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Quick Fact—A library book is a written composition that has been published on pages bound together. A librarian may call a book a monograph.

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Quick Fact—An article is a standalone part of a larger written work such as a scholarly journal, magazine, or newspaper.

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Quick Fact—A journal is a periodical dedicated to a particular subject, for example, “She reads the pharmacy journals.”

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Quick Fact—A magazine is a periodical with pictures and stories of general or popular interest, for example, “He reads ‘Time’ magazine.”

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Quick Fact—A database is an organized collection of data for a specific purpose. For example PsycInfo is a database of articles and books published in the psychology literature.

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To access any electronic resource from off campus, click on the database you wish to use. An alphabetical list of all electronic resources can be found here.

You will then be asked to provide your CSU e-mail user name and password. Your user name is the first half or first part of your e-mail account - everything up to the @ symbol. For example, if your email account is sjones.csu.edu, your user name is sjones. The required password is the password associated with your CSU e-mail account.

After entering your CSU email user name and password, you will be redirected to the database you wish to use.

If you have questions about your CSU e-mail account or do not have a CSU e-mail account, please visit the Library Help Center located in LIB 147. The Help Desk can be reached by phone at 773-995-2211 or 773-995-2537.

Click here to continue login to Lexi-Comp ONLINE.

More information about accessing our databases

Our campus is protected by an internet firewall. A different URL, or address, is needed to access e-resources from off-campus computers than the address used from a campus workstation. Remote access is either automatic or manual. The following link describes remote access to the system. Other details are also provided.

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