Distance student & faculty resources  Tags: distance  

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* Help yourself by checking out our video tutorials.

Get 'em virtually. We have an e-reserves system for course reserves you can access from anywhere.

• Find e-reserve items for your class.

Print or online, you got it. You can find out what we have in full-text online and what we have in print, and what's available for the year or issue you need. Check the dates under "Online Coverage" to see what years we have in full-text online for any journal.

• Search our journals list.

If you're a current student located outside the Boise metropolitan area and taking distance courses, this is the page for you!

Albertsons Library provides some services that are particularly geared towards your needs. For more information about how to access library services or resources from a distance, email Kim Leeder or call (208) 426-1621.

If the book is...

• Owned by Albertsons Library: click the "Hold/Request" button when looking at any item in our catalog to have the print item mailed (How-to Slideshow).

• Not owned by Albertsons Library: submit an Interlibrary Loan request. Be sure to indicate in the comments that you are a distance student and need it mailed to you. This service is currently only available to distance students in Idaho.

• For more information about distance requests, visit the Interlibrary Loan page for Distance Faculty & Students.
  

Unfortunately the library does not cover return postage for books sent to distance students at this time.

Try our electronic books!

Albertsons Library has a small but growing collection of electronic books that can be accessed and read entirely online. For more information about where to find them, view our Ebooks LibGuide.

If the article is...

• In one of our databases, you may be able to get it in full-text online. Look for the button in our article databases to link through to full-text of an article, when available. Choose a database to search for articles.

• Owned by Albertsons Library in print/microfilm, submit an Interlibrary Loan request (How-to video). Be sure to indicate in the comments that you are a distance student and need it mailed to you.

• Not available from Albertsons Library. Submit an Interlibrary Loan request. Be sure to indicate in the comments that you are a distance student and need it mailed to you.

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Plagiarism is a serious issue, so don't mess around when it comes to giving credit to your sources! For more info:

View the pointers and examples in our citation guide.