All-site A to Z Index
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
A
- About the Libraries
- Acceptable forms of ID to check materials out
- Addison - the Virginia Tech library catalog
- Addison mobile (use on PDA's, Blackberries, Internet-enabled cell phones)
- Checking your library account - see My Library Record
- Creating alerts (from Addison)
- Forms (available through Addison)
- Appeal a fine or a book on your library account
- Library courier
- Proxy borrower authorization form
- Request a search (to help find materials you cannot locate in the library building)
- Reserve materials
- Place items on reserve (VT instructors only: PDF form to place library items on reserve)
- Reserve request form (VT instructors only: PDF form to place personal items on reserve)
- Searching for Reserve materials
- Schedule media materials (VT instructors & extension agents only)
- Search help (Addison help screens)
- Search tips "Addison the Library Catalog" (PDF - basic tips)
- Search tips "What can Addison Do for you? (PDF - advanced tips)
- Administration - see Dean's Office
- Agricultural, biological & medical sciences (subject databases)
- AIAA [American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics] (RefSheet guide)
- Alerting services in Addison (the library catalog)
- Alerting services for journals
- All databases (access lists)
- Almanacs, encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri & miscellaneous reference works
- American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics [AIAA] (RefSheet guide)
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers [ASME] (RefSheet guide)
- American Society for Testing and Materials [ASTM] (PDF - RefSheet guide)
- Analyzing resources (search tip; see also Library Research)
- Announcements, library
- Annual reports, library
- Appeal form (for fines & books)
- Approval plan, collection management
- Architecture, art & design (subject databases)
- Archive
- Art + Architecture Library
- ArticleExplorer (federated searching service)
- Article-searching (database type)
- Ask a librarian (LiveRef; ask questions online)
- ASME [American Society of Mechanical Engineers] (RefSheet guide)
- ASTM [American Society for Testing and Materials] (PDF - RefSheet guide)
- Audio collections (CD, audiocassette, etc)
- Audio-visual services
- New Media Center (located in Torgersen Hall)
- Labs and multimedia services (includes digital imaging, located in Torgersen Hall)
- Classroom support (of Educational Technologies, located in Torgersen Hall)
B
- Bibliographic tools and catalogs (database type)
- Biographical sources (database type)
- Biography (subject databases)
- Book appeal form
- Book locations (floor maps)
- Book purchase suggestion form
- Bookmarklets (browser tool)
- Books, borrowing privileges and loan rules
- Books, finding
- Addison (search the VT library catalog)
- Classification system used (Library of Congress, outline of call number subject areas)
- Other catalogs/resources (Safari, NetLibrary, Special Collections, etc)
- 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
- Branch libraries (listings and hours)
- Art + Architecture
- Northern Virginia Center
- Veterinary Medicine
- Requesting materials to be delivered - Library courier services request menu
- Brochures, themed (highlights of various Circulation/Reserves collections)
- Browse books - see Popular reading books
- Browser Tools
- Bookmarklets
- LibX (Firefox extension)
- Browsing baskets
- Business (subject databases)
- Call numbers
- How to read (tutorial)
- List of the Library of Congress [LC] subject areas (from the LC website)
- Using the Library of Congress [LC] classification system
- Campus map (of Virginia Tech)
- Cartographic data, GIS, and maps
- Case citation abbreviations (PDF - RefSheet guide)
- Cashier's window
- Catalog of the Virginia Tech University Libraries [Addison]
- Addison mobile (use on PDA's, Blackberries, Internet-enabled cell phones)
- Catalog search tips for Addison
- Search help (via catalog)
- Search tips "Addison the Library Catalog" (PDF - basic tips)
- Search tips "What can Addison Do for you? (PDF - advanced tips)
- Catalogs & bibliographic tools (database type)
- Catalogs and web sites of other libraries:
- Ferrari Library at Casa Maderni at Virginia Tech's Center for European Studies and Architecture (CESA), Riva San Vitale, Switzerland
- 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
- WorldCat (subscription database - must sign in to use if not on campus)
