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Faculty Services:Pardee Library FAQsUsing Library-owned Electronic Databases and Journals● I want to read journals online from my office/home. How do I find out what is available? http://www.bu.edu/library/ejournals/index.html ● I'm having trouble connecting to the library's databases. http://www.bu.edu/library/management/eres/connecting.html ● I just want to browse Financial Times (Business Week, Economist) in print. Does the library still have print copies of journals? Consult: http://www.bu.edu/library/management/serial.html for a complete list of print journals in the Pardee library. Making Library Resources Available to Students● How do I create links to electronic readings using library databases?
Fill out an online form at: http://www.bu.edu/library/management/reserves/index.html ● The library doesn't own what I want my students to read. How do I suggest a rush Reserve request? http://www.bu.edu/library/management/purchase.html ( be sure to state rush reserve and your course number) ● I have a copyright question. http://www.bu.edu/library/guides/copyright.html
Books, Borrowing Privileges and Photocopying Services● How do I find out which books the library owns? ● How do I obtain articles and books the library doesn't own for my research? http://www.bu.edu/library/ill/index.html ● How do I suggest a library purchase ? http://www.bu.edu/library/management/purchase.html ● Where is the new books section in the library? http://www.bu.edu/library/management/ref/newbooks.html ● How long may I borrow a book/journal from the BU libraries? http://www.bu.edu/library/management/borrowingandrenewal.html ● How may I renew my library materials? Visit the Pardee Library to obtain a PIN (Personal Identification Number). Then you may renew your materials online at: http://library.bu.edu/patroninfo ● May my assistant check out books for me on my BU Faculty ID Card? We need a written letter from you on letterhead. State who the assistant is, that person's BU ID number, and the time period for this special arrangement. We will need (1) the letter, (2) your faculty ID card, (3) the assistant's ID card. ● Could someone from the Pardee staff photocopy articles I need from the Pardee Library or from Mugar? Requests for articles to be photocopied may be submitted
to pardedoc@bu.edu (be sure to state "SMG Faculty Photocopy Service"
in the note field). For further details on this service, please phone (617) 353-4301 . The library provides two photocopy machines and one card-operated laser printer networked to our public computer workstations. For $1.00 a copy card may be purchased from the vending machine located on the third floor next to the photocopy machines. There is a fifty cent deposit for the card itself and the card comes initially with fifty cents on it. Additional funds can be added to the card as needed. Contacts:
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