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Faculty Guide to Library Services
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Introduction |
Resources | Books
| Online Catalog | Circulation
|
Reference | Periodicals
| Online Resources | Reserve
Materials |
Media | Interlibrary
Loan |
Recommendations for Purchases |
Booklets | Miscellaneous
| Staff |
Guide to Services (Who To Contact) |
Introduction
The purpose of the
Library is to provide an organized, readily accessible collection of
print, media, and online resources to meet the instructional and curricular
needs of students and faculty.
If you have any
questions about the Library's resources and services, please stop in
at the Library or call Extension 3447 (Director), 3472 (Reference) or
3409 (Circulation).
Resources
The Library has
a collection of over 45,000 book volumes, access to thousands of periodical
titles (available in print and/or online), and more than 1300 media
programs. The collection contains many technical resources not found
in other collections. Most of the resources in the Library are specifically
chosen to support the College's curriculum.
Encourage your students
to use New England Tech's Library.
- We offer many
resources not found elsewhere in the state.
- We offer individual
service that is tailored to the programs and assignments taught at
New England Tech.
- We have available
several series of helpful booklets which include information on materials
available in the Library, how to set up a research paper, prepare
a bibliography and write a resume and cover letter.
- We offer interlibrary
loan for those resources not available in the Library.
Books
The Library contains
books selected to support the courses taught at New England Institute
of Technology. This unique collection includes a wide variety of technical
materials not available in other libraries.
The circulation
period for books is three weeks renewable at the end of each three-week
period. However, materials may be recalled at the end of any three-week
period if another person is waiting for the book. If necessary, books
may be borrowed by faculty for long-term use for a maximum of one quarter.
If you find you need a book for more than one quarter, please recommend
to your department chair that a department purchase of the item be made.
Online
Catalog
The Library's Online
Catalog (searchable by subject, author, title and keyword)
provides information on the location and availability of book, periodical
and media titles.
Circulation
- Loan is for 3 weeks
from the date the book is borrowed.
- Books can be renewed
in person or by telephone two additional times unless
requested by another patron.
- Periodicals and
media circulate to faculty only for a week.
- Student grades
and transcripts are withheld and replacement costs are charged if books
are not returned.
Reference
- The Library's reference
collection includes dictionaries, directories, code and standards, manuals,
almanacs, and encyclopedias. The reference collection covers technical
fields as well as general areas of knowledge.
- There are six
computers for research in the Reference Room. 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.
- There are four
additional workstations available throughout the Library for quick access
to the online catalog.
- Tours and bibliographic
instruction classes tailored to your instructional needs can be arranged
by contacting the Reference Department at extension 3472.
- Faculty can borrow
reference books overnight at the discretion of the Library Director.
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. The Library also subscribes
to EBSCOhost
which includes full text for thousands of periodicals and can be accessed
on campus and from home. This subscription service includes numerous
databases on many subjects. A username and password
are required for access to EBSCOhost. Contact Library staff for
assistance.
- Faculty may borrow
periodicals for a one-week time period.
- Periodicals
do not circulate to students (there is a copier in the Library for
student and faculty use).
- The Periodical
Holdings List includes all holdings, years owned, format (paper,
electronic or microfilm) and indexes.
Online
Resources
The Library's primary
index is EBSCOhost, an online subscription service that provides
subject access, abstracts of articles, and full-text for over 20,000
newspapers, journals, trade publications, and magazines. For details
on the databases included in EBSCOhost Web, go to the EBSCO description
on the Online
Databases, Periodicals, Newspapers and Books page.
Books online!
Books
24X7 (online full-text computer books)
Passwords needed on- and off-campus
Students: Blackboard username and password
Faculty: ATS username/password
Reserve
Materials
Supplementary course
materials and textbooks can be placed on reserve for student use. Faculty
can reserve books by using the Reserve Request Form (pdf
version or Word version) Word forms can
be completed and e-mailed (Circulation
– Reserves). PDF forms can be mailed through campus mail or
dropped off at the Circulation Desk of the Library. (Reserve Request
Forms are also available at the Library and on the College's Intranet
under the FORMS button).
- Reserve materials
are available at the Circulation Desk (Ext. 3409) and can be signed
out for use within the Library.