- CDs and other audio material collections
- Change of address (update My Library Record in Addison)
- Chat service - see Ask a librarian
- Checking out materials (loan periods and borrowing privileges)
- Checking your library account - see My Library Record
- 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
- Circulation (general information)
- Collections
- Equipment
- Fines (general information)
- Forms
- Hours
- Library courier service
- Photocopy and cashier window
- Reserve (see also "Reserves" under "R" for forms, policies, etc)
- Returns, renewals, and fines
- Services
- Storage facility
- Circulation record (check your library account)
- Citation & 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
- Class assignments and other special topics - see Hot Links
- Classes and tours
- Class assignments (guides/resource suggestions for known class projects)
- Library tour schedule
- Self-guided tour (PDF)
- Classification system used for books (Library of Congress [LC] subject areas)
- Classroom, locations and availability in Library
- Newman library classroom (207 Newman)
- Torgersen library classroom (3310 Torgersen, between Torgersen Bridge and entrance to Newman)
- Classroom, policies and reservation forms
- Classroom reservation form (all other classes than those listed below)
- Classroom reservation form (Engl 1105, 1106; H1204; Comm. Studies 1105 or 1106)
- 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
- Collaboration software (TeamSpot)
- Collection Management (mission statement)
- Collection development
- Assignments:
- Policies (main and for subject areas)
- Statistics
- Shelving
- Collections and services (list of selected research guides, all handouts are in PDF format)
- College librarian program
- Compact discs
- Comment/Suggestion box
- Communication Lab (Newman Library Room 205, CommLab)
- Computer Labs on campus
- Computer workstations, location (located throughout library, most are on 2nd floor)
- Conference proceedings (ACM, AIP, ASCE, ASAE, IEEE, ISI, SPIE, USAHA)
- Congressional hearings (RefSheet guide)
- Copiers
- Copyright guidelines
- Copyright, patents, and trademarks (RefSheet guide)
- Courier service (about)
- Course-specific assignments
- Criteria for effective library assignments
- Damaged materials (policy)
- Database guides (research guides with help & tips for select databases)
- Databases (access lists)
- This search box finds library databases by their titles. It does not search for articles within databases. Keyword searches won't work here.
- Databases by broad subject area:
- Agricultural, biological & medical sciences
- Architecture, art and design
- Business
- Engineering and physical sciences
- General interest
- Human & social sciences
- Humanities & performing arts
- Languages & literatures
- Databases by type:
- Article searching
- Biographical resources
- Catalogs & bibliographic tools
- Directories
- E-books, literary & historical texts
- Encyclopedias & dictionaries
- Handbooks
- Specialized reference tools
- Statistics/data
- Technical reports/papers/standards
- Databases offered on trial basis
- Databases, special cases (need password to access)
- Dean's Office
- Departments, library
- Administration - see Dean's Office
- Circulation and Reserve Services
- Collection Management
- Dean's Office
- Digital Library and Archives (DLA)
- Interlibrary Loan (ILL)
- Research and Instructional Services (RIS)
- Special Collections
- Technical Services
- Library Systems
- Dictionaries and Encyclopedias (database type)
- Dictionaries, encyclopedias, almanacs, thesauri & miscellaneous reference works (general reference databases)
- Digital Library and Archives(DLA)
- Electronic journals of VT (archived titles maintained by DLA)
- 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
- Directories [subscription databases] (subject databases)
- 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
- Off campus sign in information
- PIDs (Virginia Tech personal IDs)
- Services
- Donations to the library
- Materials for the collection
- Monetary gifts (giving to the library, general information)
- Make a gift online
- Printable gift form (MS Word file)
- DVDs, VHS, and movie collections
- E-books, literary and historical texts (database type)
- ECS lists of resources
- ECS service desk (located in 3320 Torgersen Hall)
- effective library assignments, criteria for
- Electronic journals (current subscriptions)
- Electronic Consulting Services [ECS] (located in 3320 Torgersen Hall)
- Electronic Consulting Services [ECS] lists of resources
