• Hours

• Librarians/Staff Directory

• Accessing Databases from your office or off-campus

• If the article is not full-text in the database you are in

• Copyright Guidelines

• Library Online Forms

BORROWING PRIVILEGES

• Checkout Policies and Procedures

• Interlibrary Loan Services

• Academic Libraries of Indiana Reciprocal Borrowing Program (ALI)

• Book Return to other Libraries

PUTTING ITEMS ON RESERVE

• Copyright Guidelines

• Reserve Form (book/media/photocopy)

• Access Reserve items

• Durable links

CATALOG

• How to access/use the Library's Catalog

• Collection Development

COPYRIGHT INFORMATION

U.S. Copyright law protects printed works, photographs, audio and video productions, art, music, software, and most of what you find in the library and on the Internet. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) of 1998 amends the U.S. Copyright Act (1976), strengthening rights for copyright owners. The law grants broad rights to copyright owners, reserving to them the right to make and distribute copies. Thus librarians and educators are often in conflict with these rights in the normal course of our work. Whenever we copy, scan or download protected material to make it available to others electronically, copyright issues arise. The primary “exception” to these rights is “fair use.”

• USI Intellectual Property and Copyright Information

• Copyright and Reserves

• Copyright and Interlibrary Loan

• Fair Use

• Copyright and Fair Use in Higher Education (PDF)

DATABASES

• Access to Rice Library's Databases

• FirstSearch

• Journal Finder

• Interlibrary Loan

• Off-campus access to Databases

• State-funded databases and library catalogs

INTERLIBRARY LOAN (ILL)

• FAQ's

• Request an ILL

• Copyright guidelines when using ILL

• ILL instructions (PDF)

LIBRARY INSTRUCTION

• Scheduling a library instruction session for your class

• Online Subject Help Guides and Research Tips for Students

• Getting Library Resources into Blackboard (PDF)

• Journals Available through USI

DISTANCE LEARNING SERVICES

• Distance Education at USI

• Distance Education Web Sites

• Links to Indiana Libraries

• Links to other State-funded Databases and Library Catalogs

• Guides

• Online Tutorials

• Research Resources

COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT

• Accreditation

• Collection Development Activities

• Collection Development Philosophy

• Donations (Used Materials)

• Library Liaisons

• New Library Acquisitions (books/media)

• New Reference Materials

• Purchase Recommendations

• Serials

• Technical Services

REFERENCE SERVICES

• Database Access

• FirstSearch

• EBSCOhost Journal TOCs via email

• New Reference Materials

• Research Assistance

• Collection Development in Reference

• Ask a Librarian

OTHER LIBRARY SERVICES

• Collections and Services

• Full-time Faculty Library Orientation Guide

• Adjunct Faculty Library Orientation Guide

• Ask a Librarian

• Microsoft Software (faculty/staff only)