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Google Scholar is an excellent tool for searching across a set of scholarly journals and books, but how do you get your hands on the articles or books that you find? When you’re using Google Scholar off campus, you’ll need to set your Scholar Preferences to recognize Duke University Libraries.
Select the link for Scholar [...]
Enjoying the presidential and vice-presidential debates? Been following the campaigns in North Carolina for Governor and U.S. Senate? Ever wondered if you could register and vote in North Carolina?
As the general election approaches, here are some important things to remember:
The general election is on Tuesday, November 4. The last day [...]
Most of Duke’s e-books are provided by a service called NetLibrary. The 24,000+ e-books can be viewed at the site but not downloaded, and printing is cumbersome.
You can go directly to NetLibrary and search for e-books, or find them in our catalog and click on the link into [...]
Duke libraries recently moved from Dewey-Decimal to the Library of Congress (LC) classification system. “In process-LC” generally means that an item has gotten stuck in the reclassification process, and won’t be found in the regular stacks.
Since the item might be located in a number of places, the easiest thing to do is request its [...]
Yes. You can use the catalog “Request” link in order to have a checked out book returned and held for you.
Here’s how it works:
If the item has been checked out for at least two weeks, it will automatically be recalled for you (each borrower is guaranteed two weeks) Once an item has been [...]
What is the LSC?
By libraryhacks On May 22, 2008 · Leave a Comment · In Catalog Tip, Question of the Week, Tips for students
The Library Service Center (LSC) is an off-site storage facility where materials are kept at optimal environment levels to help ensure their longevity. An item located at the LSC can be retrieved when requested, but there are slightly different procedures for Duke patrons and guests:
Duke community:
Click on the “Request” link in [...]
You are referring to a system called BARD (Book/Article Delivery) which is available to Duke faculty and Duke graduate students. It allows you to request books and articles for delivery and pick-up from one Duke library to another Duke library location.
A great page with screen shots and instructions is linked above, or [...]
Library hours can sometimes vary on weekends, holidays and summer.
Perkins/Bostock and other Duke libraries hours are linked from the homepage banner (just below the website search bar).
Hope to see you soon!
Written by Kathi Matsura
Before heading home for the summer, you may want to check whether you have any books out on loan… and when they’re due. Here’s how to find out:
Click on “My Account” on the library homepage searchbox Enter your Net ID/password The number next to “Loans” will indicate the number of items you have out. [...]
What if the article I need isn’t full-text online?
By libraryhacks On April 22, 2008 · Leave a Comment · In Catalog Tip, Question of the Week, Tips for students
Unfortunately, not all databases or online searches will lead to full-text articles, but there is always a chance that we have a print copy of the journal. In order to check whether the library has copies of the journal, check the online catalog:
You can either search by “Journal title keywords” or “Title begins with…” [...]
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Want to know whether computer workstations are available in different library spaces right now? Follow these links to find out:
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