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- CSPrint is releasing jobs to printer with double click on job name without requiring WildCard swipe
December 4, 2008 - looking for "Superbrands" book, actually seeking media advertising budget for Mike, Inc.
December 4, 2008 - Why is the temperature really high in the library?
December 3, 2008 - How do I re-new a book I got through E-ZBorrow?
December 2, 2008 - I am trying to access the S&P market insight from the virtual library. It says I need to register and I need a Site ID to do so. What is this and where do I find it?
November 29, 2008 - Do we have access to Motley Fool?
November 26, 2008 - Where can I find short stories by Montserrat Roig?
November 24, 2008 - How do I see online what's in the popular reading section? I want to see the novels, not the newspapers.
November 24, 2008 Patron wanted to know where to find the full-text of "Inquiry into the Alleged Involvement of the Central Intelligence Agency in the Watergate and Ellsberg Matters" (Su. Doc. # = Y4.Ar5/2a:975-76/4)
November 24, 2008- Is the endnote program only available at Falvey? I can't download in Tolentine's lab so is there some sort of remote access option?
November 16, 2008 - How are the books at Falvey Libraray shelved? By what system?
November 16, 2008 - rosetta stone
November 14, 2008 - What password should I enter to access E Z borrow?
November 14, 2008 - Where can I find a 2007, 10-k filing for Campbell Soup Comapny?
November 13, 2008 - What is the best database to look in for articles on advice for young business leaders and how to handle leadership challenges?
November 5, 2008 - Where is Women's Studies Office in Falvey?
November 6, 2008 - How to find book when student already had call number?
November 6, 2008 - Is it possible to get a copy of an article I need from International Journal of Radio Frequency Identification Technology and Applications?
November 4, 2008 - How do you get articles from Psych Info?
November 3, 2008 - How do I cite words from a song?
November 2, 2008 - Where can i find works on Montanism and Montanus?
November 2, 2008 - Where can I find books on exorcism as viewed by the Catholic church?
October 31, 2008 - I can't seem to find an article by Milton Friedman. The title was
October 29, 2008 - I am looking for the Princeton Review's book of top 300 colleges and universities in the US or a similar book with rankings and statistics on US colleges/universities. Does the library have this book or a similar one?
October 29, 2008 - How to find out whether a certain book is in available, already I know the author and the book title and the year, e.g. Lincoln, Y.S. & Guba, E.G. (1985) Naturalistic inquiry
October 29, 2008 - How do I find 10-K filings for my "specific, publicly traded company" for 1988-1992. Can you help me?
October 27, 2008 - How do I find county-level data for recent presidential election results?
October 22, 2008 - As an MBA fellow how can I retrieve the following article: The effects of conscientiousness and opportunity of caucus on group performance Marie Waung, Thomas S Brice. Small Group Research. Thousand Oaks: Oct 1998. Vol. 29, Iss. 5; p. 624 (11 pages) When I click it is not there.
October 21, 2008 - How do I find critical works about an author?
October 20, 2008 - Since Villanova Library does not carry the book: Williams, F.M. and Emerson, C.J. (2008) Becoming Leaders: A Practical Handbook for Women in Engineering, Science, and Technology, ASCE Press, is there a way I can request it from another library?
October 15, 2008 - Where can I find research studying the interests and demographics of a specific sort of consumer for my Marketing 2120 class?
October 9, 2008 - Is there archives of old Calculus tests and exams from last year and previous years held in the library or math department?
October 8, 2008 - Do the library computers have Minitab (a statistics application) on them?
October 4, 2008 - How do I find a specific article for which I have the citation information in PubMed?
October 3, 2008 - If a friend from another college visits, can he come to the library to study with me? How can he enter without a wildcat card?
October 3, 2008 - Where is the Interlibrary Loan office located, and if I received notice that my requested book has arrived, do I need to pick it up at the ILL office, or can I pick it up elsewhere?
October 1, 2008 - I was browsing video holdings and added a number of videos to 'Favorites'. How do I view the list of videos that I saved to this file entitled 'Diversity Videos'?