- 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)
- Encyclopedias & dictionaries (database type)
- Encyclopedias, almanacs, dictionaries, thesauri & miscellaneous reference works (general reference databases)
- EndNote
- Downloading information
- Brief user's manual (PDF - developed by Vicki Kok)
- EndNote z39.50 connection & filters information
- EndNote technical support & services (via www.endnote.com)
- EndNote Web
- 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 (PDF)
- EPA Environmental Protection Agency (PDF)
- 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
- E-reserve (finding in Addison)
- 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)
- Facts about the libraries (statistics)
- Faculty and graduate teaching assistants, services for
- Faculty Authors recognition, Virginia Tech
- Faculty, resources for tenure and promotion (Thomson (ISI) products)
- FAQs
- Chat/email knowledge-base
- Comment box archive
- Hot links (class assignments and other special topics)
- Fax services (availability in the library)
- Federated searching service - see ArticleExplorer
- Feedback, ways to provide (Comments/suggestions)
- Finding background information sources (see also Research, Seven Steps)
- Finding books/monographs (see also Research, Seven Steps)
- Finding periodical articles (see also Research, Seven Steps)
- Finding videos, DVDs, CDs, etc in Addison
- Fines (general information)
- 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 audiotapes (those not found in Addison)
- Forestry resources (RefSheet guide)
- Forms for requesting services
- Ask a reference question online
- Change of address (via your library record)
- Classroom reservation forms
- Classroom reservation form (all other classes than those listed below)
- Classroom reservation form (Engl 1105, 1106; H1204; Comm. Studies 1105 or 1106)
- Classroom usage policies
- Contact your college or subject librarian (assist/teach a library resources instruction class)
- Comment/suggestion box
- Courier service (about)
- Request a book from a branch library
- Request a book or journal from storage
- Extended campus access to library resources (email form)
- Fine appeal form
- Interlibrary Loan (ILL)
- Contact (via email)
- ILLiad (logon)
- ILLiad help
- Media booking form (for VT instructors and extension agents only)
- My library record (manage and check library account activity)
- Place a hold or recall an item
- Proxy borrower request form
- Renew an item
- 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 (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
- Frequently asked questions
- About library resources, services, collections, & research
- Chat/email knowledge-base
- Comment box archive
- Hot links (class assignments and other special topics)
- Genealogy (subject databases)
- General interest (subject databases)
- General reference resources
- Get materials from branch libraries (courier service)
- Gifts
- Materials for the collection
- Monetary gifts (giving to the library, general information)
- Make a gift online
- Printable gift form (MS Word file)
- GIS, maps, and cartographic data
- Glossary of library terms
- Government documents
- Graduate teaching assistants and faculty, services for
- Grants (subject databases)
- Group study rooms
- TeamSpot (collaboration software)
- Group viewing policy for multimedia
- Handbooks (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
- Historical & literary texts, e-books (database type)
- Holds/recalls (how to place)
- Hot links (class assignments and other special topics)
- 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:
- Human & social sciences (subject databases)
- Humanities & performing arts (subject databases)
- IAWA [International Archive of Women in Architecture] biographical database
- ICPSR - InterUniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research
- IDs accepted at the University Libraries
- ID number, library (defined)
- ILLiad (Interlibrary Loan main page)
- Imagebase
- Images, maps, news, and other media
- In Memoriam (brochures of highlighted collections of deceased notable persons)
- 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 forms
- Engl 1105, 1106; H1204; Comm. Studies 1105 or 1106
- For all other library instruction classes, contact your college/subject librarian
- Interlibrary Loan (home page)
- The ILLiad site uses frames and is best viewed from the above link. Use the links below to access only the specific pieces of information listed.
