Ingenta

Allows for the ordering of articles, from periodicals not owned by LSU, by faculty, research staff, and graduate students for research or instructional use. These orders are subsidized by the library up to 45 dollars.

http://www.lib.lsu.edu/databases/descriptions/ingenta.html

LSU Interlibrary Borrowing

Scope of Materials acquired through ILB:

1. Materials in the general circulating collection (monographs, technical reports, positive microforms, government documents, etc.).
2. Theses/dissertations when circulating copies are available. When a circulating copy is not available, a patron can purchase a copy from commercial vendors (e.g. University Microfilms).
3. Photocopies of journal articles. Entire issues of journals generally are not available on loan.
4. Materials owned by the LSU Libraries may not be ordered on Interlibrary Loan. Interlibrary Borrowing Policies and Procedures (http://www.lib.lsu.edu/ILL.html)

LALINC

Faculty and graduate students in good standing may obtain a LALINC card from the circulation desk which will allow them to get library privileges at other LALINC institutions.
List of participating LALINC libraries may be obtained from the LOUIS homepage: http://appl003.lsu.edu/ocsweb/louishome.nsf/index.

*A VISA or MASTERCARD back up will be required before the LALINC card can be issued.

Circulation Policies - Library Cards - http://www.lib.lsu.edu/circ/#cards

Worldcat

Find which libraries own a particular journal, book, visual material, sound recording, etc…

• Contains all the records cataloged by OCLC member libraries.
• Offers millions of bibliographic records.
• Includes records representing 400 languages.

http://www.lib.lsu.edu/databases/descriptions/worldcat.html

*Also See: Eureka - http://www.lib.lsu.edu/databases/descriptions/eureka.html

LOUISiana Union Catalog

Find which libraries in Louisiana own a particular journal, book, visual material, sound recording, etc…

http://search.louislibraries.org/

Dissertations

LSU Electronic Thesis & Dissertation Collection
http://etd.lsu.edu/ETD-db/ETD-search/search

Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
To search other participating institutions go to - http://hercules.vtls.com/cgi-bin/ndltd/chameleon

*Not all dissertations found will be available full-text online.