The UConn Libraries has purchased more reference books online which may be found through the online catalog, HOMER. These are:

Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence, and Security
Encyclopedia of Population
Fashion, Costume, and Culture: Clothing, Headwear, Body Decorations, and Footwear through the ages
UXL Encyclopedia of Landforms and other Geological Features

Also, we now have access to the Boston Globe from 1980 to the present. You may find it in the database Newspapers through ProQuest.

WHY DO SO MANY PROFESSORS rebuff academic librarians who
offer to teach a class session on research skills?
http://chronicle.com/jobs/news/2006/10/2006100301c/careers.html

Update: 9/28/06–Cash Printer is back up and running.

The library’s Cash printer is currently out of order. You may send your print jobs to the Card printer located at the Reference desk. Using the Card printer requires that you use your Husky One Card (university ID). If you haven’t already done so, Go the the Co-op next door, to add money to your One Card.

Our cash printer should be ready for use by the end of this week.

The Jeremy Richard Library only has online access to The New York Times. You can find our online subscription through the following databases:

From Home: access our library databases by logging in through the “Virtual Private Network” (Login to the University of Connecticut VPN) Service.

The Grapevine is the UConn Stamford newsletter with announcements and important reminders for the UConn-Stamford community. Please be sure to read the latest issue of The Grapevine!

You can find The Grapevine at the information desk, student services, or you can bookmark the GRPAEVINE ONLINE at: http://stamfordstudentlife.uconn.edu/grapevine.pdf

In the October issue:

SGA Upcoming Events
Student Newspaper announcement
One Card Activation
Long River Review Reading Tour
New Club Announced: Spectrum
Husky Ambassadors Fall Activities
American Red Cross Blood Drive
Upcoming Career Center Events
5 ways to improve your resume
Women’s Studies Series on Reproductive Justice
Stamford Center for the Arts Upcoming Events
Finding a Job on Campus
Bachelor of General Studies Information Sessions
College Student Opinion Study

And the October Calendar of Events!

The library’s circulating laptops at this time cannot print to our Cash or Card Printers. Please try the following alternatives if you want to print out a document from one of our laptops: