Challenge Library Guide for World Civilizations - Gavitte - Grant: Welcome!

Fall 2020 Library Services

The Library's 1st floor will be open for students to pick up items at the circulation desk and use the computer lab (limited seating available). 

• Get help right away via Ask a Librarian. For self-guided answers to common questions, use our How to..guides or Library DIY.
• Laptops, wifi hotspots, and other equipment are available for checkout.
• Looking for Course Reserves? Search by course prefix & number and/or instructor using the course reserves tab on our homepage search box. For print materials, you can submit a scanning request to receive a PDF of the chapter you need. Scanning requests are limited to four chapters per week.  
• Currently enrolled students, faculty and staff can request books, DVDs, and CDs using the Circulation Desk Pickup Request form and pick them up at the Circulation Desk during open hours. Or you can request the items be mailed to you home using the Home Delivery Request Form. 

Do you have a research question? Try Library DIY, find answers to your research questions!

Use the acronym, ASE, for your research strategy!

Analyze 
your topic to discover keywords, related terms, synonyms. Use scholarly subject encyclopedias for background information.

Search
for articles, books, and documentaries. List relevant databases.

Evaluate
the resources....Are they relevant? Are they current? Peer reviewed? Scholarly or popular?

School of Library and Information Studies, The Florida State University. (2010). Research led by Dr. Melissa Gross and Dr. Don Latham. Project funded by The Institute of Museum and Library Services, which is the primary source of federal support for the nation's 123,000 libraries and 17,500 museums. The Institute's mission is to create strong libraries and museums that connect people to information and ideas.