Dale Vidmar’s 25 Tips:

A Guide to the Hannon Library

http://www.sou.edu/~vidmar/25_tips/

 

 

1) Hannon Library Hours

·       http://hanlib.sou.edu/about/hours.html - complete schedule

·       Regular Hours

o      Mon. – Thurs.               7:45 a.m.    – 11:00 p.m.

o      Friday                           7:45 a.m.    –   5:00 p.m.

o      Saturday                     10:00 a.m.    –   5:00 p.m.

o      Sunday                         1:00 p.m.    – 11:00 p.m.

 

2) The Information Technology Center (ITC)

·       The ITC is a campus computer lab for students, faculty, and staff.

·       Located on the First Floor of the Library

·       Help Desk

·       Includes the 30 PCs, two scanners, two laser printers, a color printer, the Electronic Classroom—Lib.114, three group workstations, three computers with headphones to use for foreign language study.

 

3) Wi-Fi Access

·       Hannon Library has wireless capability throughout and just outside the building.

·       Use your own wireless laptop in the library to connect to the campus network.

 

4) Library Laptops

·       Hannon Library has 30 wireless laptops that connect you to the campus network.

·       Available to check out for two hours and renew for an additional two hours.

·       To checkout a laptop, go to the ITC Help Desk

 

5) Hannon Library Web site

·       http://hanlib.sou.edu

·       Resources available both on and off-campus to students, faculty, and staff

·       The ability to navigate through the resources on this page will help you complete your research more effectively and efficiently

 

6) Meeting and Study Rooms

·       Individual and group study rooms are available on the Second and Third Floors for collaborative study and research.

·       To reserve a room in advance: Click the link to Rooms at the top right of any Library Web page or go to: http://hanlib.sou.edu/services/room_reservations.html

·       12 eight-persons rooms, 7 four-person rooms, and 2 two-person rooms are available.

·       For further assistance with a reservation, contact the ITC at 552-6848.

 

7) Hannon Library Virtual Tour

·       http://hanlib.sou.edu/tour/index.html

·       Designed to help familiarize you with the Hannon Library and the resources available for research and other activities related to learning the fundamentals of finding information.

 

8) Book Collection

·       2nd Floor – Call Numbers A – H

·       3rd Floor – Call Numbers J – Z

·       1st Floor – Reference Books

o      Reference Books are for Library Use Only.

 

9) Magazines and Journals

·       Library owns about 1200 periodical subscriptions in hard copy and over 10,000 full text titles available electronically.

·       2nd Floor

o      Recent year on display to the right when you enter from the main stairway.

o      Past issues are generally in bound volumes to the left when you enter from the main stairway.

·       Microfilm and microfiche collection

·       Periodical Help Desk located on the 2nd Floor for assistance.

 

10) The L Section

·       Education materials—books, magazines, journals, and reference books are cataloged in the L section using the Library of Congress call numbers.

 

11) Hannon Library Catalog

·       http://lib.sou.edu/screens/opacmenu.html

·       Find books and other materials - contains most of the cataloged books, government, publications, periodicals, computer files, and videos in the SOU Library.

·       Over 300,000 items; over 250,000 unique titles.

·       Generally books are not online or full text.

·       Typically underused in the digital world.

·       Checkout material for 3 weeks and renew as needed.

 

12) Summit Catalog

·       http://summit.orbiscascade.org/

·       Collective catalog of 35 libraries throughout the Northwest.

·       Over 27,000,000 record; over 8,500,000 unique titles.

·       Books!!! Summit is used to retrieve books from other institutions that are not available at the Hannon Library.

·       Materials are delivered to the SOU Circulation Desk or another Summit library such as OIT, in 2 business days.

·       Checkout material for 3 weeks with 1 renewal—total 6 weeks.

·       Free!!! There is no charge to have a Summit book delivered to the Hannon Library.

·       Click the Search Summit link from the Hannon Library Catalog.

·       If it is not in the SOU Library, check the Summit Catalog.