- Contacts
- Disertations and Theses, borrowing
- Help
- History of ILLiad
- Hours and location
- Industry standards, requesting
- Information (general)
- Lending policies to other libraries
- Listserv
- Logon to ILLiad
- NTIS Reoprts, requesting
- Patents, requesting
- Reports
- SAE Papers, requesting
- International Archive of Women in Architecture [IAWA] biographical database
- InterUniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
- ISI [Thomson Scientific] products (resources for faculty tenure and promotion)
- ISMs (Information Skills Modules)
- Jobs in the library (librarian and staff openings, student employment opportunities)
- Journal alerting services
- Journal impact factors, resources for faculty tenure and promotion (Thomson (ISI) products)
- Journals, electronic
- Journals, types defined (see also Research, seven steps)
- Labs and multimedia services (of the computing center)
- Lactation room
- Languages & literatures (subject databases)
- Laptop computers, wireless networking in Newman Library
- Laser discs (Optical discs)
- LC classification system outline
- Learn how to use... (register for library workshops/seminars)
- Learn how to use... suggestions (email form; let us know what library resources you'd like to learn more about)
- Let us know...(feedback about the library)
- 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 Record
- 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)
- Ferrari Library at Casa Maderni at Virginia Tech's Center for European Studies and Architecture (CESA), Riva San Vitale, Switzerland
- 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
- WorldCat (subscription database - must sign in to use if not on campus)
- Library classrooms
- Newman library classroom (207 Newman)
- Torgersen library classroom (3310 Torgersen, between Torghersen Bridge and the entrance to Newman)
- Library classroom reservation/scheduling form
- Engl 1105, 1106; H1204; Comm. Studies 1105 or 1106
- Other classes that wish to use a library classroom
- 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)
- Library news (announcements)
- Library of Congress
- Library of Virginia
- Library organizational chart (PDF)
- Library record - see My Library Record
- 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:
- Library seminars, short courses, workshops (register for library workshops/seminars; learn how to use...)
- 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)
- LibX (Firefox browser tool)
- Literary, e-books, and historic texts (database type)
- Literature and languages (subject databases)
- Loan rules and borrowing privileges of library materials
- Lobby/Welcome desk
- Local resources and university information (free web reference links)
- Lockers
- Lost library materials (policy)
- Luna Insight (Virginia Tech's Digital Image Database)
- MAJAX (for Millennium catalogs)
- Manuscript collections (see also Special Collections)
- Map 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)
- Map 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, agricultural, & biological sciences (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)
- Miscellaneous reference works, almanacs, dictionaries, encyclopedias, & thesauri (general reference databases)
- Mission of the University Libraries
- Mobile, Addison (use on PDA's, Blackberries, Internet-enabled cell phones)
- Montgomery-Floyd Regional [Blacksburg] Public Library
- Movies, DVDs, VHS
- Multimedia services on campus
- Labs and multimedia services (includes digital imaging)
- New Media Center (located in Torgersen Hall)
- Classroom support (of Educational Technologies, located in Torgersen Hall)
- Music/audio collections (CD, audiocassette, etc)
- My Library Record
- Narrowing or broadening your topic (see also Library Research)
- NASA/NACA [National Aeronautics and Space Administration/National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics] (RefSheet guide)
- NetLibrary
- New materials list
- New Media Center (located in Torgersen Hall)
- Newman Library Classroom (207 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)
- Night OWL (Outpost of the Writing Lab, satellite location in library)
- Non-circulating materials
- Northern Virginia Resource Center
- NTIS Reports
- Off-campus access to library materials
- Off-Campus Sign in (EZProxy)
- EZProxy defined
- Trouble-shooting EZProxy (when using firewalls)
- Online chat service (Ask a Librarian)
- Optical discs (laser discs)
- Organizational chart of the library (PDF)
- Overdue [of library materials] notifications
- Overview of the library
- Papers, reports & standards (list by database type)
- Patents, trademarks and copyright (RefSheet guide)
- Patron activity record (my library record)
