Business Library News

Basic information for hundreds of jobs is made available in the Handbook, including such details as the training and education required for each position, along with expected earnings, future job prospects, and information on working conditions. Additionally, users can look at sections that provide suggestions on how to evaluate a job offer. The site also explains the methodology used to prepare the Handbook.

The Library system has prepared a number of How-To Guides, set up in pdf. format for easy printing. Subjects range from MLA bibliography style to searching government online resources. Of particular interest to faculty may be the Link to Full-text Articles guide.

Beginning this summer, the University of Iowa Libraries is using a new electronic system for Interlibrary Loan at the Main Library and at Hardin Library for the Health Sciences. This new system features a web-based interface for:

• placing requests
• updating your contact information
• checking the status of your requests
• asking for renewals
• retrieving journal articles posted electronically
• contacting library staff
• creating a history of all your interlibrary loan requests

You will find it easier to submit your interlibrary loan requests. With this new system, you will enter your name and contact information only once, at the time of the first request. For subsequent requests, that information will be automatically included.

Library users at other branch libraries (Art, Biological Sciences, Business, Chemistry, Engineering, Geoscience, Mathematical Sciences, Music, Physics and Psychology) can either request materials through the Main Library system or contact the library staff at the branch.

If you need an article or a book that the UI Libraries doesn’t have, we encourage you to try our interlibrary loan system. For more information, please contact Amy Paulus in the Main Library (amy-fuls@uiowa.edu or 319-335-5916) or Linda Lococo in the Hardin Library (lib-hardin-ill@uiowa.edu or 319-335-9874).