FIR Tips for Students
by Linda Salem
Hi! It’s three in the morning and you need to ask a research question!
What do you do? Never fear! Live
Online Reference Help is here at SDSU 7 days a week, 24 hours a day!
O.K., it’s still three in the morning and you need a full-text article.
What do you do? Search the library’s journal
article databases and SDSU
periodicals to find full-text articles on your subject.
The reserve book room in the library is open 24 hours a day and offers materials
your instructors have on reserve for you, computers and printers for searching,
email, and other work. Remember to use the campus
escort for a safe ride there and back. Also, remember there isn’t access
to the main circulating book collection here, but you can come back during the
day to check out circulating books.
For books, search the library
catalog.
If you can’t find an electronic book (yes, we do have some of these), you
can come in and check out books during regular library hours.
Need to talk to a librarian who specializes in your subject area? Look through
the list of SDSU
librarian subject specialists and their contact information. They
may or may not be up at three in the morning but they will get back to you as
soon as they can after they get your message.
More information about library services, go to the library
Web site or
call the library’s main number, 594-6724.