NEWS January 2007 Giveaways: Each week this semester, the library will be offering a selection of books free-for-the-taking to students, faculty and staff. The selection will include children and adult fiction, nonfiction and reference. The books will be on a table outside the entrance to the library on Wednesdays and Thursdays. Any books left on Fridays will be offered to other area libraries. Featured Database: Produced by the U. S. Department of Commerce, STAT-USA contains economic and business information from over 50 Federal agencies. Access is provided to domestic financial and economic data, trade leads and procurement information, international trade data and export information, market research reports, and country analyses. STAT-USA is divided into two major areas: State of the Nation and GLOBUS & NTDB (National Trade Data Bank). The State of the Nation section covers the U.S. domestic economy. It provides various financial and economic data from throughout the federal government and other related entities: general economic indicators, housing and construction, employment, manufacturing and industry, monetary statistics, and economic policy. The GLOBUS and NTDB section covers trade and international issues. GLOBUS (Global Business Opportunities) offers daily trade leads from the Trade Opportunities Program (TOPS), as well as the Department of Agriculture. GLOBUS also offers daily procurement activity from the Defense Logistics Agency, the United Nations, and the Commerce Business Daily leads. The NTDB (National Trade Data Bank) provides access to Country Commercial Guides, Market Research reports, Best Market reports. The NTDB also provides U.S. import and export statistics, as well as over 75 other various reports and programs. The International Trade library is a comprehensive collection of over 40,000 documents related to international trade. Access to STAT-USA is available only on-campus. Reminder: It takes time to process reserves, especially at the beginning of a new semester. To ensure that your material is on reserve by the time your students need it, we ask that you submit materials at least 48 hours prior to the time they will first be used. Please bring personal copies of books or photocopied materials to the Circulation Desk and fill out a Course Reserve Request Form (indicating your name, course name & number, type of reserve and length of the loan period if appropriate. If you wish to take advantage of electronic reserves, we ask that you submit clean, single-sided originals or first generation copies. Not all materials are appropriate for electronic reserves. For more details on how to place material on electronic course reserve, go to http://www.husson.edu/?cat_id=528 or contact Diane at x7188 or hanscomd@husson.edu. All reserve submissions will be processed in the order in which they are received. December 2006 New Books Lists: New links on the library’s website will now take you directly to the Minerva catalog to see books recently added to the library’s collection. By going directly to the catalog, rather than a static list, you will be able to click on the title of a book and see its record of information—including whether it is available or checked out. To access these lists from the library’s home page, click Finding Books. Scroll down the page and click Go to Husson’s Recent Acquisitions. Finally, click the link for the type of new books you are interested in seeing. Extended Library Hours: To help students prepare for finals the library will be open additional hours as follows. Monday Dec 11^th thru Thursday Dec. 14^th – 8am to Midnight; Friday Dec. 15^th – 8am to 8pm; Saturday Dec. 16^th – 10am to 8pm; Sunday Dec. 17^th – 10am to Midnight; Monday & Tuesday Dec. 18^th & 19^th – 8am to Midnight; Wednesday Dec. 20^th – 8am to 8pm. Reminder: At the end of the semester any items that faculty have placed on reserve in the library will be removed in preparation for the spring semester. Any items not picked up will be returned through campus mail. All electronic reserve items will be deleted. If faculty have any items they wish to place on reserve for the spring, please bring them to the library beginning Jan. 2^nd Featured Database: Let your students know about the new Vault Online Career Library. With 24-hour access to in-depth, up-to-date information on careers, this database provides students with an inside look at company and industry trends, as well as strategies that will greatly increase their viability in the job market. Some of the features include: · Information on over 3,000 companies and 70 industries · Information on various career topics · Industry surveys · 80 career guides covering a broad range of industries · College and degree information · Employee surveys on some of the top employers · Message boards that supply job seekers with the latest corporate and career news, networking opportunities, job advice, and information regarding trends shaping the workforce Students can use the database to prepare for career fairs and interviews; demonstrate employer knowledge in cover letters; explore career fields they might be considering; and strengthen their job search skills. Access to the Vault Online Career Library is only available on campus. November 2006 Featured Database: The Book Index with Reviews (BIR) database provides information on over 4 million book titles, both fiction and nonfiction, in a wide range of formats. It also includes over 800,000 full-text searchable reviews from sources such as Library Journal, CHOICE, and Publishers Weekly. BRI allows users to find pricing, availability, publication and audience-level information, to identify the most popular titles in any genre or subject area, to keep and maintain lists and bibliographies, to browse lists of new and forthcoming titles by topic, and to set up notification alerts for release of new titles in their areas of interest. Access Book Index with Reviews via the Finding Articles link on the library’s homepage. A link to the database is listed on the Alpha Listing of Resources page and the General Resources page. Click the link, then scroll down the page and click the BRI picture icon. If searching from off campus, the database will prompt for a user name (last name) and password (library barcode number preceded by HUS). Stop by the library for a handout with detailed instructions on how to search the BRI database, or speak to a librarian. New Location: The library’s multimedia collection of videos, DVDs, CDs and audiocassettes has been moved onto shelves at the