These are some common questions asked concerning NSU's Electronic Resources:
What
are the NSU's Electronic Resources?
How can I visit the
library online?
When can the library be accessed?
How can I get around-the-clock help?
How can I find NSU books and journals?
How can I access online indexes to citations and/or articles?
Is there a way to view only the NSU journals that are available online full-text?
How do I get copies of articles that I can't find online?
Who do faculty contact to arrange a library training session for students?
How can my entire class view the same documents simultaneously
online for free?
How do I suggest books or journals for the library to purchase?
Why can't my students find any articles online for their topics?
The Electronic Resources contains online resources available from NSU Libraries. The majority of online resources can be used both on campus and off campus.
Go to the NSU home page at http://www.nova.edu/ From the horizontal navy menu bar on the Electronic Library page select “Libraries and Research”. Then click on “Electronic Resources”.
NSU's Electronic Resources are available for free seven days a week, twenty-four hours per day.
Reference Assistance is available seven days a week via phone, email, personal appointment, or chat. The reference desk can be reached by calling (954) 262-4613 or 1800-541-6682 ext. 4613. Email the reference desk: refdesk@nova.edu
Novacat is the NSU Card Catalog, and is useful for locating books and journals.
More than 200+ databases with 28,000 full text journals are accessible by faculty, staff and students in the Electronic Resources. These databases provide access to citations and some full-text articles. To access databases behind the secure area, users must enter their Last Name and University ID number (or 9-digit student number for non-U.S. citizens or residents).
NSU's Full-Text Journal Title Search is also available and is used as an easy way to locate NSU’s online only publications. To access the NSU Full-Text Journal Title Search, you will need to be in the NSU system. You will be asked to provide your last name and University ID number is required. This is usually your Soc. Sec. number or 9-digit student number for non-U.S. citizens or residents.
How do I get copies of articles that
I can't find online?
Document Delivery/Interlibrary Loan is able to order resources for
faculty, staff and students. Books, journal articles, dissertations, practicums,
and ERIC ED documents may be ordered. Up to 25 items per week may be ordered.
Allow 7-10 days for the delivery of these items to home or office. Also, please
allow distance and local students 7-12 days to receive their resources by mail
or longer for international students. All materials sent abroad are mailed
via DHEL. Faculty, staff, and students may keep all materials sent to them
by Document Delivery, except for books. Books need to be returned within the
specified time. For more information or to place an order visit: http://www.nova.edu/library/docdel/
In addition to mailing out materials to distance students, traditional
Interlibrary Loan service is available to local faculty, staff, and students.
For more information on training and the services for faculty contact Distance and Instructional Library Services by phone at 1-800-541-6682 ext.5380
http://www.nova.edu/library/dils
How can my entire class view the same
documents simultaneously online for free?
Electronic Course Reserves allows faculty to put specific resources
online for multiple students to view. All resources will be posted behind a
secured server area for one semester only. ECR will give the requesting faculty
member a password to access the uploaded materials. This password needs to
be given the class along with the URL of ECR so that they may enter the secured
area to view the materials.
Please read the faculty guidelines regarding submitting of materials
to ECR.
http://www.nova.edu/library/ecr/mainfacsubmit.html.
Please read the NSU copyright guidelines for the use of ECR.
http://www.nova.edu/library/ecr/mainfairuseguide.html
To access the materials after they are posted go to the below URL and enter
the password for your course. http://www.nova.edu/library/ecr/
Requests can be sent via interoffice mail to Lia Hemphill, Head of Collection Development for the NSU Main Library or email her at lia@nova.edu
NSU students do have access to more than 28,000 full-text journals, but the subject areas that are more profitable for publishers have higher percentages of full-text resources available. This means that business, law, and medicine have high percentages of full-text journals available, but the social sciences have less than 500 journal titles available full text in education (currently less than 50% of the journals indexed in ERIC). They can, however, use the online indexes to locate abstracts of articles and request these documents through the Document Delivery/Interlibrary Loan service.