Reference and Information
Library staff will provide help with library research, completing citations, finding facts, and using public access computer systems. Assistance on many subjects and information systems is available. To see some samples of the types of reference questions we answer, see our examples page.
For general information and reference assistance, see Ask a Mann Librarian.
To ask about library holdings, see Ask a Mann Librarian. Consultation: if your information problem is complex, or if you would like an
individualized orientation to Mann's resources, our staff will provide
extended assistance by appointment, either in the library or in a campus
office or lab. For example, staff can help extract tailored subsets from
numeric datafiles, provide instruction and help with the Cornell Library
Gateway, and give orientations to using the EndNote software package for
bibliography management. For an individual consultation appointment, see Ask a Mann Librarian.The John Lemuel Stone Microcomputing Centers (aka Stone 1 and 2) are located on the first floor of Mann Library. Here you will find 50+ PC's and Macintoshes equipped with software for word processing, spreadsheet applications, accessing the Internet, GIS, and more. You may also check your email at either lab or at 3 stand up machines in the Gateway Cafe lobby. Net-Print, Cornell's for-fee laser printing service, is now available in Stone 1. For more information about Mann's microcomputing labs, call 255-3240 or visit their website.
Recall: Books borrowed by a user are subject to recall after 2 weeks if needed by another person. Recall notices are sent to the addresss supplied to us by either the Registrar or Hu
man Resources. Items must be returned within nine days of the recall. Reserve materials cannot be recalled. Privilege card holders, borrowers card holders and SUNY card holders may not recall materials--they may place holds. To recall
books, contact the
Access Services desk at 255-3296 or
fill out a form electronically. Renewal: Loan periods may be extended for most materials (except periodical room and reserve materials) by renewing them. To renew books, contact the
Access Services desk at 255-3296 or
fill out a form electronically. Loan and fine policies: For
all loan and fine policies, click
here. For further information, contact the Mann Access Services desk at 255-3296. Request purchase for Mann collection:
To recommend a purchase, fill out a form at the reference
desk, fill
out a form electronically, or contact the head of collection
development, Mary Ochs, at 255-6919 or mao4@cornell.edu Interlibrary Loan:
Books and journal articles not held by Cornell University may be ordered
by Cornell faculty, staff and students through Interlibrary Loan. To
request a book or article through interlibrary loan, stop by the Mann
reference desk, call 255-7754, or fill out a
form electronically.
Instruction
The library conducts a program of workshops at the beginning of each semester which are free and restricted to the Cornell community. These cover the use of information resources such as the CU Library Catalog, the World Wide Web, Geographic Information Systems, and Endnote. Classes held in the Stone 1 Microcomputer Center, 1st Floor, Mann Library, are limited to 19 participants. To find out about and register for workshops, contact the
reference desk at 255-5406 or see our instruction web page
Staff also provide instruction
for classes, at faculty request, in information management or using the
electronic library. To schedule instruction for your class, contact
Kathy Chiang at ksc3@cornell.edu
or 255-7957.
Online Resources
The Library Gateway is an organized, searchable singl
e point-of-access to all of Cornell University Library's electronic resources, including indexes and full-text databases, ejournals and WWW pages.
The CU Library
Catalog is an electronic
database of books, journals, archival material and other resources held by the Cornell University Library. Maintained by Mann, the USDA Economics and Statistics System contains nearly 300 reports and datasets from the economics agencies of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. These materi
als cover U.S. and international agriculture and related topics. You may sign up to receive USDA reports via email within minutes of their release.
Journal Table of Contents Service: A free service to the Cornell community! Subscribe
through this service to automatically receive tables of contents for selected journals when they arrive at Mann Library.
Browse the New Book Shelf to see a list of new books and journals in Mann Library, and then click on a title to see the
Table of Contents.
Collections
Mann Library is one of the premier academic libraries in the United States in the areas of agriculture and human ecology, and its biology collection is also world-class. Find out more........
Albert R. Mann Library, Cornell University
last updated by ajf9@cornell.edu on March 9th, 2000
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