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Student Presentation (No formal paper)

**Helping Students use Virtual libraries More Effectively** Maurice Smith, Graduate Student, Student/Library Services, Bryant & Stratton College, Cleveland, OH, USA,cd.smith.maurice2mail.bryantstratton.edu Willie Murphy, Graduate Student, Student/Library Services, Bryant & Stratton College, Cleveland, OH, USA,cd.murphy.willie@mail.bryantstratton.edu Alfred Jemison, Graduate Student, Student/Library Services, Bryant & Stratton College, Cleveland, OH, USA,cd.jemison.alfred@mail.bryantstratton.edu //Gregory McQueen, Graduate Student, Student/Library Services, Bryant & Stratton College, Cleveland, OH, USA, cd.mcqueen.gregory@mail.bryantstratton.edu//

This presentation will describe how we help students use the Virtual Library online services at Bryant & Stratton Cleveland Downtown Campus Library. We have noticed that most students never visited the Virtual library, and in this presentation we will demonstrate how we effectively help make students more comfortable before accessing the system by use of handouts or other forms of material. We will discuss ways to help students with this task of remembering the login information by way of repeated access. We will also discuss how we help students with using the many databases within the Virtual Library. Searching has always been a fear for most students, because they may feel that the information retrieved is not accurate. In this presentation we will address the concerns that students may have while searching for good material.

The Virtual library is a powerful search tool. It’s much more accurate than using search engines like Yahoo, Google, and etc. Another big advantage about the Virtual library is that students are able to use it 24 hours a day. In this presentation we will discuss how we bring all of these functions together to help students use the Virtual Library more effectively. All Audiences