This is what a source such as "The Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies", is known as.
What is a scholarly journal?
100
This publisher provides the library with several of the online databases you will use.
What is EBSCOhost
100
Using just one or two of these is an efficient way to search the library catalog or the databases.
What are keywords?
100
The library still offers this "old-school" type of entertainment.
What are vhs tapes and vynal records?
200
The floor of Benedictine Hall that the library is located on.
What is the 2nd floor?
200
This is where you go to search for articles in Scholarly Journals.
What are the library databases?
200
You can find full text books available online when using this database.
What is the ebook collection?
200
This is where the library catalog searches when you use "keyword search".
What is the title, subject, and/or author fields (and sometimes the table of contents or abstract)
200
Many people are found doing this in the library every week.
What is sleeping?
300
This is the name of the Reference and Circulation Librarian.
What is Lisa Zarrella?
300
This word does not mean "a diary" but rather describes a periodical of an academic nature.
What is a journal?
300
If I am unfamiliar with a database or am not sure how to search for articles, I could look here.
What are the online database tutorials.
300
These are "connectors, multipliers and subtractors" and should be used in advanced searching.
What are the boolean operators "AND, OR, NOT"?
300
This is what Anita Semtner's office near the front of the library is lovingly referred to as.
What is the fish bowl?
400
This is the name of the Library Director.
What is Anita Semtner?
400
This is the area of the library where you can find print versions of scholarly journals.
What is the periodical browsing area?
400
This service is available if I find an article in the databases, but it is not available full text.
What is interlibrary loan?
400
You can use this feature in some databases to bring back a list of results that apply to your topic.
What is the "find similar" feature?
400
You can go to 1, 3, 4, and 5 in this, but almost never to 2.
What is the elevator?
500
The Library is named after this philanthropist.
Who is James J. Kelly?
500
This means an article in a scholarly journal has been evaluated by other researchers.
What is peer reviewed?
500
Using these, I can bring back articles that focus only on certain subjects, or articles that were published during a certain time period, or are written in another language.
What are limiters.
500
This is the best thing to do when when you are searching and cannot seem to find anything.
What is ask a librarian?
500
These poeple used to live in the library, but now their old home houses 80,000 books and other items.