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Introduction
Library Reception Area
Purpose
of the Library
The Library supports and enhances degree programs by providing
a unique collection of current sources in the programs taught
at the College in addition to a core of standard resources.
These materials are presented in print, media, and electronic
formats, taking advantage of new instructional technologies
for the delivery and storage of information.
The Facility
View of Library Reference Area
The
Library is located on the first floor of the East Greenwich
facility. The new space features:
●
4 group study/meeting rooms,
● 2 media:scape high-tech collaborative meeting rooms,
● the LearnLab,
● a library instruction classroom with 39 computers,
● 41 additional computers throughout the library,
● wireless internet throughout the Library,
● a new book display area with lounge seating
● a current periodicals area with lounge seating
● a media room with a TV/DVD and TV/VCR
● an open floor plan with low shelving,
● the Feinstein Enriching America office,
● the Faculty Resource Center,
● a variety of seating: carrels, tables, lounge chairs,
sofas.
(shown) Just
a few of the Library's Computer Stations
The computers throughout the library are equipped with most
of the software used in NEIT's programs. Specialized software
for Architectural Building Engineering, Interior Design,
Video, Graphics and Multimedia are included on the computers
located within the Library Classroom.
Library
Publications
The Library publishes guides that contain information on
effective library use, research strategies, and writing
skills. These resources are available through this Guides
and Tutorials page on this website; some
are also available in print format in the Library.
For information on how to write a research paper, see Research
Paper Format.
Mission
Statement
The NEIT Library seeks to provide an organized, balanced,
and varied collection to support the goals of the institution.
By providing a wide range of materials, the Library attempts
to furnish a broad foundation for research for an undergraduate
technical education. Through various means of instruction,
the Library teaches the information literacy skills necessary
to support lifelong learning for personal and professional
growth. The NEIT Library seeks to provide access to resources
in other libraries through cooperative agreements.
Library
Objectives:
1. Provide organized, readily accessible, and relevant
collections that serve the research, professional and
personal growth needs of the college community. (Collections
include books, periodicals in all formats, media, databases,
and web resources.)
2. Teach research and information literacy skills through
reference services, including bibliographic instruction,
individual assistance, online reference, telephone assistance,
and tours.
3. Provide print and web-based instructional materials
that teach skills and describe Library resources and services.
4. Help library users develop skills for lifelong learning
by increasing awareness of library resources and services.
5. Provide trained and knowledgeable staff to support
the teaching and resource management functions of the
Library.
6. Provide quiet study areas, group work areas, and media
use facilities that are clean, safe, well-maintained and
have an atmosphere that encourages research and study.
7. Provide media and computer equipment that are current
and properly maintained.
8. Share resources with people outside of the NEIT community,
including members of the Rhode Island Interrelated Library
Network (RHILINET), OCLC (Online Computer Library
Center), Consortium of Rhode Island Academic and Research
Libraries (CRIARL) and the general public.
New
England Institute of Technology
Library
First Floor, South Wing (S105)
1408
Division Road
East Greenwich, Rhode Island 02818
Telephone: 401-739-5000
Circulation: X3409
Reference: X3472
Susan Warthman, MLIS
Director of the Library & Information Commons: X3553
Who
to Contact
If you have a question about or
need help with:
Interlibrary
Loan, contact the Reference Desk (X3472)
Library Policies, contact the Director of the Library
(X3553)
Reference Questions, contact the Reference Desk (X3472)
or email
questions to Reference.
Renewing Books, contact the Circulation Desk (X3409)
Directions to the East Greenwich Campus heading South
on Route 95
•95 South to Exit 8 and bear right onto Route 2 south, Quaker Lane
•At the first traffic light, turn right onto Division Road. New England
Tech is on the left.
Directions
to the East Greenwich Campus heading North on Route 95
•95 North to Exit 8A
•Take exit 8A and merge onto Route 2., Quaker Lane
•At the first traffic light, turn right onto Division Road. New England
Tech is on the left.
Directions
to the East Greenwich Campus from Route 4
(Newport, Narragansett, etc.)
•Route 4 North
•Take exit 8B to merge onto Route 401 West (Route 401
West is Division Street/Division Road)
•Cross the light at Route 2
•New England Tech is on the left.
Enter
through the front entrance of the building and Library
is on the hallway to the left of the central staircase.
•
Books may be borrowed by any current New England Tech student,
faculty, staff member, or New England Tech graduate.
• Loan period is 3 weeks.
Books can be renewed two additional times
unless requested by another patron. Renew
books in one of three ways: 1) in person, 2) by telephone
[739-5000, ext. 3409], or 3) online -- requires an ID and
PIN set up at the Circulation Desk, then from the Library
homepage [http://library.neit.edu], see Patron
Review on the navigation bar.
