SFX is a service that permits researchers to link from a citation in a database to a list of different services available for that item, including links to the full text of a cited article. If no full text of the article is found, SFX will present an option called "Holding information" that will search the I-Share catalog to determine which of the I-Share libraries hold the journal in print form.

To access any electronic database from off campus, you will be asked to provide your CSU e-mail user name and password. Your user name is the first part of your e-mail account up to the @ symbol. For example, if your email account is sjones.csu.edu, your user name is sjones. The required password is the password associated with your CSU e-mail account.

If you have questions about your CSU e-mail account or do not have a CSU e-mail account, please visit the Academic Computing Lab in LIB122 in Douglas Hall. They can be reached by phone at 995-3963.

VuFind is an exciting new alternative interface to the library catalog, offering users what may be a better way to search and discover library resources. Select CSU Library catalog, then click on new catalog interface to try this new way of searching. VuFind will not replace the traditional library catalog but offers an alternative more graphical approach to searching- give it a try!

Chicago State University library is pleased to announce a new feature in the CSU library catalog and in the I-Share OPAC. From the single-record View pages, users may now click a "text me this call number" link to have the first few characters of the title, the full call number, location, and owning institution sent to their cell phones for their personal use. You will need your cell phone number and your service provider to use this new feature. We hope you will find this more convenient than writing down a call number before heading to the stacks.

JSTOR is a high-quality, interdisciplinary archive of scholarship striving to preserve over one thousand academic journals in both digital and print formats. Its goal is to expand access to scholarly works and other materials needed for research and teaching globally.

Chicago State University has access to two major JSTOR collections, Arts and Sciences 1 and Arts and Sciences IV.

Arts and Sciences 1 (119 titles) includes core journals in economics, history, political science, and sociology, as well as in other key fields in the humanities, social sciences, ecology, mathematics, and statistics. Arts and Sciences IV (112 titles) has a strong focus on the professions of business, education, and law, and also includes titles in psychology, public policy and administration.