Off-Campus Research Guide  Tags: research off-campus distance-education  

GET HELP?
Reference Desk 973-761-9437 or Ask a Librarian  For help accessing or using SetonCat or any online database, getting started on research, formulating search strategies, or any research question

Information Technology Help Desk 973-275-2222 Problems with Email ID and password, or other technical issues 

GET INTO THE ONLINE DATABASES FROM HOME? Do I need special passwords?
There are two ways of accessing the databases: through a network connection and through a proxy server. Most databases will allow you to come in by using your SHU email user name and password. Others require a unique password. These unique passwords can be obtained online with your SHU email user name and password as well.

BORROW BOOKS?
You will have to come to the Seton Hall Library to check out books located in our collections.

You may wish to find out about library privileges closer to home. Many libraries, both public and academic, allow visitors to use books, journals and other materials in the library and/or make copies of them. Your local public library is a good place to start. You may want to inquire about visitor policies at college and university libraries in your area. Borrowing privileges may be free through local cooperative library agreements or by paying a monthly or annual fee. 

Additionally, Seton Hall University Library now participates in Reciprocal Borrowing Program for Academic Borrower. This program allows Seton Hall University faculty and students, including SetonWorldWide students, the opportunity to visit and borrow materials from 75 college and university libraries, most of them located in Pennsylvania. Go to Section VI. List of Participating Institutions, accessible through the above URL, for a list of member libraries. For details about this service, please contact Reference Desk at (973) 761-9437. You will need to present an Academic Library Reciprocal Borrowing Form, signed by a librarian, along with a valid Seton Hall ID and a photo ID, to the lending library. Please be aware that the form becomes invalid one week after authorization. You must abide by the policies and procedures of the lending library.

ACCESS ELECTRONIC RESERVE?
Course reserve materials are made available electronically through the Internet to students anytime. Using the Course Reserve module of SetonCat, you can search for reserve material by the instructor's name or the course name. Detailed instructions on accessing this material is on the Distance Learning Page under How to Access e-Reserve.

OBTAIN A BOOK OR ARTICLE FROM ANOTHER LIBRARY?
Interlibrary Loan is a service that allows you to request books and journal articles that the Library doesn't own. This can be done by filling out and interlibrary loan form online. You can ask that the journal articles be sent directly to your home. As of now, you must pick up books you have requested at the circulation desk at Walsh Library.

 
 
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Updated on 01/07/10

University Libraries

400 South Orange Avenue

South Orange, NJ 07079

Phone: 973-761-9435

Reference desk: 973 761 9437

Fax: 973-761-9432

Email: library@shu.edu