•
Books for loan are limited to the circulating collections
(General Collection and Oversize). There is a limit of
5 books per topic area and 10 books total.
• Periodicals and media do not
circulate to students.
• Interlibrary loan (ILL) is available to the entire
New England Tech community for materials
not owned by the Library. There is a limit of 10 books that
can be borrowed at a time. Contact the REference Librarians
or fill out the Interlibrary
Loan form.
• The Library is open to the public. All materials
are limited to in-house use only.
Loan
Policies for NEIT Graduates and Faculty and Staff of
CRIARL Member Libraries
•
All NEIT graduates and faculty and staff of
Consortium of Rhode Island Academic and Research
Libraries (CRIARL) member libraries are welcome
to visit the Library and take advantage of the
print and non-print collections and online databases
during the regular hours the Library is open.
•
Books may be borrowed by any New England Tech graduate
who fills out an Application for Special Borrowing
Privileges and presents a valid ID with current
address (driver's license). Faculty and staff
of CRIARL member libraries must present a CRIARL
library card and fill out an Application for Special
Borrowing Privileges. (Application
for Special Borrowing Privileges form in
.pdf format)
•
Borrowing privileges are good for one year and may be
renewed upon good standing.
•
A special borrower's card must be presented for all
borrowing transactions. Supplemental ID (picture
ID/driver's license) may also be required.
•
Loan period is 3 weeks. Books can be renewed once unless
requested by another patron. Books can be renewed in
one of three ways: 1) in person, 2) by telephone [401-739-5000,
ext. 3409], or 3) online -- requires an ID and PIN set
up at the Circulation Desk, then from the Library
homepage [http://library.neit.edu], see
Patron
Review on the navigation bar.
• Books for loan are limited to the circulating
collections (General Collection and Oversize). Special
borrowers may borrow up to 2 books at one time.
• Reference materials, periodicals and media do
not circulate and are limited to in-house
use only.
• NEIT
does not provide interlibrary loan services to those
outside of the NEIT community. Interlibrary loan is
available to special borrowers through their
college, university, or public library.
• The Library is open to the public. All non-circulating
materials are limited to in-house use only.
Loan
Policies for East Greenwich Residents
New
England Institute of Technology welcomes East Greenwich
residents who are members in good standing with
the East Greenwich Library. We are proud to be
able to provide the residents of East Greenwich
with access to our college library.
East Greenwich residents must be 18 years of age or
older or accompanied by an East Greenwich resident over
the age of 18 to use the NEIT library resources (see
“Children’s Use of the
Library and Resources," below). East Greenwich
Resident privileges exclude remote access to licensed
electronic resources. Although visitors may use library
materials within the Library, some in-house resources
may carry similar restrictions.
•
Books may be borrowed by East Greenwich residents
18 years of age or older who fill out an Application
for Special Borrowing Privileges and present
a current East Greenwich library card and photo
ID with current address (driver's license). (Application
for Special Borrowing Privileges form in
.pdf format)
•
Borrowing privileges are good for one year and may
be renewed upon good standing.
•
East Greenwich residents must present Library card
for all borrowing transactions. Supplemental
ID (picture ID/driver's license) may also be
required.
•
Loan period is 3 weeks. Books can be renewed once
unless requested by another patron. Books can
be renewed in one of three ways: 1) in person,
2) by telephone [401-739-5000, ext. 3409], or
3) online -- requires an ID and PIN set up at
the Circulation Desk, then from the Library
homepage [http://library.neit.edu],
see Patron
Review on the navigation bar.
• Books
for loan are limited to the circulating collections
(General Collection and Oversize). Patrons may
borrow up to 2 books at one time.
• Reference
materials, periodicals and media do
not circulate and are limited to
in-house use only.
• NEIT
does not provide interlibrary loan services to
those outside of the NEIT community. Interlibrary
loan is available to East Greenwich residents through
their public library.
• The
Library is open to the public. All non-circulating
materials are limited to in-house use only.
- Access services available to East Greenwich residents:
- Assistance
in locating appropriate collections and services
- Access
to library resources and collections* on a
self-help basis (*Note: NEIT has entered into
license agreements with the publishers of various
copyrighted databases. Some of these agreements
limit use of the database services to College
faculty, students, staff and users on the library
premises.)
- Assistance
with using the online catalog
- Brief
answers to reference questions.
- East
Greenwich residents may utilize library computers
when not used by members of the College community.
- Access
to Subscription Databases: Subscription database
use is restricted to on-campus use only. Password
cards will not be distributed to East Greenwich
residents. East Greenwich residents should
use the databases provided by their public
library.
