Student Toolkit
The resources listed below are intended
to provide students with electronic access to a variety of resources and
services. Suggestions for additions and deletions are welcomed. Click
here to report broken links or to suggest additional resources. Links
were last checked on 16 September 2004.
Bibliographies
Dictionaries and Glossaries
Electronic Reserves
E-mail
Encyclopedias
ERIC (Education Resources Information
Center)
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Indexing and Abstracting Services
Interlibrary Loan
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Plagiarism
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Bibliographies
- Bibliographic
Guide to Librarianship is a list of essential reference tools for library
and information science, keyed to the Carlson Library collection.
- Carol R. Gurstelle, comp., Libraries
of the Future Bibliography (October 1999).
- Bernie Sloan, Digital
References Services: A Bibliography (Urbana, Ill.: University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign, 2000).
- Bernie Sloan, Digital
References Services Bibliography: A Supplement (Urbana, Ill.: University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2001).
- Bernie Sloan, The
Reference Interview in the Digital Library: A Bibliography (Urbana,
Ill.: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2001). Added 22 October
2001.
- Digital Library of Information
Science and Technology (DLIST) (Tucson: University of Arizona, 2002-
) is "a repository of electronic resources in the domains of Library
and Information Science (LIS) and Information Technology (IT)." Added
8 November 2002.
- Wei Wu, comp., Library-Oriented
Lists & Electronic Serials (Upper Marlboro, Md.: Washington Research
Library Consortium, 1996-)
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Dictionaries
and Glossaries
- ARTFL
Project: ROGET'S Thesaurus. "Search the headwords or full text
of Roget's Thesaurus, 1911, version 1.02 (supplemented: July 1991).
. . ."
ASIS&T
Thesaurus of Information Science, Technology, and Librarianship Added
1 September 2005.- Computer
User High-Tech Dictionary (N.p.: ComputerUser.com, 2000). Added
30 January 2002.
- English-Spanish Language
Resources for Library and Information Professionals = Recursos Linguisticos
para Profesionales de las Bibliotecas y la Documentacion (Espanol=Ingles),
"s a compilation of the terminology, both general and specific, that
students and professionals generally encounter when reading library and
information literature." Added 13 May 2005.
- Getty
Thesaurus of Geographic Names "is a structured vocabulary containing
around 1,000,000 names and other information about places" with emphasis
"on places important for art and architecture." It is a project
of Getty Research Institute. Link revised 6 September 2003.
- Library Lingo:
A Glossary of Library Terminology. Provided by Colorado State University
Libraries. Added 21 November 2001.
- Matt T. Roberts and Don Etherington, Bookbinding
and the Conservation of books: A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology
(2001). Added 1 October 2001.
- Meriam-Webster Online: The Language
Center. Look up words in the Meriam-Webster Collegiate® Dictionary
or Collegiate® Thesaurus.
- Joan M. Reitz, ODLIS:
Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science (Danbury, Conn:
Western Connecticut State University, 2002).
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Electronic
Reserves
Selected courses may use Carlson Library's electronic reserve service.
You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to use this service. 
Go
to electronic reserves by clicking on the caption for this section. You
may search for reserves by instructor, department, and course (e.g., LS569).
After entering your search, you will be asked to provide a password. The
password is different for each course and will be supplied to you by your
instructor. Revised 17 August 2001.
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E-mail
Added 30 January 2002.
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Encyclopedias
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ERIC
Begun in 1966 and sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences of
the U.S. Department of Education, ERIC (Education Resources Information
Center) "produces the worldÕs premier database of journal and
non-journal education literature." It is an especially important source
for material on school media librarianship.
- Educator's
Reference Desk. provides access to lesson plans and other materials
previously available through AskERIC. Added 16 September 2004.
- Librarianship
provides lists of resources on various aspects of librarianship. Added
16 September 2004.
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Full-Text
ebrary's
Library Center. "This site is intended to provide librarians and
students with important research materials, industry news and information
related to librarianship and related fields." These resources comprise
part of ebrary's subscription service, Academic Complete. Added
16 September 2003.
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Interlibrary Loan
The Clarion University libraries offer two different interlibrary loan
(ILL) services. Which one you use depends on the type of material being
requested and on whether or not you are a distance education student. This
section is organized by student type and subarranged by material type.
