Faculty Services
Library
Research Orientation and Instruction Classes
Faculty are encouraged to bring their classes to the Library for in-depth
coverage of resources available in support of their courses and assignments.
To schedule a class or to discuss other ways the Library can support
your classroom teaching, please contact Professor Ann Grafstein at (516)
463-5052, or e-mail her at Ann.J.Grafstein@hofstra.edu.
Faculty may also schedule library instruction online with a Library
Instruction Request Form and are encouraged to review the Guidelines
for Assignment-Based Classes.
Faculty Information Sheet
An information sheet to familiarize faculty with services offered
by the Library is available in print and online.
Google
Scholar
Beta version facilitating searches across many disciplines and sources:
peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles, from academic
publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities
and other scholarly organizations.
Windows
Live Academic
Beta version indexing articles and other research materials in computer
science, physics, electrical engineering, and related subject areas.
Book
Delivery Request Form
Faculty can use this online form to request on-campus book delivery
for materials from the Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library. Requested books
will be delivered to faculty during office hours, within two business
days of the request. There is the option to have the books delivered
to the department office if a faculty member will not be present to
receive the books. If books are not available for delivery, library
staff will notify the requestor with detailed information.
Book
Storage Retrieval Request Form
Faculty members may request books from storage using this form. Books
will be retrieved within two business days. You will receive notification
via telephone and e-mail.
Plagiarism Detection
Faculty may access Turnitin, the plagiarism detection tool, directly
through Blackboard. Follow these step-by-step instructions
to access Turnitin through Blackboard. If a faculty member prefers to
use this service through the Turnitin Web site, www.turnitin.com,
you must contact Professor Margaret Burke for the Hofstra ID and password.
Contact information is: Margaret.G.Burke@hofstra.edu
or (516) 463-6448.
