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Background information sources: Almanacs, bibliographies, biographical resources, dictionaries, directories, encyclopedias, handbooks, statistical sources, thesauruses

Bibliographic tools and catalogs (database type)

Biography (topic page)

Book appeal form

Policy about when to use

Book delivery service for faculty

Book locations (floor maps)

Book purchase suggestion form

Book reviews, finding

Bookmarklets (browser tool)

Books, audio

Books, borrowing privileges and loan rules

Borrower's responsibility

Books, finding

Addison (search the VT library catalog)

Classification system used (Library of Congress, outline of call number subject areas)

Find books (collections and tips)

Find ebooks (collections and tips)

Books, new to the library

Books, not able to find on shelf (report missing items)

Books, request from a branch library (courier service)

Books, request from storage

Borrowing privileges and policies

Borrower's responsibility

Reciprocal borrowing privileges at ARL libraries

Branch libraries (listings and hours)

Art + Architecture

Northern Virginia Center Resource Center

Veterinary Medicine

Requesting materials to be delivered - Library courier services request menu

Brochures, themed (highlights of various Circulation/Reserves collections)

Browser tools

Bookmarklets

LibX (Firefox extension)

Browsing baskets

Business and economics (subject databases)

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Call numbers

How to read (handout)

List of the Library of Congress [LC] subject areas (from the LC website)

Using the Library of Congress [LC] classification system

Campus computer labs, software in

Campus maps and buildings (of Virginia Tech)

Aerial photos

Aerial views

Building information and location maps

Campus building architectural drawings

Campus maps

Case citation abbreviations (PDF)

Catalog of the Virginia Tech University Libraries [Addison]

Addison mobile (use on smart phones)

Catalog search tips for Addison

Catalogs (about publications) (database type)

Catalogs and web sites of other libraries:

Library of Congress

Library of Virginia

Montgomery-Floyd Regional [Blacksburg] Public Library

Radford University Library

University of Virginia Libraries

Virginia academic libraries

VIVA, the Virtual Library of Virginia

List of participating VIVA libraries

WorldCat (subscription database - must sign in to use if not on campus)

CDs and other audio material collections

Collections and formats available

Media brochures

Change of address (update My Library Account in Addison)

Policies and additional information

Chat service - see Ask a librarian

Chat/email knowledge base

Checking out materials (loan periods and borrowing privileges)

Borrower's responsibility

Checking your library account - see My Library Account

Chemical and physical properties (database type)

Choosing a research topic

Choosing a topic (see also Research, Seven Steps)

Choosing and Focusing a Topic (see also Information Skills Modules)

Circulation/Reserve Services

Borrowing policies/privileges

Reciprocal borrowing privileges at ARL libraries

Borrower's responsibilities

Circulation (general information)

Collections

Equipment

Fines (general information)

Appeal form

Forms

Hours

Photocopy

Reserve (see also "Reserves" under "R" for forms, policies, etc)

Returning books

Services

Circulation record (check your library account)

Citation and style manuals

Citation reports, resources for faculty tenure and promotion (Thomson (ISI) products)

Citing sources/bibliographies

Citing your sources (see also Research, Seven Steps)

Using Information Appropriately (see also Information Skills Modules

Classes and tours

Library tour schedule

Self-guided tour

Classification system used for books (Library of Congress [LC] subject areas)

Classroom, locations and availability in Library

Newman library classroom (207A Newman)

Torgersen library classroom (3310 Torgersen, between Torgersen Bridge and entrance to Newman)

Classroom, policies and reservation forms

Classroom reservation form

Classroom usage policies

Contact your college or subject librarian (assist/teach a library resources instruction class)

Classroom support (of Educational Technologies, located in Torgersen Hall)

Closing procedures

Coffee shop (Greenberry's Café)

Collection Management

Assignments

By call number

By fund code

By subject

Policies (main and for subject areas)

Approval plan

Donations and gifts

Collections and services (list of selected research guides, all handouts are in PDF format)

College librarian program

History and contacts

Subject assignments [librarian contact information] and guides

Compact discs

Comment/Suggestion box

Archive of library responses to comments/suggestions

Communication Lab (Newman Library Room 101A, CommLab)

