http://www.lib.vt.edu/A-Z-list/index.html en Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:49:59 -0400 http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html http://www.lib.vt.edu/A-Z-list/a-index.html <h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/about/aboutlibs.html">About the Libraries</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/tags/A/academic-search-engine.html">Academic search engines</a> (database type)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/circ-reserve/id.html">Acceptable forms of ID to check materials out</a></h3><h3><a href="http://addison.vt.edu/">Addison - the Virginia Tech library catalog</a></h3><h4><a href="http://m.addison.vt.edu/">Addison mobile</a> (use on iPhones, Blackberries, Internet-enabled cell phones)</h4><h4>Checking your library account - see <a href="http://addison.vt.edu/patroninfo">My Library Account</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/alerts/books/addison.html">Creating alerts</a> (from Addison)</h4><h4><a href="http://addison.vt.edu/screens/forms.html">Forms</a> (available through Addison)</h4><h5><a href="https://aqua.lib.vt.edu/fine_appeal_form.php">Appeal a fine or a book on your library account</a></h5><h5><a href="https://aqua.lib.vt.edu/LCS_requestmenu.html">Library courier</a></h5><h5><a href="https://aqua.lib.vt.edu/proxy_borrower.php">Proxy borrower authorization form</a></h5><h5><a href="https://aqua.lib.vt.edu/Library_Material_Search.php">Request a search</a> (to help find materials you cannot locate in the library building)</h5><h5>Reserve materials</h5><h6><a href="https://aqua.lib.vt.edu/reserve_form.php">Place items on reserve</a> (<span style=" color: red;">VT instructors only</span>: PDF form to place library items on reserve)</h6><h6><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/forms/reserve_request_form.pdf">Reserve request form</a> (<span style=" color: red;">VT instructors only</span>: PDF form to place personal items on reserve)</h6><h6><a href="http://addison.vt.edu/screens/Reserves.html">Searching for Reserve materials</a></h6><h5><a href="https://aqua.lib.vt.edu/media_booking_form.php">Schedule media materials</a> (<span style=" color: red;">VT instructors and extension agents only</span>)</h5><h5><a href="http://addison.vt.edu/screens/help_index.html">Search help</a> (Addison help screens)</h5><h3>Administration - see <a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/deanoff/">Dean's Office</a></h3><h3><a href="http://dsp.lib.vt.edu/dsp/index.php?action=ViewDatabase&amp;subject=1">Agricultural, biological and medical sciences</a> (subject databases)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/subjects/engr/RefsheetAIAA.html">AIAA [American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics]</a> (RefSheet guide)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/alerts/books/addison.html">Alerting services in Addison</a> (the library catalog)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/alerts/">Alerting services for journals</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/A/">All databases</a> (access lists)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/tags/A/encyclopedias-dictionaries-almanacs.html">Almanacs, encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri and miscellaneous reference works</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/alumniportal/">Alumni Portal</a> listing library resources available to alumni</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/subjects/engr/RefsheetAIAA.html">American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics [AIAA]</a> (RefSheet guide)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/subjects/engr/RefsheetASME.html">American Society of Mechanical Engineers [ASME]</a> (RefSheet guide)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/subjects/engr/RefSheetASTM.pdf">American Society for Testing and Materials [ASTM]</a> (PDF - RefSheet guide)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/seven/analyzing.html">Analyzing resources</a> (search tip; see also <a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/seven/">Library Research</a>)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/libnews/">Announcements, library</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/annualreports/">Annual reports, library</a></h3><h3><a href="https://aqua.lib.vt.edu/fine_appeal_form.php">Appeal form</a> (for fines and books)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/collmgmt/policiesquickapproval.html">Approval plan, collection management</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/subjects/A/architecture-art-design-res.html">Architecture, art, and design</a> (subject databases)</h3><h3>Archive</h3><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/libcomments/">Comment box archive</a></h4><h4><a href="http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/">Digital Library and Archives</a></h4><h4><a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu/archives/">University Archives</a> (see also <a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu/">Special Collections</a>)</h4><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/artarch/">Art + Architecture Library</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/tags/A/article-searching.html">Article-searching</a> (database type)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/ask.html">Ask a librarian</a> (ask questions online)</h3><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/libcomments/">Comment box archive</a></h4><h4><a href="http://vt.libanswers.com">Frequently asked questions</a></h4><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/subjects/engr/RefsheetASME.html">ASME [American Society of Mechanical Engineers]</a> (RefSheet guide)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/subjects/engr/RefSheetASTM.pdf">ASTM [American Society for Testing and Materials]</a> (PDF - RefSheet guide)</h3><h3>Audio collections (CD, audiocassette, etc)</h3><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/byformat/audiobooks.html">Audio books</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/collections/">Collections and formats available</a></h4><h3>Audio-visual services</h3><h4><a href="http://www.is.vt.edu/">Innovation Space</a> (formerly called the New Media Center, located in Torgersen Hall)</h4><h4><a href="http://computing.vt.edu/labs_and_multimedia_services/">Labs and multimedia services</a> (includes digital imaging, located in Torgersen Hall)</h4><h4><a href="http://www.emd.vt.edu/csi">Classroom support</a> (of Educational Technologies, located in Torgersen Hall)</h4><h3><a href="http://crow.lib.vt.edu/avail/avail.php">Available computers in Newman Library</a></h3><p class="top"><a href="#top">Top</a></p> Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:44:02 -0400 http://www.lib.vt.edu/A-Z-list/a-index.html http://www.lib.vt.edu/A-Z-list/b-index.html <h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/research/background.html">Background information sources</a>: Almanacs, bibliographies, biographical resources, dictionaries, directories, encyclopedias, handbooks, statistical sources, thesauruses</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/tags/A/catalogs.html">Bibliographic tools and catalogs</a> (database type)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/topics/biography/index.html">Biography</a> (topic page)</h3><h3><a href="https://aqua.lib.vt.edu/fine_appeal_form.php">Book fine/listing appeal form</a></h3><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/circ-reserve/returning.html#returned">Policy about when to use</a></h4><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/circ-reserve/services/book-runner.html">Book delivery service for faculty</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/tour/">Book locations</a> (floor maps)</h3><h3><a href="https://aqua.lib.vt.edu/bookorder.php">Book purchase suggestion form</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/byformat/bookreviews.html">Book reviews, finding</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/bookmarklets.html">Bookmarklets</a> (browser tool)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/byformat/audiobooks.html">Books, audio</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/circ-reserve/borrowing.html">Books, borrowing privileges and loan rules</a></h3><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/circ-reserve/borrowing.html#Responsibility">Borrower's responsibility</a></h4><h3>Books, finding</h3><h4><a href="http://addison.vt.edu/">Addison</a> (search the VT library catalog)</h4><h4><a href="http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/lcco/lcco.html">Classification system used</a> (Library of Congress, outline of call number subject areas)</h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/byformat/books.html">Find books</a> (collections and tips)</h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/byformat/ebooks.html">Find ebooks</a> (collections and tips)</h4><h3><a href="http://dsp.lib.vt.edu/newbooks/newbooks.php">Books, new to the library</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/circ-reserve/search-missing.html">Books, not able to find on shelf</a> (report missing items)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/circ-reserve/request.html">Books, request from a branch library</a> (courier service)</h3><h3><a href="http://addison.vt.edu/screens/help_index.html#storage">Books, request from storage</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/circ-reserve/borrowing.html">Borrowing privileges and policies</a></h3><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/circ-reserve/borrowing.html#Responsibility">Borrower's responsibility</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/circ-reserve/reciprocal.html">Reciprocal borrowing privileges at ARL libraries</a></h4><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/hours/">Branch libraries</a> (listings and hours)</h3><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/artarch/">Art + Architecture</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/nvc/">Northern Virginia Center Resource Center</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/vetmed/">Veterinary Medicine</a></h4><h3>Browser tools</h3><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/bookmarklets.html">Bookmarklets</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/libX/">LibX</a> (Firefox extension)</h4><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/circ-reserve/services/browsing-baskets.html">Browsing baskets</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/subjects/A/business-economics-res.html">Business and economics</a> (subject databases)</h3><p class="top"><a href="#top">Top</a></p> Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:59:20 -0400 http://www.lib.vt.edu/A-Z-list/b-index.html http://www.lib.vt.edu/A-Z-list/c-index.html <h3>Call numbers</h3><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/handouts/research-guides/read-call-number.pdf">How to read</a> (handout)</h4><h4><a href="http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/lcco/lcco.html">List of the Library of Congress [LC] subject areas</a> (from the LC website)</h4><h4><a href="http://server.iad.liveperson.net/hc/s-LPvirginiatech/cmd/kbresource/kb-282171711860217739/view_question%21PAGETYPE?sq=library%2bof%2bcongress&amp;sf=101113&amp;sg=1&amp;st=522404&amp;documentid=141606&amp;action=view">Using the Library of Congress [LC] classification system</a></h4><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/about/campus-software.html">Campus computer labs, software in</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.unirel.vt.edu/map/index.html">Campus maps and buildings</a> (of Virginia Tech)</h3><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/gis-maps/campus/aerial-photos.html">Aerial photos</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/gis-maps/campus/aerial-views.html">Aerial views</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/gis-maps/campus/buildings.html">Building information and location maps</a></h4><h4><a href="http://dsp.lib.vt.edu/aadd/search.php">Campus building architectural drawings</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/gis-maps/campus/campus-maps.html">Campus maps</a></h4><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/handouts/research-guides/casecitationabbrev-rg55.pdf">Case citation abbreviations</a> (PDF)</h3><h3><a href="http://addison.vt.edu/">Catalog of the Virginia Tech University Libraries [Addison]</a></h3><h4><a href="http://m.addison.vt.edu/">Addison mobile</a> (use on smart phones)</h4><h3><a href="http://addison.vt.edu/screens/help_index.html">Catalog search tips for Addison</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/tags/A/catalogs.html">Catalogs (about publications)</a> (database type)</h3><h3>Catalogs and web sites of other libraries:</h3><h4><a href="http://lcweb.loc.gov/homepage/lchp.html">Library of Congress</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lva.lib.va.us/">Library of Virginia</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/mfrl.html">Montgomery-Floyd Regional [Blacksburg] Public Library</a></h4><h4><a href="http://lib.runet.edu">Radford University Library</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.virginia.edu/">University of Virginia Libraries</a></h4><h4><a href="http://lists.webjunction.org/libweb/Academic_VA.html">Virginia academic libraries</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.vivalib.org/">VIVA, the Virtual Library of Virginia</a></h4><h5><a href="http://www.vivalib.org/cfapps/lib1.cfm">List of participating VIVA libraries</a></h5><h4><a href="http://newfirstsearch.oclc.org/dbname=WorldCat;done=http://www.lib.vt.edu/;FSIP">WorldCat</a> (subscription database - must sign in to use if not on campus)</h4><h3>CDs and other audio material collections</h3><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/collections/">Collections and formats available</a></h4><h3><a href="http://addison.vt.edu/patroninfo">Change of address</a> (update My Library Account in Addison)</h3><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/circ-reserve/borrowing.html#AddressChange">Policies and additional information</a></h4><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/about/charging-stations.html">Charging stations for phones and devices</a></h3><h3>Chat service - see <a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/ask.html">Ask a librarian</a></h3><h4><a href="http://server.iad.liveperson.net/hc/s-LPvirginiatech/cmd/kbresource/front_page%21PAGETYPE">Chat/email knowledge base</a></h4><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/circ-reserve/borrowing.html">Checking out materials</a> (loan periods and borrowing privileges)</h3><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/circ-reserve/borrowing.html#Responsibility">Borrower's responsibility</a></h4><h3>Checking your library account - see <a href="http://addison.vt.edu/patroninfo">My Library Account</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/tags/A/chemical-physical-properties.html">Chemical and physical properties</a> (database type)</h3><h3>Choosing a research topic</h3><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/seven/topic.html">Choosing a topic</a> (see also <a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/seven/sevensteps.html">Research, Seven Steps</a>)</h4><h4><a href="http://info-skills.lib.vt.edu/choosing_focusing/">Choosing and Focusing a Topic</a> (see also <a href="http://info-skills.lib.vt.edu/">Information Skills Modules</a>)</h4><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/circ-reserve/">Circulation/Reserve Services</a></h3><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/circ-reserve/borrowing.html">Borrowing policies/privileges</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/circ-reserve/reciprocal.html">Reciprocal borrowing privileges at ARL libraries</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/circ-reserve/borrowing.html#Responsibility">Borrower's responsibilities</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/circ-reserve/general_information.html">Circulation</a> (general information)</h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/collections/">Collections</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/circ-reserve/equipment.html">Equipment</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/circ-reserve/fines.html">Fines</a> (general