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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 11th thru Thursday Dec. 14th – 8am to Midnight; Friday Dec. 15th – 8am to 8pm; Saturday Dec. 16th – 10am to 8pm; Sunday Dec. 17th – 10am to Midnight; Monday &
Tuesday Dec. 18th & 19th – 8am to Midnight; Wednesday Dec. 20th
– 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. 2nd
- 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. 21st & 22nd – 8 am to 5 pm; Thursday thru
Saturday Nov. 23rd thru 25th – Closed; Sunday Nov.
26th
– 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.
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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 12th thru Thursday Dec. 15th – 8am to Midnight; Friday Dec. 16th – 8am to 8pm; Saturday Dec. 17th – 10am to 8pm; Sunday Dec. 18th – 10am to Midnight; Monday &
Tuesday Dec. 19th & 20th – 8am to Midnight; Wednesday Dec. 21st – 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 sub
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