Email/contact the CommLab

Location

Computer Labs on campus

Computers, available for use

Computers, installed software in library

Conference proceedings (ACM, AIP, ASCE, ASAE, IEEE, ISI, SPIE, USAHA)

Conference papers, preprints, and working papers (database type)

Copiers

Copyright guidelines

Copyright, patents, and trademarks (RefSheet guide)

Countries and cultures (database type)

Courier service (about)

Request a book from a branch library (form)

Request a photocopy of an article from a branch library (form)

Request a book or journal from storage (how to)

Criteria for effective library assignments

Current trials of databases (potential resource purchases)

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Damaged materials (policy)

Database guides (research guides with help and tips for selecting databases)

Databases (access lists)

Databases by broad subject area

Agricultural, biological, and natural resources

Architecture, art and design

Business

Engineering and physical sciences

General interest

Health and medicine

Humanities and performing arts

Languages and literatures

Social sciences and education

Research starter

Databases by type

Academic search engines

Article searching

Catalogs (about publications)

Chemical and physical properties

Conference proceedings, preprints and working papers

Countries and cultures

Ebook packages

Ejournal packages

Encyclopedias, dictionaries and almanacs

Freely accessible

Funding opportunities

Get VText supported

Governance

Handbooks and manuals

Mobile interface

Multimedia

Music recordings and scores

Narratives, diaries and letters

Newspapers and magazines

Patents and trademarks

Poetry and short stories

Print reference materials

Profession and trade literature

Reports, standards and financials

Restricted to Virginia Tech users

Reviews and critiques

Screencast tutorials available

Statistics and data sets

Summon includes contents of database

Theses and dissertations

Virginia Tech related

VIVA, the Library of Virginia, sponsored

Databases currently on trial

Databases, special cases (need password to access)

Article indexes in print

Dean's Office

Departments, library

Administration - see Dean's Office

Access Services and Assessment

Circulation and Reserve Services

Shelving, Storage, and Courier Service

Interlibrary Loan (ILL)

Collection Management

Dean's Office

Digital Library and Archives (DLA)

Jean Russell Quible Department of Technical Services

Research and Instructional Services (RIS)

Special Collections

Library Systems

Dictionaries, encyclopedias, almanacs, thesauri and miscellaneous reference works (general reference databases)

Digital Library and Archives(DLA)

Electronic journals of VT (archived titles maintained by DLA)

About the electronic journals of VT

Electronic Theses and Dissertations of VT (ETDs)

Browse/search for VT ETDs (by author or department)

Search for VT ETDs (keyword or advanced options)

Submitting your ETD (online account form)

Imagebase

NewsOnline

Directory, library personnel

Alphabetical by last name

College and subject librarians to academic departments

Departmental directory

Directory, university personnel (PeopleSearch online directory)

Dissertations and theses (resources available to search)

Dissertations and theses, Virginia Tech electronic (ETDs; main information page)

Browse/search for VT ETDs (by author or department)

Search for VT ETDs (keyword or advanced options)

Submitting your ETD (online account form)

Distance Learning (extended campus users)

Campus links

Distance education librarian, about

Distance learners, information for

Off campus sign in information

PIDs (Virginia Tech personal IDs)

Services

Document delivery

Library Courier Service, about

Request delivery of a book from a branch library

Request delivery of a photocopy of an article from a branch library

Request delivery of items from storage (process in Addison)

Storage facility, about

Donations to the library

Materials for the collection

Monetary gifts (giving to the library, general information)

Make a gift online

DVDs, VHS, and movie collections

Collections and formats available

Media brochures

Search movie collection

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Ebooks, finding

Ebook packages (database type)

ECS lists of resources

By call number

By title

ECS service desk (located in 3320 Torgersen Hall)

Effective library assignments, criteria for

Ejournal packages (database type)

Electronic journals (search by title)

Electronic Consulting Services [ECS] lists of resources

By call number

By title

Electronic Resources, special cases (need password to access)

Electronic Theses and Dissertations [ETDs] of Virginia Tech

Browse/search for VT ETDs (by author or department)

Search for VT ETDs (keyword or advanced options)

Submitting your ETD (online account form)

