Old Dominion University Library
In the month of October, the library will sponsor two different brown bag lunch events for faculty, to be held in Library 211 from 12:30 to 1:30. On Thursday, October 10, we will present another of our "Introduction to Searching the Web" sessions.
On Thursday, October 17, we are offering a new workshop called "Searching VIVA Resources on the Web." This workshop highlights the Virtual Library of Virginia Project (VIVA) FirstSearch and InfoTrac databases, as well as electronic journals and texts available through VIVA.
Please call the Reference Department at 683-4178 if you would like to attend either or both of these events. Everyone will have an opportunity for hands-on exploration of these Internet resources. If you would like a World-Wide-Web workshop for your whole department faculty, with particular emphasis on that discipline, please call 683-4182 to make arrangements.
A variety of self-service alternatives exist to help you learn about the library. Among them are:
Because of construction and frequent changes in locations of services and collections, we have had to discontinue the audio tour, at least until 1998.
Four additional half-hour workshops titled "Searching the World-Wide-Web" will be offered in October for Old Dominion University students.
On October 2 and 8, the workshops begin at 6:00pm. On October 15 and 22, they will start at 12:45pm. All will be held at Internet workstations in the lobby of the library.
Students must register on the day of the workshop they wish to attend by calling 683-4178 or by signing up in person at the reference desk in the library.
The Reference & Research Services Department recently welcomed Polly Boruff as the new Business Reference Librarian. Boruff holds the Master of Library Science degree from Indiana University, where she also majored in political science and environmental studies as an undergraduate.
In addition to corporate management experience, Boruff has worked as a Teaching Assistant in the Electronic Resources and Services Department and as a Reference Assistant with the School of Business/School of Public and Environmental Affairs Library at Indiana University.
Interlibrary Loan ordering through the library's online catalog. Watch for it!
Have you tried all of these excellent resources?
These and many other resources come to you through VIVA, the Virtual Library of Virginia project. Use the Old Dominion University's homepage at www.lib.odu.edu for easy access.
A new joint service offered by the library and University Microfilms International (UMI) allows our faculty and students to purchase doctoral dissertations at a greatly reduced price, $24.50. This Dissertation Express service is administered by the Interlibrary Loan section of the University Library. Copy quality of the text is guaranteed, and the dissertations are delivered from UMI to the library within 3 to 4 working days.
An order form will soon be available from the Library Information & Services page of our library web site at www.lib.odu.edu
For more information, call 683-4170 and ask to speak with a staff member.
Have you discovered some of the newly-available electronic databases this semester? Among them are CINAHL (nursing) and RILM Abstracts (music) available through VIVA/FirstSearch from our library's web site at www.lib.odu.edu . You can also access these databases remotely via telnet (iii.lib.odu.edu) or modem (683-5025, -3110, -5091, or -5090). Elsevier Science Table of Contents Service is also available from our web site.
Women's Studies On Disc, RIA Tax Service, and Zoological Record are now available on CD-ROM in the Reference & Research Services Department. For more information or to make a CD-ROM appointment, call 683-4178.
Student Searching the World-Wide-Web workshop, 6:00, lobby
Faculty Brown Bag Lunch/workshop, Introduction to Searching the Web, 12:30, Room 211
Student Searching the World-Wide-Web workshop, 12:45 , lobby
Faculty Brown Bag Lunch/workshop, Searching VIVA Resources on the Web, 12:30, Room 211
Student Searching the World-Wide-Web workshop, 12:45, lobby
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