beginning of the reference collection (directly across from the circulation desk). In this new location, patrons will be able to browse the collection and retrieve items for themselves. Patrons may also search for multimedia titles in the Minerva online catalog. All multimedia materials may be checked out for one week. Reminder: Library hours for the Thanksgiving holiday: Tuesday & Wednesday Nov. 21^st & 22^nd – 8 am to 5 pm; Thursday thru Saturday Nov. 23^rd thru 25^th – Closed; Sunday Nov. 26^th – Noon to 10 pm. October 2006 New Databases: The library has added several new journal indexes to its online resources. Below is a brief description of these resources. For more information on how to search them, please speak to a librarian or pick up printed instructions in the library. ABI/Inform: This contains bibliographic citations, abstracts, and some full text of articles appearing in international business and management publications, academic journals, and trade magazines published worldwide. ABI/Inform covers the areas of accounting, banking, computers, economics, engineering management, communications, finance, health care, human resources, insurance, international trends, law, management, marketing, public administration, real estate, taxation, and transportation. It also contains over 10,000 business dissertations and masters theses since 1999 and includes links to Hoover's company records. Coverage is 1971 to present. Hospitality & Tourism Complete: This covers scholarly research and industry news relating to all areas of hospitality and tourism. This comprehensive database contains more than 500,000 records from more than 500 titles, with coverage dating as far back as 1965. In addition, Hospitality & Tourism Complete contains full text for more than 200 publications. Mental Measurements Yearbook: This database provides users with a comprehensive guide to over 2,000 contemporary testing instruments. Designed for an audience ranging from novice test consumers to experienced professionals, the MMY series contains information essential for a complete evaluation of test products within such diverse areas as psychology, education, business, and leadership. MMY provides coverage from the 9th edition to the present. PsycARTICLES: From the American Psychological Association (APA), this is a definitive source of full-text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in psychology. The database contains more than 45,000 articles from 57 journals - 46 published by the American Psychological Association (APA) and 11 from allied organizations. It includes all journal articles, letters to the editor and errata from each journal. Coverage spans 1985 to present. PsycBOOKS: From the American Psychological Association (APA), this is a database of more than 16,000 chapters in PDF from over 1,000 books published by APA and other distinguished publishers. The database includes most scholarly titles published by APA from copyright years 1953 - 2005. It also includes 100 out-of-print books and a total of more than 400 classic books of landmark historical impact in psychology. Sociology Index: This is a comprehensive sociology research database. The database contains full text for 344 "core" coverage journals dating back to 1895, and 129 "priority" coverage journals. This database also includes full text for more than 700 books and monographs, and full text for 6,800 conference papers. Reminder: The library hours for the Columbus Day weekend will be Saturday Oct. 9th - 10am to 5pm; Sunday & Monday Oct. 10 & 11th - Closed; Tuesday Oct. 12th - 8am to 10pm. September 2006 Welcome to all new and returning students! Have you picked up your library card yet? Come to the library’s Circulation Desk to pick up your pre-prepared library card. This card will allow you to borrow materials (including course reserves) as well as request and renew materials online. If you do not have a Husson ID, you will receive a separate paper library card. Did you know? Students, you will need a copy card encoded with money to use the photocopiers. Blank cards may be purchased for $1.00 from the Card Center machine located in the library. The Card Center machine also encodes your cards with a specific amount of money of your choosing. The machine only takes bills. Please be sure to insert the EXACT amount of money you want encoded on your card since the machine DOES NOT give back change. If needed, large bills can be changed at the circulation desk. As you make copies, the amount of each copy (10 cents) will be deducted from your card. Additional money may be added/encoded onto your card at any time by using the Card Center machine. If you have any questions or need any help, please ask at the Circulation Desk. Work Study Positions Available. The Library has several positions available this fall semester. Hours are flexible to work around your class schedule and include day, evening and weekend hours. If you have a work-study or job bank contract and are interested in working in the library, pick up an application at the Circulation Desk Summer 2006 Summer Project: The Sawyer Library staff, with the help of student workers, will inventory the library collections this summer. What is the purpose of the inventory? To enable the library’s online catalog to better reflect the reality of the collection. Items that are missing will be marked as such, eventually to be withdrawn from the database or replaced with new copies. Along the way all, items needing repair will be identified and pulled from the shelves. Another benefit of the inventory is that mis-shelved books are often found. How will the inventory affect you? Very little, since students and faculty will be able to continue to use the entire library and its resources. There *will* be a little noise however. Staff and students will be in the stacks reading call numbers to each other and shuffling books around on the shelves. We ask you to please bear with us as we your books and improve the library’s catalog. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Amy or Diane at x7188. · Reminder: Sawyer Library’s summer hours are: Monday to Thursday – 8 am to 8 pm; Friday – 8 am to 4:30 pm; Saturday & Sunday – Closed. Regular hours will resume when classes begin in September May 2006 Extended Library Hours: To help students prepare for finals the library will be open additional hours as follows. Monday Dec 12^th thru Thursday Dec. 15^th – 8am to Midnight; Friday Dec. 16^th – 8am to 8pm; Saturday Dec. 17^th – 10am to 8pm; Sunday Dec. 18^th – 10am to Midnight; Monday & Tuesday Dec. 19^th & 20^th – 8am to Midnight; Wednesday Dec. 21^st – 8am to 5pm. April 2006 Featured Database: OT Search is a bibliographic database covering the literature of occupational therapy and subjects such as rehabilitation, education and health care delivery. The database contains citations for books, journal articles, conference papers, reports, dissertations and pamphlets. Although the database does not contain full text documents, most records include an abstract of the article. Coverage varies by title, but generally begins in the 1980s. Be aware that call numbers for items found in OT Search refer to the holdings of the Wilma L. West Library, not to Sawyer Library’s collection. To see if Sawyer Library has a book or journal found in this database, search our Minerva catalog. OT Search can only be accessed from computers on-campus. New Collection: Thanks to the generosity of the Student Activities Office, Sawyer Library now has available for loan a small, but growing, collection of DVDs. The majority of these DVDs are recent theatrical releases and documentaries. You can search the Minerva catalog to find a particular title, or do a keyword search on ‘DVD’ to see a complete list of the DVDs the library currently owns. The DVD collection is located behind the circulation desk, so ask us to retrieve the title you want. You may check out DVDs for 3 weeks, however we hope you will return them as soon as you are finished watching them so other patrons may borrow them. Future Movie Night films will be added to the library’s collection after Student Activities has screened them for the college community. In addition, many other DVD (and video) titles are available at other Minerva libraries and may be requested online. See the ‘How-To’ tip below for details. How-to Tip of the Month: Sawyer Library patrons can use any computer with Internet access (at school, home or work) to search for and request books, videos, DVDs, compact discs and other items, from several Maine libraries through Minerva, the library’s online catalog. No paper forms to fill out! This electronic self-serve system will rapidly deliver the requested books and other materials directly to Sawyer Library for you to pick up. Quickly, here’s how the system works: Search Minerva. Find the item you want to request. Request the book by clicking the “Request” button. Type your name and library card number (beginning with HUS) in the boxes. Click the “Submit” button. The next screen will tell you if your request was successful. Contact the library to see if your requested item(s) has arrived. For more detailed requesting instructions stop by the library for a brochure or a quick demonstration. March 2006 Featured Database: AccessScience, the searchable online versions of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology and the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, provides the information of the print publications with the immediacy of the online environment. In addition to the 7100+ articles, 115,000 dictionary terms, 2000+ biographies of scientists and hundreds of Research Updates, there are weekly updates on breakthroughs and discoveries in the world of science and technology, study guides, and reviewed links to external Web sites. The database can be browsed by major subject areas and their sub-topics, or searched for specific articles of definitions. To access the database, click the Finding Articles link on the library’s homepage. February 2006 It’s that time of the year again – Tax Time! Maine State Tax Forms: During tax season, Maine state tax forms and instruction booklets are available in the reference section of the library while supplies last. You can also print off a variety of state tax forms at the Maine Revenue Service’s website, http://www.maine.gov/revenue/forms/homepage.html Federal Tax Forms: The IRS has discontinued distribution of federal tax forms to academic libraries this year, so printed forms will no longer be available in Sawyer Library. Instead, you can download and print federal tax forms and instructions from the Internal Revenue Service’s Forms and Publications page, http://www.irs.gov/formspubs/index.html. Forms and instructions will be in PDF format. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to open and print them. Reproducible Tax Forms: A binder containing reproducible federal tax forms & instructions from past years is located in the reference section. Find the form you need using the index at the front of the binder and remove the form to photocopy. Return the form to the binder when you are finished. January 2006 Featured Database: Produced by the U. S. Department of Commerce, STAT-USA contains economic and business information from over 50 Federal agencies. Access is provided to domestic financial and economic data, trade leads and procurement information, international trade data and export information, market research reports, and country analyses. STAT-USA is divided into two major areas: State of the Nation and GLOBUS & NTDB (National Trade Data Bank). The State of the Nation section covers the U.S. domestic economy. It provides various financial and economic data from throughout the federal government and other related entities: general economic indicators, housing and construction, employment, manufacturing and industry, monetary statistics, and economic policy. The GLOBUS and NTDB section covers trade and international issues. GLOBUS (Global Business Opportunities) offers daily trade leads from the Trade Opportunities Program (TOPS), as well as the Department of Agriculture. GLOBUS also offers daily procurement activity from the Defense Logistics Agency, the United Nations, and the Commerce Business Daily leads. The NTDB (National Trade Data Bank) provides access to Country Commercial Guides, Market Research reports, Best Market reports. The NTDB also provides U.S. import and export statistics, as well as over 75 other various reports and programs. The International Trade library is a comprehensive collection of over 40,000 documents related to international trade. Access to STAT-USA is available only on-campus. Exchange Library Copycards: The library replaced its copiers over the Christmas break. The new machines require new copycards to operate. If you still have an old library copycard, bring it to the library’s Circulation Desk to exchange it for a new card. If you have any money remaining on the old card, we will transfer it onto the new card for you. Once you have a new card, use the new card machine opposite