How Do I...

General FAQs

• Ask-a-Librarian: Get help LIVE
• Cite my sources
• Connect to the library's electronic resources from home
• Find or reserve a group study room
• Find out if the journal article I need is available online
• Find out what's on reserve for my class
• Find videos and DVDs
• Make photocopies
• Print from a wireless computer
• Print from public PCs
• Read a call number
• Search for an article on a particular subject
• Use netLibrary
• Use RefWorks
• Use the Joyner Library catalog
• Use the wireless network in Joyner Library
• What is the T-Drive and how do I use it?

Research Topics

• Avoid plagiarism
• Conduct historical research
• Create research alerts
• Distinguish scholarly journals from other periodicals
• Evaluate websites
• Find book reviews
• Find e-books online
• Find federal and state tax forms
• Find government documents
• Find literary criticism
• Find newspaper articles
• Find old ECU yearbooks
• Find primary source materials
• Find theses and dissertations
• Get started with my research
• Identify a research study
• Publish my dissertation with ProQuest UMI
• Research current events (the information cycle)
• Search other library catalogs
• Write a book review
• Write an annotated bibliography

Borrowing Info

• Authorize others to check out materials on your account
• Check out a book
• Check out a laptop
• Check out current periodicals or reference materials
• Find a book that is listed as "Available" but is not on the shelf
• Get a book, journal article or other item the library doesn't have
• Know if I have fines
• Recommend that the library buy a specific book or subscribe to a journal
• Renew a book
• Reserve a book so I can get it next