Go to the search box on the library home page, or by going to se.edu/library.
First you will need to choose the icon for the type of material you would like to use, then type in the title or subject of that material. To search for a specific book, for example:
For more assistance with searching, the Distance Education Librarian has created tutorials that instruct students on finding materials in several different formats. Have a look at these short tutorials on the library’s How-To page by following this link https://www.se.edu/library/online-tutorials-and-how-to-guides/
Peer-reviewed materials, also called “refereed articles,” are only published after passing a review by professionals in a field of study. Search results can be limited to peer-reviewed materials in a couple of ways:
I. Do an advanced search
II. If you have already conducted a search and have results, there is a check box on the left-hand menu labeled “Peer Reviewed.” Check that box and wait while the results load. A date range can also be entered on the same menu.
All of the results will be labeled as peer-reviewed materials; however, you should still read through the material and make sure it meets certain guidelines. Does it have the authors’ affiliations, an abstract, citations? Does the abstract mention what methods are used in the study? Is the source an academic journal? If you doubt it is peer-reviewed, look up the website for that journal and see if they name who their review board is. You can also contact a librarian for more help.
You log in with your Single Sign On. Here’s an example:
[FIRST INITIAL][LAST NAME][LAST 2 DIGITS OF STUDENTID NUMBER]@student.se.edu
Default passwords will be set to the following pattern.
[CAPITAL FIRST INITIALS OF YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME][6-DIGIT BIRTHDATE][EXCLAMATION POINT]
As an example, if a student named John A. Doe was born on January 2nd of 2003 and had a student ID of 123456789, his email would be
jdoe89@student.se.edu and his password would be JD010203! by default.
Sometimes students or faculty get a privacy error message or an insecure network connection message after they have clicked on a full text link in their search results. There are currently two fixes for this:
To clear your history in Chrome:
You should be able to access full text articles in a new search results page.
2. Look up in the address bar when you get this message and change the periods BEFORE .ezproxy to dashes –
Here’s an example https://search.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.se.edu/ should be change to https://search-ebscohost-com.ezproxy.se.edu/
That should take you to the article. If you continue to have problems, please send us an email to askalibrarian@se.edu
Sometimes the Boolean search terms in the OCLC search tool don’t quite cooperate with the search method in EBSCO databases. This can result in following a bad link to an article. You can report a broken link on the OCLC item description, but to find the actual article there are a couple of steps you can do.
I. Follow the link and search again in EBSCO
II. Take the search to Journals A-Z
Visit the library How-To page to find a tutorial on Journals A-Z.
As a member of the OCLC Interlibrary Loan (ILL) network, we have access to more than 100 million books and journal articles from libraries around the world. This service is provided with no extra fee. Gather the information that would be needed to find the item, such as the title, author, publication date and ISBN (if available), then contact us. There are several ways to submit an ILL request:
If you are a distance student and need access to an item in the library’s print collection, you can access books by requesting them at your local public library.
On the library website click on ‘Advanced Search’.
To renew library materials or discuss overdue notices, contact the circulation desk at (580) 7454-2932. For holds placed on accounts for non-return of library materials or notices received for library materials not returned, contact Brandi Pate at (580) 745-2107 during library hours or email bpate@se.edu.
The library phone number is (580) 745-2932. To ask a question when the library is closed, you can email us at askalibrarian@se.edu and a reference librarian will contact you.
To create a folder follow the directions in this tutorial from EBSCO:
Some mobile devices do not show the library’s search tool on the library home page. If this happens to you on a cell phone, tablet, or other mobile device, simple click on the button labeled “Go To Search” on the home page.
Clicking on that button will open a new page with a simple search bar where you can type in a search term
• When you click on the Cite button, it will open a pop up box
• Below the article information there is a drop down menu that says “Select a citation style”
• Select the citation type that you need and it will show you how to cite the article using that citation style: