New Library Database : Encyclopedia of Nutritional Supplements

Posted on April 14, 2005 by PB

The UConn Libraries now has online access to the Encyclopedia of Nutritional Supplements! Nearly 100 peer-reviewed, research-based entries on over-the-counter supplements.

The checkpoint for the many over-the-counter supplements carried in today’s nutritional products marketplace, this encyclopedia presents peer-reviewed, objective entries that rigorously review the most significant scientific research-funneling basic chemical, preclinical, and clinical data into a descriptive form universally useful to health care professionals, researchers, and educated, health-conscious consumers.

Access this database now!

Library Workshops Series, April 19-21, 2005

Posted on April 8, 2005 by PB

Connect to the World—Jeremy Richard Library
Times: 2 sessions per day, Noon-1:00 & 2:30-3:30
Location: Thomson Eclassroom (inside the library)

Topics:

Google Scholar: In this workshop we will look at some of the differences between Google Scholar and library databases. This workshop will also introduce the use of LexisNexis Academic, ABI/INfORM and Factiva for locating full-text newspaper and magazine articles. VPN, Virtual Private Network, accessing library databases from home will be discussed.
DATE: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 Location Change for 2:30-3:30 session. Computer Lab A (Rm. 3.05)

Finding Full-Text Resources: Become familiar with the various electronic journals and other full-text resources available through the Libraries. Learn the basics for effective searching in full-text documents. Discover how to get articles you need when the library doesn’t own the journals they’re in. VPN, Virtual Private Network, accessing library databases from home will be discussed. DATE: Wednesday, April 20th

Steps in Preparing a Research Paper
Do you sometimes feel clueless as you begin your research? This workshop will provide a basic overview for beginning your research. Included will be information about using the library’s reference collection, locating books using the university’s Online Catalog, HOMER and choosing good databases to begin an article search and how to cite your paper. VPN, Virtual Private Network, accessing library databases from home will be discussed.
DATE: Thursday, April 21st,

Babbidge Library Workshop on EndNote

Posted on April 2, 2005 by PB

In the Babbidge Library Electronic Classroom on Level 2, instructors are
conducting workshops to hone your skills on the following resource:

REFERENCE MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE – ENDNOTE
Learn how to use EndNote to organize citations downloaded from more than 60
of the Libraries’ licensed databases – including PsycINFO, MLA, ABI Global,
Web of Science, ERIC, Dissertation Abstracts, and WorldCat – into a personal
reference library. EndNote used with Microsoft Word saves time by
automatically formatting footnotes and bibliographies of extended research
projects-dissertations, grant proposals, books and articles-in APA, MLA, or
more than 700 other bibliographic styles.

Wednesday, April 6th from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m

No registration is needed. Everyone is welcome. For more information, contact Sharon Giovenale at 486-2218 or sharon.giovenale”at”uconn.edu

Forum on UCONN Institutional Repository

Posted on March 14, 2005 by PB

INSTITUTIONAL REPOSITORY COMES TO UCONN:
A Library Forum
March 22, 2005, 10:00-12:00
Konover Auditorium, Dodd Research Center
Speakers: Greg Tananbaum, President of Berkeley Electronic Press; Jonathan Nabe, head of the University Libraries pilot institutional repository for the University of Connecticut

Institutional repositories are web-based collections of digital items which showcase the writing, research and other intellectual output of a university community, potentially
including journal articles and research reports, monographs, working papers, dissertations, honors theses, data sets, and sound and video files. The UConn Libraries are embarking on a pilot project to implement an institutional repository for
the University of Connecticut, known as Digital Commons@University of Connecticut.

All are invited to the Library Forum as we discuss:

How can an institutional repository benefit you as a contributor and as a researcher?
What will it look like and how does it work? How will it be organized and who will manage it? Who will have access?

Please join us as speakers Tananbaum and Nabe discuss these and other topics regarding institutional repositories in general and the University of Connecticut Repository in
particular. Your questions and comments will be welcome.

Light refreshments will start off the program.

For further information, contact Jonathan Nabe,jonathan.nabe”at”uconn.edu, 860-486-6688.

New Library Books

Posted on March 9, 2005 by PB

Did you know that you can look up what new titles the library has acquired in the past week, last 2 weeks, the past month? Just go to the library webiste and click on the “New Titles at the Libraries” tab. Interested in the libraries popular reading collection? Check out the Babbige Library’s Leisure Reading Collection. If you see something you want just request it via Interlibrary Loan.

New books this week in the Stamford Collection

250 HTML and Web design secrets / Molly E. Holzschlag

American issues : a primary source reader in United States history / edited by Irwin Unger and Robert R. Tomes

Born to buy : the commercialized child and the new consumer culture / Juliet B. Schor

Rising elephant : the growing clash with India over white-collar jobs and its meaning for America and the world / Ashutosh Sheshabalaya

Writing my yoga : poems for presence / Fran Shaw

Statistics demystified / Stan Gibilisco

Identity politics at work : resisting gender, gendering resistance / edited by Robyn Thomas, Albert J. Mills and Jean Helms Mills

Library Web Survey Tomorrow

Posted on March 9, 2005 by PB

To Faculty & Students,

On Thursday, March 10th, expect to see an online survey appearing when you access the library research databases during the hours of 2:00-4:00 PM. These online survey will be continuing each month through June.

Upcoming Web Survey Dates:

Tuesday, April 12–10am-Noon
Thursday, May 5–8-10PM
Wednesday, June 29–4-6PM

Posted on March 8, 2005 by PB

Due to the inclement weather, the Jeremy Richard Library and the Campus building haved closed as of 2:00 PM.

Futher information can be obtained from the Campus Snowline at 203-251-8524.

Posted on March 8, 2005 by PB

Due to the inclement weather, the Jeremy Richard Library and the Campus building haved closed as of 2:00 PM.

Futher information can be obtained from the Campus Snowline at 203-251-8524.

New JRL Plagiarism Resource Page

Posted on March 4, 2005 by PB

JRL Plagiarism

Check out the new Plaigerism Resources page for Faculty & Instructors! This page contains information and links for preventing and detecting plagiarism in the classroom.
Created by Shelley Roseman, Reference Librarian.

ARTstor Update

Posted on March 4, 2005 by PB

ARTstor is pleased to announce that the ARTstor digital library now supports the Safari 1.2 browser for Macs with operating system OS X 10.3. If you have an older version of the Safari browser and need to upgrade, you can download
version 1.2 from the Apple website, www.apple.com.

Library Database: ARTstor