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Frequently Asked Questions Q: Why is the Physical Sciences Library being affected? A: The Library had to cut make major budget cuts this year — $1.7 million from the budget this year and a loss of another $1.3 million from its unrestricted reserve balances — and it’s no longer sustainable to have 20 physical locations [...]

January 2009 Q: I am trying to access a book in NetLibrary. Do I need to sign up where it says “Create an account”? A: No. All Cornell users should have full access already once they log in. The “Create an account” option presented merely gives you a set of personalization options, such as creating [...]

December 2008 (Special thanks this month to Annemarie Morse of ACCEL) Q: My professor said I can get my test re-graded at the “consulting desk” at the Engineering Library, Reading Room, but I don’t see any desk like that here. I asked upstairs at ACCEL but no one there quite knew what they were talking [...]

November 2008 O’Reilly publishes the familiar line of computer software and programming books with the white covers and public-domain engravings of animals on the covers (see for example Windows Vista: The Definitive Guide). These books are very popular among students and we carry quite a few of them here in the Engineering Library. The very [...]

October 2008 Q: I’m looking for a master of science thesis in engineering from XYZ years ago by John/Jane Smith/Jones. I’ve looked in the catalog and can’t find it. A: First off, it’s important to verify what kind of degree this person actually got. The Engineering Library has always collected MS and PhD theses by [...]

September 2008 Q: The eJournals list says [The Journal of Combustion Science] is available full text back to 1957 (see image) but when I go there the full text only starts with June 1995. Q: There is an article in the Journal of Water Research that is not available online through Cornell. I get the [...]

August 2008 Two good questions this month (and it’s not even half-over yet!): Q: How do I get a thesis or dissertation published by a British university? A: With some difficulty. There are two options if the thesis is not found in Proquest Digital Dissertations: Both can involve a LOT of waiting and neither is [...]

July 2008 Q: I am a librarian at XYZ library in Australia. I would like to borrow or obtain a copy of a thesis from 1959 available within your collection. I am able to pay via visa credit card. Could you please tell me if this is possible. A: Newer theses from the past few [...]

May 2008 Q. How many books in total can I borrow at one time? A. There is no limit for registered students, faculty and staff. Visitors and those with purchased library cards have limits that vary with the type of program or card purchased. For additional information about borrowing, see the following CU Library guide to [...]

April 2008  Q. Is there a database of PhD theses? A. The library subscribes to a database called Proquest Dissertations and Theses (available here: http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/misc/5799613) that provides the full text of recent (from 1996 to the present) theses and dissertations, with abstracts available from 1981 to the present. To search for theses published before 1981, [...]