Finding Books
How to find and access books (electronic or in print) at the RDC Library
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Back Links:
Back Links:
These links will bring you back to the "Research Process" page or the "Finding Information" home page. You can also navigate by using the left sidebar.
The top section of the History libguide contains a box to directly start a searh in the "OneSearch" tool and a link to the "NEOS Catalogue Search" engine.
Either of those tools can be used for finding books. The difference between them is that "OneSearch" will find all sorts of materials all over the place, including articles in journals that you may have to order in.
The NEOS catalogue will help you find books (in print or electronic format) that are directly accessible to you as an RDC student. This includes the books housed at RDC as well as books in libraries from Olds and north, including the vast collection of the University of Alberta, Canada's second largest university collection.
The NEOS catalogue search is probably the most useful to find books, as it gives you the most direct access to books that either are at RDC or can be delivered to the college within a day or two.
For local books, take the call number down and go look for it in the stacks on the second floor. It's also a good idea to look at the books around the one for which you found a call number: they are likely to be about similar or related topics.
Books that are not available locally can also be ordered through Interlibrary Loan. Also, books that are signed out can be recalled. Ask a librarian how to do these. They can also be done from home with your ICard barcode and NEOS PIN.
Off-campus access:
Off-campus access:
When you do research at the library, you can access any of the resources linked in these libguides. However, when you do research from home, you may hit a "paywall" asking you for your iCard barcode. This is due to the fact that accessing some resources is reserved to subscribers. It includes Credo Reference and most scholarly journals and databases. The college does have a subscription and you can access these resources free of charge, even from home.
When you try to access a restricted resource, a pop-up page will appear prompting you to enter your iCard barcode number and PIN. You can easily obtain the 4-digit PIN you need by contacting the LIbrary.
Follow these links to find other types of sources:
Follow these links to find other types of sources:
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