Online Database Trials - Through October 28, 2009

• Dictionary of Literary Biography Complete Online
• Gale Virtual Reference Library
• Literature Criticism Online
• GREENR (Global Reference on the Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources)
• Something About the Author Online

At Last !!!  Students will actually be able to SEE what is being projected on the screen in L3711 during Library User Education sessions!  Over the summer, IT installed a full multi-media station in the lab and now material that is projected on the screen will be visible throughout the room, rather than only in the front row or two.

Library Faculty members use the Library Lab to give more than 125 classes each year on the use of library databases and other resources, and in addition, an increasing number of other faculty also use the Lab for instruction and computer access.  There has long been a pressing need for adequate projection equipment in the Lab, and we finally have it!

Faculty may schedule library instruction through Faculty Librarians Tom Tollman or Carol Johnson.

American History in Video

American History in Video provides a collection of video available online for the study of American history, with 2,000 hours and more than 5,000 titles on completion. The collection allows students and researchers to analyze historical events, and the presentation of historical events over time, through commercial and governmental newsreels, archival footage, public affairs footage, and important documentaries. This release includes over 1260 titles, equaling approximately 420 hours.

Free access through April 30, 2009

The primary use of the Computer Lab in the Library is for library instruction classes.  When no classes are scheduled, the room will normally be available from 9AM-1PM (M-F) for use by students who need access to a computer.

Computers in L3711 are on the Normandale student network and require the same sign-in  as the machines in the Computer Center on the third floor of the College Services building. These machines have MS Office software, including MS Word and PowerPoint, and also have access to a black-and-white laser printer.

Classes always take precedence in this room, and students who are not in such classes will need to be prepared to leave at least five minutes before a class begins.

• Collection Growth: ARTstor collections have grown to nearly one million images in four years.
• Collection Agreements: Highlights of some of the most recent agreements to contribute new collections to the Digital Library.
• Magnum: 80,000 Magnum Photos of the world's most renowned photographs of major events and personalities will be available in the ARTstor Digital Library spring 2009.
• Discover the new ARTstor: Learn more about newly released user interface and technical platform, which make searching, browsing, and organizing images in ARTstor faster and easier.

Oxford Music Online is a new database recently added to the All and Fine Arts & Music Databases. Gateway to music research and access point for new and forthcoming Oxford music reference subscriptions and products. Excellent introductions to and overviews of musicians, compositions, styles and other topics in music. Currently allows cross-searching of: The Encyclopedia of Popular Music, The Oxford Dictionary of Music, Grove Music Online, and The Oxford Companion to Music.
We have a limited number of users for this database. Please select the logout option before you leave your session. When the limit is reached, a username and password prompt will probably be displayed. If this happens, simply wait 15 minutes and then try the link again.

• ARTstor
• MEDLINE with Full Text (EBSCOhost)
  

Search options on the MUSE's Advanced Article Search page can help you design a more focused search. Use the following options to specify type of content desired, publication year, and more.
By specifying a content type you can limit your search to articles or reviews. Almost 57% of MUSE content is categorized as articles, which includes articles, editorials, commentaries, works of fiction, drama and poetry. Almost 43% of content is review, which is book, film, exhibition, performance reviews, and more.
In addition, for some of the titles common to MUSE and JSTOR, MUSE provides links to articles from the back issues archived in JSTOR.You may be able to retrieve full-text JSTOR articles when searching in MUSE by checking the box to"Include JSTOR back issues" in your search.

Coleopterists Society Monographs. Patricia Vaurie Series (Biological Sciences; Life Sciences)
The Coleopterists Society Monographs publishes research on the systematics of beetles.
Beetles, the insect order Coleoptera, are one of the dominant forms of life on earth. One of every five described species of all animals or plants is a beetle! Various species live in nearly every habitat except the open sea, and for every possible kind of food, there's probably at least one beetle species that eats it. Beetles appeared even before the dinosaurs existed, and now they greatly outnumber the descendants of the dinosaurs, modern birds. Coleoptera includes beneficial and pest species, beautiful and plain, huge and tiny. They have even had a role in human culture, most notably the ancient Egyptians who revered the sacred scarab as a symbol of life and rebirth.
Coleopterists are people who study beetles and their habits, and this Society welcomes any and all who share our passion in any pursuit of knowledge or appreciation of all things beetle. The Coleopterists Society Monographs are fully refereed and published once per year in December by The Coleopterists Society.

Starting September 22, you began paying for printing in the Library. To do so just swipe your Student ID card through the reader attached to the touch screen. An Add Value Station is located across the Circulation desk (next to the copiers).