the Circulation Desk to add money to it when needed. It is also possible to consolidate the value from multiple old cards onto a single new card. There are directions posted on the card machine and the new copiers. If you need help, come to the Circulation Desk. Keep in mind, when you are finished making copies, always push the Finish button so other people cannot use the money in your account for their own copying. Reminder: It takes time to process reserves, especially at the beginning of a new semester. To ensure that your material is on reserve by the time your students need it, we ask that you submit materials at least 48 hours prior to the time they will first be used. Please bring personal copies of books or photocopied materials to the Circulation Desk and fill out a Course Reserve Request Form (indicating your name, course name & number, type of reserve and length of the loan period if appropriate. If you wish to take advantage of electronic reserves, we ask that you submit clean, single-sided originals or first generation copies. Not all materials are appropriate for electronic reserves. For more details on how to place material on electronic course reserve, go to http://www.husson.edu/?cat_id=528 or contact Diane at x7188 or hanscomd@husson.edu. All reserve submissions will be processed in the order in which they are received. December 2005 Featured Database: Most newspapers have websites that provide current articles and news, but may require payment for older articles. Instead, use the ProQuest Newspapers database. It is a valuable source for finding information on national and international activities, business and financial news, the political climate worldwide, and current events. ProQuest Newspapers provides full text access to more than 500 regional, national and international news sources and news wires, including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe and the Times of London. Dates of coverage vary for each individual title. The Maine papers included are the Bangor Daily News (1992+), Portland Press Herald (1995+), and selected business coverage from the Maine Times (1994-2002) and the Central Maine Morning Sentinel (1993-1997). Extended Library Hours: To help students prepare for finals the library will be open additional hours as follows. Monday Dec 12^th thru Thursday Dec. 15^th – 8am to Midnight; Friday Dec. 16^th – 8am to 8pm; Saturday Dec. 17^th – 10am to 8pm; Sunday Dec. 18^th – 10am to Midnight; Monday & Tuesday Dec. 19^th & 20^th – 8am to Midnight; Wednesday Dec. 21^st – 8am to 5pm. Reminder: At the end of the semester any items that faculty have placed on reserve in the library will be removed in preparation for the spring semester. Any items not picked up will be returned through campus mail. All electronic reserve items will be deleted. If faculty have any items they wish to place on reserve for the spring, please bring them to the library beginning Dec. 28^th. November 2005 Featured Database: The Literature Resource Center (LRC) is a full-text reference database designed for both the undergraduate and graduate student. The LRC provides biographical, bibliographical and critical analysis information on authors (novelists, poets, essayists, journalists) and their works from every age and literary discipline. Over 120,000 authors are covered, with 2500 of the most studied authors given in-depth coverage. Other features include explications and overviews of prominent literary works; links to websites focusing on major authors and their works; over 6000 timeline events to help place literature in its historical and social context; scholarly articles and interviews from 260 prominent literary journals; author portraits; and a guide to writing an MLA-style research paper. LRC can be searched by author name, title, genre, literary movement and literary themes. Access Literature Resource Center via the Finding Articles link on the library’s homepage. If searching from off campus, the database will prompt for a user name (last name) and password (library barcode number preceded by HUS). Stop by the library for a handout with detailed instructions on how to search the LCR database, or speak to a librarian. October 2005 Featured Database: The Literature Resource Center (LRC) is a full-text reference database designed for both the undergraduate and graduate student. The LRC provides biographical, bibliographical and critical analysis information on authors (novelists, poets, essayists, journalists) and their works from every age and literary discipline. Over 120,000 authors are covered, with 2500 of the most studied authors given in-depth coverage. Other features include explications and overviews of prominent literary works; links to websites focusing on major authors and their works; over 6000 timeline events to help place literature in its historical and social context; scholarly articles and interviews from 260 prominent literary journals; author portraits; and a guide to writing an MLA-style research paper. LRC can be searched by author name, title, genre, literary movement and literary themes. Access Literature Resource Center via the Finding Articles link on the library’s homepage. If searching from off campus, the database will prompt for a user name (last name) and password (library barcode number preceded by HUS). Stop by the library for a handout with detailed instructions on how to search the LCR database, or speak to a librarian. The library has created a series of online forms giving you faster, easier access to a range of library services. The forms are accessible from the library’s home page and include: Book Request: Submit this form to borrow a book not available at Sawyer Library. Journal Article Request: Submit this form to request a copy of an article from a journal not available at Sawyer Library. Book Purchase Suggestion: Submit this form to suggest the purchase of a book (or journal) for the Sawyer Library collection. A-V Equipment Schedule Request: Submit this form to reserve the library’s audio-visual equipment for classroom use. Course Reserve Request: Print off and fill out this form to accompany any materials you wish to place on course reserve. Comments and Suggestions: Submit this form to express any comments, suggestions or complaints you may have relating to the library’s resources or services. September 2005 Welcome to all new and returning students! Have you picked up your library card yet? Come to the library’s Circulation Desk to pick up your pre-prepared library card. This card will allow you to