Monthly Archives: September 2005

Use Your VPN

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VPN

Use the UConn Virtual Private Network (VPN) to access library databases from home or work! All you’ll need is your NetID and password {http://netid.uconn.edu}

1. If you know your NetID and password,…Sign In. If you don’t find your NetID at http://netid.uconn.edu.
2. install the root certificate; your browser will automatically trust all sites secured by UConn.
3. Popup blockers and certain spyware may need to be configured to accept VPN
4. Once your signed in, look for the vpn small logo in the upper right hand corner of the webpage

5. Click on the library’s URL www.lib.uconn.edu to get to the library home page
6. VPN help at UITS Help Center 860-486-1357 or helpcenter@uconn.edu (Mon-Fri 9:00-5:00pm)

JSTOR: Article Locator

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JStor has vastly improved its search capabilities. The new search form (called “Article Locator”) is at http://www.jstor.org/search/ArticleLocatorSearch. It’s similar to, but nicer than, their “Advanced Search.”

The Article Locator is a new search form that allows you to find a specific article in an easy, fill-in-the-blank form. To locate a single article, enter as much information as you have from an article reference or citation. The form will search multiple fields of a citation simultaneously, such as author name, article title, journal title, volume/issue information, year, etc. If an exact match to your citation cannot be found, you will be presented with search results that most closely match the citation entered.

Access UConn Database: JSTOR

Special deals on iBooks at the UConn Co-op

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Hot Technology Products at the Co-op!

Christmas in September – Buy a 12″ iBook and mini-iPod this week and receive a rebate from Apple for the entire cost of the iPod ($179)!

That is correct, if you buy our special 12″ iBook for $699 with the 3 year warranty AppleCare ($183) and an iPod at the same time this week through Friday 9/23 ONLY you will receive a rebate from Apple for the entire cost of the iPod. Your final cost for a laptop, 3 year warranty
and iPod after your rebate will be $882!

You can also choose not to buy the 3 year AppleCare warranty as it does come with a limited 1 year warranty and your cost for the iBook will be $749. You can do this with the iPod special as well through Friday only.

The special deal on iBooks will continue after Friday till stock runs out, but free iPod (after rebate) only through Friday the 23rd, so get your Holiday Shopping started early!

Stop by your local UConn Co-op, we are starting to stock technology products and if we don’t have it we’ll get it for you, including the new hot Nano by Apple! Nobody can beat our academic pricing!

Senator Joseph Lieberman’s Campus Visit – September 19

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Senator Joseph Lieberman will make a visit to the UCONN Stamford Campus on Monday, September 19, beginning at 10:45, in the Schreiber Reading Room.

The purpose of his visit is twofold. First, he wishes to meet with the students who were originally planning to attend universities in the New Orleans area, and as a result of Hurricane Katrina were not able to do so. The University of Connecticut the fall semester, and at UCONN Stamford we have welcomed seven students to our campus.

Second, Senator Lieberman will be holding a press conference to discuss the current status of affairs in the Gulf Coast region.

WRDS

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UConn now has access to a new service for academic business research!

The Wharton Data Research Service allows for searching of business and finanical data files; and the ability to download and work on these files in SAS from the WRDS server.

Database Information
For more information, contact Shelley Cudiner in the Library.

Databases & Electronics Services Newsletter Fall 2005

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The Libraries continue to license an increasing number of electronic databases and journals in suppport of research and instruction at the University of Connecticut and to keep you informed of our recent acquisitions, you can read our latest issue of the Databases and Electronic Services newsletter.

The online version is located at:
http://www.lib.uconn.edu/about/publications/newspaper/newspaper.pdf