Assignment Planner-The planner asks you to enter your start and end date for your research project, then spits out a to-do list and the dates when you should do each step. If you put in your email address it will send you reminders.
Citation Linker- Enter citation information for an article and it will check for the article online. If it is not available from K-State Libraries, it will will try to get it for you from another library.
Custom Book RSS Feeds-The library can create a feed of new items in the library collection that meet your criteria.
Interlibrary Loan Services (ILS)-if you need material the Libraries do not have, ILS will try to get it for you (most at no cost). Books will come in about 5-10 days. Articles will be scanned and emailed to you in about 2-5 days (sometimes even that day).
LibX Toolbar-Firefox/IE extension that puts the Libraries' GET IT button on websites (Amazon, Wikipedia, Google, etc) with ISBNs and ISSNs. It will try to find it available online. If not online, it will try to get it for you from another library. Highly recommended!
Citation help-Use RefWorks to both store your citations and to help you create a bibliography. RefWorks is not perfect so be sure to check the citations with the style guide you selected. The most preferred style guide for science journal is the Scientific style and format : the CSE manual for authors, editors, and publishers. The latest copy of this style guide is available in the Love Science Reference collection on the first floor of Hale. Each journal has information for authors available. The specific style for the manuscript is stated there. If the style stated is the MLA or APA style, an online tool such as CiteIt will help you format your citations.
Scanners and copy machines-found on the first, second, and third floors of Hale Library. Copying is $.10/page and scanning is free. Click here for more scanning information.
Finding books
Use the Library Catalog to look for specific books (author/title) or to search for items by a specific topic (dough AND rheology). If you are interested in browsing the shelves, here are some places to look:
| Grain/Cereals | SB 188-192 |
| Feeds and feeding/Animal nutrition | SF 95-99 |
| Milling Industry | TS 2120-2159 |
| Food (Analysis, Composition, Preservation) | TX 341-641 |
| Baking | TX 683 |
| Cereal products | TX 393-395 |
Most of these can be found in room 117 and on the 1st floor of Hale Library. Some of the books on animal nutrition will be found in the Veterinary Medical Library--408 Trotter Hall.
Articles
- Research or scholarly journals are publications written by experts in a specific field. They may include reports of original research or discussions of other scholarly research. The vocabulary is often specific to the area or discipline of study and requires some technical knowledge and understanding. Often, the journals are “peer-reviewed” meaning that articles are reviewed by an editorial board of fellow researchers or experts in the field before being accepted for publication. Generally, research journals do not include colorful photographs, flashy covers, or advertising. Articles will include a list of references or sources cited at the end. Research journals are published by professional associations, as well as, commercial publishers. Research or scholarly journal citations may be found by searching in databases such as Web of Science or Biological Abstracts
- Trade publications are targeted directly to a particular industry, such as the baking or milling industry. These publications may be colorful and glossy, on newsprint, or somewhat drab. The articles may cover topics such as news and people in the industry, trends, current practices, conferences or trade shows, regulatory standards, or business and trade issues. Looking at the articles and ads will make it clear that the publication is targeted towards a particular industry. Citations to articles in trade publications may be found in databases such as Developments in Milling and Baking or Expanded Academic ASAP
- Consumer publications are targeted at a much broader general audience (consumers) and are commonly found in grocery stores or newsstands. These publications are glossy magazines with colorful photographs and advertisements and are for recreational reading rather than serious study. These popular articles may be found by searching the Expanded Academic ASAP database.
- Experiment station or extension service publications are also targeted at a broader general audience. However these publications are based on the research of staff employed by a university's experiment station or extension service. The experiment station publications present the findings of research conducted in a more scholarly format. Extension service publications are based on research articles but present the information for general consumers in a condensed form. Both of these types of publications are available from a state's extension offices. These publications may be located by searching Agricola or by searching one of the Internet Resource sites on the previous page.
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