borrow materials (including course reserves) as well as request and renew materials online. If you do not have a Husson ID, you will receive a separate paper library card. New Collection: Over the summer, the library staff shifted the book collection to make room for books arriving from the Bangor Theological Seminary. The shift is complete and there are approximately 5000 books and journals from the Seminary now housed in Sawyer Library. The books of both the Seminary and Sawyer Library collections are available for check-out to all students, faculty and staff. No second library card is needed. Loan periods for all books will conform to Sawyer Library’s current circulation policy. Keep in mind that because of the shifting, your favorite book or section may not be in the same location. Please check the signs at the end of the bookcases in order to find the new location. Giveaways: The library weeded several duplicate copy and older edition nursing, physical therapy and occupational therapy books this summer. Come look them over and take any that you’d like. We will be discarding them September 16^th. June 2005 Library hours for the summer: Monday to Thursday – 8 am to 8 pm; Friday – 8 am to 4:30 pm; Saturday & Sunday – Closed. Summer Project: The Sawyer Library staff, with the help of student workers, will be shifting the library book and journal collections this summer. What is the purpose of the shift? To provide more room in key areas for new materials and to free up space in preparation to receiving several thousand books from the Bangor Theological Seminary. Along the way, we will be identifying items needing repair and selectively weeding older editions, duplicate copies and books containing out-dated information. Another benefit of the shifting project is that mis-shelved books will be found. How will the project affect you? Very little, since students and faculty will be able to continue to use the entire library and its resources. There *will* be a little noise however. Staff and students will be in the stacks cleaning and shuffling books from shelf to shelf. We ask you to please bear with us. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Amy or Diane at x7188. April 2005 Tax Time – It’s that time of the year again. If you haven’t done your taxes yet, come to the library to get the federal & state tax forms you need. March 2005 New Database: Sawyer Library has added EBSCO’s A-to-Z database to its collection of online resources. A-to-Z provides a simple way to browse or search for full-text online journal titles available in the various electronic indexes to which the Library subscribes. Use this resource if you have a citation you would like to find full-text online, or to browse the contents of a specific journal. You can access A-to-Z from the Library’s homepage. 1.) Click on Online Databases and Indexes and then the A-to-Z link. 2.) Type the name of the journal into the Find box, and click the Search button. If the journal has full-text articles, you will be taken to a page with the name of the journal that includes link(s) to the index(es) in which the full-text is located. The page will also indicate the years of full-text coverage. 3.) Click on the name of the index and A-to-Z will link you to the journal title in that index. 4.) Click on the name of the journal and you will be taken to its “Publication Overview” page, with links to years, volumes and issues. 5.) Click the appropriate link to display a list of citations and links to the actual articles. You can also search the A-to-Z database by browsing the title or subject lists to locate more journals on your topic. *Remember, you can’t search for article titles – only journal titles. Access to the A-to-Z database is limited to the IP addresses of the Husson College network. Library hours during Spring Break: Tuesday March 8^th thru Friday March 11^th – 8am to 5pm; Saturday & Sunday March 12^th & 13^th – Closed; Monday March 14^th thru Friday March18th – 8am to 5pm; Saturday March 19^th – Closed; Sunday March 20^th– Noon to 10pm. January 2005 Read It, Swap It! Tired of your old books? Are you looking for new leisure reading? Then come visit the Library’s Book Swap shelves, located in the lounge area at the end of the journals collection. Here’s how it works…bring your gently-used books to the library and swap them for new-to-you ones. For each book you want to take from the shelves, leave/donate one of yours. No checking out of these books is necessary. It’s free and easy, so just enjoy! All swapped books should be in good condition and age-appropriate. If you have any books you would like to donate to help build up our Book Swap collection, we are currently accepting new-ish best sellers in good condition. Course Reserves available 24/7! Sawyer Library is pleased to announce it will begin offering a new electronic reserves service semesters. This service gives faculty the option to make many reserve materials available to students over the Web. The advantages for students include: -Reserve materials are available to students from any computer with Internet access 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, even when the library is closed. -A single electronic copy is all that is needed for an entire class, no matter how large the class. -Electronic reserves are never lost or damaged. They can also be archived and used whenever the course is offered next. -All students in the class can access reserve materials at the same time. The material is never checked out to someone else. As a result, there are never fines for lost or overdue material. Below are the directions for getting to the electronic reserves’ page: URL = http://depts.husson.edu/library/course_reserves.htm Click on Access Electronic Reserves User Name = library Password = (must be obtained from instructor) Domain (if necessary) = depts.husson.edu Scroll down and click continue. Then click on professor name; click on the class name; click on the item title. *Remember, not everything is appropriate for electronic reserves. Please check at the circulation desk for additional materials (i.e. books, videos, CDs) on reserve for your instructor. November 2004 Library Hours for the Thanksgiving holiday: Tuesday & Wednesday Nov. 23^rd & 24^th – 8 am to 5 pm; Thursday thru Saturday Nov. 25^th thru 27^th – Closed; Sunday Nov. 28^th – Noon to 10 pm. Same databases, new search interface! CINAHL and PsychInfo have moved from FirstSearch to EbscoHost. This change has a number of advantages for the Husson health sciences community. -Easy