September 1, 2015

In This Issue
 EBSCO Discovery
Service
 Textbooks
 Student Tip – Great
Study Spaces
 The S.W.A.T. Minion’s
Tip: We are S.W.A.T.

Volume 11, Number 2 
We publish INSIDE The CU Libraries weekly, when classes are in session.
Here we share information about our services and resources with the campus
community. Current and back issues are available online
through the NEWS link on the Libraries’ homepage.

EBSCO Discovery Service
Fast, simple, powerful – these are some of the adjectives used to
describe EBSCO Discovery Service.
The Webpage for the University Libraries features a search box that
conducts searches across many of the information resources available
through the libraries – books, e-books, articles, video, indexing and
abstracting databases, and much more.

 Cranial Candy:
Word Of The Week …
hydra
 Something To Think
About

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If an item is available in electronic full-text form, a link in the search
results will lead you to it.
If we do not have the resources in our collections (or available
electronically), links appear for you to request books through the
E-ZBorrow InterLbrary Loan service. Articles and other items can be
requested through the ILLiad InterLbrary Loan service.
EBSCO Discovery’s default setting is to search by keywords. If you
would like to focus your inquiry by author or title, you can do that too.
Other options include limits to resources that are electronic “Full Text,”
“Peer Reviewed” articles, and items available only in our local
collections (not requiring InterLbrary Loan requests).
The “Catalog Only” option limits search results to books, videos, and
other resources that were traditionally located through the PILOT
Online Catalog. Results include shelf locations and call numbers specific

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Databases A-Z
Search the Libraries’
extensive collection of
electronic journals and ebooks

Contact Us
Dr. Terry Latour
Dean of Libraries

to Carlson and Suhr Libraries. Journal articles and database content are
excluded from this type of search.
EBSCO Discovery Service searches a wide range of information
resources and may produce unintended results beyond the scope of
what you want. More sophisticated researchers with focused topics may
find it useful to conduct searches in subject-oriented databases like
CINAHL, PsycARTICLES, Mergent’s Financial Information Online, and
others.
If you have questions, or would like additional information, please
contact a reference librarian. Call Carlson Library at 814-393-2490. Call
Suhr Library (Venango College) at 814-393-1242 or 814-676-6591
extension 1242. Virtual Campus/Distance Education faculty and
students may use the special toll-free number, 866-272-5612 (Press 5
for Library), provided just for you. You may also contact us through our
Ask a Librarian Webpage.

Textbooks
Contrary to what you may have heard,
Carlson and Suhr Libraries do not have
copies of textbooks (print or electronic) for
courses taught at the University. As you
know, textbooks are expensive and change
frequently. Academic libraries seldom have
traditional types of textbooks for those
reasons.
Occasionally, a faculty member will place a
print copy of a textbook “on reserve” in the
library as a supplement to other course
readings. You may check at the Circulation
Desk to see if that is the case.
Academic libraries do not request or lend textbooks through the
InterLibrary Loan service for the same reasons. Few libraries have them,
and those that do will seldom loan them.
If a professor assigns a novel or other type of regular book as
supplementary reading for a course and you borrow it through
Interlibrary Loan, please be aware that you usually cannot keep it for the
entire semester. The lending library will probably want it back before the
end of the semester. If you do not return it to the library, you may be
liable for hefty fines.
We wish that we could help. However, the libraries do not have the funds
available to purchase or license copies of all the textbooks adopted for
use, let alone a copy for everyone.

Student Tip – Great Study Spaces
Carlson and Suhr Libraries are great
places to study. They have comfortable
seating, plenty of desktop and laptop
computers, as well as iPads, available for
use.
At Suhr on the Venango College Campus,
you can borrow a laptop for out-of-thelibrary and overnight use. Both libraries are wireless zones, if you have
your own computer or other electronic device.
Carlson library has group study rooms on three floors and quiet study
spaces on Levels 2 & 3. If you need help locating or understanding
information resources, reference librarians are available to assist you.

The S.W.A.T. Minion’sTip: WeAre S.W.A.T.
Got technology?
WE DO!
Meet S.W.A.T. (Students Who Assist [with]
Technology) at Carlson Library!
Located on Level A, the S.W.A.T. Team is
staffed by students with the knowledge and
resources to help with a variety of issues
encountered in the Libraries’ computer labs.
As students, ourselves, we experience many
of the same challenges as you…
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How do I print at the Library?
How do I print a two-sided document?
Can I scan a document or photo?
How do I connect my phone, tablet, or laptop to the campus WiFi?
 Who can help me format a Word document?
 What’s the best way to design a brochure?
 How do I make an Excel Chart?
 Where can I make a photocopy?
 Why can’t I log in to the computers?
 I forgot my password…what now!?
 How do I get more “Eagle Dollars?”
 The printer has a paper jam…who do I call on?
Call on S.W.A.T. for these – and other – issues!
Don’t let technology discourage you…allow the S.W.A.T. Team to work
with you to find a solution to your dilemma. We make every effort to
resolve your computer issues. If we don’t know the answer, we have
the skill and ability to find a solution.
S.W.A.T. is the answer. Now…what’s your question?

Cranial Candy:Word OfTheWeek

hydra
PRONUNCIATION:
(HY-druh)
MEANING:
noun: A persistent or multifaceted
problem that presents a new obstacle
when a part of it is solved.
ETYMOLOGY:
After the many-headed monster Hydra in Greek mythology. When
its one head was cut off, it sprouted two more. It was ultimately
slain by Hercules. From Latin Hydra, from Greek Hudra (water
snake). Ultimately from the Indo-European root wed- (water, wet),
which also gave us water, wash, winter, hydrant, redundant, otter,
and vodka. Earliest documented use: 1374.
USAGE:
“Roosevelt’s ships and men were drowning in the Pacific,
fighting a hydra that formed and reformed in successive island
jungles.”
Francine Mathews; Too Bad to Die; Riverhead Books; 2015.

Although we do not “repair” computers, the S.W.A.T. Team
(the Students Who Assist [with] Technology)
on Level A of Carlson Library
is always happy to help.
Having an issue? Let us take a swat at it!

SomethingToThinkAbout:
Never think that war,
no matter how necessary, nor how justified,
is not a crime.
Ask the infantry and ask the dead.
~ Ernest Hemingway,
author and journalist, Nobel laureate
(21 Jul 1899-1961)