October 1, 2008 - Is there a way to search for newspaper articles through Falvey?
October 1, 2008
September 29, 2008- Where can I as a student find an image from a page from an early book published in or about Ireland?
September 29, 2008
September 28, 2008- Can I print from the Apple computers?
September 28, 2008 - I was able to find Sears Inventory turn over and Days in Inventory ratios from the S&P website ; however, I cannot find the industry average for these two ratios. Can you point me to where I might be able to find them?
September 28, 2008 - Hello. Is there a way I can access a library database (the Early English Books Online) remotely?
September 26, 2008 - Can I reserve a study room for later tonight?
September 24, 2008 - How do I access books from the library online is it possible for me to view the same things that I would find in the library online?
September 23, 2008 - Where do I find articles from my teacher?
September 23, 2008 - How can I place a book on hold?
September 18, 2008 - Do you have book reviews? If not, what are reliable websites to get them from?
September 18, 2008 - How do I find research materials on the airline industry, its players, and their company histories.
September 18, 2008 - How do I find books and articles about genocide and recent US foreign policy?
September 17, 2008 - Is there a place on this website where I can save articles I find online and the members of my group can view them without letting my entire Marketing class having access to viewing them?
September 17, 2008 - How do I subscribe to the Wall Street Journal?
September 17, 2008 - How to find in American Factfinder census tract information about a specific street address.
September 15, 2008 - Do you have a source with visual documentation of advertising campaigns?
September 15, 2008 - How can I access the Business Conditions Digest?
September 12, 2008 - Is it possible to to have an exam be proctored in the library?
September 12, 2008 - How can I find information to analyze and write about which presents the opposing sides of a politically charged issue?
September 12, 2008 - Can I borrow a video on behalf of my professor?
September 12, 2008 - How do I find a certain article in IEEE Computer Magazine?
September 10, 2008 - How do I find articles, for my EMBA class, pertaining to how companies fare after a hostile takeover?
September 10, 2008 - Where can I find an article in the book "Mass imprisonment:Social Causes and Consequences"?
September 10, 2008 - How do I find Gallup Poll data?
September 9, 2008 - Is there a centralized source of all available analyst reports organized around company of interest, not the report provider? I.e. somewhere I can enter a company/name or symbol and be able to select from all analysts covering that company over time? I was able to find analyst reports on Morningstar's database, but only theirs - I'd love to see more, like Deutchebank, MorganStanley, etc.
September 9, 2008 - Can you help me find research on whether or not businesses who have been early adopters of emerging technologies have seen increased sales as a result?
September 8, 2008 - How can I find out whether a specific print journal in the library is also available as an electronic journal?
September 8, 2008 - Can you help me research the Power (utility) industry in South East Asia, in particular, India...?
September 8, 2008 - What is my wildcard number?
September 7, 2008 - Where can I find out whether the library owns the journals and if they are available in paper or online? I've discovered a lot of the articles related to my topic are not available on-line. Are there other ways I can find and print the articles on the computer?
September 6, 2008 - Can you help me find a book since I don't know how?
September 5, 2008 - What might be a good place to search for such information, for my management strategy paper, to search for a current "strategic event" in business, that would have happened, for example to a company?
September 5, 2008 - Can I have this ILL book for an entire semester?
September 4, 2008 - Does the library have older issues of the newspaper Villanovan? I am specifically looking for issues between 1957-62.
September 3, 2008 - Do you have SPSS?
September 3, 2008 - Are Graduate Students allowed in the bound periodicals stacks?
September 3, 2008 - Can you help me find these biblical commentaries?
September 3, 2008 - Do you have a FAX machine?
September 2, 2008 - Where can I get a copy of the 2007 Journal Citation Reports by Thomson Reuters?
August 29, 2008 - Where would I go to see the recent books and journal articles with topics related to English as a Second Language Education K-12 in the U.S. I went to Google Scholar but was not successful?
August 28, 2008 - What are the ports assigned to access the databases from my workplace? My employer's firewall denies me access to them from my computer.
August 28, 2008 - When I am in the library catalog, how do I access my favorites list?
