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Library Helpful Hints for Off-Campus Use

A guide to help students access library resources to complete assignments when they are not on campus

Course Assignment Helps

Follow the tutorials in the box below to help you in accessing library resources to complete your online course work!  Please contact us if you need assistance.  Librarians are available to you online or in the building during regular hours. We will also be available in the Meeting tool on our Sakai site!  Look for Librarian Help Online Hours.

 

 

Course Assignment Helps

Using Librivox to find free audiobooks of classic books

Librivox.org is a site of free audiobooks that are available in the public domain.  This means that they are not under copyright restrictions.

If you use material from a book in Librivox, you must create a citation for it.  While it is free to read, it is not your original work, therefore, it must be cited.

Classic books can be difficult to read and listening to a book may be more helpful.

Librivox audiobooks are read by real people.  They are all volunteers.  This is not a computer voice.

Librivox does have an app available to use.  You can download the app even to your phone.

Librivox books can be downloaded using the app so you are not streaming the content.

Below you will find a few helpful hints in using Librivox.

To find a book:

  1. Go to librivox.org.
  2. Click on “Catalog” in the light blue box that says “Listen”.
  3. Type in the title or author of your book in the search box at the top right of your screen.
  4. Look for the following on your result screen:
    1. Check for the Language. (See the screen shot below.)

  1. Look for the type of reading that works best for you.
    1. Collaborative – several people read a chapter in the book
    2. Solo – 1 person reads all of the chapters
    3. Dramatic – a different person reads each character’s part

If you need any assistance, please contact the library:

  • Text Naulayne Enders at 606-922-8504
  • Email Naulayne Enders at nenders@kcu.edu or Josh Blevins at jkblevins1@kcu.edu
  • Call the library at 606-474-3240 or 606-474-3276.

 

 

 

Do you need to access print resources from Young Library?  Did you use a print resource on your Research Proposal for New Testament or Old Testament courses?  Did your professor place a print item on the Reserves shelf?

Not a problem!  You can request that scans of pages be emailed directly to you.  There are several ways to make this request:

1.  You can use any of the following emails and send the complete citation of the book or article.  

            nenders@kcu.edu

      jrlewis-combs@kcu.edu

            Jkblevins1@kcu.edu

            library@kcu.edu

2.  You can use the following form that will send information directly to us.  

            https://forms.gle/tAbzDDuzP7VWdTfW9

3. You can use the Messages tool within Sakai and send us the citation information also.

All items will be scanned between 8am and 5pm Eastern Standard Time Monday through Friday.  Please contact a librarian if you have any questions.