The Library
Access
Databases
Research Tools
Ask-a-Librarian
100
Name the campuses that have a library.
What are Main Campus, Perry Health Sciences Campus, Northern Wake Campus, Western Wake Campus, Public Safety Education Campus?
100
Name the site, which this URL links to: http://www.waketech.edu/student-services/libraries
What is the library homepage?
100
Contains downloadable books from North Carolina publishers
What is the HomeGrown eBooks collection?
100
Online interactive research guides to help with subject searching, and course assignments.
What are LibGuides?
100
Chat, Email, In-Person, Phone
What are ways to contact a librarian?
200
Name the loan period(s) that employees can check out the following materials: Books/Audiobooks or DVDs.
What is 1 month for books and 7 days for DVDs?
200
Under what link on the library homepage can you find which databases (and articles) that library patrons have access to.
What is Virtual Library?
200
Provides access to streaming video along with written transcripts
What is Films on Demand?
200
A tool that can be used to customize interactive tutorials on any topic with options for individual assessment.
What is Research Ready?
200
On the library web site, what is the link that you would use to find staff information for a specific campus location?
What is Contact Us? What is Location/Hours - More Info?
300
Searchable database used to locate items in the library's collection
What is the online catalog?
300
Provides free access to ebooks, audiobooks, videos, online magazines, newspapers, journals, and more.
What is NC LIVE?
300
Provides access to audio lessons, interactive textbooks, quizzes, phrasebooks for 80 languages and ESL for 50 non-English languages
What is Pronunciator?
300
Searchable by publication title to determine which database provides access to a specific article.
What is Journal Finder?
300
What is the name of the interactive chat service that provides reference and research help in real-time?
What is NC KNOWS?
400
You need this to gain entry into the library and check out any materials.
What is your employee ID card?
400
Information needed to log-in to library databases from off-campus.
Key Account credentials - username and password
400
Name the resource that would help you locate more information on a specific doctor/dentist, company, or individuals.
What is ReferenceUSA?
400
Name a place on the NC LIVE web site, where you can type in your topic and retrieve results that include different types of sources from a variety of databases.
What is the NC LIVE search box?
400
The unique combination of numbers and letters on the spine of each book in the library which enable the material to be found on the shelves such as: PS 3563 .A7239 C36 2011
What is a call number?
500
A service that the library provides to get requested titles not found in the library collection.
What is Interlibrary Loan or ILL?
500
Go to the college's web site: www.waketech.edu Click on Current Students Click on Library Services
What is how to get to the library home page?
500
An aggregated multidisciplinary database that includes other databases such as Hoover's Company Profiles, ABI/INFORM, Criminal Justice, Education, Psychology, Newsstand, Science, Health & Medical, Nursing, Political Science, Religion, Social Sciences, etc.
What is ProQuest Central?
500
People who can help you locate sources for a research paper and teach you how to search databases more effectively, in order to find more credible sources
Who are librarians?
500
The ability to find, evaluate, and use information effectively and ethically.
What is information literacy?
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