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Users' Guide
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26 Steps

Document Delivery | Finding Articles | Finding Books & Audiovisuals | Finding Course Materials | Finding Databases | Finding Help | Finding Journals | Finding Internet Websites | Getting Started | RefWorks | Writing Papers/Creating Presentations

Getting Started

• Converting Documents to PDF (Portable Document Format)
• Information Fluency Competencies (PDF)
• Policy for Responsible Use of Computing and Communications Technologies
• MyXU Login Instructions
• Using Library Resources from Off-Campus Locations (1.5 minute 770K video)
• What the library can do for graduate students
• What the library can do for undergraduate students

Finding Help

• Ask-a-Librarian
• Chat with a Librarian (24/7 virtual reference service)
• Email a Librarian
• Users' Guide (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

Finding Books & Audiovisuals

• Book Guides
• Borrowing Privileges for Graduate Students (PDF)
• Borrowing Privileges for Undergraduate Students (PDF)
• Call Numbers
• Help Finding Books
• Locating Library Materials
• My Library Record (help)
• Online Requesting of OhioLINK Materials (HTML)
• Online Requesting of OhioLINK Materials (video)
• Remote Stacks Policies & Procedures
• Video Circulation Policies
• XPLORE Tips & Tricks (HTML)
  • Exporting (printing, emailing, saving) records
  • Limiting records
  • RefWorks help
• XPLORE Tips & Tricks (PDF)

Finding Journals

• Criteria for Evaluating Scholarly & Popular Journals (PDF)
• Document Delivery/Annex Article Request Form
• Journal Evaluation Criteria (PDF)
• Journal Guides
• (Electronic Journal Locator & more!)
• Locating Library Materials
• Obtaining a Copy of an Article in a Bibliography (PDF)
• Print & Microform Journas in XPLORE

Finding Articles in Databases

• Database Guides
• Defining Your Topic (xu.tutor)
• Help Finding Articles
• Identifying Resources (xu.tutor)
• Improving a Search (xu.tutor
• Obtaining a Copy of an Article in a Research Database (PDF)
• Obtaining a copy of an Article in a Bibliography (PDF)
• Remote Stacks Journal Request Form
• Saving a Database Search
• Using FIND IT @ XU (video)

Document Delivery (interlibrary loan)

• Ariel Web Server
• Request Forms
• Requesting Materials Not Available at Xavier University Library (FAQs)
• Troubleshooting Ariel Web Server Problems

Finding Course Materials

• Blackboard
  • Blackboard Login Instructions
• Electronic Reserves
• MyXU
  • MyXU Login Instructions

Finding Internet Websites

• Evaluating Websites (PDF)
• Evaluating Websites (xu.tutor)
• Internet Guides
• Search Engines & Directories
• Search Engine Tips & Tricks

Writing Papers/Creating Presentations

• Academic Honesty
• Annotated Bibliographies (PDF)
• Citation Style Guides
• Copyright
  • Copyright & Fair Use Guidelines for Teachers (PDF; includes minutes of videos and seconds of music)
  • Copyright Basics (PDF)
  • Copyright Policy
  • Copyright Resources
  • Fair Use Checklist (PDF)
• Help with Microsoft Word
  • XU online tutorials
  • Learning Express Library (set up an account in the library to use off-campus)
  • Microsoft Office online training
• Help with Microsoft PowerPoint
  • XU online tutorials
  • Learning Express Library (set up an account in the library to use off-campus)
  • Microsoft Office online training
• Position Papers (PDF)
• Preventing Plagiarism (xu.tutor)

RefWorks

• Direct Link to RefWorks
• RefWorks Help