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Guide to Library Resources and RefWorks

I.Mini-Tour of Library

First floor:

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Circulation desk and reserves (near the entrance): get your library card, check out books and check out articles/books your professor places on reserve.

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Reference room and Reference Foyer (side of building): contains encyclopedias,handbooks, dictionaries that provide context to your research topic. Alwaysstaffed by a reference librarian.

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Computers: 14 PCs throughout the library. The two PCs in front of the referencedesk have Microsoft Office installed. Print to Pharos stations located in the lower level, the first and second floors.

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Index Area (back of the building): Find book reviews and indexes of articles published. Scanner available.

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Study Carrels: Towards the back of the first floor; quiet study areas locatedthroughout library.

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Archives and Special Collections (near the Mars Rover): Houses historicaldocuments and artifacts of the college.

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Photocopier: 2 copiers located on each side of the library; one copier inPeriodicals area.

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Bathrooms: women’s room 1

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floor, men’s room lower mezzanine.Lower Mezzanine Levels:

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Book stacks level 1 (floor underneath the “Pit”); bound journal articles; ArchivesRoom; vending machine

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Book stack level 2

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Book stack level 3Upper Mezzanine:

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Periodicals Area: magazines, newspapers, microfilm, microfiche

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Curriculum Library: library materials for education students

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Smart market: coffee, tea and snacksII.

Searching for a book in the reference room

The Reference Room’s books are organized by subject categories. To determine thecategory where a reference book would be classified under, look at the list posted on thedoor of room 118 labeled “Library of Congress Classification Schedules.”For example, to find reference books on television, look at the list and determine whereyour topic would fit in.III.

To access the library’s resources if you are off campus:

Go to the library home pagehttp://www.framingham.edu/wlibraryand directly to thelibrary databases (like InfoTrac’s General Onefile). Enter your Blackboard username and password.IV.

Searching for a book in the catalog from the Minuteman Library Network

http://library.minlib.net/search~S15

Questions?

Email (reference@framingham.edu

) or call us at (508.626.4655).

Guide to Library Resources and RefWorks

To conduct a subject or keyword search, enter a phrase in the search box and select“subject” or “keyword” and “Framingham State College” in the drop down menus. Tosearch for books in other libraries, select “All locations” instead of Framingham StateCollege.Once you find a book, write down the call number to help you find the book in thelibrary.All full-time and part-time Framingham State College students can borrow books fromthe Whittemore Library, as well as other libraries within the Minuteman Library Network. Day and evening students must register with the library to activate the studentID barcode or student ID number. Borrowing privileges will expire when the student andare no longer affiliated with the college.I recommend that you do not limit your search only to Framingham State College. Youcan always request a book from another library within Minuteman Library Network.Usually books requested from the network are received within the week. You can alsoorder books from the Virtual Catalog, and the WorldCat database. These requests takemore time to process.

V.Library Cards and Interlibrary Loan

Once you register your library card, you are able to request books and articles through

interlibrary loan

(ILL). You can request a book or article through interlibrary loan athttp://www.framingham.edu/wlibrary/illform.htm.Your request might take more than twoweeks to fulfill. Please contact Neil Conrad at 508.626.4690 for questions on ILL.VI.

Searching for Articles – databases by subject:

For a listing of all of our research databases, go to the “A to Z List of Databases” link onthe library webpage. If you are off campus,

you must authenticate

by entering your network account.To determine the databases for your subject area, go to “Databases by Subject” link onthe library website or the “E-Resources by Subject” guides. We offer many e-resourceguides for various disciplines like:Psychology, Fashion andMathematics. Please ask a librarian if you would like suggestions on what database to choose and on keywordssuggestions for a successful search.(If an article is available online in a FirstSearch database, it will prompt you for a full text password. The password is fsc.)

VII.Searching for Full-Text Articles if You Have the CitationQuestions?

Email (reference@framingham.edu

) or call us at (508.626.4655).

Guide to Library Resources and RefWorks

If you come across a bibliography that contains citations and would like to view any of the articles online, enter the name of the journal in the Full Text Journal Finder.(http://pj8tr3fm5l.search.serialssolutions.com/)If the journal is available online, the page results will list the research databases thatcontain the article full text. You then need to search for the article in that particular database.If an article is not available full-text, you can check the red binder to see if the librarycarries it in print. For questions on our print journals, please contact Deb Hogan, periodicals supervisor, atdhogan@framingham.edu.

VIII.Searching for scholarly articles in Google Scholar

Select the link A to Z List of Databaseson the library homepage and then the GoogleScholar link. Once on the Google Scholar page, go toScholar Preferencesand make surethat Framingham State College is listed as a preferred library.Also select RefWorks as a preferred Biblographic Manager:When creating a search in GoogleScholar, you do not need to link terms by “AND” likeyou need to when you search the databases. Here is a search using the advanced searchfeature in GoogleScholar:

Questions?

Email (reference@framingham.edu

) or call us at (508.626.4655).

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