Jennifer Culver - Section 22 - Spring 2010

Hi everyone!

First, I want to say that I enjoyed both of your classes. Please contact me or stop by with any questions that you have. I will try to answer the questions you indicted were still not clear to you today when you did your one-minute paper.


Georgia Baugh

"How do we request articles/books that are located at the Locust Street Storage facility?"



For books, click the blue Request button at the top of the page displaying the book's complete information and follow the prompts. You will need to enter your name and your SLU Library Catalog password. If you have not set one, you can do so the first time you make a request.


For articles at the Locust Street Library Facility, there is a link that says "SLU Patrons Request Digital Article via ILLiad Document Delivery System " just below the name of the journal. This link takes you to an Interlibrary Loan page where you can click on the ILLiad link in the Pius XII Memorial Library section of the page. You will need to create an Interlibrary Loan/ILLiad account if you do not already have one. Finally, fill in the article information. Articles from the Locust Street Library Facility will typically arrive in your SLU email in about 24 hours, with the exception of weekends.



"How long does Interlibrary Loan take?"
and
"How soon can Interlibrary Loans be picked up at Pius after requests are placed?"


Unfortunately, my answer is it depends. If you request an article that is at the Locust Street Library Facility or at another SLU Library, it will come within a day or two. Usually you will receive an email with a link to a pdf of the article you requested. If you request an article that is not owned by any SLU Library, it could take a week or two. So, please plan ahead.

If you are requesting a book that is not owned by any SLU or MOBIUS Library, the time to receive it may be up to 2 weeks. This is because, the book must be sent through the U.S. mail.

In any case, you will receive an email sent to your SLU email account when the article or book is ready to be picked up.


"Which databases usually have the most PDF files?"


The SLU Libraries have a lot of databases, most, but not all, provide a pdf for at least some of their articles. I can say that LexisNexis Academic provides NO pdfs. Also with the Find It @ SLU button, you may find the pdf on the publisher's Web site. Whether or not a database provider like EBSCO or Gale provide pdf's for their articles, may depend upon the contract each has with the journal publisher. I am afraid I cannot give you a more clear-cut answer to this one.

"How to find books in the Library, especially Lewis Annex."

When you are looking at a record in the Library Catalog, there is a link under Location that usually says Pius Library or another location. If the information under Location is linked, that link takes you to our online Location Guide. That guide will tell you on what floor and which side of the building you can find the item. Right now all call numbers from A through C are found on some Level of Lewis Annex. The Location Guide will tell you which Level. For example, if you need a book whose call number begins with BR, the Guide tells you that it is on Level 2 of Lewis Annex since BR is between BH and BS.


Getting to Lewis Annex can also be a bit confusing. Just remember that it is directly connected to the regular Pius Library Library Level 2 at the Northwest corner. Also, that Level 2 of Pius connects to Level 4 of Lewis Annex. I may be helpful to take the online Pius Library Tour.