Email notification policy

Employment opportunities (librarian and staff openings, student employment opportunities)

Student application information

Encyclopedias, dictionaries and almanacs (database type)

Encyclopedias, almanacs, dictionaries, thesauri and miscellaneous reference works (general reference databases)

EndNote

Downloading information

Brief user's manual (PDF - developed by Vicki Kok)

EndNote z39.50 connection and filters information

EndNote technical support and services (via www.endnote.com)

EndNote Web

Instructions for importing citations from different databases

Engineering (RefSheet guides and search aids)

AIAA American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

ASME American Society of Mechanical Engineers

ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials

EPA Environmental Protection Agency

NASA/NACA National Aeronautics and Space Administration/National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics

SAE Society of Automotive Engineers

Engineering and physical sciences (subject databases)

Engineering standards (RefSheet guide)

EPA [Environmental Protection Agency] (PDF - RefSheet guide)

Equipment to view media resources/materials

ETDs [Electronic Theses and Dissertations] of Virginia Tech

Browse/search for VT ETDs (by author or department)

Search for VT ETDs (keyword or advanced options)

Submitting your ETD (online account form)

Evaluating web pages for research

Evaluating web information (see also Library Research)

Evaluating Web Sites (see also Information Skills Modules)

Excel, Microsoft Office (locating computers with these programs)

Extended campus access, questions about (email)

Extended-campus users (access to library materials)

Campus links

Distance education librarian, about

Off campus sign in information

PIDs (Virginia Tech personal IDs)

Services

EZProxy (Off Campus Sign in)

Setup and using (EZProxy defined)

Trouble-shooting EZProxy (when using firewalls)

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Facts about the libraries (statistics)

Faculty, information for

Faculty authors recognition, Virginia Tech

Faculty book delivery service

Faculty, OCLC Reciprocal Borrowing Program

Faculty, resources for tenure and promotion (Thomson (ISI) products)

FAQs

Fax services (availability in the library)

Feedback, ways to provide (Comments/suggestions)

Finding background information sources (see also Research, Seven Steps)

Finding book reviews

Finding books/monographs (see also Research, Seven Steps)

Finding foreign language learning materials

Finding movie reviews and criticisms

Finding periodical articles (see also Research, Seven Steps)

Finding pleasure reading books

Finding speeches and transcripts

Finding tests and measures

Finding videos, DVDs, CDs, etc in Addison

Fines (general information)

Appeal form

Floor maps of Newman Library (collections and services on each floor, links to maps)

First floor

Second floor

Third floor (quiet study, entire floor)

Fourth floor

Torgersen addition

Fifth floor (quiet study, entire floor)

Sixth floor (Dean's suite)

Foreign language leaning materials

Forestry resources (RefSheet guide)

Forms for requesting services

Ask a reference question online

Change of address (via your library record)

Classroom reservation form

Classroom usage policies

Contact your college or subject librarian (assist/teach a library resources instruction class)

Comment/suggestion box

Comment box archive

Courier service (about)

Request a book from a branch library

Request a photocopy of an article from a branch library

Request a book or journal from storage

Extended campus access to library resources (email contact)

Fine appeal form

Interlibrary Loan (ILL) contact

ILLiad (logon)

ILLiad help

Media booking form (for VT instructors and extension agents only)

My Library Account (manage and check library account activity)

Place a hold or recall an item

Proxy borrower request form

Renew an item

Request a book that is checked out

Request a search (for a missing item)

Reserve request form (VT instructors only: use for library owned materials - web form)

Reserve request form (VT instructors only: use for personal copies - PDF)

Suggest a book/item for purchase

French language Rosetta Stone software

Frequently asked questions

Chat/email knowledge-base

Comment box archive

Funding opportunities (database type)

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Genealogy (topic guide)

General interest (subject databases)

Get materials from branch libraries (courier service)

Getting started with library research

Gifts

Materials for the collection

Monetary gifts (giving to the library, general information)

Make a gift online

GIS and mapping services

Campus-wide services

Data request services

Library services

GIS tutorials

Glossary of library terms

Government documents

Governance (database type)

Graduate students, information for

Grants (topic page)

