University Library Services for Faculty website: http://www.csulb.edu/library/guide/FacultyServices.html

Cathy Outten, Science Librarian

Office: 312 | E-mail: coutten@csulb.edu | Phone: 985-7761

See subject research guide for ideas on research, links to library instruction PowerPoints and other important information!

• Keep up to date on services in the library, and see information highlights in your field: http://www.csulb.edu/~coutten/csulbsciblog.html
• Or read it in your RSS feed reader, using http://www.csulb.edu/~coutten/scifeed.xml
• Questions about RSS? Contact Cathy!

• Course-Integrated Instruction by librarians [in the library or in the classroom or lab] 
  • Request-a-Lecture: http://scheduler.library.csulb.edu/LibInstrSessRequest.asp
• Electronic Reserves & Book Reserves
  • You can put up to 25 books or articles on reserve.  Articles and chapters can be on electronic reserve, allowing students to access them 24/7.
  • Fill out the form at E-Reserves, http://www.csulb.edu/library/reserve/reserve_faculty.html If you need help or you would like to put an item on reserve that the library does not own, contact Cathy
• Recommend purchase of library materials either email Cathy or use our online form at http://www.csulb.edu/library/Common/SubmittedForms/acquire_form.html

• Borrow books for 120 days (guaranteed first 21 days) or borrow periodicals for 3 days
• Link+ and ILLIAD Interlibrary Loan
• Borrow books unavailable at CSULB from over 30 libraries using Link+ and receive in 2 or 3 days.(http://csul.iii.com/)
• Or request books, articles, conference proceedings, etc. from across the country with our new form (only one login required for multiple items) and receive the item (usually online) in 5 to 10 days. (https://illiad.library.csulb.edu),
• Library ASAP is a document delivery service only for faculty
  • We will pull and/or copy books and journals (except electronic journals) for your citations
    Simply e-mail libasap@csulb.edu or get in-person help at InterLibrary Services at the Circulation Desk, 1st floor
• Librarian Consultations - If you would like help with research or ILS contact Cathy.

• Online Databases and Full-text articles
  • Access ALL library electronic resources from your office, home or off-campus (http://www.csulb.edu/library/access.html)
• SFX linking to full text access, clicking connects our databases to each other allowing easy access to all our full-text resources from any SFX database
• Web of Science -Specialized database includes Science Citation Index, use to track citing of important articles or authors and to read Journal Citation Reports

   Need Help?

Contact Cathy Outten, Science Librarian