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Generally, student positions in the Library for the Fall semester are posted the previous March and hires are made before the end of the Spring semester.   Sometimes openings do occur during the Fall semester and the new Spring semester.  Any openings are listed on the Library's website and Facebook page, with links to an online application.
As our popular collection continues to shrink due to full-text online access becoming available, the Library does not actually have a supply of issues ready to be discarded at any one time. We also bind some of the popular weekly periodicals, as their visual content is important for research in some courses. Check with the campus mail room for surplus issues that have not been picked up. Also, check with the Tompkins County Public Library Friends group for remainders of magazines they could not sell. Here is their website for the booksale : http://www.booksale.org/friends/contact.php
Printing from personal laptops is not available at this time, however, there are 3 quick print stations located on the main floor of the library; two to the right of the Circulation Desk and one to the left of the Research Help Desk.

Yes, we do -- we have all current volumes of the Orchestral Musician's CD-ROM Library available in the library.

You can find links to contents and call numbers here.

Credit cards are not accepted at this time, however, money may be transferred from a credit card to ID Express at ithaca.managemyid.com, and then paid at the Circulation Desk.
Yes, the self-serve color printer is to the right of the Circulation Desk. It can print PDF, JPG or TIFF formats, as well as black and white, for 30 cents a copy.  It also scans in black and white or color, at no charge.  To print in color, follow these steps:
  1. Select "Media Print Text" from the Home menu
  2. Insert USB flash drive. If there are a lot of files, this process may take a few minutes.
  3. Select From List either a folder and/or a file.
  4.  Press Save, put the correct coinage in the coin box and press the green copy button.


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' financial situations more challenging.  

During a typical academic year, there are approximately 2800 undergraduate and 450 graduate courses taught at IC. Using 3 texts as the average required for each course, this equals approximately 9750 books.  Also, textbooks tend to be frequently updated.

In recent academic years, the Library budget has allowed for the purchase approximately 5,800 new books and ebooks to support the current research needs of all departments and programs on campus.

We  do not have the funds to purchase current textbooks, while at the same time supporting student and faculty research needs.

Faculty sometimes place copies of textbooks or chapters from texts on reserve or ereserve.  If you’re not sure whether your professor has put your course’s textbook on reserve, search the Reserves site to see what is available.

Please note that, as academic libraries generally do not purchase textbooks, they are not available on interlibrary loan.   The IC Library does not fill Interlibrary Loan requests for textbooks in current use at the College.  

The Ithaca College Bookstore provides a rental service and sells textbooks.  Additional rental/purchase sites:

Chegg

CampusBookRentals.com

CengageBrain

BookRenter

Half.com

Amazon also rents textbooks as of Fall 2012.

The outline below lists some of the major subject areas that are represented in the first line of a call number. It is not a complete list. 
A) GENERAL WORKS
AE: Encyclopedias
AP: General periodicals
B) PHILOSOPHY
BF: Psychology
BL-BX: Religion
C) AUXILIARY SCIENCES OF HISTORY
CC: ARCHAEOLOGY
CT: BIOGRAPHY
D) HISTORY: GENERAL AND OLD WORLD
DA: British History
DC-DQ: European History
DS: History of the Middle East and Asia
DT: African History
DU: History of Down Under
E) HISTORY: UNITED STATES
F) HISTORY: STATE AND LOCAL UNITED STATES; CANADA; LATIN AMERICA
G) GEOGRAPHY
GN: Anthropology
GV: Sports and Recreation
H) SOCIAL SCIENCES
HA: Statistics
HB: Economic Theory
HC: Economic Conditions and National Economies
HD: Agriculture, Labor, and Industry
HE: Transportation and Communication
HF: Business, Accounting, and Advertising
HG: General Finance, Money, Banking, and Insurance
HJ: Public Financ
HM: Sociology
HQ: Family, Marriage, Women, Sexuality
HV: Social Pathology
HX: Communism, Socialism
J) POLITICAL SCIENCE
JK: US Politics
JX: International Relations
K) LAW
KF: Law of United States
L) EDUCATION
M) MUSIC
N) FINE ARTS
NA : Architecture
ND: Painting
P) LANGUAGE-LITERATURE
PE: English language
PN: Comparative literature-Drama
PR: English literature
PS: American literature
Q) SCIENCE
QA: Mathematics
QB: Astronomy
QC: Physics
QD : Chemistry
QH-QL: Biology, Ecology
QM: Human Anatomy
QP: Physiology
R) MEDICINE
RA: Public Health
RC: Internal and Sports Medicine
RM: Therapeutics
S) AGRICULTURE
SH: Outdoor activities, camping
T) TECHNOLOGY
U) MILITARY ARTS & SCIENCES
V) NAVAL SCIENCES
Z) BIBLIOGRAPHY-LIBRARY SCIENCE