Greenberry's Café

Group study rooms

Group viewing policy for multimedia

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Handbooks and manuals (database type)

Handouts (selected research guides/assistance in PDF format)

Database guides (for selected databases)

Research guides (for selected subjects)

Microforms collections (for selected collections)

Services and collections

Health and medicine (subject databases)

Holds/recalls (how to place)

Hours the University Libraries are open

How to do library research

Seven steps to library research

Choosing a topic

Finding background information

Finding monographs (books)

Finding periodical articles

Evaluating internet resources

Write your paper

Citing your sources

Additional tips/help:

Analyzing the sources you have found

Ask a librarian

Glossary of library terms

Narrowing or broadening your topic

Research paper scheduler

Screencast tutorials

Humanities and performing arts (subject databases)

Top

IAWA [International Archive of Women in Architecture] biographical database

Information about IAWA

Information timeline: how long information takes to be published

ICPSR - InterUniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research

IDs accepted at the University Libraries

ILLiad (Interlibrary Loan main page)

Email

Frequently asked questions

Log on to ILLiad

Imagebase

Images, maps, news, and other media

Impact Factors for journals from Journal Citation Reports

Impact factors for journals, resources for faculty tenure and promotion (Thomson (ISI) products)

In Memoriam (brochures of highlighted collections of deceased notable persons)

Information for ...

Distance learners

Faculty

Graduate students

Undergraduate students

Visitors/alumni

Information literacy

Information Skills Modules (ISMs)

Choosing and Focusing a Topic

Selecting Information Sources

Developing search Strategies

Retrieving Information

Evaluating Information

Using Information Appropriately

Ingenta, brief user's manual (developed by Vicki Kok)

Instruction and Reference dept.- see Research and Instructional Services

Instruction scheduling form

Interlibrary Loan (home page)

Dissertations and Theses, borrowing

Email

Industry standards, requesting

Information (general)

Lending policies to other libraries

Log on to ILLiad

NTIS Reports, requesting

Patents, requesting

SAE Papers, requesting

International Archive of Women in Architecture [IAWA] biographical database

Information about IAWA

InterUniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)

ISI [Thomson Scientific] products (resources for faculty tenure and promotion)

ISMs (Information Skills Modules)

Choosing and Focusing a Topic

Selecting Information Sources

Developing search Strategies

Retrieving Information

Evaluating Information

Using Information Appropriately

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Jobs in the library (librarian and staff openings, student employment opportunities)

Student application information

Journal alerting services

Journal impact factors, resources for faculty tenure and promotion (Thomson (ISI) products)

Journal Title Database (print and electronic)

Journals, types defined (see also Research, seven steps)

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Knowledge base, chat/email FAQs

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Labs and multimedia services (of the computing center)

Lactation room

Languages and literatures (subject databases)

Language resource center (Rosetta Stone software)

Laptop computers, wireless networking in Newman Library

Laser discs (Optical discs)

LC classification system outline

Learning Commons

Writing Center

Let us know...(feedback about the library)

LibQual+

2005 LibQual survey results

Archive 2004 LibQual results (HTML)

Librarian and staff directory (main menu page)

Alphabetical by last name

College and subject librarians to academic departments

Departmental directory

Librarian, staff, and student job openings

Library account - see My Library Account

Borrower's responsibility

Library annual reports

Library assignments, Criteria for effective

Library catalog of Virginia Tech (Addison)

Addison mobile (use on PDA's, Blackberries, Internet-enabled cell phones)

Library catalogs and web sites (access to other library sites worldwide)

Library of Congress

Library of Virginia

Montgomery-Floyd Regional [Blacksburg] Public Library

Radford University Library

University of Virginia Libraries

Virginia academic libraries

VIVA, the Virtual Library of Virginia

List of participating VIVA libraries

WorldCat (subscription database - must sign in to use if not on campus)

Library classrooms

Newman library classroom (207A Newman)

Torgersen library classroom (3310 Torgersen, between Torgersen Bridge and the entrance to Newman)

Library classroom reservation/scheduling form

Contact your subject/college librarian (to assist with teaching a library skills course)

Library closing procedures

Library floor maps (of Newman Library)

