LIBNEWS-L: New Resources and Services at Old Dominion University Libraries September 5, 2006 * Surf & Turf Sessions Begin This Week * Graduate Assistant Workshops: Wednesday 9/6 or Saturday 9/9 * E-Reserves to Blackboard Training: Friday 9/8 * More New Databases Through Cambridge Scientific Abstracts: ANTE, Aqualine, ASSIA * New Project Muse Journals: "Essays In Criticism" And "Eighteenth Century Fiction" ------------------------------------------ ==> SURF & TURF SESSIONS BEGIN THIS WEEK Surf: introduction to online search techniques Tuesdays, September 12, 19 and 26 Turf: tour of the Library Thursdays, September 7, 14, 21 and 28 Surf & Turf sessions are offered to Old Dominion University faculty, staff, and students. These brief sessions begin at 12:30 p.m. There is no need to register; interested persons should come to the lobby and meet the librarian in front of the poster advertising the session. These sessions are intended for interested individuals, not whole classes. ------------------------------------------------------------- ==> GRADUATE ASSISTANT WORKSHOPS: ESSENTIAL LIBRARY SERVICES - PUT THE LIBRARY TO WORK FOR YOU! Are you (or do you know) a graduate assistant with questions about many of the tasks you've been assigned? Let us help you find the answers! This workshop for graduate research and teaching assistants will cover how to take advantage of important library services, including how to: * Obtain materials requested by your professor * Obtain materials not owned by the library * Charge copying to the dept or grants * Borrow materials in your professor's name * Place material on course reserve * Contact the library for the help you need The sessions will be held on Wednesday, September 6 or Saturday, September 9, 2006 from 10-11:30 am in Room 163. Choose whichever session is the most convenient for you. Register with Steve Litherland by email at slitherl@odu.edu or by telephone at 683-5908. Please indicate your department when registering. ------------------------------------------------- ==> E-RESERVES TO BLACKBOARD TRAINING: FRIDAY 9/8 If you need help converting materials to pdf and posting them to Blackboard, come to a half-hour session with Karen Vaughan (University Libraries) and Loretta Ulmer (Center for Learning Technologies) to get some help. The final scheduled session is Friday, September 8 from 9:30-10:00am in the Digital Services Center, 3rd floor of Perry Library. Please let us know if you plan to attend, or if you need help but can't attend -- email kvaughan@odu.edu ---------------------------------------------------------------- ==> MORE NEW DATABASES ADDED TO CAMBRIDGE SCIENTIFIC ABSTRACTS More new databases were recently added to Cambridge Scientific Abstracts: * ANTE: Abstracts in New Technologies and Engineering: Includes new technologies such as information technology and computing, electronics, biotechnology, medical technology, as well as engineering (including construction, electrical and chemical engineering) and allied subject areas. 1981-present * Aqualine: Focuses on trade, technical and scientific literature concerning all aspects of water resources. Articles are drawn from a source list of journals, conference proceedings, scientific reports, books and theses. 1960-present * ASSIA: Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts: Covers health, social services, psychology, sociology, economics, politics, race relations and education. ASSIA currently contains records from journals published in many different countries, including the UK and US. 1987-present Access these databases from the library's "Databases" page. Because they are available through the Virtual Library of Virginia, IP address restrictions apply: from home, you'll need to enter your Campus UIN at the Easy Proxy page. ------------------------------------------------------ ==> NEW PROJECT MUSE JOURNALS: "ESSAYS IN CRITICISM" and "EIGHTEENTH CENTURY FICTION" * Essays in Criticism is today regarded as one of Britain's most distinguished journals of literary criticism. Essays in Criticism covers the whole field of English Literature from the time of Chaucer to the present day. The journal maintains that originality in interpretation must be allied to the best scholarly standards. Moreover, whilst always pursuing new directions and responding to new developments, Essays in Criticism has kept a balance between the constructive and the sceptical, giving the journal particular value at a time when criticism has become so diversified. * Eighteenth Century Fiction publishes articles in both English and French on all aspects of imaginative prose in the period 1700-1800, but will also examine papers on late 17th-century or early 19th-century fiction, particularly when the works are discussed in connection with the eighteenth century. To access Project Muse journals, click "Project Muse" on the library's "Journals, Magazines, Newspapers" page or search by individual journal title. Because Project Muse is available through the Virtual Library of Virginia (VIVA), IP address restrictions apply: from off campus, you'll need to enter your Campus UIN at the Easy Proxy page. ------------------------------- Next Issue: September 12, 2006 ------------------------------- Find the Libnews-L archives at: http://www.lib.odu.edu/libinfo/publications/libnews