Distance Learners & Educators

Blackwell Library is committed to providing a full range of library resources and services to SU patrons who do not always visit our campus. View a list of SU Online & Hybrid Courses.

Distance Resources

ARTICLES - Access articles on your topic by searching in general or subject-specific databases through ResearchPort. Articles are often available online in full-text format.

E-JOURNALS - Access electronic journals by title (especially useful if you have an article citation in hand) through ResearchPort. Articles may be available online in full-text format.

E-RESERVES - Access faculty-assigned supplemental course materials and readings through the Library web site. Articles are in full-text format (requires a faculty-supplied password).

E-GOVERNMENT INFORMATION - Access electronic government documents on your topic by searching the Library Catalog (limit to 'Government Documents' in the location field of the search screen). SUBJECT GUIDE - Access additional electronic government information.

E-BOOKS - Access thousands of full-text electronic book titles by selecting the Ebsco eBooks database through ResearchPort.

BOOKS - Borrow books in person at any of the USMAI libraries by presenting your SU Gull Card. For SU patrons who do not have a Gull Card, submit an e-mail request to blcirc@salisbury.edu and an acceptable substitute card will be e-mailed within 3 business days. Present this card, along with another form of identification, at time of service.

(View the 'My Account' book renewal procedure to follow to avoid late fines)

DIRECT BORROWING - BOOKS - Direct that a circulating book owned by any USMAI library be sent to another USMAI library or delivery site near you for pickup and return through Direct Borrowing.

(View a brief Library Tutorial about Direct Borrowing)

INTERLIBRARY LOAN (ILLiad) - BOOKS NOT OWNED BY SU (or any USMAI library) - Request books owned by other US libraries through ILLiad.

INTERLIBRARY LOAN (ILLiad) - ARTICLES FROM JOURNALS NOT OWNED BY SU (print or electronic) - Request articles from journals owned by other US libraries through ILLiad.

Distance Services

RESEARCH HELP - Get help with your information and research needs in the virtual environment from faculty librarians. We can help by telephone at 1-888-543-0148 (ask for the Blackwell Library Research Help Desk) or 410-548-5988, by e-mail or via online chat at Maryland AskUsNow!.

MYCLASSES@SU - Get help within your online course from faculty librarians who may be involved in some fashion, through Discussion Boards, Chat Sessions, Course Modules or simply by providing supplemental materials. Log in to your course to find out or ask your online course instructor.

GENERAL INFORMATION/CIRCULATION HELP - Get help with your general library questions, borrowing issues, course e-reserves and Interlibrary Loan from Circulation staff members.

DISTANCE HELP

ONLINE LIBRARY TUTORIAL - Try a 30 minute tutorial highlighting library services and resources, where you will find them and how they function.

LIBRARY RESEARCH GUIDES (HANDOUTS & SUBJECT GUIDES) - Download or view useful handouts and subject guides, created by librarians, to help with your research needs.

PREVENTING PLAGIARISM: A STUDENT GUIDE - Read a brief guide that will help you understand what plagiarism is and provide tools to avoid it.

CITATION STYLE GUIDE - View a list of citation examples, from prominent style guides, that
you can use for guidance for writing papers and completing assignments.

WEB SITES - See an alphabetical and topical listing of high content web sites, identified and reviewed by faculty librarians, that may prove useful for your research.

Distance Library Services Coordinator

- Contact Mou Chakraborty with any questions related to Distance Library Services at mxchakraborty@salisbury.edu or 410-543-6131.