Students can order their course materials online and have them shipped to them if they choose, or they can simply use the online version. Library Access Wallace Memorial Library is a national leader in making electronic resources available to off-campus students. Faculty can make traditional hardcopy reserve materials available online to online learning students through the electronic reserv. The library's electronic products are accessed through the library's Web site . Many of these products index or abstract periodical or serial literature in specific subject areas.
Some products make full-text available online for selected records.
In addition, all distance learning students can use the Inter Library Loan system to order articles and books be sent to them at no cost. Faculty are urged to take the online tutorial in FirstClass provided in this Web site. This is an audio conferencing system that connects students and course instructor for synchronous discussions and conferences. All parties telephone in to the MeetingPlace phone bridge at the same time to participate in the discussion, which is typically led by the course instructor. Those who are unable to participate in a conference or discussion can access a recording of the session through the telephone or the Internet at a later time.