August 28, 2008 - Where do I find CATS reports?
August 27, 2008 - How do I find the article from Social Science Quarterly I need for my class?
August 27, 2008 - My professor said that I could get math tutoring at the library, is that true and if so, where do I go?
August 27, 2008 - Why can't I text a catalog record from the catalog to my cell phone? It failed.
August 27, 2008 - How often is the Jerusalem Post published? I only see one issue for every two weeks in the stacks.
August 26, 2008 - Can you tell me where is the Sister Liberty Bell located?
August 26, 2008 - Can you tell tell me if the library has textbook?
August 25, 2008 - Where can I find information about cross on front of John Barry Hall?
August 25, 2008 - Do you have a classical music database that provides audio files of music?
August 25, 2008 - Where is the Emedia room?
August 25, 2008 - Does the library copies of Rosetta Stone language software?
August 25, 2008 - Is EndNote still available for download or did the university switch to refworks? If the former, are there still pages with tutorials?
August 24, 2008 - I am a graduate class of 1983. Do you have a copy of our yearbook?
August 23, 2008 - Can you please provide (step by step) guidance on how to access research websites like morningstar.com and valueline.com?
August 21, 2008 - Does the library have the Spring 1987 issue of the Villanova Theatre newsletter, called "The Script"?
August 18, 2008 - As an alumni from the Graduate Business program, is there a way for me to maintain my online access to the full library resources? I just tried to access a journal and my student account is no longer active.
August 18, 2008 - Do we have online access to any named analyst reports? The professor wants us to use reports that include the author's name.
August 13, 2008 - Can I access off-campus an eBook that is available from NetLibrary?
August 12, 2008 - Can I get macroeconomic data and country report about China?
August 12, 2008 - As 1956 alumnus, can you tell me who manufactured the class ring for that year?
August 7, 2008 - Does Falvey have the old Moody's manuals in digitized format?
August 5, 2008 - How can I find out how many books I have out online?
August 1, 2008 - Do you have any resources to help me learn a foreign language like Italian, Spanish, French or Japanese?
July 30, 2008 - Can you help locate journal articles with an analysis of the female characters in the play La Casa de Bernarda Alba?
July 26, 2008 - Can you help me find books on William Penn and the planning of Philadelphia?
July 22, 2008 - Do we have access to full patent images through any database? For example Delphion?
https://www2.delphion.com/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/ExecMacro/IPN/IPNmandreg.d2w/report?regfrom=funlim&referal=freetrial315
July 22, 2008 - Where can I find maps of the West Indies from the 1700's?
July 21, 2008 - Who is the current (2008) Prior General of the Augustinians? And what is the postal address in Rome?
July 21, 2008 - As a faculty member, can I access the journal Gestus: The Electronic Journal of Brechtian Studies, ISSN 0749-7644.
July 21, 2008 - How can I find a critique on, No molestes, calle y pague senora, by Lidia Falcon?
July 19, 2008 - How can I obtain 3 years of patent data by company through any searches available at the library?
July 18, 2008 - I am interested in a recent article,by Stephen Spatz, that appears in the library's "Compass" online newsletter, entitled 'Blue Electrode: Discover the Wissahickon in the Digital Library,' in which he speaks of a book called "The Wissahickon". Do you know if this book is in print, or available to purchase anywhere?
July 16, 2008 - Can you help me find information on acute myelogenous leukemia? I'd like a description of the disease, it's diagnosis and treatment.
July 15, 2008 - Do you have a subscription to Hoover's in depth company information?
July 15, 2008 - What is the best way to find journal articles in Education?
July 10, 2008 - Can I reserve room 321?
July 8, 2008 - I am currently a senior at Villanova University. I am doing a Marketing Research Internship and I was hoping you could help me find some data. I am doing an extensive competitive marketing analysis on different pharmacies located in Texas. The way I am doing the research is exploring their websites in detail and making phone calls. My boss suggested trying LexisNexis. At the end of my internship, one of my objectives is to find the best tool for doing competitive analysis. This company needs to constantly update this analysis. Do you know about any company that sells you this information every so often? What do you suggest is the best way to do my research?
July 3, 2008 - Could the library purchase a copy of "Death Penalty USA" 2003 and 2005 by Delfino and Day (isbn 978-0972514125 and 978-0972514132)? The books, which are not in our catalog, contain a comprehensive compilation of the cases of executed criminals, which would help me in my research efforts.
July 3, 2008 - What does "tolle legge" mean?
July 2, 2008 - Where can I find electronic version of "Marketing and Psychology"?
July 2, 2008 - Does the library have books on conditions in Northern Ireland, particularly the Derry-Cookstown area, at the beginning of the 20th century?
July 2, 2008 - How do I find environmental factors that would impact the industry or specific competitors. I wasn't really sure how if one would go about researching this information? I've tried the External Environment links but I am not really sure as to what to search for.
June 30, 2008 - Our group is working on our first project for Hank's and we need some help using the research tools you instructed us about. We are having trouble finding the major players (direct competition) and their relative strength in the functional beverage industry. Can you please help us find the correct sources? Thanks so much!
June 30, 2008 - Thank you for the presentation: Can you remind me of where I can find trade publications for the SBI project?
June 30, 2008 - We briefly met during my Management Essentials course for various research initiatives for our new product. Currently, I am interning with "a business" and I need to compile a list of 403(b)--non profit 401(k)--companies and their administrators. I was searching the Bartley Information Center online and had little luck; do you know of a database available with this information within the Villanova network?
June 30, 2008 - Subject: MBA 8433 Industry Analysis For my MBA 8xxx class I'm researching the data processing services industry (Mastercard, Inc.) and I'm looking to find which database can provide the most detailed Industry statistics. Is there another site besides Market Insight that Villanova has access to that might provide me the kind of data I need for a detailed Industry analysis?
June 30, 2008 - Can someone verify/double check that I have used the proper APA Style format in my completed final paper before I hand it in? (worth 40% of grade & won't even be looked at if not in proper format)
June 27, 2008 - Can an Villanova alumnus research and check out books from the library?
June 27, 2008 - Can I check out a special collection book?
June 26, 2008 - Where can I find the statement of cash flow for Sunoco going back a few years as well as management's discussion of Sunoco's financial condition and do browse the business news about Sunoco?
June 27, 2008 - How are names assigned to some anonymous artists?
June 25, 2008 - How can I find out who owned a piece of land in Radnor Township around 1964.
June 25, 2008 - How can I use Proquest dissertations when I am off-campus?
June 25, 2008 - How do I access databases & e-journals from off-campus?
June 24, 2008 - How do I get my thesis bound?
June 24, 2008 - How do I request a book from the library?
June 24, 2008 - How do I renew books online?
June 24, 2008 - How do I use EndNote?
June 24, 2008 - How do I find a book or an audio book in Falvey Memorial Library?
June 24, 2008 - How do I cite an article or book for my research?
June 24, 2008 - How do I find an article in a journal, magazine or newspaper?
June 24, 2008 - Where can I find a good paper topic?
June 24, 2008 - How do I access electronic course reserves?
June 24, 2008 - How do I access the wireless network in Falvey Memorial Library?
June 24, 2008 - How do I print at Falvey Memorial Library?
June 24, 2008 - Do you have balance of payment statistics for Turkey.
June 24, 2008 - How do I receive the articles I requested from Interlibrary Loan?
June 17, 2008 - How do I find journal articles on ethical considerations of these two topics: revoking driver's license of patients suffering from seizures and seclusion of psychiatric patients?
June 16, 2008 - I did a search in PubMed. I clicked on the names of the authors of one of my results to get to the screen with the abstract of the article. Then I clicked the "Find it" button and then the VUCat link. I got an error message that read, "Your search resulted in no hits." Why can't I see the full text of the article from the journal Fertility & Sterility?
June 16, 2008 - Do the librarians at Falvey have faculty status and are they on a tenure track?
June 13, 2008 - Why am I unable to access International Journal of Production Economics, and Computers in Industry through the off campus link? The authentication page does not appear for me.
