LIBNEWS-L: New Resources and Services at Old Dominion University Libraries October 17, 2006 * 29th Annual Literary Festival This Week * Power Searching for Graduate Students: October 21 * Mark Your Calendars for the Annual Book Sale: November 1-4 * New Project Muse Journals: "Journal of Canadian Studies" and "L'Esprit Créateur" --------------------------------------------- ==> 29th ANNUAL LITERARY FESTIVAL THIS WEEK The 29th Annual Literary Festival is going on this week, October 16-20. Be sure to attend one of the many events. Festival information, including the schedule of events, is available at: http://www.lib.odu.edu/litfest/29th/index.htm From the web site, you can also view archival materials back to the 1st festival in 1978. To promote the festival, the library has mounted an exhibit in the lobby of the Perry Library, featuring books by festival authors. Feel free to sit and read the books, or check them out. ----------------------------------------------------------------- ==> POWER SEARCHING FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21 Graduate students should plan to attend this workshop which features advanced search techniques for use with research databases. The library subscribes to some 200 databases that offer a variety of search capabilities. The workshop will be held in Perry Library, Room 163, from 9:30-11:30am on Saturday, October 21. To register, contact Marissa Jimenez at mjimenez@odu.edu or 683-4182. ----------------------------------------------------------------- ==> MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR THE ANNUAL BOOK SALE: NOVEMBER 1-4 The Old Dominion University Libraries will hold their annual book sale from Wednesday, November 1 through Saturday, November 4. The sale will be held in Room 151 of the Perry Library from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on November 1-3, and from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on November 4. Prices for the sale are $2 for hardbacks, $1 for paperbacks, and 25¢ for magazines. Various multimedia will also be available. The sale is open to the public. Proceeds from the sale will benefit the Library Student Achievement Award Fund. ------------------------------------------------------ ==> New Project Muse Journals: "Journal of Canadian Studies" and "L'Esprit Créateur" * Journal of Canadian Studies: The mandate of the Journal of Canadian Studies / Revue d'etudes canadiennes is first, to publish the best scholarship about Canadian history, culture and society, whether the researcher is junior or senior, living in Canada or abroad; and second, to serve as a vehicle for disseminating solid, original research about Canada that falls between the cracks of more narrowly defined journals. * L'Esprit Créateur: For more than forty years, "L'Esprit Créateur" has published studies on French and Francophone literature, film, criticism, and culture. The journal features articles representing a variety of methodologies and critical approaches. Exploring all periods of French literature and thought, "L'Esprit Créateur" focuses on topics that define French and Francophone Studies today. 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: October 31, 2006 ------------------------------- Find the Libnews-L archives at: http://www.lib.odu.edu/libinfo/publications/libnews