The WK Kellogg Health Sciences Library will be CLOSED on Canada Day, Friday, July 1, 2011. Library reopens at 8am on Monday, July 4.
Oxford Bibliographies Online Trial
The Dal Libraries are running a 30-day free trial of Oxford Bibliographies Online (OBO). Trial ends July 27, 2011.
Oxford Bibliographies Online is a new research tool for the social sciences and humanities. A scholar-curated library of discipline-based subject modules, OBO is designed to help busy researchers find reliable sources of information quickly by directing you to exactly the right chapter, book, website, archive, or data set you need.
Each entry is a selective guided tour through the key literature on topics ranging from Atlantic History through Public Health to Victorian Literature. All citations are linked through to our collection via OpenURL, full-text via DOIs, or to the web via links to OCLC, WorldCat, and Google Books, allowing you to locate quickly full-text content directly from OBO.
Off campus access is available using the following:
Username: dal-trial
Password: dal-trial
Give Oxford Bibliographies Online a try, and let us know what you think!
Bibliography of Asian Studies Online
This online version of the Bibliography of Asian Studies (BAS) contains over 787,000 records on all subjects (especially in the humanities and the social sciences) pertaining to East, Southeast, and South Asia published worldwide from 1971 to the present.
BAS Online provides references to books, journal articles, individually authored monographs, chapters in edited volumes, conference proceedings, anthologies, Festschriften etc. It encompasses the full content of the annual printed volumes of the BAS from 1971 to 1991, the last volume available in print form. There are also many references to post-1991 publications, including citations to all articles from the 100 most-used journals in Asian studies (up to the present in many cases), and a substantial number of additional citations from earlier years in South Asian studies.
The Bibliography of Asian Studies Online is accessible both on and off campus. Explore it now!
INSPEC: Engineering Village Database
Just in time for Canada Day–the Libraries have purchased a subscription to the INSPEC database. INSPEC replaces the Killam Library’s subscription to the print version of Physics Abstracts.
INSPEC is a leading bibliographic database providing access to the world’s scientific literature in electrical engineering, electronics, physics (including Physics Abstracts), biomedical technology, control engineering, information technology, communications, computers, computing, and manufacturing and production engineering. The database contains over 11.2 million bibliographic records from scientific and technical journals and conference proceedings.
Online coverage is from 1969 to the present, and records are updated weekly. INSPEC is produced by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET).
SciFinder Scholar Changes
Have you switched to SciFinder Scholar for web? Now’s the time if you haven’t–the Client version goes offline forever on June 30th!
To set up your web account, go to our SciFinder Scholar page and follow the link for New User. You must use your @dal.ca address for registration.
Registered users log in here.
Interested in SFS for your mobile device? SciFinder Mobile now supports the Windows Phone 7 mobile operating system. Access SciFinder Mobile on smartphones with any of the following mobile platforms/operating systems:
- Apple iOS
- Google Android OS
- Nokia Maemo and Symbian OS
- RIM BlackBerry OS
- Windows Phone 7 OS
Note: SciFinder Mobile does not include structure searching. For more information, see the list of SciFinder Mobile Supported Platforms.
Image “broccoli” from Colors of Chemistry website.
What’s Going On At the Killam??
If you’ve been in the Killam Library this week you won’t have been able to miss the noise emanating from the 2nd floor. We apologize sincerely for the racket, but…
- an emergency exit and new washrooms are required on the 2nd floor due to increased usage since installation of the LINC and expansion of the Learning Commons
- the library’s’ budget won’t allow for the extra costs of having this work done outside regular working hours
- we expect the noisiest work will be done within a week
- there are areas in the building (we especially recommend the 4th and 5th floors) that are available for study purposes where the noise cannot be heard
- it is not possible to close the library for the duration of this work
- library staff mind the noise too. We’re all trying to grin and bear it!
Thanks everyone for your patience!
Killam Learning Commons and Windows 7
During the summer months we will be upgrading all PC’s in the Killam Learning Commons to use the Windows 7 operating system. From Wednesday 22nd June Windows 7 will initially be installed on the three tables directly outside the Killam Help Desk in the South Learning Commons. During this trial period all other machines will continue to use the Windows XP operating system.
If you have any questions or feedback please speak to Learning Commons staff, or use the Library Feedback link provided on the Learning Commons workstation desktop.
The Waldren Studios: Images of Nova Scotia 1870 – 1940
Dalhousie University Archives is the owner of a fascinating collection of 45,000 glass plate, film negatives, and prints from the Waldren Studios of New Glasgow and Antigonish. The Archives has made this rich collection accessible online.
The majority of the photographs are in the form of glass photonegatives. Approximately 90% of these are portraits, nearly all of which are identified and dated (the subject in this photo, dated 1895, is Mrs. E. Storey of Halifax). Many of the remaining photos are local scenes, a few of which were taken in New Glasgow before the fire in 1874 which devastated the town. The photos show coal mining, shipbuilding and other local industries in action. Portraits of family groups, sports teams, social clubs and school groups are also well represented.
Meet Johnelle Sciocchetti
Playwright. Fleetwood Mac groupie. Penguins fan. Actor.
You’ve probably seen her behind the Killam Circulation Desk signing out books but we’re betting you didn’t know that Johnelle Sciocchetti, who now works full time effective June 6, wears so many interesting hats. Having graduated from Dalhousie in 2010 with a BA in English, Johnelle ended up working in the library “kind of by accident.” A friend who’s now in the Dal MLIS program told her about a posting at Killam, and hoping they could work together at the Dal Libraries she applied and got the job. She began doing stack maintenance, then worked as a summer student assistant and finally ended where she is now, alternating shifts on the Circulation Desk and in the book stacks.
Johnelle claims she enjoys her stacks work the most. “It’s like a puzzle,” she says, setting up the shelving correctly and fitting the huge amount of material into it properly. It’s no surprise she finds pleasure in working with books as she’s an avid reader, especially of biographies—autobiographies by Patti Smith and Ann Murray are sitting on her desk now. And this brings us to Johnelle’s next love: music. Her screensaver is a shot of Fleetwood Mac dated 1976 and she carries a Fleetwood Mac wallet in a Fleetwood Mac cloth bag to work. “The first job I had,” she says, “I used the money to buy myself a record player.” She now has a huge vinyl collection to play on it.
Johnelle’s real passion though is theatre. She writes plays, and has had three performed by the Dal Theatre Society: “Blonde Alfred,” a co-written murder mystery; “Coffee,” a same-time-next-year plot with three friends meeting once a year for coffee; and “Late for the Sky,” which is about a young woman coming to terms with her sexuality (“Getting that on stage was one of the best things to happen in my life!“) Did we mention she also directed and starred in these productions? As if this weren’t enough Johnelle is pursuing another interest while writing a new play and working full time: economics. She took a course at Dal last year and intends to take more. And sports fans should know she’s seriously into hockey and has been a long-time supporter of the Penguins, “…ever since the nineties, when they were terrible!”
Drop by the Killam Circ Desk and have a chat with Johnelle some time—a lively and interesting conversation is guaranteed. We’re delighted to have you with us full time Johnelle!
Out With The Old in With The New
The Sexton Library research resources have a new look and feel. Database and How-To Guides are clearly labeled and colour-coded for accessibility. Check out our new design.
