Wednesday, November 19, 2008

A Tip from Krista: The Magical Find It Button!

Have you ever been perplexed about how to get your hands on articles in our databases that are not full text? Never fear, the magical Find It Button will save the day!

The Find It button does three things:

  • Looks in all of our databases to see if the document you want is available full-text in another of our databases. If so, it links you to it!

  • Links you to the library catalog when we have the item you want in print or microform.

  • Links you to ILLiad (interlibrary loan) so you can borrow the item from another library if we don't have access electronically or in print.

You can also watch this brief tutorial that shows you the Find It Button in action! Stop by the reference desk or email me at kmknapp@salisbury.edu if you have any questions.

Monday, November 17, 2008

Happy World Usability Day!

Looking for something to lessen your carbon footprint, etc? How about not printing that article for class, and reading it on the computer? For more ideas...

Take the global transport challenge.

Learn about simple communication.

Consider a career in usability?

More about why it's important.

Thanks to Metafilter.