 

13) Your Account

·       http://lib.sou.edu/patroninfo/

·       Access your account information

·       Check the status of a Summit book

·       Renew materials online

 

14) Finding a Book from a Reference or Works Cited List

·       If the citation is a book:

Lambert, L. (2003). Leadership capacity for lasting school improvement. Alexandria, VA:

Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development.

·       Then go to the Library Web site, click the link to the Hannon Library Catalog:

·       Search for the Title of the book

·       If the book is not in the Hannon Library Catalog, click the link to Search Summit

 

15) Databases by Subject: Education

·       http://hanlib.sou.edu/research/education/

·       Find education magazine and journal articles

·       ERIC and Education Full Text databases

·       Everything is NOT available in full text!!!

·       Find other education resources and materials such as lesson plans.

 

16) Click the question mark icon  for a description of the database

·       If you are not sure about a database, check the  icon for a short overview.

 

17) Finding a Magazine or Journal Article from a Reference or Works Cited List

·       Use the List of Journals at SOU -- http://sfx5.exlibrisgroup.com/sou/a-z/default

·       To find out whether or not the SOU Library has a particular journal, magazine, or newspaper

·       If the citation is a journal article:

Glickman, C. (May 2006) Educational Leadership: Failure to Use Our Imagination.

Phi Delta Kappan, 87(9), 689-90.

·       Then go to the Library Web site, click the link to the List of Journals at SOU:

o      Search for the Title of the journal—(Note: the journal title is typically italicized)

o      If the full text is available online in any database, go to a link and find the article using date and the volume of the journal      

 

18) Off-Campus Database Access

·       http://hanlib.sou.edu/databases/off_campus.html - overview of off-campus access

·       All of the links to databases within the Hannon Library Web site are available on or off-campus to current students, faculty, and staff

·       Help for problems or troubleshooting  with off-campus access –

http://hanlib.sou.edu/databases/troubleshooting.html

 

19) Instruction and Guides

·       http://hanlib.sou.edu/instruct

·       Basic Guide to Research – a basic outline for finding materials to create a bibliography using books, magazine and journal articles, Internet sites, government documents, and other information.

·       Links to resources to help you with your research and information needs, how to use the library, how to cite information, and more.

 

20) Citing Print and Electronic Resources

·       http://hanlib.sou.edu/reference/citing.html

·       List of sites that will help you cite information ethically using APA or other formats.

·       Check out the link to Citing Sources, Guide to Library Research (Duke University Libraries) - http://www.lib.duke.edu/libguide/cite/works_cited.htm

·       Citation Machine - http://citationmachine.net/ - formats a citation in APA or MLA.

 

21) Government Publications

·       Library is a federal and state depository for government documents

·       Library receives approximately 58% of the documents produced by the federal government—includes the Department of Education publications.

·       Library receives all documents produced by the Oregon state government

·       Government publications are listed in the Hannon Library Catalog

·       For Government Publications in other states, try Google Uncle Sam—make sure you search  “Government Sites”-- http://www.google.com/ig/usgov 

·       Most government publications CAN be checked out of the Library

 

22) Children’s Collection

·       Located on the 2nd Floor just past the periodicals and videos

·       Collection primarily of award winning children books

·       Organized using the Dewey Decimal system—similar to public and school libraries

 

23) Internet Searching Tools

·       http://hanlib.sou.edu/searchtools/index.html

·       When you need to go beyond a quick Google search.

·       A ranked list of search tools based on the interface, versatility, and ease of use.

·       Check the How to Search the Internet links.

·       In the Best of the Rest, check out Google Uncle Sam for government Web sites.

·       #1 Web searching tip: Read the Help menu on your favorite search tool.

 

24) Library Coffee Shop

·       Located next to the entrance of the First Floor of the Library

·       Serves a wide range of beverages—with and without caffeine

·       Snacks and light meals are available

·       Beverages are allowed in the Library if they have a lid—no uncovered containers

·       Food is only allowed on the Library Terrace

 

25) Ask Questions!!!

·       It is not what you know that counts.

·       Discover what you may not know.

·       Challenge yourself to uncover something new.

·       When you are not sure where to start or if you need something more, please ask.

·       Check with Dale! Email: vidmar@sou.edu or Phone: 552-6842