General Library Help
Library Help Guides
- APA Citation Guide
- Distance Learning Library Services
- EndNote Web
- Google Scholar
- Library Glossary
- Library Help and Tutorials
- Library Hours
- Library Services for Online/Distance Faculty
- Library Skills for Students of English Composition
- Library Tutorial
- MLA Citation Style Guide
- Mobile Services at Buley Library
- Off campus access & CONSULS/database login
- Peer Reviewed Articles
- Policies
- Science Direct
- Search the Web
- Text a Librarian at SCSU!
Other Online Resources
- OWL at PurdueThe Online Writing Lab at Purdue University has the most referenced online APA and MLA guides on the web.
- Library of Congress Classification OnlineGuide to the LC call number and subject heading system
- Dewey Decimal SystemInformation about the Dewey Decimal System
- Guide to Google Scholar
- Glossary of Library Terms
- Internet Scout ReportRecommended websites
- Plagiarism Resources
- Reference Resources on the Internet
- Search Engines (web search)
- SCSU Copyright Policies
More Help
If you need more help, contact the Reference Department by phone or email, or request a One on One Instruction Session with a librarian.
PDF's not opening?
So far, this problem is mostly on Firefox on the Mac. If PDF's are not opening in EBSCO or other databases, in the menu bar, go to Firefox, Preferences. Choose the Applications tab--next to 'Adobe PDF document', choose 'Always Ask'. This should force a popup menu to ask if you want to open (in Preview or Adobe) or save the PDF file. Unfortunately, the recommended "display PDF in browser" plugins are not yet updated for Firefox.
Additional PDF plugin issues are caused when the Adobe plugin (which doesn't work properly in some browsers) updates and resets to the default PDF reader. In Firefox, go to Tools and Add ons. Choose Plugins and disable the Adobe PDF plugin.
- Experimental plugin PDF.jsYou can (at your own risk) try this experimental plugin. You may still get the "Additional plugins required" message, but most PDFs should open.
- Schubert-it PDF pluginThis commercial plugin is free for home, educational, and non-profit use. Download and install the plugin, and be sure to disable the Adobe plugin in the Add-ons menu.
- PDF pluginThis is the PDF plugin recommended by EBSCO. As of 9/1/11 it was not updated for beyond Firefox 3. Please keep checking.
- Adobe ReaderFor older browsers and/or Windows computers, please make sure you have a current version of Adobe Reader installed. You may have to re-download after updating a browser.
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Database access problems
If you are ON CAMPUS and having trouble using the databases, try the "Unproxied" databases below.
If you are OFF CAMPUS:
1) Log in to https://remote.southernct.edu/ (campus network/MySCSU/Blackboard Vista login)
2) In the box on the upper right, type http://library.southernct.edu and click Browse. 
You can also click the + symbol to the right of Web Bookmarks, and add a direct link to the library.
3) Click Search Databases to get to this page, and use the link below to get to the Database links.
Note: Viewing will likely be slow, and some links may not work at all, due to the restrictions of the Remote service.
If the power goes out on campus, the Remote server may also go down.
- Last Updated Feb 28, 2012
For direct access on campus to databases when the proxy server (CONSULS login) is down
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