Welcome to Distance Education Services!!

Janet Rex Distance Education Librarian Email: janetrex@mail.und.nodak.edu Phone: (701) 777-4641 , 1-888-557-7117 (ext 5) Fax: (701) 777-3319

Who can use these services

All students currently enrolled in UND Distance Education courses are eligible for the following services.

Students in nursing/health-related courses receive library services from the Harley E. French Library of the Health Sciences. Contact Barb Knight, (701) 777-2166, bknight@medicine.nodak.edu, for further information.

Finding your Campus Connection ID Card number (also called an EMPLID, NAID number, or UND ID Card number)

Go to the UND web site http://www.und.edu, click on Campus Connection, click on Log in by the large black arrow, click on What is My User ID?, then fill in the information requested to get your Campus Connection ID Card number.

Signing up/Activating a Library Card for Interlibrary Loan Services

Please fill out the Distance Education Patron Registration Form to obtain or activate your library card for distance services. The long barcode number on your UND ID card or on your Distance Education library card is the number that is necessary for receiving interlibrary loan services. Either card can be used in our library. If you come onto campus, you might want to get a UND ID card from the U-card office on campus (and activate it for distance services) so you will also have access to printing in our library, the Wellness Center, and other services on campus. A. ACTIVATING YOUR CARD: If you have a UND ID card, you already have your library card; but you must activate your UND ID card as a Distance card through this link in order to receive interlibrary loan materials at your home. B. OBTAINING A CARD: If you do not have a UND ID card, use this link to request a Distance Education library card. You will receive your barcode number & password by e-mail & a library card by mail.

Signing up for a U-Mail account for access to library databases

Please go to http://www.und.nodak.edu/dept/itss/email.html to activate your U-Mail Account. (Activate your U-Mail account with the User ID you get through Campus Connection on the UND Home page). Your U-Mail username and password are necessary for accessing many of our Article Indexes and Databases. Your "username" is your u-mail account before the @ sign, usually firstname.lastname. Your "password" is whatever you devise for your U-Mail account.

UND U-Mail Policy:
http://www.und.edu/dept/itss/StudentEmailPolicy_Memo.html

Download Adobe Acrobat reader

Please go to http://www.adobe.com/acrobat to download Adobe Acrobat reader for free. Click on downloads, choose a platform, and download the program. (Adobe Acrobat reader is necessary for accessing many of our full-text articles in Article Indexes and Databases).

NOW YOU'RE SET TO USE OUR SERVICES!
(at Chester Fritz Library homepage http://www.library.und.edu)

I. E-RESERVES:

To access full-text electronic reserve readings:
(1) Go to Course Reserves
(2) Click on Electronic Reserves
(3) Click on Electronic Reserves and Reserves Pages
(4) Select a department name, an instructor's name, a section number, or a course name or number.
(5) Insert the password (your instructor will give you the password).
(6) Documents may appear sideways, but they will read fine once they are printed.

II. FINDING REFERENCE RESOURCES:

Go to Electronic Reference Tools to see all of the full-text materials that are available for reference, such as Almanacs, Biographies, Business and finance, Citation Style Guides, Dictionaries, Maps, Quotations, Standards, and Statistics and demographics.

III. FINDING BOOKS:

Go to the ODIN Library Catalog or WorldCat to search our library and other libraries for books. Search by keyword, title, author, or subject, etc. Check your local libraries for these books, or request books from any library through our interlibrary loan services.

Under Help, click on How to find books for additional full text E-Book Collections.

IV. INTERLIBRARY LOAN SERVICES:

Go to Interlibrary Loan (Distance Patron Request Form). Fill in your (1) personal information & barcode number, (2) the information about your book or article, and (3) click on Send Your Request.

BOOKS will be mailed to you. A due date will be listed on the items. Send back to us First Class through the U.S. Mail by the due date.

RENEWALS can be requested online by clicking renewals. You may or may not receive a renewal, however.

OVERDUES/LOST MATERIALS: Processing and replacement fees are charged for overdue or lost materials.

ARTICLES will be e-mailed or mailed to you (to keep) if they are not available online. Before you submit an Interlibrary Loan form for articles, go to Electronic journals and type in the title of the journal to see if it may be full-text in one of our databases.

V. FINDING ARTICLES:

VI. RESOURCES BY SUBJECT:

You MUST check Resources by Subject then subject areas such as Business, Education, Engineering, Social Work and Space Studies, etc., for the databases with articles most relevant to your field. A list of Web Resources for your field will also be listed.
EVALUATING WEB RESOURCES--Try the following:
http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/instruct/evaluate/evaluating.html (at Virginia Tech University Libraries)
http://www.lib.duke.edu/libguide/evaluating_web.htm (at Duke University Libraries)

VII. NEWSPAPERS:

Go to Electronic Newspapers for a list of full-text databases.

VIII. GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS:

Can be found in the ODIN Library Catalog or under Government Resources on the Internet.

IX. DATA SOURCES:

Go to Electronic Reference Tools for "Statistics and Demographics" or to Resources by Subject for subjects such as "Business" or "Economics" for data sources.

X. LEGAL RESOURCES:

XI. DISSERTATIONS:

XII. HELP!!!

1) Contact me anytime if you need research assistance or general help at ASK THE DISTANCE LIBRARIAN.
2) For the rare times I'm not in the office--if you have not heard back within 48 hours, please contact the general reference desk at Ask a Librarian or go to Staff Resources for assistance.