First floor

Second floor

Third floor (quiet study, entire floor)

Fourth floor

Torgersen addition

Fifth floor (quiet study, entire floor)

Sixth floor (Dean's suite)

Library ID number (defined)

Library instruction scheduling form

Engl 1105, 1106; H1204; Comm. Studies 1105 or 1106

For all other library instruction classes, contact your college/subject librarian

Library jobs (librarian and staff openings, student employment opportunities)

Student application information

Library news (announcements)

Library of Congress

Classification system outline

Library of Virginia

Library organizational chart

Library record - see My Library Account

Borrower's responsibility

Library research

Seven steps

Choosing a topic

Finding background information

Finding books/monographs

Finding periodical articles

Evaluating internet resources

Write your paper

Citing your sources

Additional tips/help:

Analyzing the sources you have found

Ask a librarian

Glossary of library terms

Narrowing or broadening your topic

Research paper scheduler

Library staff directory (main menu page)

Alphabetical by last name

College and subject librarians to academic departments

Departmental directory

Library strategic plans

Library terms, glossary

Library tours, classes and training (general info)

Guided tour schedule (for Newman Library)

Self-guided tours (PDF - for Newman Library)

Library workshops

LibX (browser toolbar plugin)

Literature and languages (subject databases)

Loan rules and borrowing privileges of library materials

Borrower's responsibility

Lockers

Lost library materials (policy)

Luna Insight (Virginia Tech's Digital Image Database)

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Magazines, trade journals, and scholarly journals

MAJAX (for Millennium catalogs)

Manuscript collections (see also Special Collections)

Mapping and statistical data

Maps and atlases in Newman Library

Maps (paper) collection

Maps of Newman Library floors

First floor

Second floor

Third floor (quiet study, entire floor)

Fourth floor

Torgersen addition

Fifth floor (quiet study, entire floor)

Sixth floor (Dean's suite)

Maps of Virginia Tech campus

Maps, GIS and cartographic data

Media available [videos, CDs, software] in Newman Library

Booking form (for VT instructors and extension agents only)

Borrowing privileges

Brochures

Collections

Equipment

Medical and health (subject databases)

Memoriam, In (brochures of highlighted collections of deceased notable persons)

Microfilm/microfiche

Microforms collection (research guides on how to find microforms for specific subjects. All handouts are PDF files)

Microsoft Office programs (locating computers with this software)

Mission of the University Libraries

Mobile, Addison (use on PDA's, Blackberries, Internet-enabled cell phones)

Mobile library homepage (use on PDA's, Blackberries, Internet-enabled cell phones)

Montgomery-Floyd Regional [Blacksburg] Public Library

Movies, DVDs, VHS

Collections and formats available

Finding movie reviews and criticisms

Media brochures

Search movie collection

Multimedia (database type)

Multimedia services on campus

Innovation Space (formerly called the New Media Center, located in Torgersen Hall)

Labs and multimedia services (includes digital imaging)

Classroom support (of Educational Technologies, located in Torgersen Hall)

Music/audio collections (CD, audiocassette, etc)

Collections and formats available

Media brochures

Music recordings and scores (database type)

My Library Account

Borrower's responsibility

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Narratives, diaries and letters (database type)

Narrowing or broadening your topic (see also Library Research)

NASA/NACA [National Aeronautics and Space Administration/National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics] (RefSheet guide)

New materials list

New books on display in Newman Library

New Media Center (now called Innovation Space located in Torgersen Hall)

Newman Book Runner (book delivery service for faculty)

Newman Library Classroom (207A Newman)

News, library

News media (resources for research)

NewsOnline (archive of news resources held by the DLA - Digital Library and Archives)

Newspapers and current news sources (RefSheet guide)

Currently subscribed newspapers in Newman Library

Newspapers and magazines (database type)

Night OWL (Outpost of the Writing Lab, satellite location in library)

Non-circulating materials

Northern Virginia Center Resource Center

NTIS Reports (obtaining through ILL)

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OCLC Reciprocal Faculty Borrowing Program

Off-campus access to library materials

Virtual Private Network (VPN) access to restricted library resources

Off-Campus Sign in (EZProxy)

