On May 25th we will be moving from the current Refworks platform to Refworks 2.0. You can access Refworks 2.0 right now by logging in and clicking on "Refworks 2.0" at the top right. To change back prior to May 25th, click on Refworks Classic.
To help with this transition, the library will be offering a session on Thursday, June 2, from 2-3pm. Come enjoy cookies and tea and get a demo on the new Refworks platform. Please RSVP to Joanne Helouvry at jhelouvry@loyola.edu / jhelouvry@ndm.edu or 410-617-6834.
The new platform has a clean design and has many features that will make it easier for you to organize your research. Some of these features include rollovers to allow you to view a reference without clicking on it, a new right hand navigation bar that allows you to quickly access the things you need, and RefShare, which will allow you to share folders with students and classmates. The familiar toolbars at the top of the page are still there and our search for full-text button is still with each reference.
RefWorks has created a multi-part tutorial for the new platform. Click here to access the tutorial - you have the option of watching screencasts or downloading PDFs.
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Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Friday, July 30, 2010
Course Reserves for Fall 2010
It is now time to plan reserves—both print and media—for your fall classes. Please try to submit your reserve requests to the by Library by August 16. Material requested by this date will be available to your students by the first day of classes. The beginning of the semester is busy, and reserve requests are handled on a first-come/first-serve basis. As the semester progresses, you may add material at any time, and we can make it available to students within 24 hours.
Reserve requests can be submitted through campus mail or via the Library Home Page. For detailed information about submitting requests for media items, books, electronic reserves, and reserves delivered through Blackboard, please see our Faculty Resources page. If you have any questions or concerns, contact Linda Tanton for print reserves (x6823—or ltanton@loyola.edu) or Pat Turkos concerning media reserves (x6822—or ppturkos@loyola.edu)
Reserve requests can be submitted through campus mail or via the Library Home Page. For detailed information about submitting requests for media items, books, electronic reserves, and reserves delivered through Blackboard, please see our Faculty Resources page. If you have any questions or concerns, contact Linda Tanton for print reserves (x6823—or ltanton@loyola.edu) or Pat Turkos concerning media reserves (x6822—or ppturkos@loyola.edu)
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
New Resources on the Renaissance
We are pleased to provide access to three new resources through Iter's Gateway to the Middle Ages & the Renaissance. Those researching the Renaissance and Middle Ages can now make use of:
Iter Bibliography
Secondary source material pertaining to the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700), including citations for books, journal articles, dissertation abstracts, conference proceedings, festschriften, encyclopedias and exhibition catalogues.
Iter Italicum
Iter Italicum is a finding list of previously uncatalogued or incompletely catalogued Renaissance humanistic manuscripts found in libraries and collections around the world. It is a tool for any scholar working in the fields of classical, medieval and Renaissance studies.
Renaissance and Reformation/Renaissance et Réforme
Renaissance and Reformation/Renaissance et Réforme is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes articles and reviews on all aspects of the Renaissance, Reformation and Early Modern world: literature, geography, history, religion, art, music, society and economics.
You'll find Iter Bibliography and Iter Italicum listed in the Databases by Title list on the library homepage. Both of those, as well as Renaissance and Reformation, can be found on the appropriate subject guides on the Research Wiki. If you have any questions about these new resources, just ask!
Iter Bibliography
Secondary source material pertaining to the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700), including citations for books, journal articles, dissertation abstracts, conference proceedings, festschriften, encyclopedias and exhibition catalogues.
Iter Italicum
Iter Italicum is a finding list of previously uncatalogued or incompletely catalogued Renaissance humanistic manuscripts found in libraries and collections around the world. It is a tool for any scholar working in the fields of classical, medieval and Renaissance studies.
Renaissance and Reformation/Renaissance et Réforme
Renaissance and Reformation/Renaissance et Réforme is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes articles and reviews on all aspects of the Renaissance, Reformation and Early Modern world: literature, geography, history, religion, art, music, society and economics.
You'll find Iter Bibliography and Iter Italicum listed in the Databases by Title list on the library homepage. Both of those, as well as Renaissance and Reformation, can be found on the appropriate subject guides on the Research Wiki. If you have any questions about these new resources, just ask!
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
APA the easy way with RefWorks!
Q.: I have a ton of journal articles & books to keep track of for a big project. Is there something I can use that will help?
A.: Yes—RefWorks.
Come to the library for an introductory session on RefWorks, a citation manager that can pull information from research databases and the catalog, and help you create a bibliography. Sign up for an introductory session by contacting the Reference Desk. Each session lasts about 90 minutes.
Saturday, 6/20: 3:30 p.m.
Sunday, 6/21: 12:30 p.m.
Tuesday, 6/23: 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday, 6/24: 5:00 p.m.
A.: Yes—RefWorks.
Come to the library for an introductory session on RefWorks, a citation manager that can pull information from research databases and the catalog, and help you create a bibliography. Sign up for an introductory session by contacting the Reference Desk. Each session lasts about 90 minutes.
Saturday, 6/20: 3:30 p.m.
Sunday, 6/21: 12:30 p.m.
Tuesday, 6/23: 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday, 6/24: 5:00 p.m.
