LIBNEWS-L: New Resources and Services at Old Dominion University Libraries

April 18, 2006

* Training for New Databases
* SPORTDiscus Now Includes Full Text
* Blackboard to Replace Electronic Reserves Service at the University Libraries

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==>  TRAINING FOR NEW DATABASES

Next Monday, April 24 at 2pm, a trainer from ProQuest will be here in Room
163 to provide training on some of our newest databases:

     * Early English Books Online (EEBO)
        ... contains digital facsimile page images of virtually every
        work printed from 1473-1700 in England, Ireland, Scotland,
        Wales and British North America and works in English printed
        elsewhere.
     * American Periodical Series
        ... includes digitized images of the pages of American magazines
        and journals published from 1740-1940.
     * C19: The Nineteenth Century Index
        ... integrated bibliographic coverage of over 1.3 million books
        and official publications, and 10 million articles published
        in over 2,000 journals, magazines and newspapers, from
        indexes such as:
           * Nineteenth Century Short Title Catalogue
           * The Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals
           * Palmer's Index to the Times
           * Periodicals Index Online
           * House of Commons Parliamentary papers

To reserve a spot, contact Karen Vaughan kvaughan@odu.edu

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==>  SPORTDiscus NOW INCLUDES FULL TEXT

SPORTDiscus, provided through EBSCO, offers comprehensive, bibliographic
and full text coverage of sport, fitness and related disciplines. This
database contains over 230 full text titles, and 650,000 records with
journal and monograph coverage going back to 1800. Allows a maximum of 4
users at a time.

Access SPORTDiscus from the library's "Databases" page by title or under
the subject "Education."  Because SPORTDiscus is available through library
subscription, IP address restrictions apply: from home, you'll need to
enter your Campus UIN at the Easy Proxy page.

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==>  BLACKBOARD TO REPLACE ELECTRONIC RESERVES SERVICE
AT THE UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES

With the implementation of Blackboard Academic Suite by University faculty
and instructors, the University Libraries will end their electronic
reserves program at the beginning of the fall semester, August 26, 2006.
Blackboard offers a wide selection of course management options to faculty
to implement at their convenience, including the ability to post materials
and handouts.  The move will also aid in the consolidation of
course-specific materials and heighten copyright compliance by limiting
access to material only to students enrolled in a particular course.

The staff of the Digital Services Center in Perry Library will assist
faculty members and their graduate assistants with scanning and other
issues that may arise in making the transition from library-based
e-reserves to the Blackboard environment.  Faculty are encouraged to make a
direct link to the library homepage from each course page.

The move to Blackboard will not have any effect on the reserve book
collection and operation in Perry Library.

If you have any questions or comments, please contact Wayne Burton, Head of
Access Services at 3-4174 or e-mail your questions and comments to
wburton@odu.edu

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