Chicago State University Library News

Video Tour Introducing the Library

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:30:10 GMT

Please use your browser and media player to watch our short virtual tour of the library. Remember that the library web site is at http://library.csu.edu.

A Historical Digital Collection at Chicago State has been established

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:04:08 GMT

A Historical Digital Collection at Chicago State has been established. This new digital archive, presented on the CARLI server, provides access to the official CSU history, historical photographs, CSU Emblem Yearbooks from 1910, and the CSU Progressive Education Collection. Click here to access. Librarians E. J. Carter, Gayle Porter, and Bill Graham, with the encouragement of Dr. Sharon Hu, made this possible.

New Electronic Resource - Learning Express Library

Sat, 12 Sep 2009 00:02:09 GMT

Learning Express Library provides access to a broad range of online practice tests (over 300) based on the official exams. This resource provides practice tests and preparation materials for tests such as the ACT, SAT, GED, MCAT, ASVAB, Firefighter, Police Officer, and many more. Includes interactive skill-building courses, comprehensive courses in math, reading, writing, resume writing and workplace skills enrichment. This resource can be found in the alphabetical list of databases.

Off Campus Access to Library Resources

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 18:09:53 GMT

Chicago State University purchases database access for those who have an association with CSU. To verify association with CSU, the library asks for your CSU email account user name and password.

When attempting to access databases from off campus, you will be asked to provide your CSU email user name and password.

To access databases from off campus, from the alphabetical list of databases, simply click on any database. Two small boxes will appear like this in the upper left portion of your screen.

Please enter your username:
Please enter your password:

Your user name is your CSU email account user name. Your user name is the first half or first part of your e-mail account everything up to the @ symbol. Do not include the @csu.edu. For example, if your email account is sjones@csu.edu, your user name is sjones.

The password required is the password associated with your CSU e-mail account. You should have received a letter in the mail with your CSU email user name and password. It is totally different than the Blackboard password (the last four of your social security number). Your Blackboard account information will NOT work in trying to access library resources.

If you have questions about your CSU e-mail account, please visit the Library Help Center in the Library- NAL 147. The Help Desk can be reached by phone at 773 995-2537 or 773 995 2211.

Fall 2009 Library Hours

Thu, 28 May 2009 17:51:01 GMT

Monday-Thursday 8am to 12am
Friday 8am to 7pm
Saturday 9am to 5pm
Sunday 2pm to 12am

All electronic resources are available 24/7 at http://library.csu.edu/

New Education Database Available Fall 2009

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:05:30 GMT

Education Research Complete is the definitive online resource for education research. Topics covered include all levels of education from early childhood to higher education, and all educational specialties, such as multilingual education, health education, and testing. Education Research Complete provides indexing and abstracts for more than 3,000 journals back to 1881, as well as full text for more than 2,000 journals back to 1936, and includes full text for numerous education-related conference papers and more than 500 books and monographs back to 1972.