Distance Education Information

Welcome to the USM Libraries Services for Distance Education students and faculty. University Libraries is committed to providing quality services to distance learners. The following resources have been designed specifically for the off-campus students and faculty. If you have any questions or suggestions about our services, please contact Cook Library Information Services via e-mail at Ask-a-Librarian or by phone at 601.266.4249.

Information for Instructors

• Library Instruction
• Office of Distance Education Support - Faculty Resources
• Course Reserves
• Turnitin Plagiarism Prevention Service

Research Help for Students

• E-mail Reference Service (Ask-a-Librarian)
  
• Library Help Pages

• Help Guides for Finding Materials
  • Research Guide for Nursing [.pdf]
  • Tips for Developing Searches
  • "Finding Articles" Guide
  • FAQs - Finding Periodical Articles
  1. Where do I begin a search for articles on my topic?
  2. I can't seem to find any articles in the databases on my topic?
  3. How do I use Find It! to locate an article that's not immediately available full-text?
• Finding Books
• Finding Dissertations
• Finding Tests or Measurements
• Finding Statistics
• Finding Quality Web Resources

• Getting an Article from USM Library (Eagle Express Copy)
  • About Eagle Express
  • Use Eagle Express
• Getting an Article that is not in USM Library
  • About Document Delivery
  • Use Document Delivery
• Getting a Book
• Borrowing Materials from other Mississippi Universities Libraries

• Avoiding Plagiarism (a USM Libraries tutorial)
• APA Style Tutorial
  Guide to APA Reference Lists (by USM Libraries)
  Guide to APA In-text Citations (by St. Cloud State University)
• MLA Style Tutorial
  Guide to MLA Works Cited (by USM Libraries)
  Guide to MLA In-text Citations (by St. Cloud State University)
• Guide to Turabian Bibliographies (by USM Libraries)
  Guide to Turabian Notes (by Concordia University)

Links

• Office of Distance Education Support - Student Resources
  
• Southern Miss Online Courses (Blackboard/WebCT)
• School of Library and Information Science Online (Blackboard)
• Interactive Video Network