High Library
Elizabethtown College


How To's and Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

How to find:
A book on my topic
An article on my topic
Pro & Con of controversial issues
DVDs, CDs and Videos
Book reviews
Company information
Industry information.
Country information
Monologues
Play reviews
Primary sources
Children's books
Reference books
Statistics
Quotations
Biographies
Addresses/phone numbers
Laws
POWER library (Databases offered by
   Pennsylvania public libraries)

Make better searches:
Expand searches to find more
Narrow searches to find less
Keyword vs. subject searches

Evaluating & citing sources:
Scholarly vs. popular journals
Prepare an annotation
Paraphrasing
Citing sources

 

 

Searching our databases:
Off-campus access to databases
Library catalog
Ebsco databases
FirstSearch databases
LexisNexis
Netlibrary


Web searching:
Finding scholarly materials
Evaluating web sources
Paraphrasing
Citing electronic/web sources

Frequently Asked Questions:
I'm not affiliated with the college. Can I use the library?
How do I request a checked-out item?
How do I request an in-process item?
What is my library ID number?
What is my PIN?
What is a course reserve?
For how long can course reserves be checked out?
How do I find items on course reserve?
How do I get items our library doesn't have?
How do I check out a laptop?
How do I renew a book?
How do I renew an interlibrary loan?

 

 

 

 

 


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Updated 08/07