1. Fall and spring semester hours: Monday-Thursday: 7:30 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. Friday: 7:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Summer semester hours: Monday-Thursday: 7:30 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. Friday: 7:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Closed on Saturday and Sunday

2.  Access to more than 33 million books and other materials through the MOBIUS Common Library Platform  24 hour a day/seven days a week/ 365 days a year access to electronic databases and our Galahad and MOBIUS card catalog  To access databases off campus you will be prompted to enter your student ID number (including MAC at the end).  Magazine, journal, and newspaper databases for use in research  DVDs, music CDs and some audiobooks to check out  New books  Wireless Internet  Feel free to contact me at (573) 518-2236 or e-mail me at rkharrin@mineralarea.edu rkharrin@mineralarea.edu

3.  You can do this any time from any computer.  Go to www.mineralarea.edu/librarywww.mineralarea.edu/library  Click on “My Library Account” on the left hand side.  Type in your first and last name.  Then type in your MAC student/faculty ID# plus MAC and click the login button.  From here you can: * check what materials you have checked out. * see if any materials are overdue or on hold. * renew any books as long as they are not overdue.

4.  Go to www.mineralarea.edu/librarywww.mineralarea.edu/library  Click on “Search for Books, Videos…”  Click on “CARDinals Catalog”  You may enter in a quick search by keyword or you can search by author, title, etc.  Once you find your book and click on it you will be able to see:  The location of the book in the library  The call number (which can also be sent as a text to your cellular phone)  Status or availability  You may search for DVDs or CDs from the “search for books, videos…” link too.

5.  MOBIUS allows MAC students, faculty, and staff access to more than 33 million books that are held in other academic and public libraries in Missouri and other states.  Requested books usually arrive within 4 – 7 days.  There is no charge to request a book but any book that is lost or damaged will cost you $120.00.  Up to ten MOBIUS books may be on your account at a time.  Books can be checked out for 4 weeks and may be renewed two times as long as they are not overdue or have a hold.

6.  Go to www.mineralarea.edu/librarywww.mineralarea.edu/library  Click on “Search for Books, Videos…”  Click on the “MOBIUS” link.  You can search by keyword, title, author, genre, subject, etc.  When you find the book you need click on the “request” button.  When asked to select your cluster choose the Galahad cluster.  Click “submit above information.”  Enter your first and last name.  Then enter your ID number plus MAC.  Choose your pickup location (most likely Mineral Area) and then click “submit.”

7.  Boolean operators are conjunctions that link keywords, subjects, authors, and titles when searching on electronic databases. The Boolean operators are “and” “or” and “not.”  They can either increase or decrease the amount of search hits or results from a given database.  For example: if you used keywords “jazz” and “rock.” - If you used Boolean operator “ or ” you would get the most results because you would get all articles that mention the word “jazz” or “rock.” - If you used “ not ” (“jazz not rock”) you would only get articles dealing with “jazz.” - If you used “ and ” (“jazz and rock”) you would get the fewest results. For example you would get articles that discuss both jazz and rock.

8.  Does the article have the name of the author and where it was published?  If it’s an unknown author are there links where can you find information about them or the organization?  Watch for (“member”, “user”, % or ~) in the url address because this could be a personal website.  Check the domain (.edu,.org,.gov).  The domain “.com” usually indicates a personal website.

9.  The page should have a “serious” look.  The site should not have advertisements or pop ups.  Is it a commercial or personal site powered by AOL, geocities, etc.?  Does the article have a copyright and published date?  Does the article indicate dates when the information was found for the particular article?  Does the article cite well known sources or authorities?  There’s more info on the library page under the “tutorials” section located on the left hand side.

10.  Go to www.mineralarea.edu/librarywww.mineralarea.edu/library  Click on “Search for Articles” on left hand side.  Click on “Academic Search Elite (EBSCOhost).”  You can search by a keyword or by several words. Click “search” when ready.  Click on the title of the article you want.  If the article is not “full text” there will be an “ILL Request” button to the left of the top of the article. This will allow you to receive a copy of the article from the MAC library.  The article will be displayed.  You can print the article.  E-mail it to yourself (click on white envelope icon at top) even in the MLA citation format.