- Peer-reviewed journals - see Scholarly journals (see also Research, Seven Steps)
- Performing arts & 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 Record
- Policies
- Book appeal form, when to use
- Borrowing
- 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)
- Popular reading (formerly Browse books)
- PowerPoint, Microsoft Office (locating computers with these programs)
- Printing in the library (all computer printouts are sent to the Photocopy & Cashier window located on the 4th floor)
- Proceedings of conferences (ACM, AIP, ASAE, IEEE, ISI, USAHA)
- Promotion and tenure, resources for faculty (Thomson (ISI) products)
- Proxy borrower authentication form (PDF)
- Proxy server
- Setup and using (EZProxy defined)
- Trouble-shooting EZProxy (when using firewalls)
- 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
- Radford University Library
- Rare book collection (see also Special Collections)
- Recalling a checked-out book
- Recommend material(s) for purchase
- Reference and branch services staff
- Reference assistance (general information)
- Ask a librarian
- Online email/chat knowledge base
- Desk locations
- Email a question
- Frequently asked questions
- Subject guides (and librarian contact information)
- Reference sources
- General reference works, almanacs, dictionaries, encyclopedias & thesauri ("free web" reference links)
- Web reference sources ("free web" reference links)
- Reference tools, specialized (database type)
- RefSheets, search aids for finding publications in:
- Case citation abbreviations (PDF)
- Congressional hearings
- Engineering
- AIAA American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- ASME American Society of Mechanical Engineers
- ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials (PDF)
- EPA Environmental Protection Agency (PDF)
- 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
- Request forms (items sent via library courier)
- Renew checked-out items, how to
- Report item missing from shelf
- Request a book from a branch library
- Request a book or journal from storage
- 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):
- Classroom reservation forms
- Classroom reservation form (all other classes than those listed below)
- Classroom reservation form (Engl 1105, 1106; H1204; Comm. Studies 1105 or 1106)
- Classroom usage policies
- Contact your college or subject librarian (assist/teach a library resources instruction class)
- College librarian program
- Desk assistance (general info & phone numbers)
- Email a question
- Government documents
- Instruction scheduling forms
- Engl 1105, 1106; H1204; Comm. Studies 1105 or 1106
- For all other library instruction classes, contact your collegiate librarian
- Lobby assistance desk
- Questions, asking online (Ask a Librarian)
- Chat/email knowledge base
- Comment/suggestion box archive
- Frequently asked questions (about the library and resources)
- Reference and research assistance 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
- Torgersen desk assistance desk
- Tutorials
- 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:
- 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
- Reservations, classroom
- Classroom reservation form (all other classes than those listed below)
- Instruction reservation form (Engl 1105, 1106; H1204; Comm. Studies 1105 or 1106)
- Classroom usage policies
- Contact your college or subject librarian (assist/teach a library resources instruction class)
- Reserves
- For Instructors:
- Placing items on reserve & other services
- Adding materials to an existing reserve list
- Copyright Law
- End of semester returns
- Processing
- Missing, damaged, or long overdue reserve items
- Quick facts
- 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 policies
- Search Addison for Reserves
- Returning library materials
- SAE [Society of Automotive Engineers] (RefSheet guide)
- Safari books online
- Scanners
- Schedule a library class
- Classroom reservation form (all other classes than those listed below)
- Classroom reservation form (Engl 1105, 1106; H1204; Comm. Studies 1105 or 1106)
- Classroom usage policies
- Contact your college or subject librarian (assist/teach a library resources instruction class)
- Scholarly journals, defined (see also Research, Seven Steps)
- Search for Reserves (via Addison the library catalog)
- Search help for Addison (the library catalog)
- Search tips "Addison the Library Catalog" (PDF - basic tips)
- Search tips "What can Addison Do for you? (PDF - advanced tips)
- Search request form (locate books not on shelf)
- Search this site
- 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:
- Self checkout machine
- Self guided tours (PDF file)
- Seminars (register for library workshops/seminars; learn how to use...)