To use any of these services it is essential that the student have a complete
citation to the desired item.
On-campus Students
On-campus students take most of their classes on the Clarion campus.
They may use ILL to request material not owned by the Clarion University
libraries. Requested materials are picked up at the Carlson Library or
Suhr Library circulation desks.
- Articles from journals, magazines, and other serials.
- Click
on this link to display the Periodical Interlibrary Loan Request form.
- When prompted, enter your your library identification number. This
is the first four letters of your last name and the last four digits of
your social security number. The ILL form should now be displayed.
- At the "I am at the" prompt, select the site at which you
would like to pick up the requested material (e.g., Clarion campus, Venango
campus).
- Complete the remainder of the form.
- Click on the "submit" button.
- Books and other materials.
- Click on this link.
- Try URSA first. URSA (Universal Resource Sharing Application) allows
you to initiate interlibrary loan requests from participating Pennsylvania
libraries. Note: your password to use URSA is your social security number,
entered without hyphens. You may request that materials be delivered to
either Carlson Library (Clarion campus) or Suhr Library (Venango campus).
Go to step 3 if you cannot find the material you want through URSA.
- Next try Carlson Library's ILL Department by selecting the "ILL
book request form link."
- When prompted, enter your your library identification number. This
is the first four letters of your last name and the last four digits of
your social security number. The ILL form should now be displayed.
- At the "I am at the" prompt, select the site at which you
would like to pick up the requested material (e.g., Clarion campus, Venango
campus).
- Complete the remainder of the form.
- Click on the "submit" button.
If you need assistance, contact the ILL Department at 814-393-2469 or
-2468.
Distance Education Students
Distance education students take most of their classes at a remote site
(e.g., the Dixon University Center) or over the World Wide Web. They may
use ILL to request material owned by the Clarion University libraries as
well as material not owned by these libraries. Requested materials are
mailed directly to the student.
- Articles from journals, magazines, and other serials.
- Click
on this link to display the Periodical Interlibrary Loan Request form.
Linked updated 10 March 2005.
- When prompted, enter your library identification number. This is the
first four letters of your last name and the last four digits of your social
security number. The ILL form should now be displayed.
- When asked , "Have you checked the Carlson Library Serials list?,"
select the default "yes" from the pulldown menu.
- At the "I am at the" prompt, select the site at which you
normally take classes (e.g., Dixon campus, Philadelphia area, Southpointe
campus, or Web class).
- Complete the remainder of the form.
- Click on the "submit" button.
- Books and other materials.
- Click
on this link. Linked updated 16 March 2005.
- Do not select the URSA option. Materials requested through URSA
(Universal Resource Sharing Application) can only be delivered to Carlson
Library (Clarion campus) and Suhr Library (Venango campus).
- Select the "ILL book request form link."
- When prompted, enter your library identification number. This is the
first four letters of your last name and the last four digits of your social
security number. The ILL form should now be displayed.
- When asked "Have you previously requested this material on URSA?,"
select the default "yes" from the pulldown menu.
- At the "I am at the" prompt, select the site at which you
normally take classes (e.g., Dixon campus, Philadelphia area, Southpointe
campus, or Web class).
- Complete the remainder of the form.
- Click on the "submit" button.
If you need assistance, contact the ILL Department at 814-393-2469 or
-2468.
Other Options for All Students
Check out what is available from libraries in your area. Your local
public library may offer ILL service. In addition, some of the State System
of Higher Education (SSHE) university libraries offer library services
to students enrolled at other SSHE universities. Check the borrowing polices
of any SSHE universities located near you.
Revised 17 August 2001.
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Library
Catalogs
PILOT
PILOT, the Keystone Library Network Catalog, is the union catalog of
the fourteen universities of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education
(SSHE). Although the default search is limited to the Clarion University
libraries, other SSHE libraries can be searched singly or in groups by
using the "Simultaneous Search" option.