11.  Go to www.mineralarea.edu/librarywww.mineralarea.edu/library  Click on “Search for eBooks” on left the hand side.  Click on the “eBook Collection” link.  You can type a specific title or search term in the search bar.  You can browse eBooks by category on the left hand side.  Once you click on a book title, click on “eBook Full Text” on the left side to view the eBook.  eBooks can be downloaded to a tablet or eReader device for seven days.

12.  JSTOR is an online searchable archive of scholarly peer-reviewed journals and other materials.  Peer-reviewed means experts in that field have given the article their “stamp of approval.”  Go to www.mineralarea.edu/librarywww.mineralarea.edu/library  Click on “Search for Articles” on the left hand side.  Click on the JSTOR link.  Type in a search term or keywords. Put the keywords in quotations to refine the search.  Under the “Narrow by:” section make sure to check article as your type, and English as the language.  Articles you have access to have a green circle by them. Choose the article you want. If you want to print the article choose the PDF format.  If you need more help look under the “tutorials” link on the library’s home page.

13.  SIRS is a great database for articles on social, scientific, global, economic, and political issues.  Go to www.mineralarea.edu/librarywww.mineralarea.edu/library  Click on “Search for Articles” on left hand side.  Under “Magazine Articles” click on SIRS link.  You can search by subject headings or keywords.  There is even a “top 10” location for current topics and an A-Z Leading Issues topic list.  Click on article you want to view.  Click on “print view” and you then can print the article by clicking the print icon above the article.  The MLA citation is listed at the bottom of the article.

14.  ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the United States is a comprehensive summary of statistics on social, political, and economic conditions of the U.S.  Go to www.mineralarea.edu/librarywww.mineralarea.edu/library  Click on “Search for Articles” on left hand side.  Under the “Reference” heading click on the Statistical Abstract of the United States link.  The table of contents, or searchable statistics, are listed on the left side of the page.  After a topic is selected, the filters are then listed on the left side of the page (filter by date, region, state, subject, etc.).  Statistic tables can be opened in Excel or PDF formats.  The APA and MLA citations are listed at the bottom of the table.

15.  Opposing Viewpoints is a good database of today’s hottest social issues and topics.  Go to www.mineralarea.edu/librarywww.mineralarea.edu/library  Click on “Search for Articles” on the left hand side.  Under “Controversial Topics” click on the Opposing Viewpoints link.  You can search by keywords or choose from a list of current hot topics/issues.  When searching by keywords you can choose which source you want the article to come from by selecting under the “Everything” list on the left hand side.  When you select your article you can e-mail, print, and even choose to see the MLA citation format on the right hand side under “tools.”

16.  CINAHL is a great resource for finding medical articles through EBSCOhost.  Go to www.mineralarea.edu/librarywww.mineralarea.edu/library  Click on “Search for Articles” on the left hand side.  Scroll down to the nursing section and click on the link “CINAHL with Full Text.”  You can search using a keyword, or boolean operators.  You can limit or narrow your search by author, language, published date, peer review articles, and much more.  Viewed articles have a link to other related articles listed under “major subjects.”  When you click on the article you want you can print or e- mail (click on envelope icon) the article to yourself in the MLA format.

17.  Films on Demand is a video streaming database that offers quality educational videos.  Go to www.mineralarea.edu/librarywww.mineralarea.edu/library  Click on “Search for Digital Videos” on the left hand side.  Click on the “Films on Demand” link.  You can search by title or keyword.  You can also search from a listing of collections/topics or even featured producers.  After choosing a video, you can select and view specific segments listed to the right of the video.  The video citation link is listed under the video.

18.  There are many more databases to use in the MAC library. If you would like to access these:  Go to www.mineralarea.edu/librarywww.mineralarea.edu/library  Click on the “search for articles” link on left hand side.  Click on “all databases” on the right hand side.  All the database links will be listed alphabetically.

19.  Plagiarism is passing off another’s work as your own – it is unethical and consider cheating at MAC as well as other colleges and universities.  Copyright infringement is a violation of the copyright law.  Examples of copyright infringement may include borrowing significant portions of another's work in the creation of a new work, making and distributing unauthorized copies of a sound recording or video, or publicly performing another's work without permission from the copyright holder, even if the original work is cited. Russell, Carrie. “Complete Copyright for K-12 Librarians and Educators.” Chicago: American Library Association, 2012. Print