Thursday, February 19, 2009

The NetLibrary - Don’t let this happen to you!

Scenario: Pat is up late at night finishing an essay for PSY class that is due by the 11:00 class.
Pat is checking it one last time to see if the essay has all of the required sources, when Pat suddenly sees something is missing and breaks the silence with a scream.

“Yikes, I need one more source and it has to be a book!”

Remember, a voice in Pat’s head whispers, when the Reference Librarian, Ms. Stahler talked to your class in the library she told you about an online database where you can read books online. Where is that sheet she gave out with the passwords to access the online databases?

Here it is! Hmm, under Books, NetLibrary…Thousands of E-books … I only need one …Oh no! Good news, bad news. Good news, no password need. Bad news, I must first set up an account on campus.

The library opens at 8AM, if I am there when the doors open I can finish my paper before my class and while I am there I can sign up for NetLibrary, and maybe next time start my paper a little earlier.