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          The hunt Library is a great resource for your research as it related to our studies. The library offers a whirlwind of services and help is only a mouse click or phone call away. The main capabilities start with the ability to conduct an EagleSearch, Book, Videos, Articles search or request research help. Once you’ve typed in your topic, for this instance I utilized “Leadership” I had over sever million “hits.” The pan view on the right combined with filter tools allow you to easier and efficiently weed out materials I was not interested in. Further, I could isolate search criteria or further refine my search if there were still too many to comb over. The nice aspect for majority of article is that they are immediately available in PDF viewer and further offer full APA style reference to allow for proper citing of material if later used.

            The library makes locating information simple and convenient for the online student. Students have the ability to easily find books via the ERAU Catalog along with articles from the databases or even find course reserves. Multimedia is available in the form of DVDs and Videos along with the Hunt Library Digital Collections. Articles from journals, magazines, and newspapers are easy to use as available online in Full-Text Resources. Lastly, the Hunt library often recommended Websites that maintain scholarly information. Overall, searching and filtering through material online is easy and efficient.

            The Hunt Library also offers several services aside from the aforementioned search features. Such services as a material Borrow / Renew (Circulation), Borrow From Other Libraries (Interlibrary Loan), Media Services, and services permitted for Faculty, Staff, Alumni and Guests. Further, the library Recommends New Materials and is able to provide material via a Web Document Delivery.

            The benefit of using the Hunt Library is that you can depend on the information maintains is scholarly origins. This is opposed to other mainstream search engines where you have to vet the sources. A common misconception for beginners is to use Wikipedia or Google and ignorantly trust the sources.