We think you’ll love this…We’re trying out a revolutionary new public access scanner in the Killam lobby. It’s an intuitive, touchscreen, dropdead easy to use machine that allows you to scan any images or text you need and download them directly to USB.
Please give it a try (it’s FREE while on a trial basis!) and let us know what you think–give us your feedback right here, or drop a comment card in the envelope on the Library Administration door.
Did we mention we think you’ll love this?
Trial ends November 16, 2009
The Libraries are offering you a free trial of GREENR, the Gale environmental database/portal, until November 16th.
This search portal includes information on environmental aspects of health, law, politics, economics, agriculture, ecology, pollution, energy, natural resource management, and technology. The portal allows you to either browse or search for: case studies, scholarly articles and news items, reference book content, videos, news broadcasts, and podcasts.
Please send any comments to: Michelle Paon
“There are indications that scholarly articles available in an open access version are more visible and are cited more often than those which are only available via the subscription journal gateway.”
You’ll see these words on our new Open Access Libguide, created in conjunction with Open Access Week by Michelle Paon, Killam Reference Librarian. The OA Libguide offers a wealth of information about open access for faculty, students and researchers, including links to the Directory of Open Access Journals and to institutional repositories, as well as copyright information for Canadian researchers and publisher and funder policies.
Explore the Open Access Libguide and find out what you need to know about this timely issue!
Following a successful trial of touchscreen technology on one of our Learning Commons print stations, touchscreen print stations have now been installed in all areas of the Killam Learning Commons. To further complement printing in the South Learning Commons, another new HP P4515x laser printer has replaced the last remaining older model.
We hope you like the new print stations and would be interested to hear your thoughts, or any suggestions how they could be improved.
The GIS Centre will be holding the next installment in our ‘Lunch-less Learn’ series:
How to Become a Raster Master
Friday October 23, from 1:30 – 3:00pm
Room G70, North Learning Commons
Killam Library (first floor)
The session will cover the basics of raster data model and introduce users to raster data analysis. This is the third topic in a series. This session will be repeated on October 27 on Sexton Campus at 12 noon. You are not required to have attended the first session (First Encounters of the GIS Kind: An Introduction to the Basics of GIS) but basic GIS skills will be assumed.
Due to a high level of interest, please contact the GIS Centre to reserve a space.
Trial ends November 12, 2009
The Kellogg Library is offering a free trial to the online version of the Red Book. Developed by the American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Infectious Diseases, the Red Book offers practice-focused information in topic areas such as immunizations, school health, blood safety, sexually transmitted infections, drug therapy, and antimicrobial prophylaxis; and diseases from anthrax and smallpox to West Nile virus, tuberculosis, influenza, and pneumococcal infections.
Connect now to Red Book (on-campus access only)
Comments to Patrick Ellis (Health Sciences Librarian)
902-494-1669
Patrick.Ellis@dal.ca
October 19 – 23, 2009
Open Access is the principle that all research should be freely accessible online. This October marks the first international celebration of Open Access Week, an opportunity to broaden awareness and understanding of the importance of Open Access.
The Libraries already provide Open Access on campus through DalSpace, our institutional repository, and our ever-growing suite of digital collections in the health professions and humanities. We’re taking an active role in promoting Open Access to Dalhousie faculty, researchers and students. We’ll have booths with handouts and buttons, and you can visit our Open Access webpage to find out more. We even have a new Open Access Libguide.
Visit your library next week and show your support for Open Access at Dal!
The PubMed interface has had a major facelift. Though the look of PubMed has changed it will continue to offer all the same functionality. Many of the features that were offered under the tabs such as limits, history and details will be found under the “Advanced” option in the new version.
To see a preview of the new PubMed go to
http://preview.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed
It is expected the switch to the new version will happen within the next couple of weeks. As always, help with your searches is available at the Kellogg Library. Walk in during reference desk hours or contact a librarian for an appointment.
Gwendolyn MacNairn, Reference Librarian at the Killam, gave a presentation at the recent Acces 2009 conference at UPEI entitled “Zotero: A Beter Way to Go.” Zotero is an open source add-on for Firefox that enables users to easily collect, manage, and cite research from all types of sources.
Watch the video of Gwen’s presentation now!
DOUGLAS ARTHUR BROWN
7:30 p. m., October 14, 2009
DUASC Reading Room
5th floor, Killam Library
494-3615 for more info
Douglas Arthur Brown, whose latest novel Quintet was the winner of the 2009 Thomas Head Raddall Fiction Prize, will be reading at the Killam Library on October 14 as part of our CLCP Public Reading Series.
Brown is the author of five books including two novels (Quintet and A Deadly Harvest), a collection of short fiction (The Komodo Dragon and other Stories), and two children’s books (The Magic Compass and Archibald’s Boo-boo). The Globe and Mail called his novel Quintet, published by Key Porter in 2008, a masterfully written book.
This reading is hosted by Dalhousie University Archives & Special Collections, holders of the Thomas Head Raddall Collection, and is sponsored by the Canadian Literary Collections Project (CLCP). All are welcome!
For more details please visit the CLCP Public Reading Series website.