New Library Homepage: a Rainbow of Information Options

You may have noticed that the library homepage changed at the end of May. Now, five colored blocks and corresponding tabs organize information on the site. This week, I'll take you on a brief tour of our new digs on the web, and even give you an "easy button" if the changes are just too much for you to handle.

The Blocks


Find - As you might expect, clicking on this yellow block will lead you to information available from CardCat or one of our many academic databases, for example.



Help - Click on this purple block to ask a librarian for help, read our FAQ's, or take a virtual tour.




Resources for... - This red block breaks out information for audiences who might be using the library: students, faculty and staff, distance learners, etc.




About - Learn more about the library's hours, how long you can check something out, and more with a click in this green block.



New & Notable - You can read about current library news by clicking on the headlines in this blue block.


The Tabs


Once you click on a color block, you'll be taken to a page with a tab of the corresponding color. A great feature of these tabs is that the headings on the page appear on the right-hand side of the tab. Click on the heading, and you'll be taken to that section of the page. (See the example of the Find tab in the screenshot.)

The Easy Button

If you get stumped, you can always click on the link that takes you to the previous version of the homepage. If you're familiar with that homepage, it might make things easier to find.

The End of the Rainbow

You use the library homepage as your path to the pot of gold available to you as a student, staff, or faculty member of Ball State University: information. Remember, you don't have to be in the library to use it, and there is a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow!