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How to Find a Book in the Library

Using ALICE, the library’s online database for all of their books, you can look a book up by title subject, anything you want. Then you can use the call number to find it in the library. The main book page tells you the floor, and you can pull up a map to find where on the floor it is. Then, when you get there, there are lots of signs signaling where everything is. Another neat feature is that when you find your book, you will usually find books of the same subject in the same general call number area, and you can look for books on ALICE by the subject of a book you’ve found.

How to Get a Book from OhioLINK

OhioLINK is a very simple site to use, all you do is when a book that you search for either isn’t available at Alden, or Alden doesn’t have it, you can search libraries across Ohio with their database, and request a copy. According to the person in the video, it should arrive in around 3 business days, but it is also important to make sure you fill out all of the information correctly, such as where to pick up the book at and what college you’re from (i.e. Ohio University).

ArticlesPlus

Articles plus searches lots of different places for scholarly articles, but when doing research, you probably want “peer reviewed” articles. After you search for whatever your subject is, there is a section on the left side of the page to refine your search, and there you can select “full text” and “peer reviewed” so that the results will only show selections fitting these criteria. Some articles are available in PDF form, so you can print, email, or save them as you see fit. Others you may have to find where they are, and the database helps with that too.