What’s New at Schaffer Library

Due to increased demand for study space during exam periods, Group Study Rooms 003 - 007 and Group Study 220 must be reserved in advance from Monday, November 16, 2009 through the end of term.

Please see a Circulation Desk staff member or call x8280 for more information.

* Please note: due to continuing renovations Group Study Rooms 008, 014, 015 and 212 are unavailable until further notice.

Remember to not leave laptops unattended - ask at the Circulation desk if you need to borrow a security cable.

Hours Update:
The Schaffer Library building will be open continuously (24 hours) for study from 8am Tuesday, November 17 until the regular closing time Tuesday, November 24. Desk services will be unavailable from 2am through 8am on these days.

Database of the Week: Literature Online - LION

ProQuest is pleased to announce the latest release of Literature Online.

228 Full-Text Journals:

This latest release of Literature Online sees the addition of eight new titles:
Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts, Margaret Atwood Studies, The Scriblerian and the Kit-Cats, Studies in the Fantastic, Old English Newsletter, CR: The New Centennial ReviewFourth Genre and Red Cedar Review.

The addition of these journals brings the total number of titles up to 259. This is in addition to the regular update to our Criticism resources: this release contains both new full-text journal articles and new bibliographic records from ABELL, plus the MLA International Bibliography (MLAIB).

New Biographies:

The latest release of Literature Online also sees the addition of 70 new and revised biographies, including biographies for Julie Agoos, Edmund Blunden, Marina Carr, Aldous Huxley, Neil LaBute, Sharman Macdonald, Howard Sackler and Irwin Shaw. Literature Online now contains more than 4,300 biographies. Author biographies are specially commissioned for Literature Online, and give an authoritative and accessible overview of the author’s life, work and critical reception. These biographies can be found by following links from Author Pages, by using Search: Criticism & Reference, or simply by entering an author’s name in Quick Search.

Plus, Literature Online features more than 17,500 author records. Each of our author records contains at least one of the following: an authoritative and accessible biography, full-text of the author’s works, a comprehensive bibliography of primary works or a list of full-text critical and reference materials relating to the author. Author records can be accessed by searching in the Search: Authors or Search: Texts pages or from the Quick Search feature from any page.

Database of the Week: Music Online

Alexander Street’s Music Online is going mobile!

What’s better than hundreds of thousands of audio recordings, videos, scores, and pages of full-text music reference? How about accessing it all on the go?

In 2010 Alexander Street’s entire music portfolio will be accessible on iPhone and iPod Touch mobile devices. Subscribers will be able to stream music and video, access scores, search and navigate full-text reference content, and even access and edit personal playlists.

Alexander Street’s iPhone and iPod Touch application will be completely free. Updating your playlists or listening to an assigned recording will literally be just a touch away. And thanks to newly developed streaming technology, you’ll do it all without buffering.

Look for Alexander Street’s iPhone app in 2010 on our Web site, on this blog, and through the iTunes store.

Music Online brings together on a single cross-searchable platform the entire suite of Alexander Street Press music products that Schaffer Library subscribes to: African American Music Reference; American Song; Classical Music Library; Classical Music Reference Library; Classical Scores Library; Contemporary World Music; Jazz Music Library; Dance in Video; The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Online; and Opera in Video