Inside
The Clarion University Libraries
September 23, 2008

In This Issue
Can’t Find It? Let Us
Fetch It For You!
New Index: Lexi-PALS
Drug Guide
Library Tip: OffCampus Access
Computer Tip: Auto
Calculator
Something To Think
About

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Dr. Terry Latour

Volume 4, Number 5

About “Inside The Clarion University Libraries”
The Clarion University Libraries newsletter is published weekly when classes are in session. Through Inside,
we share information about our services and resources with the campus community. Inside is best viewed
with Microsoft Outlook. However, you can read a PDF version of Inside online. Access it through the
Libraries’ homepage at: cmswww.clarion.edu/students/student/library/29806

Can’t Find It? Let Us Fetch It For You!
Can’t find the information you need in the library or
among our many databases? Let us know and we will do
all that we can to get it!
If it’s a book that you are looking for and it’s not in our
collection, check out E-Z Borrow, an interlibrary borrowing service for
books. You can find it under the “Find Books” link on the library home page.
E-Z Borrow searches the catalogs of more than 50 other libraries, including
those of large research libraries such as Pitt, Penn State, and Carnegie
Mellon. Requested titles often arrive at Clarion University Libraries within
five days and you will receive an e-mail alerting you that the book is ready
for pick up at the Library.
If you can’t find a book through E-Z Borrow – or if it is an article or other
type of item that you are searching for – please use our regular interlibrary
loan borrowing service that uses ILLiad software to facilitate the process.
ILLiad permits users to create a profile that eliminates repeated entry of
routine information. It also allows the user to track requests throughout the
entire process. When the item arrives, you are notified via email. If the item
is an article or book chapter that has been scanned, you are provided with a
Web link (accessible for 30 days) to view, print, or save the item.
To use E-Z Borrow and ILLiad InterLibrary Loan and borrowing services, you
will need to know your Clarion iPortal Login and Password as well as your
Student or Employee ID Number. Tutorials on both of these services are
available on the Libraries’ Website. For more information or assistance,
please contact Ginger McGiffin at 393-2481.

Dean of Libraries

New Index: Lexi-PALS Drug Guide
Lexi-PALS Drug Guide is a database of Patient Advisory
Leaflets from Lexi-Comp that provides vital information
and education on medications for patients. The approach
for each pamphlet is to present medication facts in an

easy-to-follow and understandable question-and-answer format.
The database consists of over 1,450 medication and natural product
leaflets, with an additional 600 Spanish language leaflets representing the
most subscribed and commonly used medications. Available as part of a
state-wide initiative, this database can be searched simultaneously with
other databases as part of EBSCO.

Library Tip: Off-Campus Access
You may access the library’s online resources from offcampus two ways:
1.
Use your iClarion username and password
(this is usually your email username and password) or
2. Use your Library ID Number.
Students use 9 + their Clarion student ID (if you don’t know your
Clarion student ID#, you may go to http://www.clarion.edu/ca/idconv/
for help).
Faculty use 0000+ your employee ID number.

Computer Tip: Auto Calculator
While building a worksheet, users often have the need to check their math.
Instead of reaching for a calculator, use Excel’s built-in Auto Calculator.
1. Select the cells containing the
information to be calculated.
2. The default calculation is “Sum” and it
will now show at the bottom of the
screen on the “Status Bar.”
3. Right-click the sum to view a menu
that offers other auto calculations.

Something To Think About:

We learn wisdom from failure
much more than from success.
We often discover what will do,
by finding out what will not do;
and probably he who
never made a mistake
never made a discovery.
--Samuel Smiles