Library Services for Distance Education Students

• A distance education web page (http://www.lib.lsu.edu/instruction/distance/index.html);
• LSU Libraries' circulating collections via document delivery;
• LOUIS catalogs, including the LSU Libraries online catalog;
• Indexes, databases, and electronic journals including Ingenta(a document delivery service), JSTOR (a reliable and comprehensive archive of important scholarly journal literature), Project Muse (full-text of over 100 scholarly journals in the arts and humanities, social sciences, and mathematics), netLibrary (a collection of more than 14,000 reference, scholarly, and professional full-text electronic books from university commercial presses, covering a variety of disciplines);
• Other Louisiana academic libraries' (including site libraries) circulating collections by using a LALINC borrowing card. The form to obtain this card is posted on the DE web page. The completed form should be sent to Floris St. Amant, Middleton Library, LSU Libraries, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 or faxed to her attention at 225-578-6992 or 225-578-8612.
• Interlibrary Loan services at site libraries via the LALINC borrowing agreement.
• A 1-800 number for the exclusive use of distance education students. The number can be obtained from your professor or the distance education librarian.
• A distance education librarian to assist with problems. Peggy Chalaron can be reached by e-mail (pchalar@lsu.edu) or telephone (225-578-7068 or 225-578-2349).
• Subject librarians to assist with research. A list of all subject librarians is available at http://www.lib.lsu.edu/collserv/colldev/liaison.html. Subject specialist or liaisons for frequently taught courses are:
  • Education: Peggy Chalaron, pchalar@lsu.edu, 225-578-7068 or 225-578-2349
  • Environmental Studies: Jenna Ryan, jryan1@lsu.edu, 225-578-2950
  • Experimental Statistics: Human Resources Education: William Armstrong notwwa@lsu.edu, (225) 578-2738
  • Human Ecology: Human Resources Education: William Armstrong notwwa@lsu.edu, (225) 578-2738
  • Human Resources Education: William Armstrong notwwa@lsu.edu, (225) 578-2738
  • Library and Information Science: Peggy Chalaron, pchalar@lsu.edu, 225-578-7068 or 225-578-2349
  • Social Work: Carol Bell, cbell7@lsu.edu, 225-578-7578

Library Services For Distance Education Faculty

• Presentations on library resources appropriate for a specific class.
• Assistance with acquiring and placing materials on reserve at receiving sites.
• Assistance with scanning materials for Blackboard.