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VU LIBRARIES, VINCENNES UNIVERSITY (updated 07/10)
Go to http://www.vinu.edu, click on Majors and Academics, then Libraries.
VU LIBRARIES contains a wide array of fiction and nonfiction books, electronic books, music CDs, newspapers/ magazines/journals, electronic resources, online databases containing thousands of full‐text searchable periodicals, updated networked computers, meeting rooms you can reserve, and Reference Librarians you can ask for help.
HOW TO FIND BOOKS:
Use WebCat, VU’s library catalog, to locate books, ebooks, DVDs, music CDs, and other items housed in VU Libraries. To access WebCat, go to the VU Libraries Home Page (instructions above), click on Find Books, then VU WebCat. Use the Basic or Advanced Searching templates to look for books or other items.
HOW TO FIND PUBLISHED MAGAZINE & PERIODICAL ARTICLES:
About 30,000 periodicals (magazines, newspapers, journals, etc.) are available from the electronic resources contained in VU’s Virtual Library. A good way to get started is to first access the VU Libraries Home Pages (instructions above), click on Find Articles, then click on the VU Library Search link near the top, right of the page. By typing in key words (keep them simple) for your search topic and selecting one or more broad categories, VU Library Search will choose the best databases for your topic. Just click the search button to generate a list of databases that have articles about your topic, then choose the databases with the most hits to see what published articles you can find.
When you are more familiar with the library’s electronic resources, you might want to skip the VU Library Search process and go directory to your favorite database, such as Proquest or EBSCOhost’s Academic Search Premier, that provides thousands of electronic periodicals on most research topics.
Remember: For off‐campus access to the virtual library, log on to your MYVU account at http://myvu.vinu.edu .
NEED HELP? CONTACT A VU REFERENCE LIBRARIAN:
Click Live Help on the Vincennes University Home Page to chat with or email a question to a librarian.
Email the VU Libraries Reference Desk at libref@vinu.edu .
Call the Reference Desk at 812‐888‐5810.
VU Libraries Shake Library Hours During the Fall and Spring Semesters:
Monday‐Thursday: 7:30 a.m. – Midnight
Friday: 7:30‐9 p.m.
Saturday: 11 a.m. – 9 p.m.
Sunday: 2 p.m. ‐ Midnight
