Access to Newspaper Collections – Online, Print, and Microfilm is available at a new library webpage. It can reached directly by clicking: http://www.lib.uconn.edu/print/newspapers.htm
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Monthly Archives: June 2006
Computer Lab– Saturday Hours
The stamford campus academic computer lab will be open on these Saturday dates only from 10:00am – 2:00pm
Saturday:
Backup Links to Library Databases,
UPDATES: the library website is back up. 6/21, 3:10PM
The library is experiencing problems with the library website. If you need to access library databases please check out this wiki page. This is only a temporary site as we resolve the problem.
Three UConn Stamford Professors attending programs overseas
Read Full story in the UConn Advance
Jeffrey Lefebvre, an associate professor of political science; Karen Arms, an associate professor of family studies; Steven Wander, an adjunct lecturer in the arts. Congratulutions to our faculty on this wonderful opportunity!
New LexisNexis entries in the Research Database Locator
Some slight changes have been made to searching for the LexisNexis database in our Electronic Resources page (research database locator).
There are now *two* LexisNexis entries, one called LexisNexis News & the other LexisNexis Legal, which link directly either to the News search page or to the Legal Research page.
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1. The News link goes to the Guided News page, with the News Category defaulting to “general news” and the “news source” defaulting to “Major Papers.”
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2. The Legal link goes to the long list of options available in LexisNexis under the “Legal Research” link.
HOMER, library Catalog Not Accessible
UPDATE: HOMER is back up and running, 6/20
HOMER, the University of Connecticut Libraries’ Catalog, is currently unavailable due to an unexpected outage.
Please use OCLC WorldCat as an alternative to HOMER.
Also, you can try iConn.org, to search reQuest, the CT Statewide library catalog
Library Technical Support are currently working to restore HOMER. Thank you for your patience.
Library Website Down, 6/15
UPDATE:The library catalog, HOMER is back up and running!
2:04PM, 6/15/06
UPDATE: The server problem has been resolved, however, the library catalog HOMER is not yet accessible.
11:42am, 6/15/06
The library is experiencing problems with one of their servers and is currently being worked on by the ITS staff. This problem does affect our website, the library catalog and access to databases (e-resources).
We apologize for the inconvienance.
New design selected for Husky One Card
A design by junior Ai-Chi Lu has been selected as the new face of the Husky One Card.
The new design, which is posted on the web at www.uconn.onecard.edu can be easily distinguished from its predecessor.
Ask A Librarian
Just because it’s summer session doesn’t mean the we’re not available. The librarians at the UCONN are still here to assist you:
In Person
Library Hours
Phone
You can call the Jeremy Richard Library Reference Desk at (203) 251-8517.
Library Locations
Ask a question via IM
please note our live reference chat is not available during the summer until August 28th. Please email your reference inquiries.
Free Access to e-Books
Free E-Books and Documents Coming in July
Two e-book websites will offer free access to a third of a million volumes next month.
By Associated Press
CHICAGO (AP) — Electronic book devotees may want to set aside some extra screen time this summer, as two nonprofits are preparing to provide free access to 300,000 texts online.
Project Gutenberg and World eBook Library plan to make ”a third of a million” e-books available free for a month at the first World eBook Fair. Downloads will be available at the fair’s Web site from July 4, the 35th anniversary of Project Gutenberg’s founding, through Aug. 4.
http://www.technologyreview.com/read_article.aspx?id=16956