Did You Know?: Course Reserves
Did You Know? You can find your course reserves via Pegasus! So, your professor assigned a bunch of course reserves this semester. Great! Less money you need to spend on textbooks! But, uh, now what? Course reserves are materials that you either have to read in the library or can take home for just a […]
Top 10 Banned Books of 2010
Banned Books Week: Celebrating the Freedom to Read is observed during the last week of September each year. Observed since 1982, this annual American Libraries Association event reminds Americans not to take this precious democratic freedom for granted. BBW celebrates the freedom to choose or the freedom to express one’s opinion even if that opinion […]
Web of Science Platform Upgrade
Thomson Reuters’ Web of Science platform received some very helpful upgrades over the summer making searching, discovering, managing and analyzing easier than ever. See below for more information on the new features and click on the image to see online tutorials and demos! While new and updated platforms can provide a plethora of exciting and […]
Tech Trends w/ Tara: Cloud Computing
(image courtesy digitizor.com) Everything seems to be going into “the cloud” these days. You might be thinking it’s quickly become one of those meaningless phrases like “Web 2.0” which seem to mean everything and nothing at the same time. Yet, cloud computing is the latest buzz term for good reason. It’s going to play a […]
Facebook Campaign Week 4: Lord of the LIKES
Welcome to September! This month, we’re trying to score 250 new LIKES on our Facebook page. Each week, we’ll have Treasure! Events! and Prizes! as an incentive for you to click that thumbs-up button and spread the word! THIS WEEK’S EVENTS: Treasure Library (ongoing) We’ve hidden coins around Cudahy Library and the Information Commons! When […]
Speaker Series: Baird Harper
Featured Speaker: Baird Harper Featured Topic: “Revenge and Other Good Reasons to Write Fiction” Date & Location: Thursday, September 29, 2011 6:00 p.m. Richard Klarchek Information Commons, 4th Floor Lake Shore Campus 1032 West Sheridan Winner of Chicago Tribune‘s Nelson Algren Short Story Award, for “My Thoughts While Cooling Down on the Hotel Veranda”, Baird […]