Guide to Library Resources and RefWorks

I. Mini-Tour of Library
First floor:
• Circulation desk and reserves (near the entrance): get your library card, check out
books and check out articles/books your professor places on reserve.
• Reference room and Reference Foyer (side of building): contains encyclopedias,
handbooks, dictionaries that provide context to your research topic. Always
staffed by a reference librarian.
• Computers: 14 PCs throughout the library. The two PCs in front of the reference
desk have Microsoft Office installed. Print to Pharos stations located in the lower
level, the first and second floors.
• Index Area (back of the building): Find book reviews and indexes of articles
published. Scanner available.
• Study Carrels: Towards the back of the first floor; quiet study areas located
throughout library.
• Archives and Special Collections (near the Mars Rover): Houses historical
documents and artifacts of the college.
• Photocopier: 2 copiers located on each side of the library; one copier in
Periodicals area.
• Bathrooms: women’s room 1st floor, men’s room lower mezzanine.
Lower Mezzanine Levels:
• Book stacks level 1 (floor underneath the “Pit”); bound journal articles; Archives
Room; vending machine
• Book stack level 2
• Book stack level 3
Upper Mezzanine:
• Periodicals Area: magazines, newspapers, microfilm, microfiche
• Curriculum Library: library materials for education students
• Smart market: coffee, tea and snacks

II. Searching for a book in the reference room

The Reference Room’s books are organized by subject categories. To determine the
category where a reference book would be classified under, look at the list posted on the
door of room 118 labeled “Library of Congress Classification Schedules.”

For example, to find reference books on television, look at the list and determine where
your topic would fit in.

III. To access the library’s resources if you are off campus:

Go to the library home page http://www.framingham.edu/wlibrary and directly to the

library databases (like InfoTrac’s General Onefile). Enter your Blackboard username and
password.

IV. Searching for a book in the catalog from the Minuteman Library Network
http://library.minlib.net/search~S15

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To conduct a subject or keyword search, enter a phrase in the search box and select
“subject” or “keyword” and “Framingham State College” in the drop down menus. To
search for books in other libraries, select “All locations” instead of Framingham State
College.

Once you find a book, write down the call number to help you find the book in the
library.

All full-time and part-time Framingham State College students can borrow books from
the Whittemore Library, as well as other libraries within the Minuteman Library
Network. Day and evening students must register with the library to activate the student
ID barcode or student ID number. Borrowing privileges will expire when the student and
are no longer affiliated with the college.

I recommend that you do not limit your search only to Framingham State College. You
can always request a book from another library within Minuteman Library Network.
Usually books requested from the network are received within the week. You can also
order books from the Virtual Catalog, and the WorldCat database. These requests take
more time to process.

V. Library Cards and Interlibrary Loan

Once you register your library card, you are able to request books and articles through
interlibrary loan (ILL). You can request a book or article through interlibrary loan at
http://www.framingham.edu/wlibrary/illform.htm.Your request might take more than two
weeks to fulfill. Please contact Neil Conrad at 508.626.4690 for questions on ILL.

VI. Searching for Articles – databases by subject:

For a listing of all of our research databases, go to the “A to Z List of Databases” link on
the library webpage. If you are off campus, you must authenticate by entering your
network account.

To determine the databases for your subject area, go to “Databases by Subject” link on
the library website or the “E-Resources by Subject” guides. We offer many e-resource
guides for various disciplines like: Psychology, Fashion and Mathematics. Please ask a
librarian if you would like suggestions on what database to choose and on keywords
suggestions for a successful search.

(If an article is available online in a FirstSearch database, it will prompt you for a full text
password. The password is fsc.)

VII.Searching for Full-Text Articles if You Have the Citation

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If you come across a bibliography that contains citations and would like to view any of
the articles online, enter the name of the journal in the Full Text Journal Finder.
(http://pj8tr3fm5l.search.serialssolutions.com/)

If the journal is available online, the page results will list the research databases that
contain the article full text. You then need to search for the article in that particular
database.

If an article is not available full-text, you can check the red binder to see if the library
carries it in print. For questions on our print journals, please contact Deb Hogan,
periodicals supervisor, at dhogan@framingham.edu.

VIII.Searching for scholarly articles in Google Scholar

Select the link A to Z List of Databases on the library homepage and then the Google
Scholar link. Once on the Google Scholar page, go to Scholar Preferences and make sure
that Framingham State College is listed as a preferred library.

Also select RefWorks as a preferred Biblographic Manager:

When creating a search in GoogleScholar, you do not need to link terms by “AND” like
you need to when you search the databases. Here is a search using the advanced search
feature in GoogleScholar:

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Further instructions on how to use GoogleScholar are here:

http://whittemorelibrary.wordpress.com/2008/02/16/try-google-scholar/

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IX. Basics of RefWorks

To find out information of RefWorks, go to RefWorks Central:

Create a username and password (I recommend using your Blackboard account) to gain
access to your personal account.

Usually, references are imported from a database into RefWorks. The reference “lands” in
a folder called the “Last Imported Folder”. You need to move the reference into a folder
you have created. Create a folder by going to the “Folders” menu and select “Create a
New Folder” in the drop down menu. Once you have created a folder, select the folder by
going to the drop down menu where it says, “Put in Folder” and then select “Add to My
List”. You can edit the reference’s record by selecting the “Edit” link. If you have a

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citation and would like to manually enter the information, go to “References” from the
menu bar and select “Add a New Reference”.

I suggest you create two folders for your project: one folder to collect all references and
one folder for your references that will be used for your bibliography. After you are done
importing references into your project folder, you can choose which reference ends up in
your bibliography by moving the reference from the project folder into the bibliography
folder.

To create your bibliography, go to “Bibliography” on the top menu. Select the output
citation style, file type (Microsoft Word) and the bibliography folder.

To learn more about RefWorks, the library host monthly RefWorks and RefWorks
Advanced sessions. If you are interested in attending a session or have a question about
RefWorks, please email reference@framingham.edu.

Questions? Email (reference@framingham.edu) or call us at (508.626.4655).