information)</h4><h5><a href="https://aqua.lib.vt.edu/fine_appeal_form.php">Appeal form</a></h5><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/circ-reserve/forms/">Forms</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/hours/Newman-Current.html">Hours</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/photocopy/">Photocopy</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/circ-reserve/reservemain.html">Reserve</a> (see also "Reserves" under <a href="#r">"R"</a> for forms, policies, etc)</h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/circ-reserve/returning.html">Returning books</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/circ-reserve/services/">Services</a></h4><h3><a href="http://addison.vt.edu/patroninfo">Circulation record</a> (check your library account)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/citation/">Citation and style manuals</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/libnews/2008/2008-01-01.html">Citation reports, resources for faculty tenure and promotion</a> (Thomson (ISI) products)</h3><h3>Citing sources/bibliographies</h3><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/seven/citing.html">Citing your sources</a> (see also <a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/seven/sevensteps.html">Research, Seven Steps</a>)</h4><h4><a href="http://info-skills.lib.vt.edu/using_info/">Using Information Appropriately</a> (see also <a href="http://info-skills.lib.vt.edu/">Information Skills Modules</a></h4><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/tours-class.html">Classes and tours</a></h3><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/toursked.html">Library tour schedule</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/handouts/self-tour.pdf">Self-guided tour</a></h4><h3><a href="http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/lcco/lcco.html">Classification system used for books</a> (Library of Congress [LC] subject areas)</h3><h3>Classroom, locations and availability in Library</h3><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/tour/floor2/classroom.html">Newman library classroom</a> (207A Newman)</h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/tour/floor4/classroom.html">Torgersen library classroom</a> (3310 Torgersen, between Torgersen Bridge and entrance to Newman)</h4><h4>Classroom, policies and reservation forms</h4><h5><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/forms/reserve.html">Classroom reservation form</a></h5><h5><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/classrooms/policy.html">Classroom usage policies</a></h5><h5><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/subject-guides/">Contact your college or subject librarian</a> (assist/teach a library resources instruction class)</h5><h3><a href="http://www.emd.vt.edu/csi/">Classroom support</a> (of Educational Technologies, located in Torgersen Hall)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/circ-reserve/general_information.html#closing">Closing procedures</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/collmgmt/">Collection Management</a></h3><h4>Assignments</h4><h5><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/collmgmt/Call.html">By call number</a></h5><h5><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/collmgmt/Fund.html">By fund code</a></h5><h5><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/collmgmt/Subject.html">By subject</a></h5><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/collmgmt/policies/">Policies</a> (main and for subject areas)</h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/collmgmt/policies/quickapproval.html">Approval plan</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/collmgmt/policies/donors.html">Donations and gifts</a></h4><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/handouts/services/">Collections and services</a> (list of selected research guides, all handouts are in PDF format)</h3><h3>College librarian program</h3><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/clprg.html">History and contacts</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/subject-guides/">Subject assignments [librarian contact information] and guides</a></h4><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/collections/compactdiscs.html">Compact discs</a></h3><h3><a href="https://aqua.lib.vt.edu/comment.php">Comment/Suggestion box</a></h3><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/libcomments/">Archive of library responses to comments/suggestions</a></h4><h3><a href="http://www.commlab.vt.edu/">Communication Lab</a> (Newman Library Room 101A, CommLab)</h3><h4><a href="mailto:commlab@vt.edu">Email/contact the CommLab</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/tour/floor1/">Location</a></h4><h3><a href="http://www.cclab.vt.edu/">Computer Labs on campus</a></h3><h3><a href="http://crow.lib.vt.edu/avail/avail.php">Computers, available for use</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/about/public-computers.html">Computers, installed software in library</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/conference-proceedings/">Conference proceedings</a> (ACM, AIP, ASCE, ASAE, IEEE, ISI, SPIE, USAHA)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/tags/A/conference-papers.html">Conference papers, preprints, and working papers</a> (database type)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/photocopy/">Copiers</a></h3><h3><a href="http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/copyright/">Copyright guidelines</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/subjects/engr/PatHandout.html">Copyright, patents, and trademarks</a> (RefSheet guide)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/tags/A/countries-cultures.html">Countries and cultures</a> (database type)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/shelving/courier/">Courier service</a> (about)</h3><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/request-book.html">Request a book from a branch library</a></h4><h4><a href="http://addison.vt.edu/screens/help_index.html#storage">Request a book or journal from storage</a> (how to)</h4><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/criteria.html">Criteria for effective library assignments</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/articles-databases/current-trials.html">Current trials of databases</a> (potential resource purchases)</h3><p class="top"><a href="#top">Top</a></p> Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:00:21 -0400 http://www.lib.vt.edu/A-Z-list/c-index.html http://www.lib.vt.edu/A-Z-list/d-index.html <h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/circ-reserve/policies/lost-paid.html">Damaged materials</a> (policy)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/handouts/databases/">Database guides</a> (research guides with help and tips for selecting databases)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/key-features.html">Database key features</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/">Databases</a> (access lists)</h3><div class="vt_brief"> <h2>Find a database</h2> <fieldset><form action="http://addison.vt.edu:2082/search/Y" id="databaseSearch" method="get" enctype="application/x-www-form-urlencoded"><label for="SEARCH" style=" font-weight: bold;">Search database titles and descriptions:<br /><input alt="search databases" id="SEARCH" name="SEARCH" size="35" type="text" value="" /></label> <input alt="hidden input" name="startLimit" type="hidden" /><input id="keywordScope" name="searchscope" type="hidden" value="1" /><input alt="submit button" type="submit" value="Search" /><input name="SORT" type="hidden" value="DX" /><input name="endLimit" type="hidden" /></form><p class="searchTabP">This search box finds library databases by their titles and descriptions. It does not search for articles within databases. Keyword searches won't work here. (If you don't know which database to use, try one of the links listed below.)</p><p class="searchTabP"><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/subject-guides/" shape="rect">Databases by subject</a> | <a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/tags/A/" shape="rect">Databases by format</a> | <a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/articles-databases/index.html#general" shape="rect">General interest databases</a></p></fieldset></div><h3>Databases by broad subject area</h3><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/subjects/A/agriculture-biology-natural-resources-res.html">Agricultural, biological, and natural resources</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/subjects/A/architecture-art-design-res.html">Architecture, art and design</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/subjects/A/business-economics-res.html">Business</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/subjects/A/engineering-physical-sci-res.html">Engineering and physical 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searching</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/tags/A/catalogs.html">Catalogs (about publications)</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/tags/A/chemical-physical-properties.html">Chemical and physical properties</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/tags/A/conference-papers.html">Conference proceedings, preprints and working papers</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/tags/A/countries-cultures.html">Countries and cultures</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/tags/A/ebook-packages.html">Ebook packages</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/tags/A/ejournal-packages.html">Ejournal packages</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/tags/A/encyclopedias-dictionaries-almanacs.html">Encyclopedias, dictionaries and almanacs</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/tags/A/free.html">Freely accessible</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/tags/A/funding-opportunities.html">Funding opportunities</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/tags/A/getvtext.html">Get Virginia Techext supported</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/tags/A/governance.html">Governance</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/tags/A/handbooks-manuals.html">Handbooks and manuals</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/tags/A/mobile.html">Mobile interface</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/tags/A/multimedia.html">Multimedia</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/tags/A/music-recordings-scores.html">Music recordings and scores</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/tags/A/narratives-diaries-letters.html">Narratives, diaries and letters</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/tags/A/newspapers-magazines.html">Newspapers and magazines</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/tags/A/patents-trademarks.html">Patents and trademarks</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/tags/A/poetry-short-stories.html">Poetry and short stories</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/tags/A/print-indexes.html">Print reference materials</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/tags/A/professional-trade-literature.html">Profession and trade literature</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/tags/A/reports-standards-financials.html">Reports, standards and financials</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/tags/A/restricted.html">Restricted to Virginia Tech users</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/tags/A/reviews-critiques.html">Reviews and critiques</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/tags/A/screencasts.html">Screencast tutorials available</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/tags/A/statistics-data-sets.html">Statistics and data sets</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/tags/A/summon.html">Summon includes contents of database</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/tags/A/theses-dissertations.html">Theses and dissertations</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/tags/A/virginia-tech.html">Virginia Tech related</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/tags/A/viva.html">VIVA, the Library of Virginia, sponsored</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/trials.html">Databases currently on trial</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/ejournals-passwords.html">Databases, special cases</a> (need password to access)</h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/articles-databases/print-indexes.html">Article indexes in print</a></h4><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/deanoff/">Dean's Office</a></h3><h3>Departments, library</h3><h4>Administration - see <a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/deanoff/">Dean's Office</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/about/dept/access-services.html">Access Services and Assessment</a></h4><h5><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/circ-reserve/">Circulation and Reserve Services</a></h5><h5><a hreh="/shelving/">Shelving, Storage, and Courier Service</a></h5><h5><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/ill/">Interlibrary Loan</a> (ILL)</h5><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/collmgmt/">Collection Management</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/deanoff/">Dean's Office</a></h4><h4><a href="http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/">Digital Library and Archives</a> (DLA)</h4><h4><a href="http://www.its.lib.vt.edu/">Information Technologies and Services</a> (ITS)</h4><h4>Jean Russell Quible Department of Technical Services</h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/RIS/">Research and Instructional Services</a> (RIS)</h4><h4><a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu/">Special Collections</a></h4><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/ill/desktop-delivery.html">Desktop Delivery</a> service (scanning of print materials from Newman and branches)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/tags/A/encyclopedias-dictionaries-almanacs.html">Dictionaries, encyclopedias, almanacs, thesauri, and miscellaneous reference works</a> (general reference databases)</h3><h3><a href="http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/">Digital Library and Archives</a>(DLA)</h3><h4><a href="http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/">Electronic journals of Virginia Tech</a> (archived titles maintained by DLA)</h4><h5><a href="http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/about/aboutejs.html">About the electronic journals of Virginia Tech</a></h5><h4><a href="http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/">Electronic Theses and Dissertations of Virginia Tech</a> (ETDs)</h4><h5><a href="http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/browse/">Browse/search for Virginia Tech ETDs</a> (by author or department)</h5><h5><a href="http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/etd-search.html">Search for Virginia Tech ETDs</a> (keyword or advanced options)</h5><h5><a href="https://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ETD-db/ETD-submit/login">Submitting your ETD</a> (online account form)</h5><h4><a href="http://imagebase.lib.vt.edu/">Imagebase</a></h4><h4><a href="http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/NewsOnline/">NewsOnline</a></h4><h3><a href="http://www.tec.lib.vt.edu/directory/">Directory, library personnel</a></h3><h4><a href="http://www.tec.lib.vt.edu/directory/index.php?op=alist">Alphabetical by last name</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/subject-guides/">College and subject librarians to academic departments</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.tec.lib.vt.edu/directory/index.php?op=dlist">Departmental directory</a></h4><h3><a href="http://search.vt.edu/people.jsp">Directory, university personnel</a> (PeopleSearch online directory)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/byformat/etds.html">Dissertations and theses</a> (resources available to search)</h3><h3><a href="http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/">Dissertations