O'Kelly Has a New Blog!

In an effort to enhance social media and sharing integration, O'Kelly Library has moved the blog to:
http://okellylibrary.wordpress.com/

This will be the last blog post from Blogger, so please head over to the new blog site and subscribe there!
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DVD Checkout Resumed

As of today, DVDs can be checked out again. Please review our checkout policy for further details.
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Happy New Semester

Happy New Year! Welcome back and welcome new students/faculty/staff. Starting Monday, January 13 we will resume Regular Semester Hours.
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Upcoming Library Extended Exam Hours Schedule

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DVD Checkout Suspended Dates

Beginning November 22, DVD checkout will be unavailable until December 2. Checkout will be unavailable again December 11 until January 13.  We apologize for any inconvenience.
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Resource Update: Alexander Street’s music collections

Please see this exciting message regarding updates to Alexander Street’s music collections.
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Follett Shelf Downtime

Please see this important message regarding outage and access to Follett Shelf.
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Did You Know - Vitae

Vitae, a service brought to you by The Chronicle of Higher Education, is the first online community dedicated to higher education.  Please read for more details on how this career hub can help faculty and administrators do their jobs easier.
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Resource Update: EBSCOhost Interface

There are enhancements to the EBSCOhost interface. On or after 29 October 2013, EBSCO is releasing several updates and enhancements to the overall look of the Search, Search Results, and Detailed Record pages within EBSCOhost.  These updates intend to provide a more visually appealing and intuitive interface for users.

The complete list of updates is available on the EBSCO Support Site:
http://support.ebsco.com/support_news/detail.php?id=795
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Did You Know - Hot Topics in NewsBank and Access World News

NewsBank Hot Topics is provided as part Access World News. Hot Topics addresses a wide variety of contemporary subjects from around the world related to social studies, science, health, sports, the arts, people and more. These topics are posted on the NewsBank menu page, search screens and on the Other NewsBank Products link within NewsBank full-text newspaper products.
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Library Closings/Hours

The library will be closed from Friday, October 11 at 5 pm through Monday, October 14 at 8 am.  On Monday, October 14 and Tuesday, October 15 the library will be open 8 am to 5 pm, for fall break.   We will resume regular semester hours on Wednesday, October 16.
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Oxford University Press and Social Explorer

The current shutdown in Washington is limiting the access that scholars and researchers have to vital materials, including the US Census website.  To that end, Oxford University Press and the Social Explorer team will open up access to Social Explorer, for the next two weeks.  Social Explorer provides access to the US Census data from 1790 to 2010 and to the American Community Survey from 2005 through 2012.

For access to Social Explorer, simply email onlinereference@oup.com to request a username and password.

Social Explorer (about video) provides access to current and historical census data and demographic information. Users can create maps and reports to illustrate, analyze, and understand demography and social change.
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ERIC and Government Shutdown

ERIC, the Education Resource Information Center, is typically available through the government website (http://eric.ed.gov/). Because of the government shutdown, access to the full text of articles and other materials will not be available from the government site but researchers still have access to the research platform.
 
ERIC provides access to educational literature and resources including access to information from journals included in the Current Index of Journals in Education and Resources in Education Index. It was designed as a national information system to provide access to education literature and resources. According to its website, “ERIC is the world's largest and most frequently used education digital library.” ERIC provides more than 1.4 million bibliographic records and dates back to 1966.
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Did You Know - NewsBank’s Special Reports

NewsBank’s Special Reports are news articles, images, videos, maps and other useful content grouped for convenience under specific topics and themes. They enable users to quickly locate information on a specific subject while helping gain better insight into current global issues and events. Each Report features current and retrospective coverage, and new articles are added daily.

All Special Reports are accessed from the left side bar of the online resource menu page, on search screens and the Other NewsBank Products link in full-text newspaper products.

The following informative video shows you how to find Special Reports, what they are and how they can be used. Please view this video here:
http://vimeo.com/newsbank/specialreports
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Resource Update: Project MUSE Introduces Enhanced Advanced Search Function

Project MUSE has released a new Advanced Search functionality, accessible in the upper right corner of every page on the MUSE web site, above the basic Search box and available on every page  It allows users to directly target their initial searches by content type, MUSE research area, author, publisher, journal title, language of publication, or publication date. Content may be filtered between articles and reviews and books, now on the site. 

After retrieving an initial results set, searchers may further refine their results using the numerous facets. Notations in the search interface display the number of results available for each faceted item. From the results page, items may be saved and citations exported, and the search query may be saved to be run again at a later date and retrieve the most current content. 

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Did You Know - Springer eBooks Download and SpringerLink App

Did you know, Springer has 'full book download functionality'?  This new functionality allows users to download all chapters of a book in one go. In addition, users can download individual chapters as PDF and/ or HTML format.

Also, you can access over 2,500 peer-reviewed journals and over 140,000 books with Springer's iPad and Android app:
 Save and share documents for offline reading
 Document details, including abstracts
 Full-text available
 Refine search by advanced search criteria
 Save search

Download the app for iOS or Android to benefit from anytime, anywhere access to your Springer content!
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Did You Know - O'Kelly is Accessible

Did You Know that all of the computers in O'Kelly library have accessibility features built in to the operating system?  For assistance with these features, please ask our library staff.
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O'Kelly Library App

The library app platform is being upgraded.  There may be intermittent problems accessing the library's iPad and Android app.  Please be patient as systems are improved and we apologize for any inconvenience.
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New Resource: Audio Drama: The L.A. Theatre Works Collection

O’Kelly Library has recently acquired Audio Drama: The L.A. Theatre Works Collection.  Audio Drama: The L.A. Theatre Works Collection includes dramatic literature of the nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-first centuries, performed by leading actors from around the world and recorded specifically for online listening. You may access this collection and many other streaming audio/video collections from our libguide.
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