Information Literacy Competency
The Information Literacy Competency for Rockhurst University Students document outlines the needed competencies for a person to be considered "information literate" in today's world. You will develop competencies in many of these areas in this course and in the future courses you will take in your program. Several of these competencies will be addressed in today's instruction.

Ask A Librarian Research Assistance
This instruction page will likely inspire additional questions on your research when you return tothis page to use the recommended resources. Please visit our Ask a Librarian page to get additional help from a librarian.

Identifying Books and Journals in the Library Collection

Materials owned by the library can be identified by using the Online Catalog . Rockhurst University is a member of the MOBIUS consortium consisting of 60 Missouri academic libraries. Books available in MOBIUS libraries can be requested by you and sent here for your use. Additional information about this is found on the Patron Initiated Borrowing Through the Online Catalog guide.

Use the "Subject (Library of Congress)" search option to find the most relevant books, audiovisuals and government documents on your topic.
In order to enhance your basic knowledge of a topic, use general and subject-specific dictionaries, encyclopedias, directories and handbooks to identify subject-specific vocabulary, facts and an overview of a subject. The library has hundreds of these sources in it's collection which can be located by using the Online Catalog.

Greenlease Library's collection uses the Library of Congress classification system. Information about physics would be included in this link Information about medicine focusing on the body would be found with this link.


Locating full text journal titles in Greenlease Library
Periodicals (journals, newspapers and magazines) owned by the library can be identified by linking to the Periodical Holdings page on the library web site. On this page you will be directed to use the Periodicals Holdings List to see if we have a subscription to a title. There may be a print, microform, or direct links to databases for your review. If the library does not have the journal title in full text, there will appear a "Sorry no holdings" message. Your next step to obtain the full text journal article will be to complete an Interlibrary Loan article request form.

Interlibrary Loan
Articles not found full text in the library's collection or books not found in a MOBIUS library can be ordered from other libraries across the country through Interlibrary Loan. Use the forms on our Interlibrary Loan page to submit your request electronically. Books are free; articles are 20 cents per page per article. Usually you will have your materials within a week after submitting your request.

Proper Citation of Sources
When using information from other sources, whether copyrighted or not, it is necessary to give attribution to those sources. Doing so will help you avoid plagiarism.

More information about copyright is found on the Copyright and Fair Use guide.

Information on how to avoid plagiarism is on the Avoiding Plagiarism guide.

The library provides the RefWorks bibliographic management system. This is a bibliography management program that allows Rockhurst University faculty, students and staff to set up their own online account to manage electronic citations imported from databases subscribed to by the Greenlease Library as well as input citation information from print sources. Only Rockhurst University email accounts may be used with RefWorks accounts. These citations are easily incorporated into documents created in word processing programs. Many citation formats are included.

RefWorks Account Information

Tutorial and Quick Start Guide (PDF 2.42MB)*

Connect to RefWorks

How to Export Saved Citations from a Database Into RefWorks (PDF 87KB)*

Adding References Manually to RefWorks

Access to Library Databases
On campus access to most of the library's subscription databases is available on the "Electronic Resources" page on the library's web site. Use either the alphabetical or subject lists of databases to find the one you need.

Off campus access is available through the VPN proxy server provided by Computer Services. The Off Campus Access to Databases page will link you to the page provided by Computer Services. If you link directly to the library's web site outside of VPN you will not be able to use the databases.

Understanding the Difference Between General Periodicals and Scholarly Journals
Criteria to determine how scholarly and trade journal articles differ from general interest articles in the field can be found on the Scholarly Journal, Trade Journal or Popular Magazine? research guide.

Sources of Analysis and Discussion on Physics of the Body in Library Databases

Academic Search Premier
This database indexes and abstracts articles appearing in over 7300 journals in the areas of social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, ethnic studies, and many more, some as far back 1965. Full text of articles appear from 4000 scholarly journals, including 3100 peer-reviewed titles.

PubMed
This free medicial index is produced by the National Library of Medicine and covers over 3,000 journals in all areas of medicine. PubMed covers 1965 to the present, with monthly updates. Abstracts of the articles are available on most of the records after 1975.

Health Reference Center Academic
This database is intended for the health professional and students in the heatlh sciences. It provides the full text and images of respected nursing, allied health and medical journals; consumer health magazines; newsletters; pamphlets; newspaper articles; topical overviews; and reference books.

Health and Wellness Resource Center
This database delivers up-to-date reference material as well as full-text magazines, journals, and pamphlets from a wide variety of authoritative medical sources. Additionally, consumers, students, and professionals are provided with descriptions of and links to many pertinent websites, selected for their usefulness and appropriateness. This database is intended for consumers without medical backgrounds.

General Science Abstracts
Citations and abstracts from journals and magazines from the U.S. and Great Britain since 1993 to the present, covering such subjects as anthropology, astronomy, biology, computers, earth sciences, medicine and health, and much more. Covers articles, reviews, biographical sketches, and letters to the editor.

Applied Science and Technology Full Text
International and English-language periodicals, covering industries, computer science, engineering, mathematics, physics, technology and much more. Includes articles, interviews, meetings, conferences, exhibitions, new product eviews/announcements, and more. Indexing from 1983 - present; full text articles 1997-present.

Open this link to a subject list of databases in order to refine your search based on your research topic.

Recommended Internet Sources

The Physics of the Human Body Companion Manual
Physics 3110
Autumn Semester 2002
Richard J. Ingebretsen, M.D., Ph.D.
72 pages with content covering all aspects of the human body and problems with specific movement or physical properties.
http://www.physics3110.org/images/body_manu.pdf

University of Illinois Department of Physics
Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Group
Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology // National Institutes of Health // National Science Foundation // Physics, Computer Science, and Biophysics at UIUC
Interactive physical images and descriptions of images related to physics.
http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Services/Lectures/PhysicsOfTheBody/

Shockwave Physics Studio: Free Body Diagram Activity
Practice your skill at constructing free-body diagrams for a given physical situation.Provides step-by-step directions.Login as a guest.
http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/shwave/fbd.html

Credo Reference Human Body
Credo Reference is a library database for electronic reference materials.
http://www.credoreference.com/vol/686

Additional Sources of Information in the Library Collection
In addition to the sources listed above, the library has many print sources in the Reference collection that give information on psychology. Most of these sources cannot be checked out, so plan time to visit the library to consult them. Additional subject specific research guides and Internet guides are available on the library web site.

Library Accounts
The Rockhurst University ID card also is the library card for students. At the bottom of the card is the library account number, which begins "10006".

Register online for your library account or at the Circulation Desk on the main floor of the library. Rockhurst students, faculty and staff are required to use their Rockhurst email addresses in their library accounts. Library accounts expire at the end of each semester so you will need to reactivate your account next semester. This can also be done online.

You will be given a unique identification number in addition to your library account number. With this library account number and unique borrower identification number you may:

• Request items directly from the other libraries in the Online Catalog;
• Checkout items directly from other MOBIUS libraries. Rockhurst University is a member of the MOBIUS consortium consisting of 60 Missouri academic libraries around the state. This gives our students the ability to identify and use materials from the collections of these libraries. Currently the total of the collections of these libraries is nearly 20 million items.
• View your library account to see what you have checked out, renew items, view any unpaid fees on your account or view items on request from other libraries.

Detailed information about library accounts and utilizing all of the functions listed above can be found on the library's Circulation Services web page.

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