ISU has the date you need.
Write down the Call Number and the shelving Location (Microfilm).
Go to the Basement and find the Microfilm using the journal title and the call number.
Take the Microfilm back to the Microfilm Readers located in the Computer Cluster on the First Floor.
Using the instructions next to the Microfilm Readers, view the Microfilm and navigate to your article. Ask …..library staff for help, if needed.
Print, e-mail, or save the article.