{"id":337,"date":"2020-08-28T18:22:45","date_gmt":"2020-08-28T12:52:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepktalks.com\/?p=337"},"modified":"2021-03-08T14:03:25","modified_gmt":"2021-03-08T08:33:25","slug":"usu-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepktalks.com\/usu-library.html","title":{"rendered":"Usu\u00a0Library books, database, hours and research"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi, and welcome to the\u00a0 usu\u00a0 Library .\u00a0 As a regional campus, or distance education student, you have access to all the same library resources that students have in Logan.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

USU students, you will likely be assigned research assignments where you must find articles. <\/span><\/p>\n

As you might have found by searching for articles on Google, many journal and magazine articles are not freely available online.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Usu library Resources\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

However, the library has a large collection of journals and articles that you can access online through our library databases.<\/span><\/p>\n

All you need to do to access these sources is to log into the library website with your A-number and banner password. <\/span><\/p>\n

Once you’ve logged in you can view articles from anywhere you have an internet connection<\/span><\/p>\n

If you need an article that is not available in full-text online, you can request it through inter library loan and usu library team\u00a0 can email you a PDF copy of the article. <\/span><\/p>\n

Using usu library databases is a great place to do research for your papers because they not only include peer-reviewed articles or articles written and reviewed by experts. <\/span><\/p>\n

In the field day professors are often require, but you can also find current magazine and newspaper articles and even encyclopedia entries for background information.<\/span><\/p>\n

Another resource you will probably need throughout your time at USU library\u00a0 is books. <\/span><\/p>\n

usu library has a large collection of eBooks which you can access by logging in with your A-number and password. <\/span><\/p>\n

You can find eBooks by searching our library catalog located at the top of the library website.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Merrill-Cazier Library, on the Logan campus, will also send you books from our physical collection to your home, free of charge, along with a prepaid return label.<\/span><\/p>\n

All you need to do to request a book is to log into inter library loan system and make sure you select distance ed as your campus location.<\/span><\/p>\n

We know that research assignments can be stressful and it can be overwhelming to try to locate relevant information, but as USU library students, you have access to many resources that will help make this process less intimidating.<\/span><\/p>\n

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USU library database<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

So your professor says that you need to use the library’s databases.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

you have no idea what that means he didn’t cover in class and you’re starting to panic you’re used to search in Google sure. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

we all like Google it’s what you’re used to it’s easy keep in mind though that Google was not always appropriate for academic work.<\/span><\/p>\n

Google works really well for lots of stuff but the usu\u00a0 library can offer you stuff beyond Google. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0As a USU student that you have additional options for your research when doing research especially for literature review.<\/span><\/p>\n

USU Merrill-Cazier Library offers you a wide array of databases specific to your major and on almost any topic searching in the databases.<\/span><\/p>\n

That will help you get a more focused search so that you can find articles relevant to your topic which will free up your time. <\/span><\/p>\n

Moreover you will get articles you can’t even get in Google\u00a0 for free since you are a USU student.<\/span><\/p>\n

Articles that have been reviewed by experts in the field for their quality and accuracy.<\/span><\/p>\n

online articles that don’t cost you money just to read them and if you don’t get an article that you need you can request it using inter library loan.<\/span><\/p>\n

A database such as academic search premier or LexisNexis both pictured here are like search engines for articles except that they’re better especially when you have a research paper due.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Research database<\/strong><\/h3>\n

You can refine your search that you only get scholarly articles narrow your search using keywords and print the full text of the articles.<\/span><\/p>\n

So if you want a scholarly article also commonly called peer reviewed articles you can flip through a journal might have five or six articles in it but you’d be much better off searching a database that includes hundreds of journals and thousands articles. <\/span><\/p>\n

Try it yourself today go to the library’s website at Official site<\/a> and then click on articles and databases on the left side of the page.<\/span><\/p>\n

You will then be taken to a big listing data of databases organized by subject the library subscribes to over 200 databases choose the discipline the most closely matches your topic and start searching.<\/span><\/p>\n

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How to find books and eBooks at usu library\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Here we will talk about finding book and eBooks at usu library .As there is ocean of various kind of books at usu library . <\/span><\/p>\n

Both hard and soft copy are available .So, student might feel annoyed while searching for the book they want .<\/span><\/p>\n

so to eliminate this problem usu library team has designed a convenience way of books finding .<\/span><\/p>\n

At usu library portal home page You can see a ‘ find books and articles ‘ section. You need to just type the book name you want and press search button.<\/span><\/p>\n

Let’s take an example of Britannica book.Search results include floor and call number where Britannica is available .\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For example HF 5548.34 and so on. These are two bits of information you need.Just note down floor number and call number to locate your book. <\/span><\/p>\n

But do note that if you are a distance student , if you are not local to usu campus then you are on the price campus .Usu library will send you print books .<\/span><\/p>\n

So you can request then .<\/span><\/p>\n

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How to read articles<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n