Trouble-shooting Off Campus Sign In (when using firewalls)

Online chat service (Ask a Librarian)

Chat/Email knowledge base

Online (screencast) tutorials

Optical discs (laser discs)

Organizational chart of the library

Overdue [of library materials] notifications

Overview of the library

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Paper scheduler, research

Patents and trademarks (database type)

Patents, trademarks and copyright (RefSheet guide)

Patron activity record (My Library Account)

Peer-reviewed journals - see Scholarly journals (see also Research, Seven Steps)

Performing arts and humanities (subject databases)

Periodicals, types defined (see also Research, Seven Steps)

Persistent links - creating or saving

Phonorecords

Photocopy services

Physical sciences and engineering (subject databases)

Place a hold or recall using My Library Account

Pleasure reading books, finding

Poetry and short stories (database type)

Policies

Book appeal form, when to use

Borrowing

Borrower's responsibility

Change of address

Classroom usage

Collection management

Damaged materials

Email notification

Fines

Group viewing of multimedia

Identification accepted at the University Libraries

Lost library materials

Renewal (of materials)

Reserves, general

Popular magazines, defined (see also Research, Seven Steps)

PowerPoint, Microsoft Office (locating computers with these programs)

Primary, secondary, and tertiary sources

Printing in the library

Proceedings of conferences (ACM, AIP, ASAE, IEEE, ISI, USAHA)

Professional and trade literature (database type)

Promotion and tenure, resources for faculty (Thomson (ISI) products)

Proxy borrower authentication form

Proxy server (Off Campus Sign In)

Setup and using (Off Campus Sign In defined)

Trouble-shooting Off Campus Sign In (when using firewalls)

Public computers, availability

Public computers, installed software

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Questions

Ask a librarian

Search the chat/email knowledge base

Asking in person or by phone (Library reference assistance)

Comment/suggestion box archive

Email a question

Quiet study areas

3rd floor (entire floor)

5th floor (entire floor)

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Radford University Library

Rare book collection (see also Special Collections)

Recalling a checked-out book

Reciprocal borrowing privileges at ARL libraries

Recommend material(s) for purchase

Reference and branch services staff

Reference assistance (general information)

Ask a librarian

Online email/chat knowledge base

Desk locations

Business, Humanities and Social Sciences Reference/Research

Science and Technology Reference/Research

Torgersen Service

Email a question

Frequently asked questions

Subject guides (and librarian contact information)

RefSheets, search aids for finding publications in

Case citation abbreviations

Congressional hearings

Engineering

AIAA American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

ASME American Society of Mechanical Engineers

ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials

EPA Environmental Protection Agency

NASA/NACA National Aeronautics and Space Administration/National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics

SAE Society of Automotive Engineers

Engineering standards

Forestry resources

Newspapers and current news sources

Patents, trademarks and copyright

Remote storage facility (general information)

Daily operations

Renew checked-out items (my library account)

How to renew

Renewal Policies

Why books may not renew

Report item missing from shelf

Renew checked-out items (my library record)

How to renew

Renewal Policies

Why books may not renew

Report item missing from shelf

Reports, standards and financials (database type)

Request forms

Request a book from a branch library (items sent via library courier)

Request a photocopy of an article from a branch library (items sent via library courier)

Request a book or journal from storage (items sent via library courier)

Request a checked out book

Request a search (for a missing item)

Request purchase of an item

Research and Instructional Services (RIS)

Branch libraries (hours and listings)

Art + Architecture

Northern Virginia Center Resource Center

Veterinary Medicine

Classroom reservation form

Classroom usage policies

Contact your college or subject librarian (assist/teach a library resources instruction class)

College librarian program

Desk assistance (general info and phone numbers)

Business, Humanities, and Social Sciences Reference/Research desk

Science and Technology Reference/Research desk

Torgersen Service desk

Email a question

Government documents (topic guide)

Instruction scheduling forms

Engl 1105, 1106; H1204; Comm. Studies 1105 or 1106

For all other library instruction classes, contact your collegiate librarian

Questions, asking online (Ask a Librarian)

Chat/email knowledge base

Comment/suggestion box archive

Frequently asked questions (about the library and resources)