For more information, see this page from the Library of Congress.
Many studies indicate that most college students struggle with time management. A full social life, including distracting social networking, sports, music, and other extracurricular activities, and trying to sleep in the morning can take away lots of time for academics. With so little time left, why do some professors think they own your time and are the only ones piling on the homework? .

Nonetheless, before you wait until the last minute to start working on a research assignment, consider these factors:

  • There are only limited sources in the library.
  • Computers are in short supply, and macines, printers, internet connections, and networks all break down.
  • Most things take longer than you think and it is easy to underestimate the time that the mechanics of doing research takes.
  • Interlibrary loan can provide you with materials not available in the library, but it might take 48 hours or more (but sometimes less) to acquire them.
  • Ideas improve with age. It takes time just to read, but even more time to think about and evaluate what you have read. A final draft is always better if it is not also the first draft.
Here are some simple time management tips:
  • Keep track of your deadlines and know when assignments are due.
  • Prioritize assignments by both due date and importance.
  • Don't put off learning ways to conquer procrastination.
  • Try not to be distracted. Turn off the cell phone. Swear off texting for the day.
  • Don't underestimate how much time all the little things will take in order to get the big things done.
  • Don't try to do too much in one take. Schedule yourself some multiple times to work on a single assignment.
  • Learn from previous experience and try to remember.
Seek out a librarian.
  • Sometimes they have immediate answers or might be able to lower your frustration.
  • They know how the system works. They know where things are located, even some things that seem hidden to everyone else.
  • Reference librarians know some short cuts.
  • They can recommend good, even the best, research tools to use.
  • They know the jargon of research.
  • They probably have worked with your professor before and know the assignment.
  • But please remember: Help takes time. Librarians, too, are limited by time and can become frustrated themselves when a student replies with the fatal words, "but I need it by tomorrow."


Click "Full View" in the catalog record.
  • The Safety & Accessibility Map shows power door access to campus buildings, parking lots, also blue light phones & defibrillators
  • The pocket-size Ithaca Campus Map (available at the Campus Center, Admission Office, Library Reference Desk, Safety Office, etc.) also provides this information
  • Detailed accessibility information for each building is provided on the Printer-Friendly Accessibility Guide (entrances, elevator if any, handicapped-accessible bathrooms, listening devices) & also at the door to each building
An all region/all format DVD player is located in viewing station #V3. The remote must be checked out from Multimedia Services in order to access the menu options.

Due to copyright restrictions, all region 2-6 DVDs owned by the Library are part of the Core Collection. 

PAL DVDs can also be viewed using any computer. Headphones are available at the Circulation/Reserve Desk if viewing in the Library.


Format:

Author’s Last Name, First Name [or organization name; this can also be a user name. If no author is identified, begin with the title]. "Title of the Podcast". Title of the Overall Web Site. Publisher: Date of creation. Web. Date of access.

Example:

Focus on the Family. "105: The Boundless Podcast." Boundless.org. Focus on the Family: 20 Jan. 2010. Web. 21 Jan. 2010.

