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Long Island University Resources:

Course Evaluations (LIU Post) Full text available Library computers only
At the end of each semester, students are able to anonymously provide feedback by filling out course evaluation forms. The results tabulated from the most recent semesters may be accessed online but only from public computers in the library's Reference Department, Periodicals Department, and Bibliographic Instruction Lab, not from computers in the IT computer labs or elsewhere on campus. The full collection of past evaluations is available in the Special Collections department on weekdays from 9:00-5:00.

Dissertations & Theses @ Long Island University (ProQuest) Remote access available Full text available
Provides access to the dissertations and theses of Long Island University graduate students who have published through UMI Dissertation Publishing. Includes the full text of dissertations in PDF form back to 1997 (with a few as far back as 1972). Includes citations back to 1972 (with a few as far back as 1953). (See Using ProQuest Databases for searching tips)

Electronic Reserves (LIU Post) Remote access available Full text available
Information for faculty to help you to get started with our ERes Electronic Reserve system, including a discussion of copyright issues.

Frequently Asked Questions About the Library (LIU Post) Remote access available Full text available
Brief overview of the library's resources and services as well as an introduction to beginning your research and answers to commonly asked questions.

New Modes of Learning: Technology and Teaching at Long Island University for the 21st Century (Long Island University) Remote access available Full text available
Long Island University is in the process of adopting powerful technologies to maintain its competitive edge in the marketplace and to meet student needs: Technology in the classroom and in the marketplace - The objectives of instructional technology at LIU - Organizational structure and resources - Next steps - Fiscal considerations and prospects - Web-mediated instruction - Faculty instructional resource centers - Size of and key trends in online higher education - Competitive scans. (18MB PDF file)


Research Resources:

Research with Human Subjects (Long Island University) Remote access available Full text available
The Office of Sponsored Research has a webpage about Human Subjects Research at Long Island University. The Guidelines for Investigators (PDF) includes the consent forms for the subjects. The forms page has links to the Human Subjects Application ("Application for Full/Expedited Review of Research Involving Human Subjects") to obtain permission from the university to conduct the research, the Exempt Application ("Application For Exempt Category Review"), and the Annual Review Form ("Annual Review/Renewal Application"). All three are in Microsoft Word format.

SPIN: Sponsored Program Information Network (InfoEd) Remote access available Full text available
Consolidates information about funding opportunities for research, scholarship, programs, residencies, conferences, creative projects and more in order to help users make comparisons between a multitude of programs and their sponsors and therefore pick the best prospects for their funding applications. Made available by the LIU Office of Sponsored Research. For more information or to obtain a password to access this database from off-campus, contact Christopher P. Egan at (516) 299-2712.


Publishing Resources:

Cabell's Directory of Publishing Opportunities (Cabell) Remote access available Full text available
Helps professors, graduate students, and researchers publish their manuscripts by providing the following information for a large number of journals: editor, address, phone, email, website, acceptance rate, and percentage of invited articles - topic areas the journal emphasizes and type of readership - manuscript guidelines, style, format, and number of copies required - type of review process, number of reviewers, time required for review, and availability of reviewers' comments - and fees charged to review or publish the manuscript. Covers journals published in the fields of Business (accounting, economics, finance, management, marketing), Education (curriculum, methods, psychology, administration, technology, library science), Health (administration, nursing), and Psychology (psychology, psychiatry).

Scopus SciVerse (Elsevier) Remote access available NEW!
Citation tracking features provide the number of citations an author, article, or journal has received each year and in total, along with who is citing them. An affiliation identifier automatically identifies and matches an organization with all of its research output. Provides abstracts for peer-reviewed literature and quality web sources in the scientific, medical, social science, and humanities fields. Includes 19,000 journals from more than 5,000 international publishers, 400 trade publications, and 300 book series, as well as scientific web pages, patent records, and conference papers.

ISI Web of Knowledge (Thomson Scientific) Remote access available
Consists of the ISI Web of Science that includes Science Citation Index Expanded (a multidisciplinary index to 5,900 major journals across 150 scientific disciplines including astronomy, biology, chemistry, computer science, materials science, mathematics, medicine, physics, zoology, and more) and Social Sciences Citation Index (with more than 1,725 journals across 50 social sciences disciplines including anthropology, history, industrial relations, philosophy, political science, psychology, public health, social issues, urban studies, women's studies, and more, as well as relevant items from over 3,300 of the world's leading scientific and technical journals). Covering back ten years, these indexes not only allow you to search for articles within these fields, but also for the bibliographies within each article in order to get lists of both the sources used by that article and the later articles that referred back to your article as a source. Journal Citation Reports (from the previous year) and HighlyCited.com enable you to see how often a particular journal or author is cited by other publications to evaluate their impact on the scholarly world. Users can create their own profiles to personalize their searching experience. Also provides access to the medical database, Medline, from 1950 to the present as well as other resources and weblinks (Biology Browser) in science and research. EndNote Web enables users to save and format their lists of citations. (User Guide) [Note: Access is limited to six simultaneous users, so please click the "Log Out" button when you are finished.]

MLA Directory of Periodicals (Ebsco) Remote access available Full text available
Offers detailed information on over 5,500 journals, with 4,400 currently indexed in the MLA International Bibliography. Entries include editorial contact information, as well as frequency, circulation, subscription prices and submission guidelines.

Ulrich's Periodicals Directory (ProQuest) Remote access available
Provides detailed, comprehensive, and authoritative information on serials, consumer and trade magazines, academic and scholarly journals, monographic series, newsletters, newspapers, electronic publications, 'zines, and many other periodicals around the world. It covers all subjects of regular and irregular publications that are circulated free of charge or by paid subscription. Includes publication information, whether the periodical is referreed, where it is indexed, online availability or website, and more (more information).


Plagiarism and Citation:

Citation Style for Research Papers (LIU Post) Remote access available Full text available
Covers APA, MLA, AMA, Chicago, and Turabian.

EndNote Web (Thomson Scientific) Remote access available
EndNote Web works with ISI Web of Knowledge and other databases to enable users to save, organize, format, and share their lists of citations.
  • Click on the "Sign Up" link to create your individual account and to choose a password.

Preventing and Detecting Plagiarism (LIU Post) Remote access available Full text available
The enormous amount of information available electronically today has contributed to the startling rise in plagiarism on college campuses. Through University-wide training sessions, the Library is committed to "Preventing and Detecting Plagiarism" for faculty and students alike. Faculty seminars are designed to update fellow faculty members on ways to identify plagiarism and to assist in preventing it by providing faculty with tips on constructing coursework and assignments to help alleviate this growing phenomenon. Workshops for students are geared to create awareness and enlighten students on the issue of plagiarism.

RefWorks (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts) Remote access available
RefWorks is a web-based bibliography and database manager that allows users to create their own personal database by importing references from text files or online databases. They can use these references in writing their papers and automatically format the paper and the bibliography in seconds.
  • Select "Sign up for an Individual Account" and then choose your own login name and password.

SafeAssign (Blackboard)
A component of LIU's Blackboard course management system, this compares submitted student papers against a database of websites, journal articles, and other student papers to determine which passages, if any, have been plagiarized and from which sources. LIU Post faculty may contact the Faculty Technology Resource Center at the LIU Post Campus for more information on this plagiarism module.


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