During the library renovation, on-campus students must use the catalog's
"call slip" function to request material in remote storage. A
tutorial explains
how to use this function. Distance education students should use interlibrary
loan to request materials from the Clarion University libraries. Added
17 August 2001.
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Reference Service
Carlson Library Reference and Information Services
Virtual Information Desk
VID "is an evening and weekend service to help students, faculty
and staff of the 14 Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education universities
with library research." Reference questions may be submitted by any
of the following means:
- By telephone: 888-761-9401 (toll free).
- By World Wide
Web
Revised 17 August 2001.
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Research
and Writing
- Jan Alexander and Marsha Ann Tate, Evaluate
Web Pages (Chester, Pa.: Widener University, Wolfgram Memorial Library,
1999). URL updated 8 September 2005.
- Clarion University of Pennsylvania, Carlson
Writing Center (n.d.), describes the center's services and provides
access to a variety of electronic resources.
- Cornell University Libraries, Reference Services Division, Distinguishing
Scholarly Journals from Other Periodicals (1999).
- Cornell University Libraries, Reference Services Division, Critically
Analyze Information Sources (1999).
- Karen Gocsik and Julie Kalish, What
is an Academic Paper? (Darmouth College Composition Center, 1997),
presents the essentials of scholarly writing.
- Mary Sue Stephenson,"Research
Methods Resources on the WWW" (Vancouver: School of Library, Archival
and Information Studies, University of British Columbia, 2003). Added
6 September 2003.
- Hope Tillmam, Evaluating
Quality on the Net (2001), discusses evaluation issues and techniques.
URL updated 31 October 2001.
- Trinity University, Elizabeth Huth Coates Library, Distinguishing
Scholarly Journals from other Periodicals (2000). URL updated 31
October 2001.
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Writing Center, Handouts
and Links [2000], "is a growing collection of writing resources
that have been carefully selected, annotated, and cross-indexed."
- University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, Murphy Library Resource Center,
Critical
Evaluation of Web Pages, Guide, no. 453 (2001), gives "five points
to consider when evaluating a web page."
- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Writing Center, Writer's
Handbook (1998), covers academic writing (including literature, research,
and reviews), grammar and style, peer reviews, documentation styles, etc.
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Style Manuals
- Citation
Styles Online! provides guidance in citing electronic resources using
APA, Chicago (Turabian), and MLA. It is part of a site promoting Andrew
Harnack and Eugene Kleppinger, Online! A Reference Guide to Using Internet
Sources (New York: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2000).
- Columbia
Guide to Online Style. This page presents the basics of the CGOS
style for citing electronic resources.
- Nancy Crane, Bibliographic
Formats for Citing Electronic Information (2001), provides guidance
using both APA and MLA.
- Maurice Crouse, Citing
Electronic Information in History Papers (2001).
- Easybib.com follows the MLA
Handbook for Writers and Researchers, 5th ed., and is "dedicated
to helping writers create bibliographies." Added 31 October 2001.
- Clayton DeWitt Harris and Kevin McCartney, Using
the Internet in Preparing a Term Paper for a Physical Geology Course
(n.d., accessed 31 October 2001). URL updated 31 October 2001.
- Electronic Reference
Formats Recommended by the American Psychological Association (1999).
The official view from APA. URL updated 31 October 2001.
- MLA
Style. This is part of the official Modern Language Association
Web site. While it does not provide full text of the manual, it does include
a FAQ page and guidance on citing electronic resources. URL updated
31 October 2001.
- Noodle Tools is a "suite
of interactive tools designed to aid students and professionals with their
online research," including citing sources using MLA or APA. Some
services are free; others require a subscription. Link updated 8 September
2005.
- Bib: The MLA Bibliographer
Composer guides users through the process of creating citations. Added
31 October 2001.
- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Writing Center, Writer's
Handbook: Documentation Styles (2001), provides general guidance on
scholarly citation and specific help with APA, Chicago (Turabian), and
MLA.
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