access: Unlike FirstSearch, there is no password or authorization number to remember. Simply click the link and go directly to each databases’ search screen. -Full-text availability: Many entries include links to the complete article, not just the citation. -Saving searches: You can save a search for later use. This is particularly useful if you are working on a topic over a long period of time, and need to have some way of reliably updating your research. -Peer-reviewed articles: You can limit your searches to just find articles from scholarly journals. CINAHL, the Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature, is the authoritative resource for nursing and allied health professionals, students, educators and researchers. This database indexes over 1600 current nursing and allied health journals, healthcare books, nursing dissertations, selected conference proceedings, standards of practice, educational software in nursing, audiovisuals, book chapters, and publications from the National League for Nursing and the American Nurses’ Association. Coverage begins in 1982. PsychInfo, from the American Psychological Association, contains more than two million citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations, all in the field of psychology, dating as far back as 1840. It also includes information about the psychological aspects of related disciplines such as medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, anthropology, business and law. Journal coverage, which spans from 1887 to the present, includes international material selected from nearly 2,000 periodicals in over 35 languages. Click here and here, or stop by the Library for a handout with more detailed instructions on how to search the new CINAHL and PsychInfo databases, as well as all other databases supported by EbscoHost. October 2004 Library hours for the Columbus Day weekend: Saturday Oct. 9^th – 10am to 5pm; Sunday & Monday Oct. 10 & 11^th – Closed; Tuesday Oct. 12^th – 8am to 10pm. Featured Database: ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) is the database of the U.S. Department of Education. It is the world's largest source of education information, indexing documents (conference proceedings, papers, speeches, research reports, teaching guides and curriculum, and books) and journal articles on all aspects of education research and practice from 1966 to the present. In the past, ERIC only provided bibliographic citations to journal articles and documents. However, effective October 1, 2004 more than 107,000 full-text documents (issued 1993-2004) will be available for free. In addition, Sawyer Library accesses ERIC via the EbscoHost interface which provides links to the full-text of some journal articles. ERIC is updated monthly. September 2004 Welcome to all new and returning students! Have you picked up your library card yet? The Husson and NESC photo ID cards act as your library card. Bring your ID to the library’s Circulation Desk and a numbered barcode label will be affixed to the back. This will allow you to borrow materials (including course reserves) as well as request and renew them online. If you do not have a Husson ID, you will receive a separate library card. Did you know? Students, you will need a copy card encoded with money to use the photocopiers. Blank cards may be purchased for $1.00 from the Card Center machine located in the library. The Card Center machine also encodes your cards with a specific amount of money of your choosing. The machine only takes bills. Please be sure to insert the EXACT amount of money you want encoded on your card since the machine DOES NOT give back change. If needed, large bills can be changed at the circulation desk. As you make copies, the amount of each copy (10 cents) will be deducted from your card. Additional money may be added/encoded onto your card at any time by using the Card Center machine. If you have any questions or need any help, please ask at the Circulation Desk. Work Study Positions Available. The Library has several positions available this fall semester. Hours are flexible to work around your class schedule and include day, evening and weekend hours. If you have a work-study or job bank contract and are interested in working in the library, pick up an application at the Circulation Desk, or print on off here. June – August 2004 Library hours for the summer: Monday to Thursday – 8 am to 8 pm; Friday – 8 am to 4:30 pm; Saturday & Sunday – Closed. Summer Project: The Sawyer Library staff, with the help of student workers, will inventory the library collections this summer. What is the purpose of the inventory? To enable the library’s online catalog to better reflect the reality of the collection. Items that are missing will be marked as such, eventually to be withdrawn from the database or replaced with new copies. Along the way all, items needing repair will be identified and pulled from the shelves. Another benefit of the inventory is that mis-shelved books are often found. How will the inventory affect you? Very little, since students and faculty will be able to continue to use the entire library and its resources. There *will* be a little noise however. Staff and students will be in the stacks reading call numbers to each other and shuffling books around on the shelves. We ask you to please bear with us as we your books and improve the library’s catalog. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Amy or Diane at x7188. May 2004 Extended Library Hours in preparation for finals: Monday May 3^rd thru Thursday May 6^th – 8am to Midnight; Friday May 7^th – 8am to 8pm; Saturday May 8^th – 10am to 8pm; Sunday May 9^th – 10am to Midnight; Monday & Tuesday May 10^th & 11^th – 8am to Midnight; Wednesday 12^th – 8am to 5pm Reminder: At the end of the semester any items faculty have on reserve in the library will be removed in preparation for the summer sessions. Any items not picked up will be returned through campus mail. If faculty have any items they wish to place on reserve for the summer, please bring them to the library beginning May 10^th. Featured Database: The CCH Tax Research Network is a full-text, current, and easy-to-search federal and state tax research system from Commerce Clearing House. It provides access to numerous federal and state tax reporters, tax codes, cases, explanation and analysis, tax news, annotations and much more. The database can be searched by keyword or phrase, citation, case name, or by browsing the topical indexes and table of contents. The Federal file also includes