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How to Find a Book:

When finding a book in the library instead of trying to find it in the library, it is possible to use the online website to find it instead. By going on Alice and searching, one can enter a book title and find quick results. Then, by adding different words to the search to help limit the search, one can find several different books that are within the same topic. The site also adds the possibility of looking at a map in the library and finding exactly where the book will be based on the blue print provided by the site.

Finding Full Text from Citation:

            When having the actual citation for resource with the actual author, one can use this to find the full text for this article. By going on Alice and changing the search to periodical title, one can then generate a search to find exactly the article that they are looking for. After hitting search, different records will come forward allowing the person to locate exactly the source that they are looking for. After clicking on the record, one can locate several of the different databases that are offered. The only thing to make sure to have while searching is the author and any other helpful information from the works cited.

How to Request a Book:

            Sometimes the library will not have the book that one is looking for. Luckily, the Alice website can help with that by providing a way for a student to order a book and receive it by three business days. By using Alice, you can enter the title of the book that you need and find the book from different libraries. By saying that you go to Ohio University, the book can be delivered easily. This way, even though the library itself does not  have it, there is still hope that the book can be found and the student will have it within a few days.