Library Blog

EDUCAUSE made available its latest release in the “7 Things You Should Know About” series.

This brief covers Ning, an online service that allows users to create their own social networks and join and participate in other networks.

Find this one at:
http://connect.educause.edu/Library/ELI/7ThingsYouShouldKnowAbout/46666

for a look at the full series go to http://www.educause.edu/7ThingsYouShouldKnowAboutSeries/7495

Nursing and Allied Health Collection added to Schaffer Library’s databases. (more…)

Schaffer Library has a trial to Film Indexes Online and FIAF International Index to Film Periodicals until May 29^th.

You can access the trial here:
http://trials.proquest.com/ptc?userid=2639395
Your password is Union.

You might want to compare this product to our current resource, Film & Television Literature Index.

Please direct all questions and feedback to Courtney Seymour or Gail Golderman.

If you missed the lunch talk today - here are some highlights of what’s new:

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The latest update to Oxford Reference Online: Premium Collection includes four titles, containing plenty of fascinating and scholarly content, focusing mainly on quotations and world history and politics. (more…)

Add JSTOR Application

Now you can search the full text of articles archived in JSTOR from within your Facebook profile

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Come find out about RefWorks and Zotero - tools to help manage research sources.

Every two weeks, the Homeland Security Digital Library identifies “Critical Releases in Homeland Security,” a targeted collection of recently-released documents that are expected to influence homeland security policy & strategy development. (more…)

GreenFILE offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. The database provides indexing and abstracts for approximately 295,000 records, as well as Open Access full text for more than 4,600 records.

*PLEASE NOTE:
From Friday, March 14 at 8:00 a.m. through Friday, March 21 at 5PM, the Schaffer Library building will be open 24 hours for study. There will be no desk services from 2am until 8am each night.