and theses, Virginia Tech electronic</a> (ETDs; main information page)</h3><h4><a href="http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/browse/">Browse/search for Virginia Tech ETDs</a> (by author or department)</h4><h4><a href="http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/etd-search.html">Search for Virginia Tech ETDs</a> (keyword or advanced options)</h4><h4><a href="https://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ETD-db/ETD-submit/login">Submitting your ETD</a> (online account form)</h4><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/extended/">Distance Learning</a> (extended campus users)</h3><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/extended/campus.html">Campus links</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/extended/aboutlib.html">Distance education librarian, about</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/info/distance/html">Distance learners, information for</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/extended/extproxy.html">Off campus sign in information</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/extended/pid.html">PIDs</a> (Virginia Tech personal IDs)</h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/extended/extserv.html">Services</a></h4><h3>Document delivery</h3><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/shelving/courier/">Library Courier Service</a>, about</h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/request-book.html">Request delivery of a book from a branch library</a></h4><h4><a href="http://addison.vt.edu/screens/help_index.html#storage">Request delivery of items from storage</a> (process in Addison)</h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/shelving/storage/">Storage facility</a>, about</h4><h3>Donations to the library</h3><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/collmgmt/policies/donors.html">Materials for the collection</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/giving/">Monetary gifts</a> (giving to the library, general information)</h4><h5><a href="https://banweb.banner.vt.edu/ssb/prod/hzskpldg.p_vt_giving">Make a gift online</a></h5><h3>DVDs, VHS, and movie collections</h3><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/collections/">Collections and formats available</a></h4><h4><a href="http://addison.vt.edu/screens/movies.html">Search movie collection</a></h4><p class="top"><a href="#top">Top</a></p> Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:10:24 -0400 http://www.lib.vt.edu/A-Z-list/d-index.html http://www.lib.vt.edu/A-Z-list/e-index.html <h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/ebooks/">Ebooks, finding</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/tags/A/ebook-packages.html">Ebook packages</a> (database type)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/criteria.html">Effective library assignments, criteria for</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/tags/A/ejournal-packages.html">Ejournal packages</a> (database type)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/journals/">Electronic journals</a> (search by title)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/ejournals-passwords.html">Electronic resources, special cases</a> (need password to access)</h3><h3><a href="http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/">Electronic Theses and Dissertations [ETDs] of Virginia Tech</a></h3><h4><a href="http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/browse/">Browse/search for Virginia Tech ETDs</a> (by author or department)</h4><h4><a href="http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/etd-search.html">Search for Virginia Tech ETDs</a> (keyword or advanced options)</h4><h4><a href="https://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ETD-db/ETD-submit/login">Submitting your ETD</a> (online account form)</h4><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/circ-reserve/policies/email.html">Email notification policy</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/jobs/">Employment opportunities</a> (librarian and staff openings, student employment opportunities)</h3><h4><a href="https://seas.lib.vt.edu/">Student application information</a></h4><h3><a href="http://dsp.lib.vt.edu/dsp/index.php?action=ViewDatabase&amp;format=6">Encyclopedias, dictionaries and almanacs</a> (database type)</h3><h3><a href="http://dsp.lib.vt.edu/dsp/index.php?subject=490">Encyclopedias, almanacs, dictionaries, thesauri and miscellaneous reference works</a> (general reference databases)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/endnote/index.html">EndNote</a></h3><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/endnote/">Downloading information</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/endnote/endnotemanual.pdf">Brief user's manual</a> (PDF - developed by <a href="mailto:vkok@vt.edu">Vicki Kok</a>)</h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/endnote/z3950.html">EndNote z39.50 connection and filters information</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.endnote.com/support/ensupport.asp">EndNote technical support and services</a> (via www.endnote.com)</h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/endnote/endnoteweb.html">EndNote Web</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/endnote/database-instructions/">Instructions for importing citations from different databases</a></h4><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/subjects/engr/">Engineering</a> (RefSheet guides and search aids)</h3><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/subjects/engr/RefsheetAIAA.html">AIAA</a> American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics</h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/subjects/engr/RefsheetASME.html">ASME</a> American Society of Mechanical Engineers</h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/subjects/engr/RefSheetASTM.pdf">ASTM</a> American Society for Testing and Materials</h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/subjects/engr/RefSheetEPA.pdf">EPA</a> Environmental Protection Agency</h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/subjects/engr/RefsheetNASA.html">NASA/NACA</a> National Aeronautics and Space Administration/National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics</h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/subjects/engr/RefsheetSAE.html">SAE</a> Society of Automotive Engineers</h4><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/subjects/A/engineering-physical-sci-res.html">Engineering and physical sciences</a> (subject databases)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/subjects/engr/standard.html">Engineering standards</a> (RefSheet guide)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/subjects/engr/RefSheetEPA.pdf">EPA [Environmental Protection Agency]</a> (PDF - RefSheet guide)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/circ-reserve/equipment.html">Equipment to view media resources/materials</a></h3><h3><a href="http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/">ETDs [Electronic Theses and Dissertations] of Virginia Tech</a></h3><h4><a href="http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/browse/">Browse/search for Virginia Tech ETDs</a> (by author or department)</h4><h4><a href="http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/etd-search.html">Search for Virginia Tech ETDs</a> (keyword or advanced options)</h4><h4><a href="https://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ETD-db/ETD-submit/login">Submitting your ETD</a> (online account form)</h4><h3>Evaluating web pages for research</h3><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/evaluate/">Evaluating web information</a> (see also <a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/seven/">Library Research</a>)</h4><h4><a href="http://info-skills.lib.vt.edu/evaluating_websites/">Evaluating websites</a> (see also <a href="http://info-skills.lib.vt.edu/">Information Skills Modules</a>)</h4><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/about/microsoft.html">Excel, Microsoft Office</a> (locating computers with these programs)</h3><h3><a href="mailto:beagle@vt.edu">Extended campus access, questions about</a> (email)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/extended/">Extended-campus users</a> (access to library materials)</h3><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/extended/campus.html">Campus links</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/extended/aboutlib.html">Distance education librarian, about</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/extended/extproxy.html">Off Campus Sign In information</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/extended/pid.html">PIDs</a> (Virginia Tech personal IDs)</h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/extended/extserv.html">Services</a></h4><h3><a href="https://login.ezproxy.lib.vt.edu:2443/login">EZProxy</a> (Off Campus Sign in)</h3><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/extended/extproxy.html">Setup and using</a> (EZProxy defined)</h4><h4><a href="http://www.ezproxy.com/support/nat.html">Trouble-shooting EZProxy</a> (when using firewalls)</h4><p class="top"><a href="#top">Top</a></p> Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:14:21 -0400 http://www.lib.vt.edu/A-Z-list/e-index.html http://www.lib.vt.edu/A-Z-list/f-index.html <h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/about/facts.html">Facts about the libraries</a> (statistics)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/info/faculty.html">Faculty, information for</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/vtauthors/">Faculty authors recognition, Virginia Tech</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/circ-reserve/services/book-runner.html">Faculty book delivery service</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/circ-reserve/reciprocal.html">Faculty, OCLC Reciprocal Borrowing Program</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/libnews/2010/2010-09-28.html">Faculty, resources for tenure and promotion</a> (Thomson (ISI) products)</h3><h3>FAQs</h3><div class="vt_brief"> <div class="vt_brief"> <p><script type="text/javascript" xml:space="preserve">/**/ //Please make sure all the variables below are correct var la_iid = 753; //your system id (required) var la_domain = 'vt.libanswers.com'; var la_featured = ''; //ids for featured question list (optional) var la_top_options = '1,50,1,1,150,90'; //type (0=cloud, 1=dropdwon), max number of topics, show count (0=no 1=yes), sort (0=count 1=name), max size(%), min size(%) // fill in with 0 for unused variables //optional leave empty for no topic display var la_css = 0; //use our stylesheet yes/no var la_noresults = ''; //show a "no results" message in the autocomplete var la_win = ''; //where to open links default is the current 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or <a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/search/search-lib-web.html" shape="rect">Search the library website</a>.</p></div><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/photocopy/fax.html">Fax services</a> (availability in the library)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/key-features.html">Features of scholarly databases</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/feedback.html">Feedback, ways to provide</a> (Comments/suggestions)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/seven/background.html">Finding background information sources</a> (see also <a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/seven/sevensteps.html">Research, Seven Steps</a>)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/byformat/bookreviews.html">Finding book reviews</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/seven/books.html">Finding books/monographs</a> (see also <a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/seven/sevensteps.html">Research, Seven Steps</a>)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/byformat/more/forlang.html">Finding foreign language learning materials</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/byformat/moviereviews.html">Finding movie reviews and criticisms</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/seven/magazines.html">Finding periodical articles</a> (see also <a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/seven/sevensteps.html">Research, Seven Steps</a>)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/byformat/pleasurereading.html">Finding pleasure reading books</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/byformat/more/speeches-transcripts.html">Finding speeches and transcripts</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/byformat/more/tests-measures.html">Finding tests and measures</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/collections/videos.html">Finding videos, DVDs, CDs, etc in Addison</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/circ-reserve/fines.html">Fines</a> (general information)</h3><h4><a href="https://aqua.lib.vt.edu/fine_appeal_form.php">Appeal form</a></h4><h4><span> <a href="https://aqua.lib.vt.edu/hp_pay.php" title="Hokie Passport fine payment form" class="vt_link_url" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('https://aqua.lib.vt.edu/hp_pay.php')" shape="rect">Hokie Passport fine payment form</a> </span></h4><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/tour/">Floor maps of Newman Library</a> (collections and services on each floor, links to maps)</h3><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/tour/floor1/">First floor</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/tour/floor2/">Second floor</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/tour/floor3/">Third floor</a> (<span style=" color: red;">quiet study, entire floor</span>)</h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/tour/floor4/">Fourth floor</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/tour/floor4/tower.html">Torgersen addition</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/tour/floor5/">Fifth floor</a> (<span style=" color: red;">quiet study, entire floor</span>)</h4><h4>Sixth floor (Dean's suite)</h4><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/byformat/more/forlang.html">Foreign language leaning materials</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/subjects/forestry/forestrefsheet.html">Forestry resources</a> (RefSheet guide)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/forms/">Forms for requesting services</a></h3><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/ask.html">Ask a reference question online</a></h4><h4><a href="https://addison.vt.edu/patroninfo">Change of address</a> (via your library record)</h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/forms/reserve.html">Classroom reservation form</a></h4><h5><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/classrooms/policy.html">Classroom usage policies</a></h5><h5><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/subject-guides/">Contact your college or subject librarian</a> (assist/teach a library resources instruction class)</h5><h4><a href="https://aqua.lib.vt.edu/comment.php">Comment/suggestion box</a></h4><h5><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/libcomments/">Comment box archive</a></h5><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/shelving/courier/">Courier service</a> (about)</h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/ill/index.html">Desktop Delivery</a></h4><h4><a href="https://aqua.lib.vt.edu/branch_book_request.php">Request a book from a branch library</a></h4><h4><a href="http://addison.vt.edu/screens/help_index.html#storage">Request a book or journal from storage</a></h4><h4><a href="mailto:beagle@vt.edu">Extended campus access to library resources</a> (email contact)</h4><h4><a href="https://aqua.lib.vt.edu/fine_appeal_form.php">Fine appeal form</a></h4><h4><span> <a href="https://aqua.lib.vt.edu/hp_pay.php" title="Hokie Passport fine payment form" class="vt_link_url" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('https://aqua.lib.vt.edu/hp_pay.php')" shape="rect">Hokie Passport fine payment form</a> </span></h4><h4><a href="mailto:ill@vt.edu">Interlibrary Loan</a> (ILL) contact</h4><h5><a href="http://www.ill.vt.edu/ILLiad/">ILLiad</a> (logon)</h5><h5><a href="http://www.ill.vt.edu/ILLiadDocs/ILLiadCustomerHelp.html">ILLiad