Using Randall's Online Resources from Off-Campus:

• Go to the library website <http://library.uncw.edu>
  
  
• Click on "My Library Record" on the left side of the page
  
  
• Type in your first OR last name (not both), your university ID number (85 ....), and the password (PIN) you'd like to have for your library "account"
  
  
• Type this password in two more times
  
  
• This enables you to access all online resources from anywhere you have an Internet connection
  
  
• If you see a message that says, "Invalid PIN" contact the Randall Library Reference Desk and tell the librarian you need your PIN deleted

Print Resources (Books and Government Documents):

• Library Catalog (Library website - "Search Catalog")
  
  
  • Tells you what materials the library owns (books, government documents, journals - NOT ARTICLES, videos, etc.)
    
    
  • Search by keyword, author, title, journal title, or subject
    
    
  • Make note of location, call number, and status
    
    
• WorldCat (Library website - "Databases & Articles" - "WorldCat" (middle of page)
  
  
  • Other books (perhaps those not available in Randall)
    
    
  • Use ILLiad (Interlibrary Loan) to obtain books not available in Randall
    

Articles (also known as literature, scholarly literature, peer reviewed articles, etc.)

• Multi step process:
  

1. Search an appropriate database (Library website - "Databases & Articles" - "By Subject" Column: Nursing)
   

   CINAHL (Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature)
   
   Gale Nursing Resource Center

   PubMED
   
   CINAHL and PubMed Tutorials

   For testing instruments, use Mental Measurements Yearbook
   
   
2. Determine if Randall Library has the article you need
   
   1. If the full text is available, download the article
      
      
   2. If the full text is not available: Go to the Library website - "Search Catalog" - click on "Journal Title" - type in the full name (not an abbreviation) of the JOURNAL you are looking for (not the title of the article)(i.e. Journal of the American Medical Association)
      
      
   3. Determine if Randall has access to the specific volume/year that your article was published in
      
      
   4. Retrieve article online through the catalog "record" (the catalog record will give you a link to the database the full-text is available in for a specific set of years)
      
      
   5. If Randall does not have access to the article, you will need to utilize ILLiad (Interlibrary Loan) in some cases to retrieve articles Randall does not own.

Need Help?

Contact the Randall Library Reference Desk (Anne Pemberton will be away starting 5/23/08 until 7/1/08)

Last Update: May 15, 2008