a citator that tracks the history of cases and rulings. It indicates if the case or ruling is still current, if there are other cases or rulings on the same point of law, and if the ruling in the case is still good. Federal coverage begins with 1978 and state coverage begins with 1994. Access is restricted to the Husson College community. Please contact the library for the password and user ID. For tips on searching the database, click here, pick up a brochure in the library, or speak to a librarian. April 2004 Overdue books? Renew them yourself! Have you forgotten exactly what or how many books you have checked out? Are you tired of receiving overdue notices? Sawyer Library patrons can view their own library records, see what books they have checked out, when they are due and renew books at their convenience with a few simple clicks of the mouse. - Go to the Sawyer Library homepage - Click the Minerva link. - Click on the View Your Patron Record link. - Enter your name and patron barcode number from the back of your library card starting with HUS for Husson. EXAMPLE: Jane Doe HUS90007233 - Click Submit. - Click the Items Currently Checked Out link. - Click the Renew All button, OR check the box next to each individual title and then click the Renew Selected Items button. That’s all there is to it! There are a couple of things to keep in mind. You should check to see that the book was actually renewed, with a new due date. Books cannot be renewed if your card has expired, it is too soon to renew them, another person has requested them, or they have been renewed too many times. If a book cannot be renewed, it should be returned to the library by the due date. If you do not have a library card, or have lost it, contact the library (941-7188) for your number and new card. March 2004 Library hours during Spring Break: Tuesday March 9^th thru Friday March 12^th – 8am to 5pm; Saturday & Sunday March 13^th & 14^th – Closed; Monday March 15^th thru Friday March19th – 8am to 5pm; Saturday March 20^th – Closed; Sunday March 21^st – 5pm to 10pm. There’s something for everyone! Sawyer Library encourages you to use the MARVEL (Maine Virtual Library) databases. This valuable resource contains millions of full text articles in thousands of journals, newspapers and encyclopedias. When you search the various databases, you will find information about business, medicine, literature, education, psychology and much more. Searches can be limited to peer reviewed journals, range of years or a specific journal, etc. The articles retrieved can then be read, printed, emailed or saved to disk. The Husson community will be interested in: Academic Search Premier, BIOSIS Reviews, Britannica Online, Business and Company Resource Center, Business Source Premier, Contemporary Literary Criticism, ERIC, Health Source, Nursing and Allied Health Collection, ProQuest Newspapers, and Valueline Research Center. The MARVEL databases can be accessed from Sawyer Library’s homepage from any computer on campus, or from the comfort of your office and home. Just go to Online Databases and Indexes and click on the name of the individual database, or the MARVEL Databases link. If you are on campus this will take you directly to the MARVEL homepage. If you are off campus, you will be prompted to enter your name, library affiliation, and zip code to verify eligibility first. The MARVEL online database collection is a service provided jointly by the Maine State Library, University of Maine System Libraries, Maine Community College System Libraries with support from the Maine State Legislature. Access to these subscription databases is provided free to all Maine residents. For tips on how to search the MARVEL databases, pick up a brochure in the library or speak to a librarian. Search away! February 2004 Tax Time – It’s that time of the year again. If you haven’t done your taxes yet, come to the library to get the federal & state tax forms you need. January 2004 Find it! Request it! Receive it! – Online requesting has arrived. Sawyer Library patrons can use any computer with Internet access (at school, home or work) to search for, and request books from, several Maine libraries through Minerva, the library’s online catalog. No paper forms to fill out! This electronic self-serve system will rapidly deliver the requested books and other materials directly to Sawyer Library for patrons to pick up. Quickly, here’s how the system works: Search Minerva (for more details on searching, click here). Find the book you want to request. Request the book by clicking the “Request” button. Type your name and library card number in the boxes on the next screen. Click the “Submit Above Information” button. Choose from which library you wish to borrow the book and click “Request Selected Item” button. The next screen will tell you if your request was successful. You’ll be notified when the book arrives. A few things to keep in mind – Be sure to have your library card handy. Before placing a request, you will need to know your library card number. If you don’t have your card, call us at 941-7188. Be sure Sawyer Library doesn’t own the book before placing a request with another library. If you are searching from off campus, your initial search will show you all Minerva library holdings. To view only the books owned by Sawyer Library, use the drop-down menu at the upper right corner of the screen to limit the search to Husson College. Many libraries will not lend easily-damaged items such as videos, audiobooks, CDs and DVDs. For more detailed requesting instructions, click here. If you have trouble accessing this service, stop by the library for a brochure or a quick demonstration. Happy requesting! Start searching Minerva December 2003 There will be extended library hours in preparation for finals: Monday Dec. 8^th thru Thursday Dec. 11^th – 8am to Midnight; Friday Dec. 12^th – 8am to 8pm; Saturday Dec. 13^th – 10am to 8pm; Sunday Dec. 14^th – 10am to Midnight; Monday & Tuesday Dec. 15^th & 16^th – 8am to Midnight; Wednesday Dec. 17^th – 8am to 5pm. November 2003 New Database: Value Line Research Center is a full-text service that provides on-line access to Value Line's leading publications covering stocks, mutual funds, options and convertible securities as well as special situation stocks. Online titles include: The Value Line Investment Survey, The Value Line Investment Survey - Small and Mid-Cap Edition, The Value Line Mutual Fund Survey, The Value Line Daily Options Survey, The Value Line Special Situations Service, The Value Line