- Seminar suggestions (let us know what library resources you'd like to learn more about)
- Service desks & locations
- Cashier's window photocopiers, fax machine, fine payments, etc (4th floor)
- Circulation/Reserves (1st floor)
- Electronic Consulting Services (ECS) (4th floor, Torgersen)
- Interlibrary Loan ILL (1st floor)
- Reference & Research (1st floor)
- Special Collections (1st floor)
- Special Services (1st floor)
- Torgersen reference desk (4th floor)
- Welcome and lobby desk (1st floor)
- Service & request forms (all)
- Ask a reference question online
- Change of address in your library record
- Classroom reservation forms
- Classroom reservation form (all other classes than those listed below)
- Classroom reservation form (Engl 1105, 1106; H1204; Comm. Studies 1105 or 1106)
- Classroom usage policies
- Contact your college or subject librarian (assist/teach a library resources instruction class)
- Comment/suggestion box
- Courier service (about)
- 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)
- Media booking form (for VT instructors and extension agents only)
- My library record (check library account activity)
- Place a hold or recall an item
- Proxy borrower request form (PDF)
- Renew an item
- 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
- Short courses, library (register for library workshops/seminars; learn how to use...)
- Short course suggestions (let us know what library resources you'd like to learn more about)
- Silent [quiet] study areas
- Slides
- Social and human sciences (subject databases)
- Society of Automotive Engineers [SAE] (RefSheet guide)
- Special Cases, electronic resources (need password to access)
- Special Collections
- Special Services
- Specialized reference tools (database type)
- Stacks, defined (look for term in glossary)
- Staff and librarian job openings
- Staff directory (all options to choose from)
- Standards/technical reports & papers (database type)
- Standards for engineering (ways to locate and obtain)
- Statistical/data resources (database type)
- Storage facility (general information)
- Strategic plan, library
- Student job openings
- Study rooms, group
- Subject guides (resources to use for specific subjects; includes subject librarian contact information)
- Suggest an item for purchase
- Suggestion/Comment box
- Surveys and feedback about the library (Let us know...)
- Teaching assistants and faculty, services for
- TeamSpot (collaboration software and workspace)
- Technical reports/papers/standards (database type)
- Tech's Information Literacy Tutorial (TILT)
- Tenure and promotion, resources for faculty (Thomson (ISI) products)
- Themed brochures (highlights of various Circulation/Reserves collections)
- Thesauri, almanacs, dictionaries, encyclopedias, & 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 (general information)
- Thomson [ISI] products (resources for faculty tenure and promotion)
- TILT (Tech's Information Literacy Tutorial)
- Torgersen Library Classroom (3310 Torgersen Hall)
- Torgersen Reference Desk
- Tours, classes and training (general information)
- Guided tour schedule (for Newman Library)
- Self-guided tours (PDF - for Newman Library)
- Trade journals, defined (see also Research, Seven Steps)
- 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
- Seven Steps to Library Research
- TILT (Tech's Information Literacy Tutorial)
- Typewriters
- University Archives (see also Special Collections)
- University faculty, resources for tenure and promotion (Thomson (ISI) products)
- University Library Committee Minutes
- University of Virginia Libraries
- University & local resources (free web reference links)
- Update My Library Record (in Addison)
- Veterinary Medicine Library
- VHS, DVDs, CDs, etc
- Collections & formats available
- Media brochures
- 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 Faculty Authors recognition
- Virginia Tech's Luna Insight Digital Image Database
- VIVA, the Virtual Library of Virginia
- Wiley Interscience journals requiring registration
- wireless networking in Newman Library
- wireless networking elsewhere on campus
- Word, Microsoft Office (locating computers with these programs)
- Workshops, library (register for library workshops/seminars; learn how to use...)
- Workshop suggestions (let us know what library resources you'd like to learn more about)
- Writing lab, satellite location (Night OWL)
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Last updated: 3/28/ by Robert Sebek
University Libraries
Virginia Tech
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Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001
540-231-6170