Reference desks

Business, Humanities, and Social Sciences Reference/Research desk

Science and Technology Reference/Research desk

Torgersen Service desk

Research and subject guides

Guides/handouts to selected databases, subjects, research, and other library services (all are in PDF format)

Subject guides (list of resources to use for specific subjects, includes librarian contact information)

Staff of RIS

Tutorials

Getting started with library research

ISM (Information Skills Modules)

Choosing and Focusing a Topic

Selecting Information Sources

Developing search Strategies

Retrieving Information

Evaluating Information

Using Information Appropriately

Seven Steps to Library Research

Choosing a topic

Finding background information

Finding monographs (books)

Finding periodical articles

Evaluating internet resources

Write your paper

Citing your sources

Additional tips/help

Analyzing the sources you have found

Ask a librarian

Glossary of library terms

Narrowing or broadening your topic

Research paper scheduler

TILT (Tech's Information Literacy Tutorial)

Research guides, handouts (research guides for select subjects, all are PDF files)

Research guides, subject guides (find databases, websites and other resources about your subject)

Research paper scheduler

Research portal

Reservations, classroom

Classroom usage policies

Contact your college or subject librarian (assist/teach a library resources instruction class)

Reserves

For Instructors:

Placing items on reserve and other services

Copyright Law

End of semester returns

Processing

Missing, damaged, or long overdue reserve items

Reserve request form (VT instructors only: use for library owned materials - web form)

Reserve request form (VT instructors only: use for personal copies - PDF)

Types of materials accepted

For students

Checking reserve items out

Fines

Renewing reserve materials

Tips on searching for reserve materials

Viewing online/electronic reserves: must use Adobe Reader - download here

General information (hours, location, collections, contact info)

General reserve policies

Search Addison for Reserves

Returning library materials

Reviews and critiques (database type)

Rosetta Stone software

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SAE [Society of Automotive Engineers] (RefSheet guide)

SAE Papers, requesting through ILLiad

Safari books online

Scanners

Schedule a library class

Classroom reservation form

Classroom usage policies

Contact your college or subject librarian (assist/teach a library resources instruction class)

Scholarly journals, trade journals, and magazines

Science and Technology reference desk

Screencast tutorials

Search for Reserves (via Addison the library catalog)

Search help for Addison (the library catalog)

Search request form (locate books not on shelf)

Searching tips (Research, seven steps)

Choosing a topic

Finding background information

Finding monographs [books]

Finding periodical articles

Evaluating internet resources

Write your paper

Citing your sources

Additional tips/help

Analyzing the sources you have found

Ask a librarian

Glossary of library terms

Narrowing or broadening your topic

Research paper scheduler

Secondary, tertiary, and primary sources

Self guided tours (PDF file)

Seminars (register for library workshops/seminars)

Seminar suggestions (let us know what library resources you'd like to learn more about)

Service desks and locations

Cashier's window photocopiers, fax machine, fine payments, etc (4th floor)

Circulation/Reserves (2nd floor)

Interlibrary Loan ILL (1st floor)

Business, Humanities and Social Sciences Reference and Research (2nd floor)

Special Collections (1st floor)

Special Services (1st floor)

Science and Technology Reference Desk (4th floor)

Torgersen assistance desk (4th floor)

Service and request forms (all)

Ask a reference question online

Change of address in your library record

Classroom reservation form

Classroom usage policies

Contact your college or subject librarian (assist/teach a library resources instruction class)

Comment/suggestion box

Archive of library responses to comments/suggestions

Courier service (about)

Request an article from a branch library

Request a book from a branch library

Request a book or journal from storage

Extended campus [distance learning] access to library resources (email form)

Campus links

Distance education librarian, about

Off campus sign in information

PIDs (Virginia Tech personal IDs)

Services

Fine appeal form

Interlibrary Loan (email form)

ILLiad

ILLiad help

Media booking form (for VT instructors and extension agents only)

My Library Account (check library account activity)

Place a hold or recall an item

Proxy borrower request form

Renew an item

Request an article from a branch library

Request a book from a branch library

Request a book or journal from storage

Request a book that is checked out

Request a search (for a missing item)

Reserve request form (online form - VT instructors only: use for library owned materials)

