Research Guides

WAGGONER LIBRARY

Trevecca Nazarene University
333 Murfreesboro Road
Nashville, TN 37210-2877
http://library.trevecca.edu/
Circulation Desk: 615-248-1214    Reference Desk: 615-248-1570

 The library is dedicated to facilitating education and research by providing access to resources and quality services for the University community.

   
Search On the library homepage enter the topic you want searched in the catalog search box. After typing in your word or phrase you need to select the tag for your topic; subject, author, title, keyword or journal title.  Simply click on the tag you want to search and then the ‘Search’ button.

Keyword VS Subject Keywords are searched by the database simply by matching the spelling of the word/phrase-NO meaning is attached.  Searching by subject (or author and title) will attach a meaning to the spelling, creating a better result list.  If you cannot find any titles after searching by subject, enter your terms in as a keyword search.  This will broaden the search.

Advanced Search provides options to search the Reserve Room and provides many limit options as well as the Basic Search options of Author, Title, Keyword and  Subject.

Result List The search result list appears in the order a record was entered into the catalog.  The holdings line provides call number as well as indicates whether a book has been checked out by using the phrase “No copies available.”  Also included in the library holdings are e-books from netLibrary which are indicated by the phrase [electronic resource] in the title line.

Printing Before printing on campus you need to verify the location of the printer.  Clicking on “File” then opening “Print” does this. The printer location selected is on the top of the print page.  To change location simply click on the gray arrow and select from the choices provided. Copies are charged to your campus account.

Books are checked out at the Main Desk with a maximum of fifteen books for at least four weeks. Your TNU I.D. card serves as your library card. Books cannot be checked out from the Web site.

•  Materials can be renewed online!  From the library home page click on “My Account” Follow instructions to view your account. The renew link will appear on the screen.  Books cannot be renewed if they are overdue.

Search area libraries If you need book materials to supplement the TNU collection, click on the Search Area Libraries  link on the Library web page.  This virtual online catalog provides access to several local area libraries including Trevecca, MTSU, Vanderbilt, Nashville Public Library, and TSU. Retrieved titles can be borrowed online for no cost.  They will be couried to Trevecca for pickup.  See ILL section for detailed information on requesting books located through Athena.. 

Searching Ebooks Over 60,000 ebooks are integrated into the library holdings and can be searched through the online catalog 

the Interlibrary Loan Process

       The ILL Process: All transactions for ILL are handled through the Interlibrary Loan Services Librarian, main floor of the library. Requests can be emailed directly to Karla Wardlow or an ILL form can be completed.  Complete an online form.  Allow 7-10 days for the requested book to arrive and 7 days for article reprints.  Books are sent to the library for pickup while articles may be sent email as PDF documents.

• Books:  Books generally have a three to four week checkout period.  Turnaround time for book requests is about 7 working days. There are no fees for this service however, late fine charges for ILL books are $.50 per day.

• Journal Article Reprints:  If a journal is unavailable at TNU a reprint of it can be ordered for no cost. Allow 7 days for delivery of the article.

Searching for professional journal articles   

EBSCO's Business Source Premier

There are several ways to search for information in Business Source Premier.  'Basic Search' is the default and allows you to search by keyword.  The 'Advanced Search' allows you to build a Boolean search combining words and phrases in three search boxes and assigning field tags to the terms.   

You can also search by 'Publications', allowing you to peruse the contents of a journal online.                                      

Additional search options:

Publications - browse the content of the database by publication title.

Company Profiles - an alphabetized list of international companies providing a PDF version of their annual report and Datamonitor® reports accessible full text.

Thesaurus - controlled vocabulary of business terms that assists in more effectively searching the database.
Indexes - allows the user to view all values that occur in specified fields in a database, along with corresponding hit counts.

Cited References - allows you to search the cited works within a journal article.

Your result list will give you possibly two format viewing options: html and PDF.  The html version is text only with key sections internally linked.  The PDF version will open Adobe Reader to the original version scanned into the database.  

Output options include printing, email and downloading the article.

         The Tennessee Electronic Library is a collection of InfoTrac databases that provide a significant number of full text articles.  Access is by the library Web site Electronic Resources page.

Choose which subject collection would be best suited to your research topic.  

• Academic Onefile (includes New York Times full text)
• Computer Database
• General Business File ASAP
• General Business File International
• National Newspaper Index

The Result List indicates the article viewing option and is below the citation in the result list. Print and email options follow the text of the article.  Results can be limited to articles with text; by date or by refereed publications.

Output options include printing, email and downloading the article.

WebBridge to find full text
  

Other Library Services:                                                                              

Group Study Rooms – All group study rooms in the library are available on a first come, first served basis. Five group study rooms seat up to eight and the rest seat up to four.  Each room has a white board and network connections for laptop use.

 Laptop Checkout – Laptop computers can be checked out at the Main Desk. These are for use in the library only.  Laptops can be used anyplace in the library that including seating in the rotunda, individual study carrels, round tables, as well as group study rooms. TNU is a wireless campus.

 Copy Rooms – Copy rooms housing digital copiers and photocopiers are located on ground and main floors of the library.  Copies are charged to student account when logged into the network. Network prints are .08 per page and photocopies are .10 per page.

Waggoner Library Contact Information

Reference Desk - 615.248.1570

Circulation Desk - 615.248.1212

IRC Desk - 615.248.1205

Email: library@trevecca.edu

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