When citing an image, the caption should be labeled as Figure (usually abbreviated Fig.), assigned an Arabic numeral, and given a title or caption.

For photos of artwork, include the book's publication information of the text in which the image appears.

A label and title or caption ordinarily appear directly below the illustration and have the same one-inch margins as the text of the paper.

Captions should be numbered consecutively

Fig. 1. Mary Cassatt, Mother and Child, Wichita Art Museum. Illus. in Novelene Ross, Toward an American Identity: Selections from the Wichita Art Museum Collection of American Art (Wichita, Kansas: Wichita Art Museum, 1997) 107.

Source: Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 7th ed.  New York: Modern Language Association of America, 2009.

You wish to cite a source you know only through quotation in another source. For example, in Charles L. Griswold's book Forgiveness: A Philosophical Exploration you encounter a quotation you would like to use: "Dori Laub argues in his study of Holocaust testimonials that 'there is, in each survivor, an imperative need to tell and thus to come to know one's story.'" You wish to use the Laub quote, but you cannot locate the original article that Griswold cites.

APA:

Dori Laub maintains that "there is, in each survivor, an imperative need to tell and thus to come to know one's story" (as cited in Griswold, 2007, p. 106).

This would be accompanied by a full citation for the Griswold book in your References:

Griswold, C. L. (2007). Forgiveness: A philosophical exploration. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press.

see Publication Manual of the APA (6th ed.), section 6.17

MLA:

Dori Laub maintains that 'there is, in each survivor, an imperative need to tell and thus to come to know one's story" (qtd. in Griswold 106).

This would be accompanied by a full citation for the Griswold book in your Works Cited:

Griswold, Charles L. Forgiveness: A Philosophical Exploration. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2007.

see MLA Handbook (7th ed.), p. section 6.4.7

See the series of YouTube tutorials created by ARTstor.
Check out our General Reference Guide.
To find primary sources in the Library catalog, do an Advanced Catalog Search and enter keywords such as sources, journals, correspondence, personal narratives, diaries, papers, letters, documents, interviews, speeches, or pamphlets. Combine any of these terms with your subject.

Many of the library's subject research guides have a primary source category, for instance: see also: The research guide the describes primary and secondary sources.
Go to the IC Services desk in the union (307B) fill out a form, and you will receive a refund.
Use the Journal Article request form and enter the chapter in the article title field.  Sometimes the lending library will opt to send the entire book. If the book does not circulate, the lending library may send a PDF copy of the chapter.
If you are an Ithaca College student or a member of our faculty or staff, you may check out as many as you like.  Undergrads are limited to 15 interlibrary loan items at one time.

There are approximately 75 desktop PCs in the Library , 21 laptops and 2 iPads that can be borrowed for 6-hour use in the Library.  Laptops can be checked out at the Circulation Desk.  We also check out cords to connect laptops with power outlets.  The desktop PCs are located in the following areas:

  • on the 3rd floor - along the north (Lake) side
  • in Room 319
  • in the Multimedia Listening area
  • clustered around the pillars on the Main (2nd) Floor
Try this link.
Chapter 4 in the MLA Handbook (7th ed.) and Chapter 2 in the APA Publication Manual (6th ed.) describe how to format a research paper and include visual examples. Both books are available at the Research Help Desk on the Main Floor.

 Please see the Writing and Citing guide for help with MLA, APA, and other formats.




 


Special permission to remove the item from the library and an extended loan period may be approved as needed.  Please submit a Media Scheduling Request

The Library has a color printer / copier, located to the right of the Circulation Desk. It prints PDF, JPG, and TIFF files - the charge is 30 cents per copy. If you need to print a Word or Powerpoint file, convert it to PDF first. The color printer is not networked, so please save your file to a flash drive and bring that to the printer.