Children's
Use of the Library and Resources: Since the NEIT
Library collection and services are developed for
the support of NEIT students, faculty and staff, few
juvenile materials will be found here. For their safety
and well being, children must be accompanied at all
times by a parent or adult. Children must never be
left unsupervised. Children under the age of 18 who
are unaccompanied by an adult will be referred to
Campus Security. Parents, not the Library, are responsible
for children's use of the Library, including access
to electronic resources and the Internet.
•
BOOKS: The book collection contains a
wide variety of materials for technical and liberal arts
courses, as well as current popular fiction and non-fiction
titles.
• ELECTRONIC RESOURCES: Electronic
resources include the online catalog; indexes, abstracts,
and full-text periodicals; Internet access (all of which
can be accessed from any computer with Internet access);
encyclopedias; dictionaries; and a wide variety of reference
tools. The
Library's comprehensive website includes evaluated Internet
resources on topics specific to the technologies as well
as general interest subjects.
• LIBRARY CATALOG: The Library
catalog is a database of the Library's holdings including
books, e-books, periodicals, media, and selected online
resources that can be searched through multiple access
points including: title, author, and subject. Access
to the Library catalog is available on- and off-campus.
From the Library
homepage [http://library.neit.edu], click
on Library
Catalog on the navigation bar.
• ONLINE DATABASES:
Access to online databases is available on- and off-campus
to all New England Tech students, faculty and staff. From
the Library homepage
[http://library.neit.edu], choose Articles
& Databases from the navigation bar.
A username and password are required for off-campus use.
See a Reference Librarian or a Circulation Assistant to
obtain passwords.
• REFERENCE: The Reference Collection
is located on the second floor of the Library and includes
books such as encyclopedias, dictionaries, manuals, building
codes, directories, etc. used mostly for consultation
rather than cover-to-cover reading. Reference books cannot
be checked out of the Library.
• PERIODICALS: The Periodicals Collection
includes scholarly journals, general interest magazines,
trade journals, newsletters, and newspapers. Some of the
periodicals are general and can be used for research in
non-technical subjects, and others apply directly to the
technologies.
Periodicals
are available in print and electronic formats. Those periodicals
available in print are located in the Reference area of
the Library; bound volumes are located in storage. Periodicals
can be checked out of the Library by faculty only. Other
periodicals are available online through databases the
Library subscribes to -- see Online
Databases above.
•
MEDIA: The Reference Room on the upper
floor includes equipment to view media in-house. DVDs,
videocassettes, CDs, cassettes, etc., are listed in the
Library Catalog. Students must use media in the Library.
Faculty may borrow media for use in class.
•
Instructors may place books, articles, media, or personal
copies of materials on reserve for
their courses. Faculty may contact the Circulation Desk (739-5000,
Ext. 3409) to put materials on Reserve.
Faculty Book/ Media Reserve Request Form
•
Technical textbooks are not automatically
placed on reserve.
•
Reserve materials are available at the Circulation Desk and
can be used within the Library after they are signed out.
•
Reserve materials cannot be checked out of the Library.
•
If the Library does not own the materials that you need, we
can obtain them through Interlibrary Loan. It usually takes
several days to two weeks to receive the articles or books
ordered.
•
Interlibrary loan request forms are available in print form
at the Reference Desk or online. The online forms are available
electronically in HTML and .pdf formats: (HTML: books
and periodicals;
.pdf format: books
and periodicals)
Electronic forms can be filled out and submitted automatically
(HTML) or via email (.pdf). When using any available format,
please provide as much information as possible to speed up
the process of locating the correct materials.
• The Library participates in the Rhode Island Library
Information Network (RHILINET) and Lyrasis which allow
us access to local, regional, national, and international
interlibrary loan programs.
•
A COPIER that enlarges
and reduces is located on the first floor of the Library,
near the Circulation Desk.
• An overnight BOOK
DROP slot is conveniently located at the Library
entrance. The book drop is available for returning materials
when the Library is closed, during open campus hours.
Archived
Features
The
Library periodically hosts special events, lectures and presentations.
When materials for these events are available online, they
are archived accordingly on the Archived
Features page.
TECHARTS
TechArts
is an event to showcase the visual artwork of students, faculty
and staff of NEIT that has been created either for classes,
professional or hobby.
The event's roots go back to 1995, and is now considered an
annual event. The library maintains a permanent collection
that derives from TechArts.
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*
Note: Due to the move during the Spring 2011 to the new campus,
TechArts was not held for the year 2011.
New
England Institute of Technology
One New England Tech Boulevard, East Greenwich, Rhode Island
02818-1205.
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