California State University San Bernardino Palm Desert Campus

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PDC Faculty Library Services

Faculty Guide to Information Resources

orientation for your class
You and your students are invited to arrange an orientation, which can include the techniques of doing research in an online library system, hands-on database instruction, and an overview of information and library services. Please contact me to arrange a class session in the Helene A. Hixon Information Resource Center, HS-103, 37-500 Cook Street Palm Desert , CA 92211 . My phone number is (760) 341-2883, ext. 78112 and my email address is butter@csusb.edu

Want your home page and email links on PDC's web site?
If you would like your students to have quick access to your Home Page please email or contact Bonnie Butterfield (Librarian/Web master). A link to your Web site will be placed at: http://pdc.csusb.edu/faculty.htm and http://pdc.csusb.edu/faculty_Courses.htm

Want to place course materials online, via Pfau Library's Electronic Reserves?
CSUSB PDC faculty have an online "Electronic Reserves and Course Materials" service to help students obtain supplemental course materials in the easiest manner possible. The Pfau Library Reserve staff will scan your hard-copies of quizzes, exams, homework solutions, lecture notes, study guides, articles, book chapters, and other related material. Within 72 hours, these course materials will be available on the Pfau Library Electronic Reserves and Course Materials web site for access by your students using their MyCoyote I.D. number. Your students will enter your online reserve materials at http://pdc.csusb.edu/StudentAccessReserves.htm

All you need do is to download the following form, fill it out, and sign your name. You may get the form from Bonnie in HS-103. This form tells Pfau Library how you want your materials broken into parts and what titles you want each part to have. http://www.lib.csusb.edu/about/e-reserve-faculty.pdf Need Acrobat Reader?
*** No need to worry about copyright infringement by placing articles or book chapters online for your students to access. Offering course materials for educational purposes only falls under the "fair use" clause of the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, Section 107, United States Code). It allows photocopies of copyrighted materials to be offered to your students for educational purposes (not to make money).
Give the completed form along with the hardcopy course materials to Bonnie in HS-103. Or, you may prefer to place this completed form and a hard copy of your Power Point slides, class notes, study notes, articles, chapters, etc. into Bonnie's staff box (Bonnie Butterfield). Your materials will be accessible to your students in 3 days. Please note that we will need to do this each quarter since Pfau Library will remove it at the end of the quarter. You may also wish to keep a hard copy of course materials on Reserve in HS-103. Contact Bonnie at: butter@csusb.edu or (760) 341-2883 ext. 78112.

Logging into Online Library Resources
When you click on a database link, you will get the Pfau Library login page. Type your MyCoyote Number (your employee number), and your last name and click "Continue," to enter the database. If access is blocked contact Bonnie Butterfield at: butter@csusb.edu or (760) 341-2883 ext. 78112.

Doing Your Own Research From Home
A quick way to find the databases related to your subject area is to go online to the "Resources By Subject" page which has a listing and description of each relevant database: http://pdc.csusb.edu/ResourcesBySubject.htm

How To Do Effective Searches in Online Databases
We have a PDC OLLIE TUTORIAL to walk you through the process in a pictorial way. Go to: http://pdc.csusb.edu/ollie/ollie.htm
Online searching instruction for the major article databases can be found at: http://www.lib.csusb.edu/help/researchguides.cfm.http://www.lib.csusb.edu/help/researchguides.cfm

Articles in full text
Go online to: http://pdc.csusb.edu/ResourcesBySubject.htm Click on the subject or major that best fits your topic to see the list of databases most relevant to your research needs. For full text only, select the database which is described as containing full text articles on your topic.

Books can be found in full text
To search for full text, go to: http://pdc.csusb.edu/Books_Online.htm You will find online book databases for general topics, history, computer science, etc. These databases provide a good number of books on many topics.

Articles can be Requested
You may find article citations in a subject index, which provides a complete literature search of your topic. Order the articles in an online order form at: http://pdc.csusb.edu/OnlineOrders.htm

Books can be Requested
Search for your topic in the Pfau Library book catalog at: http://libcat.lib.csusb.edu/
Make a note of the citations of the books you wish to obtain. Request each book using the online order form at: http://pdc.csusb.edu/OnlineOrders.htm They will be brought down to PDC by courier in a few days.

Coyote1 card for faculty
To obtain a Coyote OneCard please stop by the Library in HS-103 during the first 3 weeks of the quarter. We will take your photo and application and send these to the CSUSB Onecard Office for processing. Please bring your Employee I.D. number with you.

Link directly to Pfau library articles in your Blackboard course
Want to make full text articles from library databases available on your Blackboard site? All you need to do is copy and paste the "persistent link" which is located under each article displayed in our databases. This lets students from off-campus computers quickly access articles listed on your Blackboard site with their MyCoyote I.D. number. For directions go to the following web site: http://www.lib.csusb.edu/distlearn/linking.cfm#article

Your students can get help writing research papers
PDC students have a writing center with tutors to help them with their papers. They can make an appointment in the Admissions Office. Writing Tutor hours are listed at: http://pdc.csusb.edu/writingtutor.htm

Help is available for students using APA or MLA writing style
The Writing Center tutors can help students format papers using APA or MLA writing styles: http://pdc.csusb.edu/writingtutor.htm
We also have a summarized version of APA writing style at: http://pdc.csusb.edu/APAWritingStyle.htm and a summarized version of MLA writing style is at: http://pdc.csusb.edu/MLAWritingStyle.htm

Hard copy course materials on reserve in the Helene A. Hixon Information Resource Center
We will hold on reserve any research materials you wish to have available for your students. You may leave them in my box in the Administrative Offices in the RG building. Please indicate any check-out limitations, such as 2 hours only, overnight, etc.

Please contact Bonnie Butterfield if you would like to order books or articles from CSUSB Pfau Library to be placed on reserve for check-out by students in your classes.

Bonnie Butterfield, Librarian
My email address is: butter@csusb.edu Phone: 760 341-2883 ext. 78112

Helene A. Hixon Information Resource Center HS-103
37500 Cook Street Palm Desert CA 92211

For additional links go to: http://pdc.csusb.edu/FacultyStaffLinks.htm