September
11, 04
AJCUVR
- a virtual reference service -
the Holy Cross Libraries is partnering
with eighteen other libraries from the
Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities
to provide 24/7 Virtual Reference Services
to students, faculty and staff of participating
institutions. Through the co-browsing
features of the Tutor.com software, librarians
can provide high quality online
research services to students from
coast to coast.
September
11, 04
Jesuit
Library Passport - a
nationwide reciprocal borrowing program
for faculty. Holy Cross faculty now have
direct borrowing privileges at all the
other Jesuit colleges and universities
in the nation. Please inquire at Circulation,
x2642.
September
11, 04
Database
changes - four
long-held and heavily used subscription
databases, ATLA, Biological Abstracts,
MLA, and PsycINFO, were moved to the EBSCO
platform at the beginning of the academic
year. Increased access to full-text journals
and a common searching interface should
prove to be an advantage in the use of
these databases.
September
11, 04
Main
Event - The
Fatherless Children of France: "Their
Book" an exhibition of works by the
leading writers and artists of the post-WW1
era will be the next major exhibit presented
by the College Archives. This material
was collected to help the starving children
of French soldiers. The exhibit will appear
on the second floor hallway of the Dinand
Library.
November
4, 03
Academic
Search Premier - a
new database from EBSCO has been added
to the Library's database collection.
It is multi-disciplinary covering the
social sciences, humanities, education,
etc, with indexing and abstracting for
about 7800 scholarly journals and full-text
access to approximately 3700.
October
15, 03
Researcher's
Workshop - provided by the
Reference Staff and tailored to help you
plan and accomplish your research assignments.
Please join us in the Scalia Technology
Classroom in Dinand once a week from 7-8
PM on alternating evenings. Next workshop
is Mon, 10/20/03, and continuing, Tues,
10/28/03, Wed, 11/05/03, Thur, 11/13/03,
Mon, 11/17/03, Tues, 11/25/03, Wed, 12/03/03,
Thur, 12/11/03.
August
29, 03
Library orientation for
first year students will require your
powers of detection.. A treasure
hunt is planned. Come join
the fun and get a chance to win a prize.
June
16, 03
Sci-Finder
Scholar, the premier Chemistry
resource, is now available to researchers
at Holy Cross. It contains chemical and
patent literature, reaction databases,
and the CAS Registry. While the database
is web based, it needs to be locally installed.
Please call Karen Reilly for assistance,
2520.
June
16, 03
The
Greatest Generation: Holy Cross and WWII
is currently being exhibited on the 2nd
floor of the Dinand Library. Please go
to
What's Happening at our Archives site
for further information.
June
16, 03
Several
"free" web resources
have been integrated into the online and
subject list of databases for the convenience
of our patrons. You will now find Concordances,
Census Data, FindLaw and many other useful
websites intermixed with our subscription
databases.
April
22, 03
Superior
reporting functionality, open
URL technology, and digital resources
management are just a few of the many
reasons the Library selected Millenium
as our next integrated library system.
We feel Innovative has the vision to bring
our library system into the 21st century.
April
22, 03
The
New York Times Historical (1851-1999)
offers full text access to articles, images
and advertising. Several search options
provide for more precise searching. Thus,
it is possible to search by article type
for death notices or editorials.
March
31, 03
International
Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral
Sciences
- This most
current series is now available
online to the Holy Cross Community.
February
4, 03
Once
Upon a Time exhibit on display
in main Reading Room of Dinand until July
30, 2003. Fairy tales tell their story
with a flair. For more information and
future exhibits, go to the "What's
Happening" section of the Archives.
January
15, 03
