With more and more journal subscriptions moving online, it is difficult for scholars to browse recent research as they once did. A new app, Browzine, aims to solve this problem. The library is running a trial of BrowZine, a new tablet application (iOS & Android) that allows you to browse, read and follow scholarly journals in a format…
Category: Library Resources
Google Books Ruling: What Does It Mean?
Did you hear about yesterday’s ruling on Google books? Google’s book digitization project was challenged by the Authors Guild – this case has been in the works for 8 years! U.S. Circuit Judge Denny Chin in New York ruled in favor of Google by dismissing the case. In his opinion, he describes the benefits we…
“War of the Worlds” 75th Anniversary
Today marks the 75th anniversary of Orson Welles famous “War of the Worlds” broadcast. At 8:15 pm he reported an interplanetary conflict on CBS radio, resulting in panic among US citizens. See the original headlines from major national newspapers reporting the story in the library’s Historical Newspapers database. Remember, to find articles from this day…
How to use that ebook!
Today, Connecticut College students, faculty and staff have access to over 250,000 ebooks. How do you find these ebooks? How do you use them? Can you print or download a book you find? These are some of the many questions we are asked every day. To answer your questions, we created an online guide, Ebooks…
Disappointing Report on Open Access Journals
As a librarian, I encourage faculty to consider publishing in reputable open access journals because I understand that open access is the long term answer to our current serials crisis. Working at an institution with an open access policy, I am even more dedicated to encouraging open access publishing. NPR’s story this morning on “bad”…
Freshman Research Skills: Workshop Summary
Thanks to all who joined us for our first Teaching with Technology event. The topic was Freshman Research Skills, and Kathy Gehring presented the results from the Research Practices Survey (RPS). The RPS is a tool that allows us to collect information on our first year students’ previous research experiences and assess their research skills. …
Want to visit The National Gallery, London?
See every painting in The National Gallery’s permanent collection from your desk! ARTstor, a database of digital images, just released this collection and is available to all students, faculty and staff at Connecticut College. View a sample of the 2,300 works included, or view the full collection in ARTstor. Image Credit: The National Gallery, London….
