Student Portal

The purpose of this page is to encourage you, Nicholls students, to use the resources and services provided by Ellender Memorial Library. Our goal, like yours, is to make your education a successful and relatively stress free experience. we hope to do this by providing access to resources and helping you become more information literate.

Information for Nicholls Students


General Information
NSU Current Student Links
Library Policies
Library Hours
Library Faculty and Staff
Library Departments
Library Newsletter


Helpful Handouts and Tips (PDF format)
What You Will Find in the Library
Maximizing Your Print Accounts!
More Printing Tips
Places to Search for Information on a Novel
Library Newsletter (Look for the Library Tips and Tricks in Grey Boxes!)


Library Services / Forms

Interlibrary Loan Requests (via ILLiad)
Recommend a Book for Purchase Form
Ask a Reference Question
Library Comment Form
Access from Home
Set Up a MyEBSCOhost Account for eBook downloading
LOUISiana Libraries Catalog  – (Search all academic catalogs statewide)

Finding Information

Guided Searches   (Find books, videos, e-books, CD-ROMs in our OPAC)
OPAC Search Tips
Article Databases  (Arranged alphabetically)
Article Search Tips
Subject Guides and Handouts / Tutorials
Web Search Tips


The Information Literacy Program
Definition and Importance (Power Point Tutorial)
Library Terminology (Glossary)
Joan M. Reitz’s Online Dictionary for Library and Information Science (Libraries Unlimited)


Find a Librarian


Plagiarism and Copyright
Documentation Resources
Plagiarism Resources  (Including Power Point Tutorial)
Copyright Resources  (Including Power Point Tutorial)


Links
Web Subject Guides
Newspaper Links, by Region
Web Sites, Listed Alphabetically
Refdesk (The Online Reference Desk)
The Internet Public Library
The Librarian’s Index to the Internet