How to Access Ebooks tutorial (for PC’s)
This short (2 mins 28 secs) tutorial walks you through how to find and view ebooks via the library catalog. If you are using a Mac, there are separate instructions specifically for Mac users.
Recent Changes in APA/MLA
Recently both the APA and the MLA updated their citation style guides. For more detailed information on these citation styles, we have print copies of the new guides in the library or you can view some of our online citation resources. Check out the short slide show highlight the a few of the major changes in citation styles.
MLA & APA changes 2010
A new look!
Welcome to the re-designed White Library website at SAU. We not only hope you like the new look and feel of the site, but you will also find it easier to navigate and locate the scholarly information you need. If you have any questions or problems with the new site, please do not hesitate to stop one of us in the library, call (517 750 6742) or Ask-A-Librarian.
Tutorials/Instructional Guides
The tutorials below cover a variety of topics. Just click on the appropriate link below. If you still have questions, please call an SAU Librarian at (517) 750-6742, or on campus, ext. 1742.
- How Can We Help You?(An Introduction to Library Services at SAU’s White Library)
- Finding Books
- Finding Articles
- Accessing ebooks
- Using Google Scholar
- Using MelCat
- Research Skills
How To Search for Books
Text on an order of worship
1. SAU Catalog
2. MelCat
3. WorldCat
Accompanying three screencasts. One for each step.
Still need help? Contact a librarian
The SAU Journal List is where you can look up whether or not the White Library has full-text access to a newspaper, scholarly journal, or magazine. The SAU Journal List tells what dates we have full-text access to, what format (electronic, print, microfiche), and where to find it.
NY Times Best Illustrated Books of 2009
The New York Times just released their annual Best Illustrated Children’s Books of 2009. Check out the slideshow to see which 10 they picked! I think my favorite is “White Noise” by David A. Carter (pictured). It is rare that pop-up books receive much acclaim. One can never get too much of a good pop-up book.
Reference Librarian on Jimmy Kimmel Live
If you are not a late night tv watcher you probably missed it, but White Library’s very own Reference Librarian, Marry Kelly, was on Jimmy Kimmel Live last night promoting her blog, “Awful Library Books.” You can check it out on Hulu. Her segment starts at 26:41 and runs about 5 minutes.
E-books have arrived.
As you have been searching the SAU library catalog you may have noticed “E-books” in place of call numbers. Do not fear the E-books. We have gradually been adding more and more electronic books throughout 2009. Just click on the title of the book, then click on E-book, and follow it from the library catalog to the electronic version of the book.
You are able to flip through each page as if you were looking at the physical copy of the book itself. You can even search the entire contents of the books of keywords or phrases. We recently added 41 nursing books to our E-book collection.
More Social Work
In addition to the recently purchased “Social Work Abstracts”, the library has also recently purchased online access to the “Encyclopedia of Social Work.” Both can also be accessed via the “article databases” page from the Library website.
While we own the print version of the to the Encyclopedia of Social Work in the reference section of the library, having access to the online edition will give greater access to this information for off-campus students.
