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E-Library
Institute of Brain Education provides students and faculty with the LIRN Librarian Service and database subscriptions as a consortium member of Library & Information Resources Network (LIRN).
Institute of Brain Education subscribes to research databases from Gale and ProQuest to provide access to online books, as well as content from journals, magazines, news publications, and interactive applications.
Online resources cover numerous topics relevant to general education, allied health, nursing, business, computers, law, trades, counseling, educating, and therapy. Students & faculty can access Institute of Brain Education’s online library resources seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
The LIRN Librarian Service
In addition to subscribing to online library research databases from LIRN, Institute of Brain Education subscribes to the LIRN Librarian Service. LIRN Librarians service is delivered by a team of individuals who have earned Masters’ degrees in Library and Information Sciences from an institution with a Library Science or Library Information Science program accredited by the American Library Association (ALA).
Research Assistance & Reference Support
The LIRN Librarian Service is staffed for a total of 118 hours/week, 7 days per week, not including observed holidays.
Research Assistance and Reference Support Hours
Day
Monday - Friday
Saturday - Sunday
Total Hours / Week
Time
6 AM to 12 AM (midnight) US/Eastern
10 AM to 12 AM (midnight) US/Eastern
Total Hours
90 Hours
28 Hours
118 Hours
The LIRN Librarian Team is made available to students and faculty, participating in all course delivery models, through instruction, interaction, and facilitating successful use of Library resources, particularly electronic resources requiring computer and digital literacy, and information literacy skills.
For research assistance, students and faculty may contact the LIRN Librarian Team by accessing Institute of Brain Education’s LIRNPortal, clicking the “Ask a Librarian” widget on the right-hand side of the LIRNPortal, and completing a request for help from our Librarians. Depending on the inquiry/need, Librarians may follow-up with the patron via email or screen-sharing session.
Student & Faculty Training
Institute of Brain Education is provided with a Vimeo Playlist of curated research training material to help students and faculty get started with their research needs and successfully navigate and use the research databases.
The LIRN Librarian service also provides orientations and other live webinars on specific subject areas.
Faculty Support & Collaboration
The LIRN Librarian team is available to advise faculty on developing research assignments and incorporating online library resource content into the curriculum. The LIRN Librarian team can assist faculty with their own research as they contribute to their disciplines. Many times, when a research assignment is created in a course, students need more direction and training to learn how to apply research strategies to refine and simplify their search in order to get the results they need. The LIRN Librarian team help faculty refine research assignments to align with the resources and search experience students will encounter in the online library. The LIRN Librarian team identifies sources and suggest search strategies to share so that students encounter the right mix of challenge and support.
Research Databases Supporting Institute of Brain Education’s Programs of Study and Degree Levels
Gale Silver Core: This collection includes 44 databases. A complete list can be found here.
ProQuest Central is a collection of 57+ databases covering multiple disciplines including 6+ health/medical, 4+ business, 4+ news, and 13+ multidisciplinary. Databases are comprised primarily of articles from journals and newspapers but there is some video content. A complete list of databases can be found here.
Ebook Central: Academic Complete: Ebook Central's growing collection of over 280,000 scholarly ebooks from leading publishers with coverage in all academic subject areas, including coverage of business as well as other content areas. Title List
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global (PQDT): PQDT is a curated collection of multidisciplinary dissertations and theses from around the world, offering over 5 million citations and 3 million full-text works from thousands of universities. Title List is not available for this database