General Administrative Services, in the Public Safety/General Services Building (open M-F 8am-4 pm) provides large format printing and laminating. You can bring your file on a CD or flash drive, or e-mail the file to copyit@ithaca.edu. The files can also be printed while you wait. Charges for these services are listed on their web site.

If you need a reserve book or a laptop that is currently checked out, the Circulation Desk can send you a cell phone text message when the item becomes available. You may request this service at the Circulation Desk.
There is a fax machine in the bookstore that accepts cash or ID Express. Alternately, you can scan documents at one of the public scanners or photocopiers on the main floor of the Library or in the Digital Media Lab and then send the document as an e-mail attachment.
The Office of Academic Support Services provides a varietty of specialty software programs and adaptive technology services are available for use by students registered with the Office of Academic Support Services and faculty.  See the Office's website.
Submit a Multimedia Scheduling Request.  Scheduling in advance will help ensure the item is available when you need it.

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 can provide you contact information in order to obtain it.
Have you already renewed your materials? Remember that students can renew IC Library materials online once, even if they are already overdue.

If you've already renewed, reply to the courtesy/overdue email and let us know the situation. We'll do our best to help you upon reviewing the situation.

Renewal limits and fines will waived in the case of a verifiable family or individual health emergency, or a required appearance in a court of law in accordance with Ithaca College's Attendance Policy.
See this article in the Ithacan newspaper on the occasion of the 50th Cortaca Jug game in 2008.
ITS maintains a list of software, many of which are available on the Library's public computers.
Student accounts in the College's official LDAP directory (managed by ITS)  expire 90 days after graduation.  Access to licensed databases ends at that time.
The College Archives houses Serling television scripts, movie screenplays, stage play scripts, films, published works, and secondary materials. Consult the Archives site for more information.
  • 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
The Ithaca College Bookstore offers digital copies of some textbooks. See their textbook page for more information.
You can browse a list of titles of newspapers available in one of the periodical databases. If you know the name of a specific newspaper, you can search for the title under "Search for a Journal".   

The Ithaca College Library subscribes to many different newspaper databases and periodical databases that index newspapers: Library databases: Historical news (pdf images)
For more information refer to these Research Guides:

 Search the Market Research Library provided by the U.S. Commercial Service. database.   It includes the current and historical international trade statistics (imports and exports), announcements of trade opportunities and market analysis. Included are the Best Market Reports, Country Commercial Guides and Market Research Reports.

Search the Trade Statistics page found at Business.gov

Trade Data and Analysis from Export.gov  . Includes import/export figures, by country/commodity and analysis by industry sector.

There are a number of financial aid websites and scholarship databases available. Try our Finding Scholarships webpage for a list of resources.

Also, please speak to the folks in Ithaca College's Office of Student Financial Services (located in Peggy Ryan Williams Center ) at (607) 274-3131, Fax: (607) 274-1895, email: sfs@ithaca.edu  for help.
Ithaca Dump Information

The Business Plans Handbook Ref. HD62.7 .B865
series has sample plans from the he manufacturing, retail, and service industries.    See also the "Handbooks and Guides" section in the Business Guide at the "Research by Subject" portal.

 

For spot prices for energy and commodities go to CNN Money Commodities Market or to the Chicago Board of Trade.  An alternate source for energy prices is Bloomberg Commodities Market Data, Energy. An alternate source for metals prices, current and historical, is Kitco Market Data. The best source for minerals is the United States Geological Service's Commodity Statistics and Information site.
The Registrar's office does semester-by-semester reports on enrollment by school, gender, major, available here.

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.

See the ITS guide on services for guests. If you own a laptop or tablet, you may connect to ICAirnet unsecured, the College’s wireless network, which requires no authentication and allows visitors access to the Internet on personal devices. Information transmitted or received over ICAirnet is not encrypted and could be intercepted and viewed by other network users.

To connect to ICAirnet:

   * Choose ICAirnet from the list of available wireless networks
   * Enter an e-mail address
   * Proceed unsecured

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