help</a></h5><h4><a href="https://aqua.lib.vt.edu/media_booking_form.php">Media booking form</a> (<span style=" color: red;">for VT instructors and extension agents only</span>)</h4><h4><a href="http://addison.vt.edu/patroninfo">My Library Account</a> (manage and check library account activity)</h4><h4><a href="http://addison.vt.edu/screens/help_index.html#request">Place a hold or recall an item</a></h4><h4><a href="https://aqua.lib.vt.edu/proxy_borrower.php">Proxy borrower request form</a></h4><h4><a href="http://addison.vt.edu/patroninfo">Renew an item</a></h4><h4><a href="http://addison.vt.edu/screens/help_index.html#request">Request a book that is checked out</a></h4><h4><a href="https://aqua.lib.vt.edu/Library_Material_Search.php">Request a search</a> (for a missing item)</h4><h4><a href="https://aqua.lib.vt.edu/reserve_form.php">Reserve request form</a> (<span style=" color: red;">VT instructors only</span>: use for library owned materials - web form)</h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/forms/reserve_request_form.pdf">Reserve request form</a> (<span style=" color: red;">VT instructors only</span>: use for personal copies - PDF)</h4><h4><a href="https://aqua.lib.vt.edu/bookorder.php">Suggest a book/item for purchase</a></h4><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/byformat/more/forlang.html#software">French language Rosetta Stone software</a></h3><h3>Frequently asked questions</h3><h4><a href="http://vt.libanswers.com/">Chat/email knowledge-base</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/libcomments/">Comment box archive</a></h4><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/tags/A/funding-opportunities.html">Funding opportunities</a> (database type)</h3><p class="top"><a href="#top">Top</a></p> Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:17:11 -0400 http://www.lib.vt.edu/A-Z-list/f-index.html http://www.lib.vt.edu/A-Z-list/g-index.html <h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/topics/genealogy/index.html">Genealogy</a> (topic guide)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/subjects/A/general-interest-res.html">General interest</a> (subject databases)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/shelving/courier/">Get materials from branch libraries</a> (courier service)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/subject-guides/start/index.html">Getting started with library research</a></h3><h3>Gifts</h3><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/collmgmt/policies/donors.html">Materials for the collection</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/giving/">Monetary gifts</a> (giving to the library, general information)</h4><h4><a href="https://banweb.banner.vt.edu/ssb/prod/hzskpldg.p_vt_giving">Make a gift online</a></h4><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/gis-maps/services/">GIS and mapping services</a></h3><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/gis-maps/services/campus-wide/index.html">Campus-wide services</a></h4><h4><a href="https://aqua.lib.vt.edu/gisrequest.php">Data request services</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/gis-maps/services/library/index.html">Library services</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/gis-maps/services/tutorials.html">GIS tutorials</a></h4><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/glossary.html">Glossary of library terms</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/tour/floor1/govdocs.html">Government documents</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/tags/A/governance.html">Governance</a> (database type)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/info/grad.html">Graduate students, information for</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/topics/grants/index.html">Grants</a> (topic page)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/tour/studyrooms.html">Group study rooms</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/circ-reserve/policies/group-viewing.html">Group viewing policy for multimedia</a></h3><p class="top"><a href="#top">Top</a></p> Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:24:33 -0400 http://www.lib.vt.edu/A-Z-list/g-index.html http://www.lib.vt.edu/A-Z-list/h-index.html <h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/tags/A/handbooks-manuals.html">Handbooks and manuals</a> (database type)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/handouts/">Handouts</a> (selected research guides/assistance in PDF format)</h3><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/handouts/databases/">Database guides</a> (for selected databases)</h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/handouts/research-guides/">Research guides</a> (for selected subjects)</h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/handouts/microforms/">Microforms collections</a> (for selected collections)</h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/handouts/services/">Services and collections</a></h4><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/subjects/A/health-medicine-res.html">Health and medicine</a> (subject databases)</h3><h3><span> <a href="https://aqua.lib.vt.edu/hp_pay.php" title="Hokie Passport fine payment form" class="vt_link_url" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('https://aqua.lib.vt.edu/hp_pay.php')" shape="rect">Hokie Passport fine payment form</a> </span></h3><h3><a href="http://addison.vt.edu/screens/help_index.html#request">Holds/recalls</a> (how to place)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/hours/">Hours the University Libraries are open</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/seven/">How to do library research</a></h3><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/seven/sevensteps.html">Seven steps to library research</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/seven/topic.html">Choosing a topic</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/seven/background.html">Finding background information</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/seven/books.html">Finding monographs</a> (books)</h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/seven/magazines.html">Finding periodical articles</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/evaluate/">Evaluating internet resources</a></h4><h4>Write your paper</h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/seven/citing.html">Citing your sources</a></h4><h4>Additional tips/help:</h4><h5><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/seven/analyzing.html">Analyzing the sources you have found</a></h5><h5><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/ask.html">Ask a librarian</a></h5><h5><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/glossary.html">Glossary of library terms</a></h5><h5><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/seven/narrow.html">Narrowing or broadening your topic</a></h5><h5><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/seven/scheduler.html">Research paper scheduler</a></h5><h5><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/screencasts/">Screencast tutorials</a></h5><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/subjects/A/humanities-performing-arts-res.html">Humanities and performing arts</a> (subject databases)</h3><p class="top"><a href="#top">Top</a></p> Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:26:37 -0400 http://www.lib.vt.edu/A-Z-list/h-index.html http://www.lib.vt.edu/A-Z-list/i-index.html <h3><a href="http://lumiere.lib.vt.edu/iawa_db/">IAWA [International Archive of Women in Architecture] biographical database</a></h3><h4><a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu/iawa/">Information about IAWA</a></h4><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/research/information-timeline.html">Information timeline</a>: how long information takes to be published</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/icpsr/">ICPSR - InterUniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/circ-reserve/id.html">IDs accepted at the University Libraries</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/ill/">ILLiad</a> (Interlibrary Loan main page)</h3><h4><a href="mailto:ill@vt.edu">Email</a></h4><h4><a href="http://vt.libanswers.com/browse.php?tid=20541">Frequently asked questions</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.ill.vt.edu/ILLiad/">Log on to ILLiad</a></h4><h3><a href="http://imagebase.lib.vt.edu/">Imagebase</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/othermedia.html">Images, maps, news, and other media</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/J/jcr-journal-citation-reports-from-isi.html">Impact Factors for journals</a> from Journal Citation Reports</h3><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/libnews/2010/2010-09-28.html">Impact factors for journals, resources for faculty tenure and promotion</a> (Thomson (ISI) products)</h4><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/circ-reserve/pdf-brochures/memoriams/">In Memoriam</a> (brochures of highlighted collections of deceased notable persons)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/info/">Information for ...</a></h3><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/info/distance/html">Distance learners</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/info/faculty.html">Faculty</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/info/grad.html">Graduate students</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/info/international.html">International students</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/info/ugrad.html">Undergraduate students</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/info/visitors.html">Visitors/alumni</a></h4><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/infolit.html">Information literacy</a></h3><h3><a href="http://info-skills.lib.vt.edu/">Information Skills Modules</a> (ISMs)</h3><h4><a href="http://info-skills.lib.vt.edu/choosing_focusing/">Choosing and Focusing a Topic</a></h4><h4><a href="http://info-skills.lib.vt.edu/selecting_info/">Selecting Information Sources</a></h4><h4><a href="http://info-skills.lib.vt.edu/developing_search/">Developing search Strategies</a></h4><h4><a href="http://info-skills.lib.vt.edu/retrieving_info/">Retrieving Information</a></h4><h4><a href="http://info-skills.lib.vt.edu/evaluating_info/">Evaluating Information</a></h4><h4><a href="http://info-skills.lib.vt.edu/using_info/">Using Information Appropriately</a></h4><h3>Instruction and Reference dept.- see <a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/RIS/">Research and Instructional Services</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/forms/reserve.html">Instruction scheduling form</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/ill/">Interlibrary Loan</a> (home page)</h3><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/ill/materials/dissertationsandtheses.html">Dissertations and Theses, borrowing</a></h4><h4><a href="mailto:ill@vt.edu">Email</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/ill/materials/standards.html">Industry standards, requesting</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/ill/info/">Information</a> (general)</h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/ill/lendingpolicies.html">Lending policies to other libraries</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.ill.vt.edu/ILLiad/">Log on to ILLiad</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/ill/materials/ntisreports.html">NTIS Reports, requesting</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/ill/materials/patents.html">Patents, requesting</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/ill/materials/saepapers.html">SAE Papers, requesting</a></h4><h3><a href="http://lumiere.lib.vt.edu/iawa_db/">International Archive of Women in Architecture [IAWA] biographical database</a></h3><h4><a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu/iawa/">Information about IAWA</a></h4><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/icpsr/">InterUniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)</a></h3><h3>Institutional repository: <a href="http://vtechworks.lib.vt.edu/">VTechWorks</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/libnews/2010/2010-09-28.html">ISI [Thomson Scientific] products</a> (resources for faculty tenure and promotion)</h3><h3><a href="http://info-skills.lib.vt.edu/">ISMs</a> (Information Skills Modules)</h3><h4><a href="http://info-skills.lib.vt.edu/choosing_focusing/">Choosing and Focusing a Topic</a></h4><h4><a href="http://info-skills.lib.vt.edu/selecting_info/">Selecting Information Sources</a></h4><h4><a href="http://info-skills.lib.vt.edu/developing_search/">Developing search Strategies</a></h4><h4><a href="http://info-skills.lib.vt.edu/retrieving_info/">Retrieving Information</a></h4><h4><a href="http://info-skills.lib.vt.edu/evaluating_info/">Evaluating Information</a></h4><h4><a href="http://info-skills.lib.vt.edu/using_info/">Using Information Appropriately</a></h4><p><a href="#top">Top</a></p> Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:28:45 -0400 http://www.lib.vt.edu/A-Z-list/i-index.html http://www.lib.vt.edu/A-Z-list/j-index.html <h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/jobs/">Jobs in the library</a> (librarian and staff openings, student employment opportunities)</h3><h4><a href="https://seas.lib.vt.edu/">Student application information</a></h4><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/alerts/">Journal alerting services</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/libnews/2010/2010-09-28.html">Journal impact factors, resources for faculty tenure and promotion</a> (Thomson (ISI) products)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/journals/">Journal Title Database (print and electronic)</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/seven/magazines.html">Journals, types defined</a> (see also <a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/seven/sevensteps.html">Research, seven steps</a>)</h3><p class="top"><a href="#top">Top</a></p> Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:29:37 -0400 http://www.lib.vt.edu/A-Z-list/j-index.html http://www.lib.vt.edu/A-Z-list/k-index.html <h3><a href="http://vt.libanswers.com">Knowledge base, chat/email FAQs</a></h3><div class="vt_brief"> <div class="vt_brief"> <p><script type="text/javascript" xml:space="preserve">/**/ //Please make sure all the variables below are correct var la_iid = 753; //your system id (required) var la_domain = 'vt.libanswers.com'; var la_featured = ''; //ids for featured question list (optional) var la_top_options = '1,50,1,1,150,90'; //type (0=cloud, 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/><button id="la_qformbutton" title="Search" type="submit">Search</button></div></form><!-- the la_topdiv can be moved elsewhere on the page and will still function --><div id="la_topdiv"><span id="la_topintro">Or browse a topic:</span></div></div></div><p>See also the library's <a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/A-Z-list/index.html" shape="rect">All site A-Z index</a> or <a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/search/search-lib-web.html" shape="rect">Search the library website</a>.</p></div><p class="top"><a href="#top">Top</a></p> Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:31:31 -0400 http://www.lib.vt.edu/A-Z-list/k-index.html http://www.lib.vt.edu/A-Z-list/l-index.html <h3><a href="http://computing.vt.edu/labs_and_multimedia_services/">Labs and multimedia services</a> (of the computing center)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/about/lactationroom.html">Lactation room</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/subjects/A/languages-literatures-res.html">Languages and literatures</a> (subject databases)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/about/languagerc.html">Language resource center</a> (Rosetta Stone software)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/about/wireless.html">Laptop computers, wireless networking in Newman Library</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/collections/opticaldisc.html">Laser discs</a> (Optical discs)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/lcco/lcco.html">LC classification system outline</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/about/learning-commons/">Learning Commons</a></h3><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/about/writing/">Writing Center</a></h4><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/feedback.html">Let us know...