In accordance with the University's announcement, the University Libraries will open at 10am on Friday 10/1.

Old Dominion University will have a two hour delayed opening on Friday, October 1. Administrative offices will open at 10 a.m. Classes will begin at 10 a.m., starting with classes regularly scheduled for that time. Any classes that begin prior to 10 a.m. are cancelled. Essential personnel should report as directed.

To help in planning your drive to and from the campus, tide predictions are as follows:


09/30/2010 Thu

• 08:28AM Low tide
• 02:59PM High tide
• 09:36PM Low tide

10/01/2010 Fri

• 09:33AM Low tide
• 04:04PM High tide
• 10:39PM Low tide

Be safe!

From NOAA Tide Predictions: Norfolk

On Tuesay, September 28, from 3:00-4:30pm, come to a Graduate Student Workshop "Using EndNote with Library Databases to Save You Time!" Learn how to collect citations from the library's databases and export them into EndNote, a powerful tool for organizing and managing bibliographic citations. Both desktop and Web versions will be included. Bringing your own laptop will be very helpful. If you do bring a laptop, we ask that you have EndNote downloaded to it already.

See instructions for EndNote @ ODU Libraries

Click here to Register for the workshop. For more information, contact Miriam Bridges at mbridges@odu.edu.

In case you're used to using PsycINFO on the EBSCOhost system, and it's no longer there... don't worry! We still have PsycINFO, but as of September 1, our access is through APA PsycNET (American Psychological Association).

You'll find that searching PsycINFO through APA PsycNET is very similar to EBSCOhost.

Note: Through the end of September, we also have access to PsycCRITIQUES and PsycEXTRA, so be sure to try them out.

ODU's Annual Literary Festival is coming -- October 4-8, 2010. It's the 33rd annual festival. Access information about the festival, who's speaking, and when by visiting the Annual Literary Festival Web Site.

On the "Participants" page, you will find a link to books in the ODU Libraries by this year's festival authors. Check some out ahead of time and find out what these writers have to say.

Audio-visual materials housed in Perry Library (DVDs, VHS, CDs) have been moved to the new reserve room adjacent to the 2nd floor circulation desk. The loan period for these materials is 1 week, and you can check out 3 at a time.

To find out what feature films we have in our collection, do an Advanced Keyword search in the "ODU Only Catalog" from the library's Web site:

1. In the “Any Field” box enter “feature films”
2. In the “Material Type” box select “FILMS & VIDEO”
3. Click the “Submit” button
4. On the results screen that follows you will probably want to change the “Sorted by…” option from “relevancy” to “title.” This will redisplay the results list in alphabetical order by title.

The library has over 1,000 feature films that can be checked out.