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*Summer Advantage Research Guide 2024: HPU LIbraries Homepage

HPU Library's webpage

Popular Databases

Here are the links to the most popular databases. There will also be a description of the what the database can help you with, whether it is a general information database or a specialized database.

To see all 234 databases click here:

View all Databases A-Z

Dropdown Menu

When the drop down menu is clicked, you will see many more library services that are available. Some of the most useful have been highlighted and linked here.

Your Library Account. This allows you to keep up with your checkouts, your holds, interlibrary loan requests and more.

The link to Citation Guides will take you to a page that features guides to the main citation styles used at HPU. These include Chicago, APA, MLA and more. There also helpful guides for annotated bibliographies and citation  management tools as well.

Course Reserves are books and other materials that your professor puts on reserve, which means an item is held at the circulation desk for access by the student of that class. Some of the reserve items are online and can be accessed through  links in the course reserves as well.

If the HPU Libraries do not own an item needed for your research, you may request the item from another library through Interlibrary Loan. This service is available to HPU students, faculty, and staff. Items include books, audio and visual items, articles, microform items, etc.

One of the most useful tools for research are the guides that are created to help support your research in a particular subject area, course, or topic. The Research Guides cover general subjects as well as specific courses.

 

 

 

Catalog

A library catalog is a listing of all the items within a library. Before computers, library books were indexed in card catalogs which were cabinets of drawers of index cards: author cards, title cards, and subject cards. Today, this information is available in digital format and our Catalog can access not only HPU Libraries' holdings, but can also search over hundreds of library catalogs around the world.

Card Catalog.

Card examples with bibliographic information.

Online record.

Chat and Research Session Scheduling

Ways to assist students are very important to us librarians. There is so much information available through our library and beyond and it is our mission to help students find those academic, scholarly, credible and accessible sources. Our Chat service is available 24 hours a day when classes are in session. If you need any kind of help from simple questions like what our hours to more challenging research questions, we want to provide you with that information. All you need to do is start typing in the chat box. We will be happy to help.

If you need more hands on assistance, you can schedule a research session with a librarian. Just click on the Schedule an Appointment link. You can choose the date, time and the specific librarian to help you. The sessions are 30 minutes, but you can schedule as many sessions as you need. Sitting down with a librarian is the very best way to find the research information you need.

Chat and Research Session Scheduling

Ways to assist students are very important to us librarians. There is so much information available through our library and beyond and it is our mission to help students find those academic, scholarly, credible and accessible sources. Our Chat service is available 24 hours a day when classes are in session. If you need any kind of help from simple questions like what our hours to more challenging research questions, we want to provide you with that information. All you need to do is start typing in the chat box. We will be happy to help.

 

If you need more hands on assistance, you can schedule a research session with a librarian. Just click on the Schedule an Appointment link. You can choose the date, time and the specific librarian to help you. The sessions are 30 minutes, but you can schedule as many sessions as you need. Sitting down with a librarian is the very best way to find the research information you need.