Presented by

Theodosia T. Shields, Ph.D.

Director of Library ServicesFriday, August 19, 2011

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James E. Shepard Memorial Library is named for the founder of the university,

Dr. James E. Shepard. Shepard serves as the main academic

library and includes the CMC & Music Library.

There are two additional libraries on campus.

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Law Library – 2nd Floor

School of Law Building

School of Library and Information

Sciences (SLIS) Library – 3rd Floor

James E. Shepard Memorial Library

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Books Journals and Magazines Newspapers Federal Documents Masters Theses Print Indexes Electronic Databases Videos and DVDs

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The NCCU Online Catalog is accessible from the library’s home page.

http://web.nccu.edu/shepardlibrary/ The online catalog also allows you to

search the library catalogs at Duke, NCSU, UNC-Chapel Hill, and other UNC System libraries.

http://search.trln.org/

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Different ways to search the catalog:Examples

Author – Johnson, Mary Title – Health and Wellness Research Subject – Health Keyword – Students and Health

Classification Systems: Library of Congress and Superintendent of Documents

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Use indexes to find articles Printed Indexes – located in the Serials

Department. Examples: Business Periodicals Index Index to Black Periodicals Electronic Databases - accessible

through all computers on campus and remotely through the Web VPN server.

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Shepard Library provides access to over 100 electronic databases in a variety of subject areas.

NC LIVE

http://www.nclive.org/index.phtml

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NC LIVE provides online access to:Articles from over 9,000 newspapers, journals,

magazines, encyclopedias; access to over 22,000 electronic books; and direct links to state and national agencies.

To access NC LIVE, log on to the library’s home page and click on NC LIVE from any campus location. For remote access call or stop by the Reference Department to obtain a password, or connect to and use the Web VPN.

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If the article you need is not full-text check:

- Journal Finder http://journalfinder.uncg.edu/nccu

- The library’s online catalog - Request it through Interlibrary Loan

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Materials not available in the Shepard

Library are borrowed from other libraries.

The Interlibrary Loan Request Form is

available electronically from the

library’s home page.

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http://eres.nccu.edu:81/eres/

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http://web.nccu.edu/forms/library/instructionrequest.htm

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Academic Search Premier

Library Literature & Information Science

LISA: Library and Information Science Abstracts

Mango Languages http://web.nccu.edu/shepardlibrary/tools/databases/redirection/mango.html

ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (PQDT) http://web.nccu.edu/library/tools/databases/redirection/

ProQuestDissertationsTheses.html

Subject Guides – LibGuideshttp://shepard.libguides.nccu.edu/

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Theodosia T. Shields, Ph.D.

Director of Library ServicesOffice: (919) 530-5233

Fax: (919) 530-7612tshields@nccu.edu