Convertibles Survey, and Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs). The publication databases are searchable by company name, ticker symbol and industry name, to retrieve all covered companies in a sector, or to view the current analyst's report on the sector. Capabilities include viewing, sorting, screening, graphing, and preparing reports on individual equities, mutual funds, options, and convertibles. Full-page images of research reports from the various Value Line Survey publications may be viewed, printed and downloaded. Updated on a daily basis, the databases of securities and prices are thorough, but not universal. They track all of the NYSE and AMEX stocks, and nearly all NASDAQ issues, but don't track many "Micro Cap" OTC stocks, nor foreign stocks. They also track over 11,000 of the largest mutual funds. To access this Value Line service, please visit the Sawyer library. Remote access is not available. Access is limited to 6 simultaneous users. Library Hours for the Thanksgiving holiday: Tuesday & Wednesday Nov. 25 & 26^th – 8 am to 5 pm; Thursday thru Saturday Nov. 27 thru 29^th – Closed; Sunday Nov. 30^th – Noon to 10 pm. October 2003 Library hours for the Columbus Day weekend: Saturday Oct. 11^th – 10am to 5pm; Sunday & Monday Oct. 12 & 13^th – Closed; Tuesday Oct. 14^th – 8am to 10pm. New Database: The surge of academic, professional and personal interest in the field of physical education has resulted in a huge volume of scholarly and trade literature. Physical Education Index is a bibliographic index providing access to this vast collection of material going back to 1970. Records are indexed and classified from peer-reviewed journals, report literature, conference proceedings, trade magazines, patents, articles from the popular press, and many other publications. Subjects covered include physical education curricula, sports medicine, dance, sport law, kinesiology, motor learning, recreation, standardized fitness tests, sports equipment, business and marketing, coaching and training, and sport sociology/psychology. Health education and physical therapy are also covered as they continue to become more prevalent in our society. In addition to indexed articles, the Physical Education Index also searches a database of more than 2,000 high-quality web sites that are hand-picked and indexed by the editors. The sites contain specific, technical information of interest to a college-level audience, from respected, nonbiased sources such as educational institutions, government agencies, and scientific organizations. Links are reviewed on a monthly basis. September 2003 Library Hours: Monday – Thursday 8am to 10pm; Friday 8am to 6pm; Saturday 10am to 5pm; Sunday 10am to 10pm. New Database: The SAGE Full-Text Criminal Justice Collection is a searchable research database providing access to 15 of the most popular peer-reviewed journals in Criminology published by SAGE Publications and participating societies, many going as far back as 20 years. It consists of bibliographic records (indexed summaries or abstracts) as well as the complete text of each journal article. Every bibliographic record in the Collection links to the appropriate full-text in PDF format. Subjects covered include Criminal Justice, Juvenile Delinquency, Juvenile Justice, Corrections, Penology, Policing, Forensic Psychology, and Family and Domestic Violence. Some of the features include a thesaurus of search controlled terms, the ability to browse table of contents and articles of individual journals, and the ability to print or email search results and articles. June – August 2003 Library hours for the summer: Monday to Thursday – 8 am to 8 pm; Friday – 8 am to 4:30 pm; Saturday & Sunday – Closed. New Database: Mergent Online provides Internet-based access to detailed, accurate and comprehensive information on U.S. and international companies. Textual descriptions offer a wealth of detail on items including business description, history, property, subsidiaries, officers and directors, long-term debt and capital stock. Financial statements are presented in "as-reported" form and in native currencies. You have the ability to seamlessly access reports on companies based around the world, searching by company name or ticker symbol, or searching across all global boundaries to find companies that match specific financial and/or textual search criteria. Some of the features and functions include the ability to: research 15 years of detailed financial statements; export company reports and financials into software applications such as Microsoft® Word, Microsoft® Excel or Adobe® Acrobat® Reader®; compare multiple companies' reports; view more than 115,000 images of company annual reports. The database can only be accessed on Husson campuses. November 2002 Library Hours for the Thanksgiving holiday: Tuesday & Wednesday Nov. 26 & 27^th – 8 am to 5 pm; Thursday thru Saturday Nov. 28 thru 30^th – Closed; Sunday Dec. 1^st – 1 pm to 10 pm. October 2002 Husson College’s library has a new name! There will be a formal ribbon cutting ceremony for the newly renovated W. Tom and Bonnie Sawyer Library on Saturday, October 12^th at noon. Come see the wonderful changes and improvements. Library Hours: The library will be closed Sunday & Monday Oct. 13-14 for the Columbus holiday. Regular hours will resume on Tuesday Oct. 15^th. September 2002 The library will be closed the first week of classes (Sept. 2^nd – 8^th) for unpacking and reorganization. We will resume our normal hours beginning Monday Sept. 9^th. Library Hours: Monday – Thursday 8am to 10pm; Friday 8am to 6pm; Saturday 10am to 5pm; Sunday 10am to 10pm. May – August 2002 The library will be undergoing renovation and expansion over the summer. Books and journals will be unavailable. The librarians’ offices will be relocated to Peabody room 132. Limited services will be provided, including computers, photocopiers, and course reserve materials. Please call Amy or Diane at 941-7188 for more details. Summer Hours: Monday – Thursday 8am to 7pm; Friday 8am to 4:30pm; Closed on weekends. March 2002 You now need a card to operate the library’s photocopiers. Cards may be purchased and encoded with money in the library. If you have any questions or need any help, please ask at the circulation desk. The library hours over Easter weekend are as follows: Saturday March 30^th – 10am to 3pm; Sunday March 31^st – 12pm to 10pm If you haven’t done your taxes yet, come to the library to get the tax forms you need. [Top]

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