Presented by Theodosia T. Shields, Ph.D. Director of Library Services

Presented by Theodosia T. Shields, Ph.D. Director of Library Services Friday, August 19, 2011

James E. Shepard Memorial Library is named for the founder of the university, Dr. James E. Shepard. Shepard serves as the main academic library and includes the CMC & Music Library. There are two additional libraries on campus. 2

Law Library – 2nd Floor School of Law Building School of Library and Information Sciences (SLIS) Library – 3rd Floor James E. Shepard Memorial Library 3

Books Journals and Magazines Newspapers Federal Documents Masters Theses Print Indexes Electronic Databases Videos and DVDs 4

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The NCCU Online Catalog is accessible from the library’s home page. http://web.nccu.edu/shepardlibrary/ The online catalog also allows you to search the library catalogs at Duke, NCSU, UNC-Chapel Hill, and other UNC System libraries. http://search.trln.org/ 6

Different ways to search the catalog: Examples Author – Johnson, Mary Title – Health and Wellness Research Subject – Health Keyword – Students and Health Classification Systems: Library of Congress and Superintendent of Documents 7

Use indexes to find articles Printed Indexes – located in the Serials Department. Examples: Business Periodicals Index Index to Black Periodicals Electronic Databases - accessible through all computers on campus and remotely through the Web VPN server. 8

Shepard Library provides access to over 100 electronic databases in a variety of subject areas. NC LIVE http://www.nclive.org/index.phtml 9

NC LIVE provides online access to: Articles from over 9,000 newspapers, journals, magazines, encyclopedias; access to over 22,000 electronic books; and direct links to state and national agencies. To access NC LIVE, log on to the library’s home page and click on NC LIVE from any campus location. For remote access call or stop by the Reference Department to obtain a password, or connect to and use the Web VPN. 10

If the article you need is not full-text check: - Journal Finder http://journalfinder.uncg.edu/nccu - The library’s online catalog - Request it through Interlibrary Loan 11

Materials not available in the Shepard Library are borrowed from other libraries. The Interlibrary Loan Request Form is available electronically from the library’s home page. 12

http://eres.nccu.edu:81/eres/ 13

http://web.nccu.edu/forms/library/instructionrequest.htm 14

Academic Search Premier Library Literature & Information Science LISA: Library and Information Science Abstracts Mango Languages http://web.nccu.edu/shepardlibrary/tools/databases/redirection/mango.html ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (PQDT) http://web.nccu.edu/library/tools/databases/redirection/ ProQuestDissertationsTheses.html Subject Guides – LibGuides http://shepard.libguides.nccu.edu/ 15

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Theodosia T. Shields, Ph.D. Director of Library Services Office: (919) 530-5233 Fax: (919) 530-7612 [email protected] 17