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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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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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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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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Resource Update: Music Online

Search through musical collections for audio and video in Alexander Street Press’ Music Online database. Sort results by time period, composer, conductor, genre and more. Or you can simply start a search by choosing categories such as people, historical events, or more. Cite, share, email, and follow along with each entry’s transcript.

This resource contains the following, with the same updated interface, subscribed to by O'Kelly Library:
American Song, Classical Music Library and Smithsonian Global Sound for Libraries.
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Maintenance: Recorded Books OneClick Digital

The Recorded Books OneClick Digital downloadable audio book service will be unavailable from 6:00 AM on Saturday, August 24, 2013 through 8:00 AM on Monday, August 26, 2013. During this time Recorded Books will be performing maintenance and installing upgrades to the OneClick Digital platform.

After the upgrade is complete, users will be able to access their accounts as usual and all checkouts and holds will remain in place.

If you have any questions, please contact the NC LIVE Help Desk.
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Maintenance: ProQuest

ProQuest will be performing server infrastructure improvements from 10:00 PM on Saturday, August 24, 2013 until 6:00 AM Sunday, August 25, 2013.  During this service window, the following NC LIVE resources will be unavailable:

Chadwyck-Healey Poetry Collections
HeritageQuest
The New York Times
Sandborn Maps
The Wall Street Journal
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Did You Know - EBSCO eBooks Download Option

Did you know, you may check-out and download your choice of over 40,000 EBSCO eBooks to your computer and read them offline at a later time?  Please read these instructions for more details or contact a librarian.
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Nursing Education in Video Update

Alexander Street Press has added new content to Nursing Education in Video, which can be seen here. All of the newly added content was produced in 2013, so you can be sure the collection provides the most relevant, up-to-date information available.
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Improved Search Experience Coming to nclive.org

NC LIVE is excited to announce that enhanced search functionality will soon be available on nclive.org. Beginning Tuesday, July 23rd, all nclive.org search boxes will be powered by EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS). Implementing a discovery service means that user searches will complete more quickly, and more NC LIVE content will be displayed in the search results.  Please read, for more information about this change.
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Resource Update: Ebsco

As part of continued efforts to constantly improve their search experience, EBSCO is releasing several updates and enhancements, including:

• Improvements to the overall look of the Search, Search Results, and Detailed Record pages within EBSCOhost, providing a more visually appealing interface to end users.
• The feature previously labeled Alert/Save/Share is now labeled Share. All of the existing functionality of this feature remains the same. This change is one of several small updates that further optimizes their interface for language translation.
• Visual Search will be discontinued in all EBSCO databases and interfaces.  This change enables them to focus on additional enhancements and improvements to many of the popular features.

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Resource Update: Financial Times (Gale)

Please view this important announcement regarding Financial Times from Gale.  This resource is not embargoed using ProQuest.  Access the ProQuest version here.
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Resource Update: Points of View Reference Center

Ebsco has added new content and updated the interface of Points of View Reference Center. Please see the press release for more information.
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New Resource: APA Books E-Collection

O’Kelly Library has recently acquired APA Books E-Collection, for publication years 2001-present.  APA Books E-Collection encompasses book content in psychology and related disciplines (including medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, neuroscience, and physiology, among others).
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