Welcome to Joyner Library. We're here to help you get the most out of the library's resources as you move through ASIP 1500 online. If you need help at any time do not hesitate to Ask a Librarian.
ASIP 1500 is a beginning course in electronic touch keyboarding and the use of information processing systems to produce text documents via a computerized delivery system.
Finding Books:
From the library homepage at http://www.ecu.edu/cs-lib/index.cfm, go into the Catalog, and search by title, author, or subject. To search by subject try using Library of Congress subject headings for a cleaner search.
Selected relevant Library of Congress subject headings for ASIP 1500 include:
technical education
information processing
keyboarding
Note the title of the book, the collection, and call number, as in this example:
Many of our databases include the full text of articles. In some cases, though, the full text of an article may not be available online in the database you are using due to publishers' restrictions or the prohibitive cost of providing them online. Increasingly, when you search for articles in the library's databases you will see the button on your results list or on the screen showing the citation/abstract of the article.
SFX is a service offered by Joyner and Laupus Libraries that allows you, at the click of a button, to go from an article citation in one database to a full text copy of that article in another, or to see if a particular article or specific journal is available in full text electronic format. It also allows you to find out if that journal is available in print at either Joyner or Laupus.
What if the article I want is not available full-text online?
If the article is not available online, you can check the Joyner Library catalog or the Laupus Health Sciences catalog to see if it is held in printed form. The button does this for you automatically from within databases. If you live within Pitt County you would need to come to the library to make a copy of the article. If you are a distance learning studentliving outside of Pitt County, you can have articles copied and sent to you, using Interlibrary Lending. See: Getting Articles From Joyner Library
A Word About Using Web Sites for Your Research .........
Many instructors advise you to use the Web wisely and with discernment, because the Web has much that is valuable, but also some material that may not be as authoritative as the instructor prefers you to use for your research. Here are some principles for evaluating what you find on the Web: How Do I Evaluate Websites
