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2 content such as: Article databases Electronic course reserves ebooks to access online library You also need your Salve ID to request materials through the HELIN Catalog and Interlibrary Loan

4 You can and have them sent to a library near you for convenient pick-up. Typical transit time is 2 business days. You will receive a notification in your Salve when items are ready for pick-up. You can also

5 Pick-up Locations: Bryant University Butler Hospital CCRI (Providence, Lincoln, Newport, Warwick) Johnson & Wales University (including Harborside Providence) Kent Hospital Landmark Medical Center Memorial Hospital Pell Library (Narragansett) Providence College Rhode Island College Rhode Island Hospital Roger Williams University (and Medical Center) St. Joseph Medical Center University of Rhode Island (Providence and Kingston) Wheaton College

6 the home page.just use the Interlibrary Loan (ILL) tab on Only use ILL for books that are not available through HELIN libraries. ILL books MUST be picked-up in person and dropped off at the Salve Library; ILL books cannot be sent to other libraries for pick-up. Articles are usually sent electronically to your Salve .

7 that index thousands of journals across many disciplines such as: Accounting, Business, Law, Literature, Nursing, Psychology, Social Work and more! Two of the most frequently used general databases are Academic Search Complete and JSTOR. These databases contain full-text articles or citations to articles from journals, magazines, and newspapers on a broad range of topics. There are also more subject-specific databases such as Hoovers, Going Global, Lexis-Nexis, OmniTax Library, PsycArticles, AltHealth Watch, Polling the Nations and many more.

8 Search for videos:

9 Films on Demand Master Academic Collection The collection includes thousands of full length programs in Humanities & Social Sciences, Science & Mathematics, Health & Medicine and Business & Economics. Create personal playlists, search video segments and organize videos into folders. History Reference Center Includes over 80 hours of historical video. Theatre in Video Contains more than 250 of the world s most important plays, together with more than 100 video documentaries. From the most important productions of Shakespeare to rare, in-depth footage focusing on the work of Samuel Beckett. World History invideo Includes critically acclaimed documentaries from filmmakers worldwide. Upon completion the collection will include more than 1,750 documentaries that offer a rich survey of human history from the earliest civilizations to the fall of the BerlinWall.

10 View articles, presentations, even view video and listen to audio! *Your professor must request that reserves be accessed electronically

Read books, search the full-text of books, annotate, bookmark and highlight* all from your computer! You can even transfer ebooks to your mobile device!

Ebook Collection (formerly netlibrary) Large collection of 8,000 books in A variety of topics. Ebrary Ebrary is a growing collection of 70,000 electronic books and other documents.

11 Read books, search the full-text of books, annotate, bookmark and highlight* all from your computer! You can even transfer ebooks to your mobile device!** Ebook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) This collection of 83,000 e-texts contains a large selection of titles representing a broad range of academic subjects. Ebook Collection (formerly netlibrary) Large collection of 8,000 books in A variety of topics. Ebrary Ebrary is a growing collection of 70,000 electronic books and other documents. Included in these titles is a collection of more than 1,050 historical and geopolitical maps of academic interest. Credo Reference Contains all types of reference books: dictionaries, encyclopedias, thesauri, and books of quotations, and subject-specific titles covering everything from the arts to accountancy and law to literature. *Depending upon database features. **EBSCOhost and Ebrary ebooks only.

Ebooks continued Sage Reference Online E-book reference content from Sage Publishing. Includes the Encyclopedia of Identity, the Encyclopedia of Research Design and the Encyclopedia of Journalism.

The ACLS HEB Project includes nearly 1,400 titles selected by scholars in the humanities.

12 Ebooks continued Sage Reference Online E-book reference content from Sage Publishing. Includes the Encyclopedia of Identity, the Encyclopedia of Research Design and the Encyclopedia of Journalism. Humanities Ebooks This is an online, fully searchable collection of high-quality books in the humanities, recommended and reviewed by scholars. The ACLS HEB Project includes nearly 1,400 titles selected by scholars in the humanities.. Idea Group Reference Reference E-Access contains full-text articles and chapters regarding research, trends, technologies, and challenges in the fields of information science, technology and management. Google Books This is open-access with many full-text books (Hint: Use advanced search to limit to full-view). Internet Archive This is an open-access text archive with over one million online full-text books.

13 dictionaries, encyclopedias, thesauri, books of quotations and subject-specific titles covering everything from the arts to accountancy and law to literature

with a set of tools to view, zoom, search, save and manage images for research and pedagogical purposes. Browse by Geography, Classification, Collection or Featured Group.