(feedback about the library)</a></h3><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/libqual/">LibQual+</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/libqual/libqual2005.pdf">2005 LibQual survey results</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/libqual/2004.html">Archive 2004 LibQual results</a> (HTML)</h4><h3><a href="http://www.tec.lib.vt.edu/directory/">Librarian and staff directory</a> (main menu page)</h3><h4><a href="http://www.tec.lib.vt.edu/directory/index.php?op=alist">Alphabetical by last name</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/subject-guides/">College and subject librarians to academic departments</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.tec.lib.vt.edu/directory/index.php?op=dlist">Departmental directory</a></h4><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/jobs/">Librarian, staff, and student job openings</a></h3><h3>Library account - see <a href="http://addison.vt.edu/patroninfo">My Library Account</a></h3><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/circ-reserve/borrowing.html#Responsibility">Borrower's responsibility</a></h4><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/annualreports/">Library annual reports</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/criteria.html">Library assignments, Criteria for effective</a></h3><h3><a href="http://addison.vt.edu/">Library catalog of Virginia Tech</a> (Addison)</h3><h4><a href="http://m.addison.vt.edu/">Addison mobile</a> (use on PDA's, Blackberries, Internet-enabled cell phones)</h4><h3><a href="http://lists.webjunction.org/libweb/">Library catalogs and web sites</a> (access to other library sites worldwide)</h3><h4><a href="http://lcweb.loc.gov/homepage/lchp.html">Library of Congress</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lva.lib.va.us/">Library of Virginia</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/mfrl.html">Montgomery-Floyd Regional [Blacksburg] Public Library</a></h4><h4><a href="http://lib.runet.edu">Radford University Library</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.virginia.edu/">University of Virginia Libraries</a></h4><h4><a href="http://lists.webjunction.org/libweb/Academic_VA.html">Virginia academic libraries</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.vivalib.org/">VIVA, the Virtual Library of Virginia</a></h4><h5><a href="http://www.vivalib.org/cfapps/lib1.cfm">List of participating VIVA libraries</a></h5><h4><a href="http://newfirstsearch.oclc.org/dbname=WorldCat;done=http://www.lib.vt.edu/;FSIP">WorldCat</a> (subscription database - must sign in to use if not on campus)</h4><h3>Library classrooms</h3><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/tour/floor2/classroom.html">Newman library classroom</a> (207A Newman)</h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/tour/floor4/classroom.html">Torgersen library classroom</a> (3310 Torgersen, between Torgersen Bridge and the entrance to Newman)</h4><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/forms/reserve.html">Library classroom reservation/scheduling form</a></h3><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/subject-guides/">Contact your subject/college librarian</a> (to assist with teaching a library skills course)</h4><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/circ-reserve/general_information.html#closing">Library closing procedures</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/tour/">Library floor maps</a> (of Newman Library)</h3><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/tour/floor1/">First floor</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/tour/floor2/">Second floor</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/tour/floor3/">Third floor</a> (<span style=" color: red;">quiet study, entire floor</span>)</h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/tour/floor4/">Fourth floor</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/tour/floor4/tower.html">Torgersen addition</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/tour/floor5/">Fifth floor</a> (<span style=" color: red;">quiet study, entire floor</span>)</h4><h4>Sixth floor (Dean's suite)</h4><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/circ-reserve/general_information.html#number">Library ID number</a> (defined)</h3><h3>Library instruction scheduling form</h3><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/forms/reserve.html">Engl 1105, 1106; H1204; Comm. Studies 1105 or 1106</a></h4><h4>For all other library instruction classes, contact your <a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/subject-guides/">college/subject librarian</a></h4><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/jobs/">Library jobs</a> (librarian and staff openings, student employment opportunities)</h3><h4><a href="https://seas.lib.vt.edu/">Student application information</a></h4><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/libnews/">Library news</a> (announcements)</h3><h3><a href="http://lcweb.loc.gov/homepage/lchp.html">Library of Congress</a></h3><h4><a href="http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/lcco/lcco.html">Classification system outline</a></h4><h3><a href="http://www.lva.lib.va.us/">Library of Virginia</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.tec.lib.vt.edu/directory/orgchart.pdf">Library organizational chart</a></h3><h3>Library record - see <a href="http://addison.vt.edu/patroninfo">My Library Account</a></h3><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/circ-reserve/borrowing.html#Responsibility">Borrower's responsibility</a></h4><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/seven/">Library research</a></h3><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/seven/topic.html">Seven steps</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/seven/topic.html">Choosing a topic</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/seven/background.html">Finding background information</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/seven/books.html">Finding books/monographs</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/seven/magazines.html">Finding periodical articles</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/evaluate/">Evaluating internet resources</a></h4><h4>Write your paper</h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/seven/citing.html">Citing your sources</a></h4><h4>Additional tips/help:</h4><h5><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/seven/analyzing.html">Analyzing the sources you have found</a></h5><h5><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/ask.html">Ask a librarian</a></h5><h5><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/glossary.html">Glossary of library terms</a></h5><h5><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/seven/narrow.html">Narrowing or broadening your topic</a></h5><h5><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/seven/scheduler.html">Research paper scheduler</a></h5><h3><a href="http://www.tec.lib.vt.edu/directory/">Library staff directory</a> (main menu page)</h3><h4><a href="http://www.tec.lib.vt.edu/directory/index.php?op=alist">Alphabetical by last name</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/subject-guides/">College and subject librarians to academic departments</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.tec.lib.vt.edu/directory/index.php?op=dlist">Departmental directory</a></h4><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/annualreports/">Library strategic plans</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/glossary.html">Library terms, glossary</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/tours-class.html">Library tours, classes and training</a> (general info)</h3><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/toursked.html">Guided tour schedule</a> (for Newman Library)</h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/handouts/self-tour.pdf">Self-guided tours</a> (PDF - for Newman Library)</h4><h3><a href="http://www.training.lib.vt.edu/classesoffered.php">Library workshops</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/libX/">LibX</a> (browser toolbar plugin)</h3><h3><a href="http://dsp.lib.vt.edu/dsp/index.php?action=ViewDatabase&amp;subject=85">Literature and languages</a> (subject databases)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/circ-reserve/borrowing.html">Loan rules and borrowing privileges of library materials</a></h3><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/circ-reserve/borrowing.html#Responsibility">Borrower's responsibility</a></h4><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/about/lockers.html">Lockers</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/circ-reserve/policies/lost-paid.html">Lost library materials</a> (policy)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/artarch/services_insight.html">Luna Insight</a> (Virginia Tech's Digital Image Database)</h3><p class="top"><a href="#top">Top</a></p> Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:32:16 -0400 http://www.lib.vt.edu/A-Z-list/l-index.html http://www.lib.vt.edu/A-Z-list/m-index.html <h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/research/types-sources.html">Magazines, trade journals, and scholarly journals</a></h3><h3><a href="http://libx.org/majax/">MAJAX</a> (for Millennium catalogs)</h3><h3><a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu/mss/msshp.htm">Manuscript collections</a> (see also <a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu/">Special Collections</a>)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/gis-maps/data/index.html">Mapping and statistical data</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/gis-maps/newman/">Maps and atlases in Newman Library</a></h3><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/byformat/atlasmaps.html">Maps (paper) collection</a></h4><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/tour/">Maps of Newman Library floors</a></h3><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/tour/floor1/">First floor</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/tour/floor2/">Second floor</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/tour/floor3/">Third floor</a> (<span style=" color: red;">quiet study, entire floor</span>)</h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/tour/floor4/">Fourth floor</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/tour/floor4/tower.html">Torgersen addition</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/tour/floor5/">Fifth floor</a> (<span style=" color: red;">quiet study, entire floor</span>)</h4><h4>Sixth floor (Dean's suite)</h4><h3><a href="http://www.vt.edu/where_we_are/maps/index.html">Maps of Virginia Tech campus</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/gis-maps/">Maps, GIS and cartographic data</a></h3><h3>Media available [videos, CDs, software] in Newman Library</h3><h4><a href="https://aqua.lib.vt.edu/media_booking_form.php">Booking form</a> (<span style=" color: red;">for VT instructors and extension agents only</span>)</h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/circ-reserve/borrowing.html">Borrowing privileges</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/circ-reserve/pdf-brochures/">Brochures</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/collections/">Collections</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/circ-reserve/equipment.html">Equipment</a></h4><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/subjects/A/health-medicine-res.html">Medical and health</a> (subject databases)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/circ-reserve/pdf-brochures/memoriams/">Memoriam, In</a> (brochures of highlighted collections of deceased notable persons)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/collections/microforms.html">Microfilm/microfiche</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/handouts/microforms/">Microforms collection</a> (research guides on how to find microforms for specific subjects. All handouts are PDF files)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/about/microsoft.html">Microsoft Office programs</a> (locating computers with this software)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/about/mission.html">Mission of the University Libraries</a></h3><h3><a href="http://m.addison.vt.edu/">Mobile, Addison</a> (use on PDA's, Blackberries, Internet-enabled cell phones)</h3><h3><a href="http://m.lib.vt.edu/">Mobile library homepage</a> (use on PDA's, Blackberries, Internet-enabled cell phones)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/mfrl.html">Montgomery-Floyd Regional [Blacksburg] Public Library</a></h3><h3>Movies, DVDs, VHS</h3><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/collections/">Collections and formats available</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/byformat/moviereviews.html">Finding movie reviews and criticisms</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/circ-reserve/pdf-brochures/">Media brochures</a></h4><h4><a href="http://addison.vt.edu/screens/movies.html">Search movie collection</a></h4><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/tags/A/multimedia.html">Multimedia</a> (database type)</h3><h3>Multimedia services on campus</h3><h4><a href="http://www.is.vt.edu/">Innovation Space</a> (formerly called the New Media Center, located in Torgersen Hall)</h4><h4><a href="http://computing.vt.edu/labs_and_multimedia_services/">Labs and multimedia services</a> (includes digital imaging)</h4><h4><a href="http://www.edtech.vt.edu/edtech/cs.html">Classroom support</a> (of Educational Technologies, located in Torgersen Hall)</h4><h3>Music/audio collections (CD, audiocassette, etc)</h3><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/collections/">Collections and formats available</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/circ-reserve/pdf-brochures/">Media brochures</a></h4><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/tags/A/music-recordings-scores.html">Music recordings and scores</a> (database type)</h3><h3><a href="http://addison.vt.edu/patroninfo">My Library Account</a></h3><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/circ-reserve/borrowing.html#Responsibility">Borrower's responsibility</a></h4><p class="top"><a href="#top">Top</a></p> Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:35:23 -0400 http://www.lib.vt.edu/A-Z-list/m-index.html http://www.lib.vt.edu/A-Z-list/n-index.html <h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/tags/A/narratives-diaries-letters.html">Narratives, diaries and letters</a> (database type)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/seven/narrow.html">Narrowing or broadening your topic</a> (see also <a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/seven/">Library Research</a>)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/subjects/engr/RefsheetNASA.html">NASA/NACA [National Aeronautics and Space Administration/National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics]</a> (RefSheet guide)</h3><h3><a href="http://dsp.lib.vt.edu/newbooks/newbooks.php">New materials list</a></h3><h4><a href="http://addison.vt.edu/search%7ES1/?searchtype=p&amp;searcharg=newman+new+books">New books on display in Newman Library</a></h4><h3><a href="http://www.is.vt.edu/">New Media Center</a> (now called Innovation Space located in Torgersen Hall)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/circ-reserve/services/book-runner.html">Newman Book Runner</a> (book delivery service for faculty)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/tour/floor2/classroom.html">Newman Library Classroom</a> (207A Newman)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/libnews/">News, library</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/news/">News media</a> (resources for research)</h3><h3><a href="http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/NewsOnline/">NewsOnline</a> (archive of news resources held by the DLA - Digital Library and Archives)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/news/">Newspapers and current news sources</a> (RefSheet guide)</h3><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/news/currentnewspapers.html">Currently