As a student, you must first complete the student services registration process for your name to appear in the University system’s student list. When you have completed your registration, point your browser to the Library web site: http://www.llu.edu/llu/library/. From the menu, click on My Account, and enter your first and last name. Use your barcode number as your password, and immediately negotiate a PIN. The PIN is useful to conduct online business with the library and also for accessing restricted databases when you are off campus. For more instruction on how to access the library, go to: http://www.llu.edu/llu/library/search/connect.html
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Old student with old badges Effective July 17, 2007, old student badges (LLU Logo located on the right of your photo and has no magnetic stripe on the back) will no longer work. Students who do not have a new badge (LLU Logo on the left of your photo and has a magnetic stripe on the back) will need to go to Student Affairs to obtain a new badge. Also on this date, the barcode on the front of the badge will start working at designated locations and the barcode on back of the new student badge will no longer work. Student Affairs is located in the Student Services building next to the Post Office and can be contacted at studentaffairs@llu.edu and (909) 558-4510 (externally) or extension 44510 (internally). |
A virtual tour of the Del E. Webb Library and its services is on the nursing web site, click on the virtual library tour, or go to: http://www.llu.edu/llu/nursing/library/ and follow the links.
From the Library menu, select databases to see an alphabetical list of library databases, both publicly available and those licensed to the Loma Linda University Libraries. PubMed and CINAHL are two databases where you are sure to find nursing information, but there are other databases besides these. If you are unsure about which other databases to use, go to: http://www.llu.edu/llu/nursing/library/databases.html where you’ll find a listing of all nursing-related databases, including links to tutorials on how to use these. If you are on the 3rd floor of the Library, ask the reference librarian which databases will be best for a specific topic. You can also pick up a phone from anywhere on campus to talk to the reference librarian by dialing extension 44588 between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. all days of the week except Sunday (2 p.m. to 6 p.m.) and Fridays (10 a.m. to 2 p.m.).
If you are in the Library, ask a librarian which databases will be best for a specific topic.
Find electronic books
Access electronic books by selecting the appropriate links on the list of databases. These links are labeled: R2 Library, Stat!Ref, Xreferplus (renamed Credo-Reference).
R2Library are online books in medicine, nursing, and allied health. When loading this database be sure to select 'NURSING' to get a list of the nursing books that we subscribe to in full-text.
STAT!Ref is a clinical information resource that provides full-text access to medical reference sources and textbooks and includes among other titles the following standard sources:
Xreferplus (recently renamed to Credo-Reference) are full-text dictionaries, encyclopedias, and other related reference sources, containing a selection from 169 high-quality reference books from the world's leading publishers. It offers access to over 1.7 million individual entries and contains dictionaries, encyclopedias, thesauri, and books of quotations, not to mention a host of subject-specific titles covering everything from the arts to accountancy and law to literature. This source formats references in a variety of style guides - MLA, APA, Chicago.
Take a database tutorial to learn how to search any particular database properly, or make an appointment with Nelia Caan, the LLUSN Library liaison, for an individualized training session. For quick and easy access, begin your search using keywords. It is always helpful to start your search with a problem statement where you describe the research topic you have chosen using the keywords or terms you anticipate authors would use in their publications. If you are having trouble finding articles, you may request for a free literature search by completing an online form and carefully describing your search problem on this form. Remember to give your contact information so you can be notified when the search is ready to be picked up.
In PubMed, the fuller display options will display these icons: indicating journal availability, either in full-text 
or in print
. Clicking on the full-text icon will take you to the publisher web site for the full-text version of the article. Clicking on the print icon, on the other hand, will take you to the library catalog where you can check issue availability and location so you can proceed to retrieve the physical copy to make copies from. In CINAHL, a hyperlinked line Click To See If Item Is Held By LLU Libraries will take you to the library catalog so you can verify if the Libraries subscribe to the journal and the particular issue you need.
The Library catalog is still the best place to find if the Libraries subscribe to a journal title. Use the JOURNAL TITLE option in the search screen to enter keywords from the journal title.
The latest tool for determining if the Libraries subscribe to a particular journal is the Libraries’ journal portal. From the Library’s main menu, click on FIND JOURNAL to go to the JOURNAL PORTAL page. This page offers several options for searching or finding journals. You may find journals by title or by ISSN, browse an alphabetical list of journals by title, browse by subject, and by DOI (Digital Object Identifier) or PubMed ID number. A list of journal abbreviations and a chart of the alphabetic distribution of titles in the journal stacks are also included on this page.
Although the libraries now subscribe to over 11 thousand journal titles, there may still be an occasion when the Libraries may not carry a particular title. Do not panic. If the particular journal does exist in any library anywhere in the world, for a small fee our ILL service will get you a copy of the article you want from this journal. Complete an ILL form by giving the complete article citation plus your contact information so you can be notified once the copy is received. See other ILL request forms and fee schedule.
A new service to secure copyright permissions from the CCC (Copyright Clearance Center) for faculty will now be available. Please give us lead time before the quarter begins if you need permission for any documents, articles, or books you are planning to use in your syllabus or in classroom instruction. For publications not registered with the CCC, we may pursue securing permission through individual publishers for a fee. Please contact Nelia for pricing and other specifics.
The University has purchased an institutional subscription to EndNote. Please encourage students to use EndNote as their preferred bibliographic software. The IT department is planning on putting a link on our web site where students can conveniently download a copy of EndNote. If this is done, the Library is considering providing basic-level training on how to use it.
Debit cards for photocopying and printing online articles or online information from library computers may be purchased and recharged from a vending machine on the 3rd floor. The cards cost $1 deposit and can be refunded at the circulation desk by the south side entrance on the 2nd floor. The charge for printing or photocopying is 8 cents per page, 70 cents for color.
Ask a librarian at the reference desk, or email your question to the Library, or better yet, call your liaison librarian Nelia Caan at extension 47535 or directly at (909) 558-4584.
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Last Revised: Tue, Oct 16, 2007