Monday, May 18, 2009
Summer Schedule for Book Delivery
If you're taking a summer class, please make a note of this important information!
Starting on Monday, June 1, books ordered from the library catalog will only be delivered on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Please take this into consideration as you work on papers & projects this summer.
More details:
In the summer, the book delivery service provided by MIC -- the group of libraries with which we share our catalog (more here) -- is scaled back to three days a week. This affects books that you find in our library catalog and request using the "request" link in the blue banner at the top of the page -- books that are available at Baltimore International College, Columbia Union, Hood, Mount St. Mary's University, and Stevenson. Starting June 1, deliveries will be made every Monday, Wednesday and Thursday (excluding Thursday, June 4 and Monday, July 6).
In addition, from May 19 - 29, deliveries will be made on Tuesdays and Thursdays (that's May 19, 21, 26 adn 28).
If you have questions about what day a request you have made will arrive at your requested pickup point, please call the LNDL circulation desk at (410) 617-6801.
If you find yourself in a jam, don't forget that you can always go directly to the college that holds the book you need. You can also check the catalogs of other area libraries that offer LNDL patrons the ability to borrow material (they're the starred ones). And don't forget that the Enoch Pratt Free Library has extensive holdings that might just include what you're looking for. Get in touch with the LNDL reference desk if you need help figuring this out.
The regular delivery schedule -- daily, Monday through Friday -- will resume in the fall. We'll keep you posted!
Starting on Monday, June 1, books ordered from the library catalog will only be delivered on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Please take this into consideration as you work on papers & projects this summer.
More details:
In the summer, the book delivery service provided by MIC -- the group of libraries with which we share our catalog (more here) -- is scaled back to three days a week. This affects books that you find in our library catalog and request using the "request" link in the blue banner at the top of the page -- books that are available at Baltimore International College, Columbia Union, Hood, Mount St. Mary's University, and Stevenson. Starting June 1, deliveries will be made every Monday, Wednesday and Thursday (excluding Thursday, June 4 and Monday, July 6).
In addition, from May 19 - 29, deliveries will be made on Tuesdays and Thursdays (that's May 19, 21, 26 adn 28).
If you have questions about what day a request you have made will arrive at your requested pickup point, please call the LNDL circulation desk at (410) 617-6801.
If you find yourself in a jam, don't forget that you can always go directly to the college that holds the book you need. You can also check the catalogs of other area libraries that offer LNDL patrons the ability to borrow material (they're the starred ones). And don't forget that the Enoch Pratt Free Library has extensive holdings that might just include what you're looking for. Get in touch with the LNDL reference desk if you need help figuring this out.
The regular delivery schedule -- daily, Monday through Friday -- will resume in the fall. We'll keep you posted!
Monday, April 6, 2009
Media Reserves Overnight Loans
The Library has begun an overnight check-out service for media (feature films) that are on course reserve. Normally these DVDs can be checked out for in-library use only, but after 11:30 PM (Sunday through Thursday) they can be checked out for overnight use. They must be returned by 12:00 noon the next day; there is a $5.00 per day fine for films not returned on time. Please call ahead (x6803) to make sure the film will be available at 11:30 PM. If you call by noon we will be sure to have it ready for you when you come in that night.
Friday, March 27, 2009
Usage survey of current magazines & journals
Every so often, we like to get a handle on the usage of current copies of the popular magazines and scholarly journals to which we subscribe. We collect statistics that tell us which titles are read the most and the least, and this informs some of our subscription renewal decisions. (The "current copies" are the magazines and journals on the main level, near the copy room. The journals on the third level are not affected by this.)
You can help us with this project, without having to do anything special. We are asking that library patrons (and staff) do NOT re-shelve current print periodicals after reading them. After being used, they should be placed in the basket found on the table in the middle of the current periodical shelves.
Every afternoon, someone will empty the basket, make a note of what issues have been used, and then reshelve them. We'll be doing this until September, and have put some signs up to remind you.
Thanks in advance for your help with this project. Of course, if you have any questions about it, just ask!
You can help us with this project, without having to do anything special. We are asking that library patrons (and staff) do NOT re-shelve current print periodicals after reading them. After being used, they should be placed in the basket found on the table in the middle of the current periodical shelves.
Every afternoon, someone will empty the basket, make a note of what issues have been used, and then reshelve them. We'll be doing this until September, and have put some signs up to remind you.
Thanks in advance for your help with this project. Of course, if you have any questions about it, just ask!
Thursday, January 15, 2009
New music databases
LNDL recently purchased several new music databases. Some of these resources enable you to search for and stream full tracks. By creating an account, faculty and students can make and save playlists to share and listen to later. Some of the other new databases contain music reference materials. For now, these products are all separate; in the spring the provider will release a single landing page to search them all at once!
A list of all of our music databases is below. To learn more about them, visit the Music Subject Guide.
Recordings:
A list of all of our music databases is below. To learn more about them, visit the Music Subject Guide.
Recordings:
- African American Song
- American Song
- Contemporary World Music
- Smithsonian Global Sound
- Classical Music Library
- African-American Music Reference
- Classical Music Reference Library
- Classical Scores Library
- Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Online
- Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians Online
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