subscribed newspapers in Newman Library</a></h4><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/tags/A/newspapers-magazines.html">Newspapers and magazines</a> (database type)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.composition.english.vt.edu/wc/WC_Home.html">Night OWL</a> (Outpost of the Writing Lab, satellite location in library)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/circ-reserve/general_information.html#noncirc">Non-circulating materials</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/nvc/">Northern Virginia Center Resource Center</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/ill/materials/ntisreports.html">NTIS Reports</a> (obtaining through ILL)</h3><p class="top"><a href="#top">Top</a></p> Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:37:49 -0400 http://www.lib.vt.edu/A-Z-list/n-index.html http://www.lib.vt.edu/A-Z-list/o-index.html <h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/circ-reserve/reciprocal.html">OCLC Reciprocal Faculty Borrowing Program</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/extended/">Off-campus access to library materials</a></h3><h4><a href="https://computing.vt.edu/content/virtual-private-network">Virtual Private Network (VPN)</a> access to restricted library resources</h4><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/extended/extproxy.html">Off-Campus Sign in</a> (EZProxy)</h3><h4><a href="http://www.ezproxy.com/support/nat.html">Trouble-shooting Off Campus Sign In</a> (when using firewalls)</h4><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/ask.html">Online chat service</a> (Ask a Librarian)</h3><h4><a href="http://vt.libanswers.com">Chat/Email knowledge base</a></h4><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/screencasts/">Online (screencast) tutorials</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/openaccess/">Open access</a></h3><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/openaccess/discounts.html">Discounts available to authors</a></h4><h4>Institutional repository: <a href="http://vtechworks.lib.vt.edu/">VTechWorks</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/oafund/">Subvention fund</a> to subsidize open access author fees</h4><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/collections/opticaldisc.html">Optical discs</a> (laser discs)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.tec.lib.vt.edu/directory/orgchart.pdf">Organizational chart of the library</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/circ-reserve/overdue.html">Overdue [of library materials] notifications</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/about/aboutlibs.html">Overview of the library</a></h3><p class="top"><a href="#top">Top</a></p> Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:38:36 -0400 http://www.lib.vt.edu/A-Z-list/o-index.html http://www.lib.vt.edu/A-Z-list/p-index.html <h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/seven/scheduler.html">Paper scheduler, research</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/tags/A/patents-trademarks.html">Patents and trademarks</a> (database type)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/subjects/engr/PatHandout.html">Patents, trademarks and copyright</a> (RefSheet guide)</h3><h3><a href="http://addison.vt.edu/patroninfo">Patron activity record</a> (My Library Account)</h3><h3>Peer-reviewed journals - see <a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/seven/magazines.html#Sch">Scholarly journals</a> (see also <a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/seven/">Research, Seven Steps</a>)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/subjects/A/humanities-performing-arts-res.html">Performing arts and humanities</a> (subject databases)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/seven/magazines.html">Periodicals, types defined</a> (see also <a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/seven/">Research, Seven Steps</a>)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/persistentlinks.html">Persistent links - creating or saving</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/about/charging-stations.html">Phone and device charging stations</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/collections/phonorecords.html">Phonorecords</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/photocopy/">Photocopy services</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/subjects/A/engineering-physical-sci-res.html">Physical sciences and engineering</a> (subject databases)</h3><h3><a href="http://addison.vt.edu/screens/help_index.html#request">Place a hold or recall</a> using My Library Account</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/byformat/pleasurereading.html">Pleasure reading books, finding</a></h3><h3><a href="http://dsp.lib.vt.edu/dsp/index.php?action=ViewDatabase&amp;format=21">Poetry and short stories</a> (database type)</h3><h3>Policies</h3><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/circ-reserve/returning.html#returned">Book appeal form, when to use</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/circ-reserve/policies/">Borrowing</a></h4><h5><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/circ-reserve/borrowing.html#Responsibility">Borrower's responsibility</a></h5><h5><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/circ-reserve/borrowing.html#AddressChange">Change of address</a></h5><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/classrooms/policy.html">Classroom usage</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/collmgmt/policies/">Collection management</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/circ-reserve/policies/lost-paid.html">Damaged materials</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/circ-reserve/policies/email.html">Email notification</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/circ-reserve/fines.html">Fines</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/circ-reserve/policies/group-viewing.html">Group viewing of multimedia</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/circ-reserve/id.html">Identification accepted at the University Libraries</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/circ-reserve/policies/lost-paid.html">Lost library materials</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/circ-reserve/policies/renewal.html">Renewal</a> (of materials)</h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/circ-reserve/borrowing.html#Reserves">Reserves, general</a></h4><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/seven/magazines.html">Popular magazines, defined</a> (see also <a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/seven/">Research, Seven Steps</a>)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/about/microsoft.html">PowerPoint, Microsoft Office</a> (locating computers with these programs)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/research/primary-secondary-tertiary.html">Primary, secondary, and tertiary sources</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/photocopy/printing.html">Printing in the library</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/conference-proceedings/">Proceedings of conferences</a> (ACM, AIP, ASAE, IEEE, ISI, USAHA)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/tags/A/professional-trade-literature.html">Professional and trade literature</a> (database type)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/libnews/2010/2010-09-28.html">Promotion and tenure, resources for faculty</a> (Thomson (ISI) products)</h3><h3><a href="https://aqua.lib.vt.edu/proxy_borrower.php">Proxy borrower authentication form</a></h3><h3>Proxy server (Off Campus Sign In)</h3><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/extended/extproxy.html">Setup and using</a> (Off Campus Sign In defined)</h4><h4><a href="http://www.ezproxy.com/support/nat.html">Trouble-shooting Off Campus Sign In</a> (when using firewalls)</h4><h3><a href="http://crow.lib.vt.edu/avail/avail.php">Public computers, availability</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/about/public-computers.html">Public computers, installed software</a></h3><p class="top"><a href="#top">Top</a></p> Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:39:14 -0400 http://www.lib.vt.edu/A-Z-list/p-index.html http://www.lib.vt.edu/A-Z-list/q-index.html <h3>Questions</h3><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/ask.html">Ask a librarian</a></h4><h4><a href="http://server.iad.liveperson.net/hc/s-LPvirginiatech/cmd/kbresource/kb-8435331480368057665/front_page%21PAGETYPE">Search the chat/email knowledge base</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/hours/refdesks.html">Asking in person or by phone</a> (Library reference assistance)</h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/libcomments/">Comment/suggestion box archive</a></h4><h4><a href="http://server.iad.liveperson.net/hc/s-LPvirginiatech/web/ticketpub/msgcontroller.jsp">Email a question</a></h4><h3>Quiet study areas</h3><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/tour/floor3/">3rd floor</a> (<span style=" color: red;">entire floor</span>)</h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/tour/floor5/">5th floor</a> (<span style=" color: red;">entire floor</span>)</h4><p class="top"><a href="#top">Top</a></p> Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:39:55 -0400 http://www.lib.vt.edu/A-Z-list/q-index.html http://www.lib.vt.edu/A-Z-list/r-index.html <h3><a href="http://lib.runet.edu">Radford University Library</a></h3><h3><a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu/rare/">Rare book collection</a> (see also <a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu/">Special Collections</a>)</h3><h3><a href="http://addison.vt.edu/screens/help_index.html#request">Recalling a checked-out book</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/circ-reserve/reciprocal.html">Reciprocal borrowing privileges at ARL libraries</a></h3><h3><a href="https://aqua.lib.vt.edu/Bookorder.php">Recommend material(s) for purchase</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/RIS/staff.html">Reference and branch services staff</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/hours/refdesks.html">Reference assistance</a> (general information)</h3><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/ask.html">Ask a librarian</a></h4><h4><a href="http://server.iad.liveperson.net/hc/s-LPvirginiatech/cmd/kbresource/front_page%21PAGETYPE">Online email/chat knowledge base</a></h4><h4>Desk locations</h4><h5><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/tour/floor2/refdesk2.html">Business, Humanities and Social Sciences Reference/Research</a></h5><h5><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/tour/floor4/refdesk4.html">Science and Technology Reference/Research</a></h5><h5><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/tour/floor4/towerref.html">Torgersen Service</a></h5><h5><a href="http://server.iad.liveperson.net/hc/s-LPvirginiatech/web/ticketpub/msgcontroller.jsp">Email a question</a></h5><h4><a href="http://server.iad.liveperson.net/hc/s-LPvirginiatech/cmd/kbresource/kb-282171711860217739/front_page%21PAGETYPE">Frequently asked questions</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/subject-guides/">Subject guides</a> (and librarian contact information)</h4><h3>RefSheets, search aids for finding publications in</h3><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/handouts/research-guides/casecitationabbrev-rg55.pdf">Case citation abbreviations</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/byformat/more/congressional.html">Congressional hearings</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/subjects/engr/">Engineering</a></h4><h5><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/subjects/engr/RefsheetAIAA.html">AIAA</a> American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics</h5><h5><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/subjects/engr/RefsheetASME.html">ASME</a> American Society of Mechanical Engineers</h5><h5><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/subjects/engr/RefSheetASTM.pdf">ASTM</a> American Society for Testing and Materials</h5><h5><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/subjects/engr/RefSheetEPA.pdf">EPA</a> Environmental Protection Agency</h5><h5><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/subjects/engr/RefsheetNASA.html">NASA/NACA</a> National Aeronautics and Space Administration/National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics</h5><h5><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/subjects/engr/RefsheetSAE.html">SAE</a> Society of Automotive Engineers</h5><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/subjects/engr/standard.html">Engineering standards</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/subjects/forestry/forestrefsheet.html">Forestry resources</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/news/">Newspapers and current news sources</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/subjects/engr/PatHandout.html">Patents, trademarks and copyright</a></h4><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/shelving/storage/">Remote storage facility</a> (general information)</h3><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/shelving/storage/storageinfo.html">Daily operations</a></h4><h3><a href="http://addison.vt.edu/patroninfo">Renew checked-out items</a> (my library account)</h3><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/circ-reserve/services/renewing.html">How to renew</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/circ-reserve/policies/renewal.html">Renewal Policies</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/circ-reserve/services/renewing.html">Why books may not renew</a></h4><h3><a href="https://aqua.lib.vt.edu/Library_Material_Search.php">Report item missing from shelf</a></h3><h3><a href="http://addison.vt.edu/patroninfo">Renew checked-out items</a> (my library record)</h3><h4><a href="http:///circ-reserve/services/renewing.html">How to renew</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/circ-reserve/policies/renewal.html">Renewal Policies</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/circ-reserve/services/renewing.html">Why books may not renew</a></h4><h3><a href="https://aqua.lib.vt.edu/Library_Material_Search.php">Report item missing from shelf</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/tags/A/reports-standards-financials.html">Reports, standards and financials</a> (database type)</h3><h3>Request forms</h3><h4><a href="https://aqua.lib.vt.edu/branch_book_request.php">Request a book from a branch library</a> (items sent via library courier)</h4><h4><a href="https://aqua.lib.vt.edu/branch_article_request.php">Request a photocopy of an article from a branch library</a> (items sent via library courier)</h4><h4><a href="http://addison.vt.edu/screens/help_index.html#storage">Request a book or journal from storage</a> (items sent via library courier)</h4><h4><a href="http://addison.vt.edu/screens/help_index.html#request">Request a checked out book</a></h4><h4><a href="https://aqua.lib.vt.edu/Library_Material_Search.php">Request a search</a> (for a missing item)</h4><h4><a href="https://aqua.lib.vt.edu/Bookorder.php">Request purchase of an item</a></h4><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/RIS/">Research and Instructional Services</a> (RIS)</h3><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/hours/">Branch libraries</a> (hours and listings)</h4><h5><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/artarch/">Art + Architecture</a></h5><h5><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/nvc/">Northern Virginia Center Resource Center</a></h5><h5><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/vetmed/">Veterinary Medicine</a></h5><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/forms/reserve.html">Classroom reservation form</a></h4><h5><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/classrooms/policy.html">Classroom usage policies</a></h5><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/subject-guides/">Contact your college or subject librarian</a> (assist/teach a library resources instruction class)</h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/clprg.html">College librarian