14 with a set of tools to view, zoom, search, save and manage images for research and pedagogical purposes. Browse by Geography, Classification, Collection or Featured Group. Advanced search options available. Collections include: American Folk Art Museum Architecture of Venice Canyon lights World Art Image Bank Art Institute of Chicago Asia Society Collection City College of New York Yale University The Metropolitan Museum of Art...and many many more!

15 Cafe Terrace at Night Vincent van Gogh

16 Mummy Head Cover Roman Period, 1st century B.C. Chartres Cathedral; Window of St. Eustace 13th c.

17 can be a breeze with like We also have copies of style manuals in the library as well as links to the Online Writing Lab from Perdue University.

18 is digital repository of journal articles, theses and dissertations by Salve students, faculty and staff.

19 Through the library, you have access to, such as: African American Newspapers, Explore African American history, culture and daily life in the 19th and 20th centuries. Coverage America's Historical Newspapers, offers 350,000 fully searchable issues from over 700 historical American newspapers. Includes coverage of the Newport Gazette, 1777; Newport Herald, ; and Newport Mercury ; as well as newspapers from 23 states and the District of Columbia. Historical New York Times Access Newspaper coverage dating back to the first issue in 1851, is available.

20 Historical New York Times Special to The New York Times New York Times: April 27, 1912 Did you know.

Most recordings come with scholarly notes which have been written by respected musicologists. NAXOS has over a million tracks, and more than 75,000 CDs.

21 is the most comprehensive collection of classical music available online. It offers the complete Naxos, Marco Polo, Da Capo catalogues, and selected titles from other labels. Most recordings come with scholarly notes which have been written by respected musicologists. NAXOS has over a million tracks, and more than 75,000 CDs. Besides classical other genres include Jazz, Blues, World and Chinese music. New releases are added monthly. Create an account to organize music into folders and create playlists. Other online audio collections include The Internet Archive, Oral History Online and National Jukebox:

22 View digitized versions of historical maps with access to Large-scale maps of towns and cities in Rhode Island. In electronic form, users have the ability to easily manipulate the maps, magnify and zoom in on specific sections, and layer the maps from different years. Newport, Thames, Marlborough, Washington Square May 1891

You can quickly view new materials in the library on our page: Collections include: Browsing (popular fiction and non-fiction leisure reading) Curriculum

23 You can quickly view new materials in the library on our page: Collections include: Browsing (popular fiction and non-fiction leisure reading) Curriculum Resources (children/young adult literature and education/teaching resources) E-Books Reference Vidoes Archives & Special Collections

24 You can Mango is a database of Foreign Language Courses at both the Basic and Advanced Level. Use Mango Basic courses to quickly learn some basic words and phrases for a business trip or short trip overseas. Mango Complete courses are aimed at students who want to move beyond basic language skills. Languages include Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish (partial list).

25 The library website contains many on topics like: Finding books in the catalog Finding articles Finding an article from a citation Request books from other libraries Citing sources Avoiding plagiarism And more

You can to discuss your research project. with a librarian We provide in-person consultations (at the Salve campus) or NEW Skype consultations (by appointment only).

26 You can to discuss your research project. with a librarian We provide in-person consultations (at the Salve campus) or NEW Skype consultations (by appointment only). To schedule an in-person consultation, fill out the form at To schedule a Skype consultation, contact Lori Barile at lori.barile@salve.edu

27 Assistance from a librarian is at your fingertips! with your question we re happy to help!

You can. Just go to http://library.salve.edu/material.html and fill out the form. Request books, videos, journals, audio CDs.

28 You can. Just go to and fill out the form. Request books, videos, journals, audio CDs. The library will try to fulfill as many appropriate requests as possible, although the library reserves the right to make all decisions on what to purchase.

29 Put your library in your Pocket. Search for books and articles, access your library account and more, all from your mobile device Just go to

30 Our can help you: use a citation manager like RefWorks; search particular databases like JSTOR; find articles and books and more!

31 We re social! Facebook Twitter Pinterest Google+ MySpace We even have a blog at

33 Lori Barile Learning Commons Librarian Warwick Site Liaison McKillop Library Information Desk: Circulation Desk:

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Research Resources for Graduate Bilingual Education Students of Education Library Hour, NAC 2/204 Thurs. 5-6 PM Blog Professor Jacqueline A. Gill Information Literacy Coordinator and Reference Librarian