January 2008 Transfer Orientation for Library
Contact info:
- Camille Beary (870)307-7444 [shhh] beary@lyon.edu
- Front Desk (870)307-7205
- Hours: Sun 2-Midnight, Mon thru Thur 8 a.m. to Mid, Fri 8-5, Sat noon-6
Finding the Library web pages and using them.
On campus: library.lyon.edu or http://library.lyon.edu
Off-campus: Get to a browser, find Lyonnet: http://www.lyon.edu/lyonnet/,
choose Citrix
Tutorials for learning about what the library has to offer and how
to use it are located at: http://www.lyon.edu/webdata/groups/library/tutorials/index.asp.
You’ll see the link to these in the right hand column at:
library.lyon.edu
The hours and services provided are at: http://www.lyon.edu/webdata/groups/library/Libraryservices.asp
Major areas you need to know about.
Books, Videos, Dvds: Mabee-Simpson Library Catalog,
WorldCat,
Journal Articles
- The first five are where you’ll find the most material: Academic
Search Premier, Research Library, JSTOR, Project Muse.
- Full-text Electronic or Paper Journals
will show you in a glance
if we own a certain journal title or not, and it will point you to the
online link, or tell you if we have the paper copy in the library.
- The Citation Finder is for those of you who know the citation
and want to plug it in to see if we have the material. You have to have
the title, journal title, date, etc. to use it.
Newspapers: LexisNexis, Newspaper Source, New York Times
and the Wall Street Journal offer full-text articles from major newspapers
in America and the world.
The Sidebar
Reference:Oxford Reference Collection, biographies,
weather, time,
zip coder finder, dictionaries.
- Topic Searches
: If you know your topic and want only materials
specific to your topic go here for Art, Music, Theater, English,
History, Languages, Accounting, Business, Economics, Education,
Politics/Law, Psychology/Anthropology, Religion/Philosophy, and
Sciences.
- Regional Studies Center
: A special collections of Ozark music
and history.
Contact
The
Mabee-Simpson
Library, Lyon College
2300 Highland Road, Batesville, AR 72501
Front desk (870) 307-7205
Interlibrary Loan (870) 307-7505
Last Maintenance: Jan 15, 2008