program</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/hours/refdesks.html">Desk assistance</a> (general info and phone numbers)</h4><h5><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/tour/floor2/refdesk2.html">Business, Humanities, and Social Sciences Reference/Research desk</a></h5><h5><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/tour/floor2/refdesk4.html">Science and Technology Reference/Research desk</a></h5><h5><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/tour/floor4/towerref.html">Torgersen Service desk</a></h5><h5><a href="http://server.iad.liveperson.net/hc/s-LPvirginiatech/web/ticketpub/msgcontroller.jsp">Email a question</a></h5><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/topics/government/index.html">Government documents</a> (topic guide)</h4><h4>Instruction scheduling forms</h4><h5><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/forms/reserve.html">Engl 1105, 1106; H1204; Comm. Studies 1105 or 1106</a></h5><h5>For all other library instruction classes, contact your <a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/subject-guides/">collegiate librarian</a></h5><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/ask.html">Questions, asking online</a> (Ask a Librarian)</h4><h5><a href="http://server.iad.liveperson.net/hc/s-LPvirginiatech/cmd/kbresource/front_page%21PAGETYPE">Chat/email knowledge base</a></h5><h5><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/libcomments/">Comment/suggestion box archive</a></h5><h5><a href="http://server.iad.liveperson.net/hc/s-LPvirginiatech/cmd/kbresource/kb-282171711860217739/front_page%21PAGETYPE">Frequently asked questions</a> (about the library and resources)</h5><h5>Reference desks</h5><h6><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/tour/floor2/refdesk2.html">Business, Humanities, and Social Sciences Reference/Research desk</a></h6><h6><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/tour/floor2/refdesk4.html">Science and Technology Reference/Research desk</a></h6><h6><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/tour/floor4/towerref.html">Torgersen Service desk</a></h6><h5>Research and subject guides</h5><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/handouts/">Guides/handouts to selected databases, subjects, research, and other library services</a> (all are in PDF format)</h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/subject-guides/">Subject guides</a> (list of resources to use for specific subjects, includes librarian contact information)</h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/RIS/staff.html">Staff of RIS</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/ism-intro.html">Tutorials</a></h4><h5><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/subject-guides/start/index.html">Getting started with library research</a></h5><h5><a href="http://info-skills.lib.vt.edu/">ISM</a> (Information Skills Modules)</h5><h6><a href="http://info-skills.lib.vt.edu/choosing_focusing/index.php">Choosing and Focusing a Topic</a></h6><h6><a href="http://info-skills.lib.vt.edu/selecting_info/index.php">Selecting Information Sources</a></h6><h6><a href="http://info-skills.lib.vt.edu/developing_search/index.php">Developing search Strategies</a></h6><h6><a href="http://info-skills.lib.vt.edu/retrieving_info/index.php">Retrieving Information</a></h6><h6><a href="http://info-skills.lib.vt.edu/evaluating_info/index.php">Evaluating Information</a></h6><h6><a href="http://info-skills.lib.vt.edu/using_info/index.php">Using Information Appropriately</a></h6><h5><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/seven/">Seven Steps to Library Research</a></h5><h6><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/seven/topic.html">Choosing a topic</a></h6><h6><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/seven/background.html">Finding background information</a></h6><h6><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/seven/books.html">Finding monographs (books)</a></h6><h6><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/seven/magazines.html">Finding periodical articles</a></h6><h6><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/evaluate/">Evaluating internet resources</a></h6><h6>Write your paper</h6><h6><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/seven/citing.html">Citing your sources</a></h6><h6>Additional tips/help</h6><p class="head7"><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/seven/analyzing.html">Analyzing the sources you have found</a></p><p class="head7"><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/ask.html">Ask a librarian</a></p><p class="head7"><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/glossary.html">Glossary of library terms</a></p><p class="head7"><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/seven/narrow.html">Narrowing or broadening your topic</a></p><p class="head7"><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/seven/scheduler.html">Research paper scheduler</a></p><p class="head7"><a href="http://tilt.lib.vt.edu/TILT/intro/index.html">TILT</a> (Tech's Information Literacy Tutorial)</p><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/handouts/research-guides/">Research guides, handouts</a> (research guides for select subjects, all are PDF files)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/subject-guides/">Research guides, subject guides</a> (find databases, websites and other resources about your subject)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/seven/scheduler.html">Research paper scheduler</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/portal/">Research portal</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/forms/reserve.html">Reservations, classroom</a></h3><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/classrooms/policy.html">Classroom usage policies</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/subject-guides/">Contact your college or subject librarian</a> (assist/teach a library resources instruction class)</h4><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/circ-reserve/reservemain.html">Reserves</a></h3><h4>For Instructors:</h4><h5><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/circ-reserve/reserve-instructors/placing-items-on-reserve.html">Placing items on reserve and other services</a></h5><h5><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/circ-reserve/reserve-instructors/reserve-copyright.html">Copyright Law</a></h5><h5><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/circ-reserve/reserve-instructors/reserve-end-of-semester.html">End of semester returns</a></h5><h5><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/circ-reserve/reserve-instructors/reserve-processing.html">Processing</a></h5><h5><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/circ-reserve/reserve-instructors/reserve-missing.html">Missing, damaged, or long overdue reserve items</a></h5><h5><a href="https://aqua.lib.vt.edu/reserve_form.php">Reserve request form</a> (<span style=" color: red;">VT instructors only</span>: use for library owned materials - web form)</h5><h5><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/forms/reserve_request_form.pdf">Reserve request form</a> (<span style=" color: red;">VT instructors only</span>: use for personal copies - PDF)</h5><h5><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/circ-reserve/reserve-instructors/types-of-materials.html">Types of materials accepted</a></h5><h4>For students</h4><h5><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/circ-reserve/reserve_patron.html#checkout">Checking reserve items out</a></h5><h5><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/circ-reserve/reserve_patron.html#fines">Fines</a></h5><h5><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/circ-reserve/reserve_patron.html#renew">Renewing reserve materials</a></h5><h5><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/circ-reserve/reserve_patron.html#searching">Tips on searching for reserve materials</a></h5><h5>Viewing online/electronic reserves: must use Adobe Reader - <a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/index.html">download here</a></h5><h5><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/circ-reserve/reserve_info.html">General information</a> (hours, location, collections, contact info)</h5><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/circ-reserve/borrowing.html#Reserves">General reserve policies</a></h4><h4><a href="http://addison.vt.edu/screens/Reserves.html">Search Addison for Reserves</a></h4><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/circ-reserve/returning.html">Returning library materials</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/tags/A/reviews-critiques.html">Reviews and critiques</a> (database type)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/byformat/more/forlang.html#software">Rosetta Stone software</a></h3><p class="top"><a href="#top">Top</a></p> Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:40:42 -0400 http://www.lib.vt.edu/A-Z-list/r-index.html http://www.lib.vt.edu/A-Z-list/s-index.html <h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/subjects/engr/RefsheetSAE.html">SAE [Society of Automotive Engineers]</a> (RefSheet guide)</h3><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/ill/materials/saepapers.html">SAE Papers, requesting through ILLiad</a></h4><h3><a href="http://proquest.safaribooksonline.com/?uicode=viva">Safari books online</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/about/scanners.html">Scanners</a></h3><h3>Schedule a library class</h3><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/forms/reserve.html">Classroom reservation form</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/classrooms/policy.html">Classroom usage policies</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/subject-guides/">Contact your college or subject librarian</a> (assist/teach a library resources instruction class)</h4><h4><a href="https://aqua.lib.vt.edu/spec-request.php">Schedule an instruction session with Special Collections</a></h4><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/key-features.html">Scholarly databases, key features of</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/research/types-sources.html">Scholarly journals, trade journals, and magazines</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/tour/floor4/refdesk4.html">Science and Technology reference desk</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/screencasts/">Screencast tutorials</a></h3><h3><a href="http://addison.vt.edu/screens/Reserves.html">Search for Reserves</a> (via Addison the library catalog)</h3><h3><a href="http://addison.vt.edu/screens/help_index.html">Search help for Addison</a> (the library catalog)</h3><h3><a href="https://aqua.lib.vt.edu/Library_Material_Search.php">Search request form</a> (locate books not on shelf)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/seven/sevensteps.html">Searching tips</a> (Research, seven steps)</h3><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/seven/topic.html">Choosing a topic</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/seven/background.html">Finding background information</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/seven/books.html">Finding monographs [books]</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/seven/magazines.html">Finding periodical articles</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/evaluate/">Evaluating internet resources</a></h4><h4>Write your paper</h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/seven/citing.html">Citing your sources</a></h4><h4>Additional tips/help</h4><h5><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/seven/analyzing.html">Analyzing the sources you have found</a></h5><h5><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/ask.html">Ask a librarian</a></h5><h5><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/glossary.html">Glossary of library terms</a></h5><h5><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/seven/narrow.html">Narrowing or broadening your topic</a></h5><h5><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/seven/scheduler.html">Research paper scheduler</a></h5><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/research/primary-secondary-tertiary.html">Secondary, tertiary, and primary sources</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/handouts/self-tour.pdf">Self guided tours</a> (PDF file)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.training.lib.vt.edu/classesoffered.php">Seminars</a> (register for library workshops/seminars)</h3><h4><a href="mailto:kgoldbec@vt.edu;ljlee@vt.edu">Seminar suggestions</a> (let us know what library resources you'd like to learn more about)</h4><h3>Service desks and locations</h3><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/photocopy/">Cashier's window</a> photocopiers, fax machine, fine payments, etc (4th floor)</h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/tour/floor2/circulation.html">Circulation/Reserves (2nd floor)</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/tour/floor1/ill.html">Interlibrary Loan</a> ILL (1st floor)</h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/tour/floor2/refdesk.html">Business, Humanities and Social Sciences Reference and Research (2nd floor)</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/tour/floor1/spec.html">Special Collections (1st floor)</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/about/specialservices.html">Special Services (1st floor)</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/tour/floor4/refdesk4.html">Science and Technology Reference Desk (4th floor)</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/tour/floor4/towerref.html">Torgersen assistance desk (4th floor)</a></h4><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/forms/">Service and request forms</a> (all)</h3><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/ask.html">Ask a reference question online</a></h4><h4><a href="http://addison.vt.edu/patroninfo">Change of address in your library record</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/forms/reserve.html">Classroom reservation form</a></h4><h5><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/classrooms/policy.html">Classroom usage policies</a></h5><h5><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/subject-guides/">Contact your college or subject librarian</a> (assist/teach a library resources instruction class)</h5><h4><a href="https://aqua.lib.vt.edu/comment.php">Comment/suggestion box</a></h4><h5><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/libcomments/">Archive of library responses to comments/suggestions</a></h5><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/shelving/courier/">Courier service</a> (about)</h4><h5><a href="https://aqua.lib.vt.edu/branch_article_request.php">Request an article from a branch library</a></h5><h5><a href="https://aqua.lib.vt.edu/Branch_Book_Request_Form.php">Request a book from a branch library</a></h5><h5><a href="http://addison.vt.edu/screens/help_index.html#storage">Request a book or journal from storage</a></h5><h4><a href="mailto:beagle@vt.edu">Extended campus [distance learning] access to library resources</a> (email form)</h4><h5><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/extended/campus.html">Campus links</a></h5><h5><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/extended/aboutlib.html">Distance education librarian, about</a></h5><h5><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/extended/extproxy.html">Off campus sign in information</a></h5><h5><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/extended/pid.html">PIDs</a> (Virginia Tech personal IDs)</h5><h5><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/extended/extserv.html">Services</a></h5><h5><a href="https://aqua.lib.vt.edu/fine_appeal_form.php">Fine appeal form</a></h5><h4><a href="mailto:ill@vt.edu">Interlibrary Loan</a> (email form)</h4><h5><a href="http://www.ill.vt.edu/illiad/">ILLiad</a></h5><h5><a href="http://www.ill.vt.edu/ILLiadDocs/ILLiadCustomerHelp.html">ILLiad help</a></h5><h4><a href="https://aqua.lib.vt.edu/media_booking_form.php">Media booking form</a> (<span style=" color: red;">for VT instructors and extension agents only</span>)</h4><h4><a href="https://addison.vt.edu/patroninfo">My Library Account</a> (check library account activity)</h4><h4><a