Library Instruction for Your Associate Degree Program
Off Campus Library Services Indiana Wesleyan University
800-521-1848
Home page: www.indwes.edu/ocls
Request form: www.indwes.edu/ocls/oclsform.html
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Off Campus Library Services
Research involves locating magazines, books, encyclopedias, websites, etc., to give you information so you can write a paper.
The Off Campus Library Services
homepage is the best place to start your research:
www.indwes.edu/ocls
What is Available to You?
From the library homepage, you have access to:
Magazine/journal articles are available through our article databases.
Reference books are available through our Virtual Reference Library database.
The online library catalog helps you find
regular books or search the e-book collection directly.
Journal search engine helps you locate full text articles at IWU.
What you will need before you begin using a database…
A library access number
This number will be emailed to you from OCLS. It will be sent to your MYEMAIL account or call OCLS.
It begins with the numbers:
292240 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
OR, you can also use your MyIWU log in credentials.
Adobe Acrobat Reader
Free software that will let you view articles
http://get.adobe.com/reader/
Online Databases
Finding Articles for Your Research
Let’s start a search for articles. On the homepage, under Article Databases, click on the word
Business…
…on the next screen, click on Business
Source Complete- EBSCOHost
Now you are in the database! You may search by keyword OR by using search terms found in the thesaurus. The THESAURUS option is the best way to search for articles on your topic. Using
“their” words helps you get the most relevant articles on your topics. Click on the word
Thesaurus at the top of the screen…
…and enter your
subject. Be certain to type your term in the box below the blue line. Click on the Browse button…
If you do not see any match, think of synonyms and try the search again or go to the top search box
and search by keyword. You will then get articles that contain your term.
…and click directly on the term that is the closest match to your subject.
On this next screen, check mark as many terms as you feel are relevant to your research. Note that I checked ACCOUNTING, ACCOUNTING POLICIES & BOOKKEEPING SERVICES.
Now, go to the top of the screen and click on the SEARCH button…
…and here it is! We have a LOT of results! To further narrow the results, look for the section titled REFINE
RESULTS. Check mark the option for Full Text, to limit to only the articles you can immediately read. You can also limit to scholarly articles and/or
After limiting to current (2009-2015) full text articles, there are 7200+ results available.
Note: this database updates daily!
To read the article, click on the full text link for the article. The full text opens and can be
printed, saved or emailed.
Finding E-books from IWU or a Local Library
E-BOOKS:
How can I access an E-book through IWU?
Click on: Ebrary or EBSCO eBooks.
Authenticate (like you did for articles).
Enter your topic to view a list of e-books that contain your term.
They will be sorted
with the most relevant listed first. To make the results more
relevant, the quotation marks were used
around the term. This is especially useful to keep 2 or more words together.
You have full access to the entire book!
Click on the TITLE of the book OR click on the Table of Contents button.
By creating an account, you can create your own “Bookshelf” of favorite books and can add notes and highlighting.
This also allows downloading part or all of the book.
Let’s Review - Recommended Resources for Getting Started:
For finding magazine articles:
EBSCO Business Source Complete (any business topic)
EBSCO Academic Search Complete (any non-business topic)
For finding reference book articles:
Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL)
CREDO Reference
The Reference Department of your local public library
To find a regular book:
IWU Library Catalog
Your local public library
To find a print book
Library catalog, under Books
Your local public library
To find a website use any search engine:
Bing
Recommended Resources, cont.
Available from OCLS
APA WRITING HELP
Click on: APA Style (under Key Links)
Help with APA Writing Style:
Click on: APA 6e Guide
Also, browse other APA resources.
The APA 6e Guide details the APA
format and includes a sample paper and references page.
Interpretation of a
Database Citation for APA
More About APA and Articles from Library Databases
See APA 6e Guide:
http://www.indwes.edu/ocls/apa/apa6eguide.pdf
See the examples for:
Books, ebooks, course e-texts, newspaper, magazine, or journal articles
See additional help for understanding DOI#’s (digital object identifier) and publication’s
web home page:
http://www.indwes.edu/ocls/APA/ElectronicArticlesAPA.pps
Anytime from Anywhere!
Getting Help from
Off Campus Library Services
Start at the library homepage
◦ http://www.indwes.edu/ocls
Click on Submit Request under
KEY LINKS (Left side of screen).
Need help from
a librarian?
OCLS will respond to your request
within 1 business days.
Our phone number and hours:
1-800-521-1848 (add OCLS as a contact)
Monday – Thursday: 8:00 am – 8:00 pm
Friday: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Saturday: 9:30 am – 2:00 pm
Questions are often immediately answered.
Other times, questions may go into a processing and research queue.
If you are prompted to leave a voice mail, please provide your name, a call back number, & full
message.
You may also call OCLS:
Using OCLS will help make you a
successful student in your Associate program.
We encourage you to get into the
databases to become familiar with these resources.
OCLS is here to help you!
Use OCLS and be successful!
Use OCLS to facilitate the research for all of your classes!
Off Campus Library Services is here to help you!