- The Library does
not own copies of all of the textbooks used in technical classes.
We will obtain textbooks and keep them on reserve only if requested.
If you need copies of books on reserve, we must know by week 9 of
the previous quarter.
- All required
texts for humanities and social science courses are automatically
placed on reserve since students are not as likely to purchase texts
not related to their technology.
- After each quarter,
all books previously placed on reserve are removed unless an instructor
has requested that they be placed on permanent reserve.
- Reserves cannot
be checked out of the Library.
Media
The Library has
about 1400 media volumes comprised of videotapes, audio-cassettes, slides,
and filmstrips which may be used to supplement or complement classroom
instruction.
- All media programs
are searchable by title, author, subject and keyword in the online
catalog.
- Students must
use media in the Library.
- Faculty can check
media out for use in class. Media should be reserved in advance, allowing
Library staff to be sure that software is in the Library when you
need it. Please use the Media Reservation Form to reserve programs.
Reserved programs will be brought to the Circulation Desk for pick
up. Because media programs are used for a variety of courses, return
programs as soon after the class as possible.
- If a student
must use a media program as part of a classroom presentation, the
program must be borrowed from the Library by the student's instructor.
Interlibrary
Loan
- 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.
- 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 submit 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.
- We participate
in the Rhode Island Library Information Network (RHILINET) and the New
England Library Information Network (NELINET) which allow us access
to local, regional, national, and international interlibrary loan programs.
Recommendations
for Purchases
The Library staff
welcomes suggestions for the purchase of books, periodicals, and media.
Please send your recommendations for books to the Technical Services
Assistant and for all other items to the Library Director.
Booklets
The Library staff
has prepared several series of booklets for the faculty and students
of New England Tech which include general information, bibliographies,
library and writing skills. Copies are available in the Library or can
be printed and sent to you for classroom distribution (with several
days' notice). The contents of these booklets are also published on
this website.
- Subject Resource
Series: Each of these booklets describes resources available for research
in the major subject areas that make up the technologies taught at
New England Tech.
- Writing Skills
Series: This series includes the titles Research Paper Format (APA
Style), Resume Preparation Tips, and Preparing a Cover Letter.
- Faculty Series:
Faculty Guide to Library Services (this guide) and Library
Assignments
- Faculty Development
Bibliography Series: Each year, a booklet is published listing the
Library's resources on important topics in education.
Miscellaneous
- Copies
faculty can obtain a bypass key at the Circulation Desk.
- The Library provides
carrels and group study rooms for research and quiet study.
Staff
— Director,
Sharon Charette (Ext. 3447)
— Catalog Librarian, Cindy Pankiewicz (Ext. 3474)
— Reference Librarians (Ext. 3472)
Alfred Arsenault, Joseph Holland, Grayce
Moorehead, Elisa Parello, Jaci Udaloff
— Technical Services Assistant, Leslie Tracey (Ext. 3473)
— Web Content,
Grayce Moorehead (Ext. 3474)
— Circulation Assistants (Ext. 3409)
Janet Brookes, Toni Grimley, Jean Kanaczet, Kathy Ryone
Guide
to Services: Who to contact
Assistance in
developing assignments: Sharon Charette (Ext. 3447)
Bibliographic instruction: Reference Librarians (Ext. 3472)
Book orders: Leslie Tracey (Ext. 3473)
Check status of ordered materials: Leslie Tracey (Ext. 3473)
Check to see if materials have been cataloged: Cindy Pankiewicz
(Ext. 3473)
Equipment problems: Sharon Charette (Ext. 3447)
Interlibrary loan: Reference Librarians (Ext. 3472)
Library policies: Sharon Charette (Ext. 3447)
Order media, periodicals: Sharon Charette (Ext. 3447)
Library-oriented workshops for faculty: Sharon Charette (Ext.
3447)
Place books on reserve: Circulation Assistants (Ext. 3409)
Reference: Reference Librarians (Ext. 3472)
Renew books: Circulation Assistants (Ext. 3409)
Reserve media programs: Circulation Assistants (Ext. 3409)
Schedule instruction sessions: Reference Librarians (Ext. 3472)
Tours of the Library: Reference Librarians (Ext. 3472)
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