href="http://addison.vt.edu/screens/help_index.html#request">Place a hold or recall an item</a></h4><h4><a href="https://aqua.lib.vt.edu/proxy_borrower.php">Proxy borrower request form</a></h4><h4><a href="http://addison.vt.edu/patroninfo">Renew an item</a></h4><h4><a href="https://aqua.lib.vt.edu/branch_article_request.php">Request an article from a branch library</a></h4><h4><a href="https://aqua.lib.vt.edu/Branch_Book_Request_Form.php">Request a book from a branch library</a></h4><h4><a href="http://addison.vt.edu/screens/help_index.html#storage">Request a book or journal from storage</a></h4><h4><a href="http://addison.vt.edu/screens/help_index.html#request">Request a book that is checked out</a></h4><h4><a href="https://aqua.lib.vt.edu/Library_Material_Search.php">Request a search</a> (for a missing item)</h4><h4><a href="https://aqua.lib.vt.edu/reserve_form.php">Reserve request form</a> (online form - <span style=" color: red;">VT instructors only</span>: use for library owned materials)</h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/forms/reserve_request_form.pdf">Reserve request form</a> (PDF - <span style=" color: red;">VT instructors only</span>: use for personal copies)</h4><h4><a href="https://aqua.lib.vt.edu/Bookorder.php">Suggest a book/item for purchase</a></h4><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/handouts/services/">Services and collections</a> (research guides, all handouts are PDF files)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/facserv.html">Services for faculty and graduate teaching assistants</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/shelving/">Shelving</a></h3><h3>Silent [quiet] study areas</h3><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/tour/floor3/">3rd floor</a> (<span style=" color: red;">entire floor</span>)</h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/tour/floor5/">5th floor</a> (<span style=" color: red;">entire floor</span>)</h4><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/collections/humanities-slides.html">Slides</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/subjects/A/social-sci-edu-res.html">Social sciences and education</a> (subject databases)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/subjects/engr/RefsheetSAE.html">Society of Automotive Engineers [SAE]</a> (RefSheet guide)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/about/campus-software.html">Software on Newman Library and Torgersen computers</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/byformat/more/speeches-transcripts.html">Speeches and transcripts, finding</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/ejournals-passwords.html">Special Cases, electronic resources</a> (need password to access)</h3><h3><a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu/">Special Collections</a></h3><h4><a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu/mss/msshp.htm">Manuscript collection</a></h4><h4><a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu/rare/">Rare book collection</a></h4><h4><a href="https://aqua.lib.vt.edu/spec-request.php">Schedule an instruction session</a></h4><h4><a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu/archives/">University Archives</a></h4><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/about/specialservices.html">Special Services</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/glossary.html">Stacks, defined</a> (look for term in glossary)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/jobs/">Staff and librarian job openings</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.tec.lib.vt.edu/directory/">Staff directory</a> (all options to choose from)</h3><h4><a href="http://www.tec.lib.vt.edu/directory/index.php?op=alist">Alphabetical by last name</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/subject-guides/">College and subject librarians to academic departments</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.tec.lib.vt.edu/directory/index.php?op=dlist">Departmental list</a></h4><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/subjects/engr/standard.html">Standards for engineering</a> (ways to locate and obtain)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/tags/A/statistics-data-sets.html">Statistics and data sets</a> (database type)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/shelving/storage/">Storage facility</a> (general information)</h3><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/shelving/storage/storageinfo.html">Daily operations</a></h4><h4><a href="http://addison.vt.edu/screens/help_index.html#storage">Request a book or journal from storage</a></h4><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/strategicplan/">Strategic plan, library</a></h3><h3><a href="https://seas.lib.vt.edu/">Student job openings</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/about/studycafe.html">Study café constriction blog</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/about/studying.html">Studying in the libraries</a></h3><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/about/learning-commons/">Learning Commons</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/tour/studyrooms.html">Study rooms, group</a></h4><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/subject-guides/">Subject guides</a> (resources to use for specific subjects; includes subject librarian contact information)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/subjects/index.html">Subject related content</a> (includes guides to types of materials such as maps, music, etc, refsheets for some subjects, as well as course guides for a specific class)</h3><h3><a href="https://aqua.lib.vt.edu/Bookorder.php">Suggest an item for purchase</a></h3><h3><a href="https://aqua.lib.vt.edu/comment.php">Suggestion/Comment box</a></h3><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/libcomments/">Archive of library responses to comments/suggestions</a></h4><h3><a href="http://vt.summon.serialssolutions.com/advanced">Summon</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/feedback.html#surveys">Surveys and feedback about the library</a> (Let us know...)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/subjects/sustainability/">Sustainability research guides</a></h3><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/subjects/sustainability/climate-change.html">Climate change</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/subjects/sustainability/green-campus.html">Green campus initiatives</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/subjects/sustainability/life-cycle-analysis.html">Life cycle analysis</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/subjects/sustainability/energy.html">Renewable or sustainable energy</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/subjects/sustainability/agriculture.html">Sustainable agriculture</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/subjects/sustainability/building-design.html">Sustainable building and design</a></h4><p class="top"><a href="#top">Top</a></p> Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:41:47 -0400 http://www.lib.vt.edu/A-Z-list/s-index.html http://www.lib.vt.edu/A-Z-list/t-index.html <h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/facserv.html">Teaching assistants and faculty, services for</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/libnews/2010/2010-09-28.html">Tenure and promotion, resources for faculty</a> (Thomson (ISI) products)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/research/primary-secondary-tertiary.html">Tertiary, primary, and secondary sources</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/byformat/more/tests-measures.html">Tests and measures</a>, finding</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/byformat/more/textbooks.html">Textbooks</a>, finding</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/circ-reserve/pdf-brochures/">Themed brochures</a> (highlights of various Circulation/Reserves collections)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/tags/A/encyclopedias-dictionaries-almanacs.html">Thesauri, almanacs, dictionaries, encyclopedias, and miscellaneous reference works</a></h3><h3><a href="http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/">Theses and dissertations [ETDs] of Virginia Tech, electronic</a></h3><h4><a href="http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/browse/">Browse/search for VT ETDs</a> (by author or department)</h4><h4><a href="http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/etd-search.html">Search for VT ETDs</a> (keyword or advanced options)</h4><h4><a href="https://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ETD-db/ETD-submit/login">Submitting your ETD</a> (online account form)</h4><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/tags/A/theses-dissertations.html">Theses and dissertations</a> (database type)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/byformat/etds.html">Theses and dissertations</a> (general information)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/libnews/2010/2010-09-28.html">Thomson [ISI] products</a> (resources for faculty tenure and promotion)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/tour/floor2/classroom.html">Torgersen Library Classroom</a> (3310 Torgersen Hall)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/tour/floor4/towerref.html">Torgersen Assistance Desk</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/tours-class.html">Tours, classes and training</a> (general information)</h3><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/toursked.html">Guided tour schedule</a> (for Newman Library)</h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/handouts/self-tour.pdf">Self-guided tours</a> (PDF - for Newman Library)</h4><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/research/types-sources.html">Trade journals, scholarly journals, and magazines</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/subjects/engr/PatHandout.html">Trademarks, copyright, and patents</a> (RefSheet guide)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/articles-databases/current-trials.html">Trials of databases</a> (potential resource purchases)</h3><h3>Tutorials</h3><h4><a href="http://shelving.lib.vt.edu/call-number/index.html">Call numbers, how to read</a></h4><h4><a href="http://info-skills.lib.vt.edu/">Information Skills Modules (ISM)</a></h4><h5><a href="http://info-skills.lib.vt.edu/choosing_focusing/index.php">Choosing and Focusing a Topic</a></h5><h5><a href="http://info-skills.lib.vt.edu/selecting_info/index.php">Selecting Information Sources</a></h5><h5><a href="http://info-skills.lib.vt.edu/developing_search/index.php">Developing search Strategies</a></h5><h5><a href="http://info-skills.lib.vt.edu/retrieving_info/index.php">Retrieving Information</a></h5><h5><a href="http://info-skills.lib.vt.edu/evaluating_info/index.php">Evaluating Information</a></h5><h5><a href="http://info-skills.lib.vt.edu/using_info/index.php">Using Information Appropriately</a></h5><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/screencasts/">Screencast tutorials</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/seven/">Seven Steps to Library Research</a></h4><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/research/info-sources.html">Types of information sources</a>: academic journals, books, databases, encyclopedias, library catalogs, magazines, newspapers, websites</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/about/typewriters.html">Typewriters</a></h3><p class="top"><a href="#top">Top</a></p> Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:42:42 -0400 http://www.lib.vt.edu/A-Z-list/t-index.html http://www.lib.vt.edu/A-Z-list/u-index.html <h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/info/ugrad.html">Undergraduate students, information for</a></h3><h3><a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu/archives/">University Archives</a> (see also <a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu/">Special Collections</a>)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/libnews/2010/2010-09-28.html">University faculty, resources for tenure and promotion</a> (Thomson (ISI) products)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/minutes/">University Library Committee Minutes</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.virginia.edu/">University of Virginia Libraries</a></h3><h3><a href="https://addison.vt.edu/patroninfo">Update My Library Account</a> (in Addison)</h3><p class="top"><a href="#top">Top</a></p> Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:43:22 -0400 http://www.lib.vt.edu/A-Z-list/u-index.html http://www.lib.vt.edu/A-Z-list/v-index.html <h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/vetmed/">Veterinary Medicine Library</a></h3><h3>VHS, DVDs, CDs, etc.</h3><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/collections/">Collections and formats available</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/circ-reserve/pdf-brochures/">Media brochures</a></h4><h4><a href="http://addison.vt.edu/screens/movies.html">Search movie collection</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/collections/video-encyclopedia.html">Video Encyclopedia of the 20th Century</a></h4><h4><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/circ-reserve/policies/group-viewing.html">Viewing policy for groups</a></h4><h3><a href="http://lists.webjunction.org/libweb/Academic_VA.html">Virginia academic libraries</a> (web sites of other VA libraries)</h3><h3><a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/cgi-bin/eadform.pl">Virginia Heritage database</a></h3><h3><a href="http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/">Virginia Tech's Electronic Theses and Dissertations</a> (ETDs)</h3><h4><a href="http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/browse/">Browse/search for VT ETDs</a> (by author or department)</h4><h4><a href="http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/etd-search.html">Search for VT ETDs</a> (keyword or advanced options)</h4><h4><a href="https://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ETD-db/ETD-submit/login">Submitting your ETD</a> (online account form)</h4><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/vtauthors/">Virginia Tech authors recognition</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/artarch/services_insight.html">Virginia Tech's Luna Insight Digital Image Database</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/info/visitors.html">Visitors/alumni, information for</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.vivalib.org/">VIVA, the Virtual Library of Virginia</a></h3><h4><a href="http://www.vivalib.org/cfapps/lib1.cfm">List of participating VIVA libraries</a></h4><h3><span> <a href="https://computing.vt.edu/content/virtual-private-network" title="VPN" class="vt_link_url" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('https://computing.vt.edu/content/virtual-private-network')" shape="rect">VPN</a> </span> (Virtual Private Network) to access restricted resources from off campus</h3><h3><a href="http://vtechworks.lib.vt.edu/">VTechWorks</a> institutional repository</h3><p class="top"><a href="#top">Top</a></p> Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:44:07 -0400 http://www.lib.vt.edu/A-Z-list/v-index.html http://www.lib.vt.edu/A-Z-list/w-index.html <h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/about/wireless.html">Wireless networking in Newman Library</a></h3><h4><a href="http://www.cns.vt.edu/html/wireless/wlan/coverage.html">Wireless networking elsewhere on campus</a></h4><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/about/microsoft.html">Word, Microsoft Office</a> (locating computers with these programs)</h3><h3><a href="http://www.training.lib.vt.edu/classesoffered.php">Workshops, library</a></h3><h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/about/writing/">Writing Center</a></h3><p class="top"><a href="#top">Top</a></p> Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:44:44 -0400 http://www.lib.vt.edu/A-Z-list/w-index.html http://www.lib.vt.edu/A-Z-list/z-index.html <h3><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/endnote/z3950.html">z39.50 connection information for EndNote</a></h3><p class="top"><a href="#top">Top</a></p> Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:45:44 -0400 http://www.lib.vt.edu/A-Z-list/z-index.html