Document Delivery | Equipment | Finding Articles | Finding Books & Audiovisuals | Finding Course Materials | Finding Databases | Finding Help | Finding Journals | Finding Websites | Getting Started | RefWorks | Writing Papers

Getting Started

• Converting Documents to PDF (Portable Document Format)
• Policy for Responsible Use of Computing and Communications Technologies
• MyXU Login Instructions
• SOS Login Instructions
• Using Library Resources from Off-Campus Locations (1.5 minute 770K video)
• What the library can do for graduate students
• What the library can do for undergraduate students

Finding Help

• Ask-a-Librarian
• Chat with a Librarian (24/7 virtual reference service)
• Email a Librarian
• Users' Guide (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
• Virtual Library Tour (5 minute video)

Finding Books & Audiovisuals

• Book Guides
• Borrowing Privileges for Graduate Students (PDF)
• Borrowing Privileges for Undergraduate Students (PDF)
• Call Numbers
• Help Finding Books
• Library Locations
• My Library Record
• Online Requesting of OhioLINK Materials (HTML)
• Online Requesting of OhioLINK Materials (video)
• Remote Stacks Policies & Procedures
• Video Circulation Policies
• XPLORE Tips & Tricks (HTML)
  • Exporting (printing, emailing, saving) records
  • Limiting records
  • RefWorks help
• XPLORE Tips & Tricks (PDF)

Finding Journals

• Electronic Journal Locator
• Jouranl Evaluation Criteria (PDF)
• Journal Guides
• Library Locations
• Print & Microform Journal Locator
• Criteria for Evaluating Scholarly & Popular Journals (MS Word Document)
• Remote Stacks Journal Request Form

Finding Articles

• Database Guides
• Defining Your Topic (xu.tutor)
• Help Finding Articles
• Identifying Resources (xu.tutor)
• Improving a Search (xu.tutor)
• Remote Stacks Journal Request Form
• Saving a Database Search

Document Delivery (interlibrary loan)

• Ariel Web Server
• Remote Stacks Journal Request Form
• Remote Stacks Policies & Procedures
• Request Forms
• Requesting Materials Not Available at Xavier University Library (FAQs)
• Troubleshooting Ariel Web Server Problems

Finding Course Materials

• Blackboard
  • Blackboard Login Instructions
• Document Viewers
• Electronic Reserves
• MyXU

Finding Websites

• Best Search Engines Comparison Chart (PDF)
• Best Search Tools Comparison Chart (PDF)
• Criteria for Evaluating Websites (MS Word document)
• Evaluating Websites (PDF)
• Evaluating Websites (xu.tutor)
• Help Finding Websites
• Search Engine Tips & Tricks
• Website Guides

Writing Papers

• Academic Honesty
• Annotated Bibliographies
• Citation Style Guides
• Copyright Policy
• Preventing Plagiarism (xu.tutor)

RefWorks

• Direct Link to RefWorks
• RefWorks Help

Equipment

• Fitne Laserdisc Player
• Printing Problems