Welcome to SUNY New Paltz's Extension and Distance programs! New Paltz extension & distance learners are eligible for a number of unique research services; these include remote access to the library's databases, document delivery, and personalized instruction and research assistance. These resources can be tailored to suit your class's needs, and are available free of charge.
Our distance services include:
- The ELECTRONIC INFORMATION CENTER (EIC): Research assistance is just steps away. The EIC is located at the SUNY Extension site at the Southwinds Annex (50-58 Fulton Street) in Middletown, NY. The EIC provides on-site Internet and subscription database access. A librarian is available "in person" to answer questions and assist with research projects by appointment. You can schedule an instructional session at the EIC, or arrange to use it as a multimedia demonstration room for class projects.
- EXPERT ADVICE: Remote learners will never be left in the dark. Research assistance is available via phone, fax, e-mail, and by real-time CHAT. Speak with a librarian who can coach students through a database, provide search tips, help focus a research report, and suggest helpful websites. The librarian can also travel to your extension site or participate in online class discussions, upon request.
- ERES: Place articles and other documents online. Students can retrieve high-quality, password-protected documents from your "virtual reading list" from any Internet-connected PC, anywhere in the world. No more photocopies to haul around to your classes!
- DATABASE ACCESS: Distance students can search our databases from home. A growing number of these resources-especially in Business, Education, and the Health and Social Sciences-provide the full-text of articles from magazines, journals, and newspapers. We even provide help guides and search assistance!
- DOCUMENT DELIVERY: If an article isn't in full-text online, we'll send it to you. Students studying at a distance can request materials with our online Interlibrary Loan form, found on the
STL homepage. Remote students can request articles from publications we own, as well as those that we order, at no charge.
For Additional Information: Please read or
print out our
online brochure, and bookmark our website so that you can visit often and learn about our new services. Print copies of our brochure are available upon request. Please share news of our distance services with your students.
Learn more with these important guides:
NEW! Many instructors have asked us how they should provide information regarding the library within their Blackboard sites. We recommend you copy one or more of the following into the "course description" area of your course:
"Students are strongly encouraged to use Sojourner Truth Library's physical and virtual collections to do their research. Students who are able to travel to the library are welcome to use its collections and services. All students may use the databases and other resources available through the STL website. Visit the library's website for information about the library's hours, databases, and services
[ http://lib.newpaltz.edu]."
"As this is considered a Distance Learning course, you are eligible for a number of unique and personalized research services through the library. These include access to the electronic databases available through the STL website
[ http://lib.newpaltz.edu/], expert research advice via phone, e-mail, FAX, and Instant Messaging, and delivery of some library materials to your home, office or PC desktop. Visit the "Distance Learning Library Services" website
[ http://www.newpaltz.edu/~ref] or contact Distance Learning Librarian Stephan J. Macaluso (845-257-2699,
ref@newpaltz.edu) for information about access to the library from your home or office."
Sojourner Truth Library looks forward to meeting your distance classes' unique research needs. Incorporating research and other library services into distance classes can often be an especial challenge: we can help you devise research solutions to make your course efficient and memorable.
Stephan J. Macaluso
ref@newpaltz.edu
(845) 257-2699
Distance Learning Librarian
July 2005
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