Students also may use library sponsored search tools and databases on the World Wide Web to gain access to electronic library catalogs, online periodical indexes, and full text sources in education, science, engineering, business, humanities, health and the social sciences. These services are available from the libraries and from personal computer connections to the campus network. In the libraries more than 40 workstations, including an instructional laboratory, provide this connection. By the fall of 1997, all student residence hall rooms will offer this access to students with personal computers. A well-developed instructional program supports faculty and students in the use of electronic information resources.
All fields of study have some form of electronic access to their literature.
A well-developed instructional program supports faculty and students in the use of electronic information sources. Professional librarians and a skilled staff are available to assist faculty and students in their study and research by giving bibliographic instruction or orientation and referring them to a variety of source materials. Each library maintains its own collections of reference works, abstracts, and periodical indexes. Computerized reference service, which offers literature searching through more than a hundred computerized data bases, is available in each library according to discipline. Reference service is available during most of the hours that the libraries are open.