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College of Nursing Faculty
Library Services and Information Resources
Librarian Liaisons:
Sheila Johnson (Nursing/Recreation & Leisure)
at 780-4690 or sheilaj@usm.maine.edu
Harris Kennedy (Sports Medicine) at 780-5344 or
harrisok@usm.maine.edu
Evelyn Greenlaw (LAC) at 753-6541 or evelyng@usm.maine.edu
Table of Contents
Library Services:
Reference
Loans
Forms
Instruction
New Books
Periodicals by Subject
Information Resources:
Catalogs
Dissertations
Journal Databases
Electronic Journals
Library Services
Reference Assistance
For immediate assistance, contact the Reference Services
Department: Portland 780-4272; Gorham 780-5344; LAC 753-6546
or
Ask-A-Librarian .
For a guided tour, please contact a library liaisons from above.
Intercampus Loans (From Portland
or Gorham)
Books - Use "Request" button in URSUS catalog
Journals - Contact the Serials Department (780-4334 (Portland)
or 780-5347 (Gorham)) to arrange for a journal issue to be sent to
the opposite campus. Staff will arrange a specific date for
you to use the issue. Due to demand, we are unable to hold
an issue for more than one day, or over the weekend.
Faculty Loans
- Books - Semester loan with (1) semester renewal
- Journals - 24 hour loan
Online Library Forms
Request an Interlibrary
Loan for a book (not in URSUS) or a journal article. Allow
5-7 days for delivery.
Place your course home page on electronic
reserves.
Order materials for the library collection.
Requesting Library Instruction
Librarian liaisons are available to teach library research
classes for your courses.
Example of a Course
Guide created for an instruction session
New Books
View a list of new
books acquisitions
Periodicals By Subject
View a list of Por/Gor periodicals
a rranged by academic disciplines
Information Resources
Book Catalogs
URSUS
Shared catalog of the seven UMSystem campuses, ME State,
Bangor Public and ME Law/Legislative Libraries. "Keyword"
searching provides limit options, i.e., by campus, date etc.
Use "Request" button to obtain a book from another
library. Allow 5-7 days for delivery. Pick up at the Circulation Desk.
WorldCat
Bibliographic records for millions of items held at OCLC
member libraries throughout the world, and the library of
congress. Updated daily.
netLibrary
A comprehensive collection of electronic books. The University
of Maine System eBook collection includes:
- Shared System Collection: over 3,000 copyrighted e-books
on a wide range of topics of interest to academic libraries.
- Public Collection: over 4,000 non-copyrighted classics
and other public domain e-books.
Anyone may "open" and read an e-book online from
a computer on campus. However to access netLibrary, or check
out copyrighted titles off campus via a commercial provider
(AOL, EarthLink etc), users must create a netLibrary personal
account while connected to a computer on campus. Once
you have created it, you can use your account anywhere.
When you want to access netLibrary from home or elsewhere
off campus, just login with your netLibrary username and password
.
MaineCat
A state wide cooperative catalog which will eventually include
the holdings of more than 300 participating Maine libraries.
Currently it includes the holdings of Bates, Bowdoin, Colby,
other academic/public libraries, and URSUS (7 campuses of
the UM System).
You may request any item in Maine Info Net that has an "available"
status. Note: As an URSUS patron, you
cannot request materials on Maine Info Net if an item is owned
and available at any URSUS Library. You must make the request
for such material through the URSUS catalog.
Books in Print
A directory of books in print, forthcoming books, and out
of print titles published in the U.S. Updated monthly.
Dissertations
Dissertation Abstracts
Indexes more that 1.6 million doctoral dissertations and
master's theses published since 1861. Abstracts included with
citations since 1980+. Dissertations can be obtained via Interlibrary
Loan.
Note: Available on campus only.
Journal Databases
Subject Guide to Indexes and Databases
A broad subject list of over eighty subscription databases
available to USM faculty and students.
EBSCOhost Databases
The EBSCO company databases have been purchased for use by
all Maine libraries. They include: CINAHL,
Medline,
PsychInfo,
ERIC,
Health
Source: Nursing/Academic Edition, etc. and several general
and business indexes. These databases are particularly popular
for the number of references that include full text articles.
However, these vary by database, and not all are peer reviewed.
Search tips:
- Use "Guided Search" for entering multiple terms
- Limiting to "Full Text" will eliminate some
references in which USM holds the print journal
- Use "Expert Search" for additional search capabilities,
e.g., search history, limiting a search to a particular
part of the record ("field") and the use of other
special commands.
For more information on searching:
Electronic Journal Database
ScienceDirect
The premier Web information source for the world's scientific,
technical and medical research. ScienceDirect offers access
to over 1,200 journals, and navigation across 30 millions
records with links to 10,0000 journal titles - covering all
fields of science. The vendor of this product requires
that access to these resources be restricted to machines connected
to the University of Maine System campus network.
Many of these journals are full text. Others can be downloaded
from a pool of 10,000 free articles available to the consortium
of New England library subscribers. Still other titles provide
abstracts only.
Science Direct articles have been integrated into the Ingenta
(formerly Uncover) database.
Search Tips:
- Create a personal profile in order to access all
full text journals
- Start in "Basic Search" mode
- Use "Browse" to retrieve the list of journals
indexed
Other Databases
For lists of databases at USM:
Last Update: 01.2004
Comments: Ask-A-Librarian
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