Reserve request form (PDF - VT instructors only: use for personal copies)

Suggest a book/item for purchase

Services and collections (research guides, all handouts are PDF files)

Services for faculty and graduate teaching assistants

Shelving

Silent [quiet] study areas

3rd floor (entire floor)

5th floor (entire floor)

Slides

Social sciences and education (subject databases)

Society of Automotive Engineers [SAE] (RefSheet guide)

Software on Newman Library and Torgersen computers

Speeches and transcripts, finding

Special Cases, electronic resources (need password to access)

Special Collections

Manuscript collection

Rare book collection

University Archives

Special Services

Stacks, defined (look for term in glossary)

Staff and librarian job openings

Staff directory (all options to choose from)

Alphabetical by last name

College and subject librarians to academic departments

Departmental list

Standards for engineering (ways to locate and obtain)

Statistics and data sets (database type)

Storage facility (general information)

Daily operations

Request a book or journal from storage

Strategic plan, library

Student job openings

Study café constriction blog

Studying in the libraries

Learning Commons

Study rooms, group

Subject guides (resources to use for specific subjects; includes subject librarian contact information)

Subject related content (includes guides to types of materials such as maps, music, etc, refsheets for some subjects, as well as course guides for a specific class)

Suggest an item for purchase

Suggestion/Comment box

Archive of library responses to comments/suggestions

Summon

Surveys and feedback about the library (Let us know...)

Sustainability research guides

Climate change

Green campus initiatives

Life cycle analysis

Renewable or sustainable energy

Sustainable agriculture

Sustainable building and design

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Teaching assistants and faculty, services for

Tenure and promotion, resources for faculty (Thomson (ISI) products)

Tertiary, primary, and secondary sources

Tests and measures, finding

Textbooks, finding

Themed brochures (highlights of various Circulation/Reserves collections)

Thesauri, almanacs, dictionaries, encyclopedias, and miscellaneous reference works

Theses and dissertations [ETDs] of Virginia Tech, electronic

Browse/search for VT ETDs (by author or department)

Search for VT ETDs (keyword or advanced options)

Submitting your ETD (online account form)

Theses and dissertations (database type)

Theses and dissertations (general information)

Thomson [ISI] products (resources for faculty tenure and promotion)

Torgersen Library Classroom (3310 Torgersen Hall)

Torgersen Assistance Desk

Tours, classes and training (general information)

Guided tour schedule (for Newman Library)

Self-guided tours (PDF - for Newman Library)

Trade journals, scholarly journals, and magazines

Trademarks, copyright, and patents (RefSheet guide)

Trials of databases (potential resource purchases)

Tutorials

Call numbers, how to read

Information Skills Modules (ISM)

Choosing and Focusing a Topic

Selecting Information Sources

Developing search Strategies

Retrieving Information

Evaluating Information

Using Information Appropriately

Screencast tutorials

Seven Steps to Library Research

Types of information sources: academic journals, books, databases, encyclopedias, library catalogs, magazines, newspapers, websites

Typewriters

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Undergraduate students, information for

University Archives (see also Special Collections)

University faculty, resources for tenure and promotion (Thomson (ISI) products)

University Library Committee Minutes

University of Virginia Libraries

Update My Library Account (in Addison)

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Veterinary Medicine Library

VHS, DVDs, CDs, etc.

Collections and formats available

Media brochures

Search movie collection

Video Encyclopedia of the 20th Century

Viewing policy for groups

Virginia academic libraries (web sites of other VA libraries)

Virginia Heritage database

Virginia Tech's Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs)

Browse/search for VT ETDs (by author or department)

Search for VT ETDs (keyword or advanced options)

Submitting your ETD (online account form)

Virginia Tech authors recognition

Virginia Tech's Luna Insight Digital Image Database

Visitors/alumni, information for

VIVA, the Virtual Library of Virginia

List of participating VIVA libraries

VPN (Virtual Private Network) to access restricted resources from off campus

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Wireless networking in Newman Library

Wireless networking elsewhere on campus

Word, Microsoft Office (locating computers with these programs)

Workshops, library

Writing Center

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z39.50 connection information for EndNote

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