June 13, 2008 - Where can I find statistics more current than the latest census on American counties and cities?
June 12, 2008 - Can I save the citations I have found in JSTOR?
June 12, 2008 - Do you have the 2000 County and City Databook on CD?
June 12, 2008 - Can you help me find peer-reviewed articles that evaluate drug education programs in schools, for a Criminal Justice class, since I did not find anything in Criminal Justice Abstracts?
June 12, 2008 - Can I print from my laptop?
June 11, 2008 - What are the library hours?
June 11, 2008 - Does the Library have a (public) fax machine?
June 10, 2008 - Where can Ifind research about genetic disorders in Oman? I have been unsuccessful.
June 6, 2008 - How can I find articles on characteristics of volunteers or that offer a typology of volunteers in the US.
June 5, 2008 - Do you have the Money Market Directory also known as the Green Book (I need a list or directory of pension funds organized geographically).
June 5, 2008 - Do we have a subscription to the IMF Direction of Trade Statistics? I need the import and exports from Japan going back 20 years.
May 30, 2008 - How do I access the supplementary homicide reports of the uniform crime reporting program data for 1996 to 2006?
May 27, 2008 - Why can't I access the current issues of the journal Early Music through the database Project Muse?
May 15, 2008 - What does it mean when I found a book in the catalog with the location as Approval? Is it already in the library?
May 1, 2008 - Can you help me find journal articles that correlate happiness and education? I can't find any.
April 29, 2008 - Do you have the consumer confidence index from the Conference Board?
April 28, 2008 - How can I find unemployment statistics for the EU countries going back 30 years?
April 22, 2008 - How can I find any Spanish DVD in the library for class viewing?
April 21, 2008 - Where can I find advertising rates for magazines and newspapers?
April 20, 2008 - Where can I find measurement instruments for leadership?
April 20, 2008 - Where can I find financial information on Quiznos, a private company?
December 3, 2007 - How can I find an English translation of a work in Spanish, e.g. drama, short story, novel?
December 2, 2007 - Can I get a dissertation entitled The prayer of love in the cloud of unknowing and related works, published by University of Mass in 1992?
November 29, 2007 - Where can I find English/British [also US] newspaper and/or periodical articles from 1885 - 1900 discussing Jack the Ripper murders?
November 28, 2007 - What is involved in the naturalization process?
November 19, 2007 - Does the Library have the University’s Undergraduate Bulletins which have the description of a course that is no longer offered?
November 19, 2007 - Why doesn't the journal's website for The Thomist allow me access. It says "the librarian must reconfirm their IP address." I am trying to get the full text to my citation to David Tracy, "Lindbeck's New Program for Theology: A Reflection," in vol. 40 July 1985.
October 10, 2007 - Where is the Guide to Poetry Explication, American, 19th century? I need to find references to Dickinson's poems in books.
October 3, 2007 - How can I verify that Lewin was Leon Festinger's advisor for my lineage assignment?
September 24, 2007 - Where do I look for some scholarly articles disputing evolution?
May 7, 2007 - Where is the CD-Rom for a Reserve Book, Aqui se imprimen libros?
February 27, 2007 - Does the library have books on the feminist movement in arab or muslim countries?
February 9, 2007 - Where can I find a book of monologues by women?
February 6, 2007 - Where would I go tho find information on some process such as fermentation for a class demonstration.
February 5, 2007 - Where do I go to watch a video for Spanish?
September 24, 2006 - Where do I look, for my Dramaturgy II class, reviews of the play Hamlet Machine in NY and Toronto (1986) and Paris premier (1979)?
May 8, 2006
- How do I print at Falvey Memorial Library?
- How do I access the wireless network in Falvey Memorial Library?
- How do I access electronic course reserves?
- Where can I find a good paper topic?
- How do I find an article in a journal, magazine or newspaper?
- How do I cite an article or book for my research?
- How do I find a book or an audio book in Falvey Memorial Library?
- How do I use EndNote?
- How do I renew books online?
- How do I request a book from the library?
- How do I get my thesis bound?
