Faculty FAQs
1. Course, class, section schedules for IC? Where are they?
- Current/previous courses are listed in the HomerConnect Class Schedule
- Current courses in the School of H&S are on the Web here
- Current courses in the School of HSHP are on the Web here
- Courses offered year by year (undergrad, grad) are at College Catalogs
- The College Archives (Library 5th floor) has print copies of catalogs
2. Do you have orchestral parts for individual instruments?
Yes, we do -- we have all current volumes of the Orchestral Musician's CD-ROM Library available in the library.
3. Does the library have copies of textbooks?
Rumor has it that:
1) the library has textbooks that can be checked out for the semester,
2) textbooks for every class are in the library's collection
3) faculty put copies of every required text on reserve for student use
As a general rule, the Library does not collect textbooks for courses offered at the College. This is not because we are trying to make students' lives more difficult.
The Facts:
During the 2008/2009 academic year, there were approximately 2800 undergraduate and 450 graduate courses taught at IC. Using 3 texts as the average required for each course, this equals 9753 books.
In the same academic year, the Library budget allowed for the purchase approximately 6,100 new books to support the current research needs of every department and program on campus. We simply do not have the funds to purchase current textbooks, while at the same time supporting student and faculty research needs.
Suggested options:
Ask your professor if she/he has a copy of the textbook that can be placed on reserve in the library.
To see what is on reserve for a course, search the online reserve system by your professor's last name and/or your course number.
Please consult with the IC Bookstore for information on purchasing textbooks for your classes.
The library cannot borrow required course textbooks via Interlibrary Loan.
Sometimes a text used in a class is available in the library collection. Check the online catalog by author or title.
Rental Services that allow students to rent textbooks at a reduced price::
Chegg i
BookRenter.com
Skoobit.com
CampusBookRentals.com
Other sites:
Campus Book Swap is an online bulletin board, helping students to buy and sell used textbooks.
www.campusbooks.com/ also supports buying and selling of textbooks.
4. How can I make a playlist for my class in Naxos Music Library?
Please contact Kris Shanton, Music Librarian, for more information.
5. How do I access my Nova account from off-campus or a Library laptop?
In order to access your personal Novell Network account (Nova, Pulsar, etc), you will need an ftp program such as Fetch for the Mac, or WS_FTP for Windows. The Quick Guides on the ITS website give detailed instruction for using the above ftp programs (available for download from the ITS site) to access your account.
6. How do I add links for online library resources to WebCT or my course syllabus?
7. How do I determine if the library provides access to a specific journal or browse the journal list by subject?
8. How do I do citation searching in library databases?
9. How do I find journal impact factor data?
The Eigenfactor site rates Article Influence (AI): a measure of a journal's prestige based on per article citations and comparable to Impact Factor, and the Eigenfactor (EF): A measure of the overall value provided by all of the articles published in a given journal in a year.
See also the Scimago Journal Rank
Searching an article in the Google Scholar database retrieves links to the articles that have cited the original article.
The Cornell University Libraries subscribe to the Journal Citations Reports (JCR) database (part of the Web of Science database), which provides journal impact factor data.
10. How do I get electronic access to Scientific American?
Go to the Library homepage and click on “Journal Titles” in the upper left. Type “Scientific American” into the blank and click “Go.” 
You will see a long list of ways in which you can gain access to Scientific American content.
Go to Scientific American Archive Online. This provides coverage back to 1993 with full articles available as PDF files. When you first enter the site, you will see a search blank. If you want to browse by year, click the "Publication" link at the top left of the page, .png)
then click "Scientific American." 
You will see a browsable list of years on the right-hand side of the page..png)
For material prior to 1993, see our microfilm holdings at T1 .S5. These extend back to 1949.
Finally, some material from the 19th century is available through the links to Making of America Journals and American Memory.
11. How do I put an item on reserve for one of my courses?
- Fill out a Course Reserves form.
Most items will be digitized and made available online.
12. How do I recommend an item to be ordered for the library's collection?
- Contact your Liaison Librarian: Librarians by Name
13. How do I request a search for an item that should be available but is not on the shelf?
- Use the Not on Shelf (Request Trace) form.
14. How do I request rush cataloging for a new item?
- Complete a Rush Cataloging Form.
15. How do I schedule a film or video for in-class showing?
- Complete a Classroom Use of Visual Materials Request.
16. How do I schedule an research instruction session for one of my classes?
17. How does a faculty member add a proxy patron, such as a TA, to their library account for picking up books?
18. How does a faculty member request an IC library owned book/article to be delivered to their office?
Logon to Interlibrary Loan system.
19. How does an IC faculty member acquire a Cornell University Libraries borrower's card?
- The Cornell Library Borrower's card is available to continuing Ithaca College faculty (tenured, tenure-eligible, NTE-fixed term and adjunct).
- The total cost of each card is $250. The College pays $175 and the faculty member will be expected to contribute $75 toward the cost of this privilege. The faculty portion may be paid by check or through payroll deduction.
- You must bring your Ithaca College ID and a check for $75 made payable to "Ithaca College" to the Office of the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs or a payroll deduction form may be obtained and completed at the Office of the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs. Cash will also be accepted.
- Once you are provided with the authorization form, you must then present it at the circulation desk of Olin Library in order to receive your Cornell Library Borrower\\\'s card.
20. I would like to recommend that the library purchase a particular book.
21. Is the library in Facebook?
22. To which databases does the Library currently provide access?
- Click on the Database List link.
23. What do I do if my student organization wants to show a library DVD?
There will be no cost to your organization as long as the Library holds Public Performance Rights and the showing is free and limited to the Ithaca College community. If the Library does not hold Public Performance Rights we may be able to help you obtain them.
24. Where can I find College policies on student, staff, & faculty conduct, grading & class attendance?
25. Where can I find general Ithaca College information and local community information?
The Campus Center Info Desk maintains a guide to services, agencies, etc., etc., in Ithaca
Link to Info Desk's Guide to Ithaca
26. Where can I find statistics about Ithaca College such as enrollment, transfers, retention rates, and the College budget?
Institutional Research collects additional data such as the transfer rate, retention, ethnicity in brief, and in their "Common Data Set", all linked here
The Budget Office has the latest budget (covers 3 academic years) here
The College Archives has earlier data and copies of the online budgets
27. Where can I see what is currently checked out to my account?
- Click on My Account.
28. Why do I need to login to use a Library resource?
If you are logged into myHome, you will not be asked to authenicate -- your information will be passed to the server automatically.
