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Wolford College LibrarySusan Maunz, MLIS Librariansmaunz@wolford.eduLibrary Hours M-F 8 4:30p.m.

Hello and welcome to Wolford College Library! The Library is an important resource that you will access regularly throughout all your semesters at Wolford College. The services the library provides to Wolford's students, faculty, and staff include access to electronic databases and resources, interlibrary loan of journal articles, media borrowing, arrangements for reciprocal library borrowing, and access to clinical facilities research materials.

There are physical materials available in the library to reserve and check-out. Our strength lies in our extensive journal collections. The most utilized databases at this time are DynaMed, OVID and PubMed although there are many more to choose from.

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SILENT ZONELibrary QUIET STUDY ZONELibrary Study roomClass study roomGROUP STUDY ZONEFront FoyerStudent LoungeExpect:No talkingIndividual studyPhones on silent Expect:Quiet discussionIndividual or small groupsPhones on silentExpect:Group discussionPhone friendly

STUDY NOISE LEVEL

Find the Library noise zone to suit your study style - silent, quiet or group study. If you would like to reserve the study room in the library for group study email the librarian.2

REFERENCE & RESEARCH RESOURCES

The Library webpage includes access to Womcat- Wolford College Catalog. Womcat resources consists of books, DVDs, CDs, flashcards and journals within the library. These media items can be checked-out of the library for 3 weeks with an option to renew. 3

REFERENCE & RESEARCH RESOURCES

The library catalog allows you to search by title, author or subject. The catalog searches all of the resources available through the Wolford College library. Womcat also has 24/7 access to journal articles.

The catalog is one of the first places you will want to look for information. 4

REFERENCE & RESEARCH RESOURCES

As a student of Wolford College you have 24/7 access to medical journal Databases and e-books on the library webpage under Research Resources If you are offsite and asked for a password for the three databases represented here, please utilize the username and passwords provided (these passwords are also emailed to you your first week of school). If you can only find an abstract of an article, email the librarian who will be able to find the full text article through one of our cooperative libraries. You will receive the article via email within 48 to 72 hours.

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REFERENCE & RESEARCH RESOURCES

The video Library is a wealth of knowledge and a great resource 24/7. Let me mention a few things to keep in mind: When clicking a video of interest it may appear that the video is loading, if this happens just click on the arrow within the revolving circle for the presentation to start.You may find it helpful to download presentations to your device to view or to listen to offline. To do this right click on the presentation download, click on save link as and save to your device. Students have found this useful to view on their cell phones, or other devices while waiting for appointments or to listen to while on a road trips.

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REFERENCE & RESEARCH RESOURCES

As long as we are talking about Reference and research resources, I want to give you a quick fyi on Moodle. The information that is available under a course in Moodle is only available during the semester that you are taking the course. With this in mind you may want to save presentations to your device that will assist you in future classes or for studying for exams.

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Copyright References

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On the bottom right of the Library webpage you will find Copyright reference information.

Copyright - a law that gives the creator of a work the right to decide what other people can do with it.

Fair use- is an exception to the rules of copyright. This means people can copy a small amount of a work to use in reviews or research reports. Examples of fair use include research and teaching. And of course you have to site this usage in your bibliography.

Citations- Is giving credit to where credit is due. The citation that you create will allow an instructor to bring up the work by the information you enter so that they can read more of the article, book, webpage, etc.

Plagiarism- is using copyrighted materials as your own work.

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Copyright ReferencesPlagiarism- is using copyrighted materials as your own work.

Copyright information is posted by the copy machine as a reminder.

Wolford College utilizes Turnitin to prevent plagiarism. Turnitin verifies how much of a students research/reference work is original or cited from other sources. This process promotes students critical thinking and promotes academic integrity.

Plagiarism is grounds for dismissal.

If you would like more information on plagiarism go to the bottom right of the Library webpage under Copyright References.

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CITATION RESOURCES

The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th edition is a required textbook at Wolford College. On the bottom right of the Library webpage you will find additional Copyright reference information and tutorials.

When using Microsoft Word become familiar with the References Tab on the ribbon, you will find this very helpful in creating your citations and bibliography. This feature can be utilized as an ongoing bibliographic library of all your reference resources. This will become very useful in current or future research.

If you are looking for additional resources regarding APA style, please feel free to email me and I can forward you some more information.

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CITATION RESOURCES

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Copies, Printing, Faxing and Scanning

The student Printer is located within the library. Students of Wolford College are given 75 free copies & 75 free prints one time. Scanning of documents and faxes are always free.

When a student has depleted the free copies and/or prints, they can buy Copies and/prints which are .05 cents apiece.If you want to add copies/prints to your account, please see the Librarian or IT.

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Speak Up Your Voice Counts!

Throughout your time at Wolford you will be receiving surveys in your email to evaluate such topics as the Course and Instructor, Campus Review, Clinical Site Evaluations and Preceptor Evaluations. Most of these surveys are emailed out within the last three weeks of each semester. This anonymous feedback is instrumental in allowing Wolford to see what your concerns and needs are and make adjustments where needed.

The questions are specific and there is always a comments section at the end of each survey, we welcome detailed feedback.

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WELCOME to the Library!I can help you:

find informationchoose booksfind research articleslocate materialsfix the printer

During this week of orientation it is a great time to become familiar with the resources available on the Library webpage as well as the Video Library.

The Library is here for you, so if you have any questions, comments, or suggestions, please contact the librarian.

Have a great semester and Welcome to Wolford College!

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