Many Cayuga faculty and staff members wish to use technology and other instructional resources to improve their professional performance and enhance presentations for classes or other professional activities. To assist them, the Faculty-Staff Resource Center, a department of the Library, offers equipment, software, print and electronic media.

The center’s Auburn location is on the main level of the library. Its Fulton location is in room F160, with print collections housed in the library.

Explore the resources available to you at Cayuga. Whether you’re doing research for publication, graduate coursework, or just looking for information, we invite you to contact a librarian for assistance.

Check our blog: What’s New in the Faculty-Staff Resource Center

Please select from the following topics for additional information:

• Technical Resources Available                      
• Information Center
• Programs
• Services
• Useful Links

Technical Resources Available

Information Center

• Books and Videos in CAYLIB, the library catalog – See all the items available from the Cayuga FRC collections focusing on issues in higher education including assessment, teaching techniques, distance learning, and adjunct support.
• Current magazine/journal/newspaper subscriptions – Newest issues of education titles are available for browsing and borrowing. Titles focus on such topics as higher education, community colleges, developmental education, and teaching methods.
• Education Subscription Databases – These special databases offer citations, abstracts, and often the full text of articles on education topics. Faculty and staff can access them from anywhere on campus, simply by clicking on the links below. Accessing them from off-campus will require log-in authentication.  If you do not yet have a user name and password, please apply for off-campus access to library databases.

• Ebsco Book Index with Reviews – full text information and reviews on 3.8 millions books
• Education Research Complete – articles, conference papers and research on all areas of education
• ERIC – access to information from CIJE and RIE, including ERIC digests
• ITPro (Books 24x7) – Up-to-date technology full text content on topics ranging from hardware, software applications to security and web design
• Professional Development Collection – Articles and reports for professional educators, librarians, and researchers.
• turnitin.com – online plagiarism detection service for faculty with students. It assists in identifying non-original material in papers.

Programs

The center sponsors and co-sponsors professional development events to support teaching and learning. Many programs offer technical support or provide discussion forums on issues in higher education. For the program schedule, check our blog at What's New in the Faculty-Staff Resource Center. Subscribe to this blog to be notified when new posts are added.

Services

The FRC provides a variety of services to the College faculty and staff. Hardware, software, photocopying and support are available during most Library hours. Contact Sherry Kelsey (Auburn x 2425) for help with projects or equipment. 

Individual or small group meeting space may also be reserved by contacting the Library. 

Interlibrary Loan services are available to all College employees.  Books, articles, and media may be requested from libraries throughout the United States. Contact Sharon Farrar (Auburn x 2290) or Diane Holbert (Fulton x 3018) for assistance.

You will need Acrobat Reader to view the files below (in PDF format only). You can get it for free here.

• Faculty request for an information literacy instruction (246 kb PDF) - To request instruction by a librarian for a class at the Auburn or Fulton campus.
• Faculty request to place an item on reserve (117 kb PDF) - To request that an item from the library collection be placed on reserve for student use.
• Recommendation to purchase library materials (132 kb PDF)

Useful Links

Cayuga-Specific Information

• College Events
• How to Cite Sources using MLA or APA styles
• List of New Books and Media added to Cayuga’s Collections
• List of Magazines and Journal Available at Cayuga
• Student Research Award

General Information

• The Adjunct  Advocate
• Beloit College “Mindset List” – lists experiences and events shaping the worldview of entering students
• Chronicle of Higher Education
• Educational Games – Jeopardy and Millionaire templates
• Educause Review – bi-monthly journal promoting the intelligent use of information technology
• Inside Higher Ed - online source for news, opinion and jobs in higher education
• Journal of Educators Online
• Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration
• Plagiarism/Fair Use
  • Copyright FAQ from George Mason University
  • Gretchen Pearson (Le Moyne College) Pages on Plagiarism
  • Preventing Academic Dishonesty from UC Berkeley
  • turnitin.com – online plagiarism detection service used by faculty with students; assists in identifying non-original material in papers
• Teaching Tips
  
  • Faculty Development Teaching Tips from Honolulu Community College
  • Online Tech Tips from Iowa State

For additional information about the Faculty-Staff Resource Center, please contact the Library Director (Auburn x 2338).