Landman Library - Arcadia University

Resources

Article Databases

• 37 databases are available through the library’s website.
• Look for Databases by Subject in the left sidebar on each page of this website.
• Many databases have full-text articles or links to full-text through another database. Look for a pdf, html, or Article Linker hyperlink.
• Use Interlibrary Loan for articles you can’t find full-text. Please indicate in the Additional Information field that you are a distance user so we know to scan and e-mail the article to you.

Online Journals

• 22,000 ejournals are available in every subject. Use the Find a Journal link which is on each of the library’s webpages to see if we have electronic access to a specific journal.
• If you have a citation (partial or complete) to an article you want to find, use the citation matcher to see if we have full-text access to it.
• Remember, you can use article databases to find articles no matter what journals they happen to be in.

Streaming Video

• Streaming videos are accessible right from the library catalog! Click here to learn how to search for a video.

eBooks

• Access to 58,000 titles. Look for “electronic resource” next to a title you find in the library’s online catalog using the search box above.
• eBooks are available in all subjects.
• There’s no charge to users to read these books! If you get a message after 5 minutes of use asking if you want to “Create a loan” just click yes! There’s no charge to you! Click here to learn more.

Electronic Reference Resources

• Oxford English Dictionary The classic work in digital form.
• Global Road Warrior Information about culture, demographics, and business etiquette for 175 countries.
• Recommended and free common reference works that include biographies, maps, country facts, quotations, dictionaries, and encyclopedias.

Services

Personal Reference

• E-mail reference@arcadia.edu or a subject librarian
• Instant Message (IM) during all hours when a Reference Librarian is on duty (50+ hours a week ).
• Schedule an individual library research session with a librarian using Skype.

Interlibrary Loan/Document Delivery

• Articles which are not available as full text in Library databases can be requested on Interlibrary Loan and sent electronically to off-campus users.
• Library staff can scan articles from print journals and chapters of books owned by Library for off-campus users. Use the Interlibrary Loan form to make a request. Please indicate in the Additional Information field that you are a distance user.

Video tutorial

• Video tutorials exist to provide training on how to use library resources. Look for the Video Tutorials module on each of the library’s webpages.

Faculty

Library Orientation for Faculty

• Individually-scheduled sessions (by Skype) with Glenside faculty librarians to learn about available resources.

Course Library Instruction

• Synchronous instruction to course participants on how to conduct research using the library’s resources.

Course Research Guides

• Faculty librarian-created tutorials, handouts, and bibliographies to support students’ library research.

Assignment Consultation

• Assistance creating assignments that help students develop library research skills.

Copyright Consultation

• Librarian Calvin Wang is available to consult with faculty about copyright issues surrounding course reading materials.