Distance
Learning
Services

The library homepage

The library homepage provides links to the library catalog (for books, videos, etc.) as well as journals, magazines and newspapers (when you know the specific one you want), guides, tutorials, and much more.

Full text articles online

Use the Databases page. Click on one of the broad topic categories; then choose a database that covers your area of interest from more than 200 available. You will need to enter your UIN and your ODU email address (including the odu.edu) and say “yes” to 2 security questions. Some freely-available databases not requiring you to enter your UIN include:

Google Scholar Findarticles.com
ERIC (education) PubMed (medicine)

Some databases provide free full-text articles online. If the article you want is not free online, request it through our free and fast Interlibrary Loan & Document Delivery  instead.

Contact the library

By Email: Ask-a-librarian online form

By Telephone: Toll-free 1-800-968-2638 on weekdays - ask to be transferred; or call the library directly on days, evenings, weekends
 - Reference Desk: 757-683-4178
 - Interlibrary loan/document delivery: 757-683-4171

Library help links

Getting the Books and Articles You Need Quickly (brochure)
Making the Most of Library Resources (2007 broadcast presentation & handouts)
Distance Learning Library Services Handbook (multi-page detailed guide)
Distance Services in a Nutshell (sheet for faculty)

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