Find It @BALL STATE
Most of the time, if you’re accessing Google Scholar on campus, it will be configured to point at University Libraries resources as well as being Find It @BALL STATE-enabled.
“Find It @ BALL STATE-enabled” means that Google Scholar, Biological Abstracts, or whatever database you might be using has been connected to “link resolver” software that will search all the databases in a specified list for full-text versions of articles you may find in sources that do not offer full-text or for items in databases for which we have no subscription.
Currently, you can activate this Find It @ BALL STATE link-resolver by clicking the Find It @ BALL STATE button (seen above) or link beside or beneath article/book citations. Find It @ BALL STATE-enabled databases will also be indicated on the Databases list with a small icon.
On occasion, Find It @ BALL STATE will not be able to find a full-text version of your article but it will give you the option for requesting it via our ILL services (see the Interlibrary Loan subtab under the Research/Library Resources tab).
For more information, consult the LibKey Nomad LibGuide.
Interlibrary Loan (ILL)
If you cannot find your article through BSU sources then you might try using Interlibrary Loan (ILL). This is a service through which you can borrow materials that BSU does not have from another library that does.
For instance, if you wanted an article from Agricultural Administration you would find that BSU does not own it but a quick search in WorldCat reveals that Purdue University does have it. Go to the ILL link and login to ILLiad using your BSU username and password. The first time you do so you will be required to register so that the system can know where, to whom, and how you prefer your materials delivered. Find the correct form, fill in the information, and then submit the form.
You should receive email notices when your document comes in- in fact, most articles are now delivered electronically via your email- you’ll get your article within a few days time right in your inbox. ILLiad also allows you to check on the progress of your request by logging back in and glancing at the Outstanding Requests table on the main page.
You can also use Find It @ BALL STATE and Citation Linker to connect to ILL as well. If you use this pathway, you will still need to log in but, once you do, the appropriate form will be automatically filled out for you.
ILL requests can, on occasion, take up to several weeks to process (ie for books and other print materials) but it’s usually a matter of 2-5 days for articles delivered electronically right to your inbox as PDF files.
You can find out more at the FAQ page.
Recommended research tools
AI as a topic represents a highly diverse field of study that uses information from many different disciplines, not just computer science. Some fields that contribute to AI research include psychology, engineering, robotics, neurobiology, linguistics, and mathematics. As the list below indicates, this means that to do comprehensive research on AI, you will need to look at many disparate and seemingly unrelated databases.
However, just because it doesn’t say ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE or MATHEMATICS or TECHNOLOGY doesn’t mean it can’t be relevant to what you are doing. Do not neglect a source because it does not seem to fit your conception of what you want.
Try a pre-filtered search in OneSearch for finding books and e-books on "generative AI" in the Ball State Libraries collections.
Ball State University Libraries provides access to authoritative and accurate sources of information on peer-reviewed and otherwise scholarly publications through the Articles & Databases page (Databases and interfaces (ie aggregators)). Remember that part of your tuition goes to pay for such resources and services- you do have a subscription to journals like Nature through your status as a student at Ball State.
The Articles & Databases pages can be viewed in a couple of different ways. You can look at an A-Z list of all the databases we offer access to or you can choose a subject (e.g. Science or Technology) and just look at databases relevant to your field of interest.
For instance, go to the Articles & Databases page and click the Subject menu box. Then click on the Science menu item. This will bring up only those databases concerned with the hard sciences including mathematics. Another area that might be of use is Technology.
Beginning/Discovery Tools:
More Focuses/In-Depth Tools:
General Research & Reference