UE Library News

H1N1 Coverage

2009-11-20T08:33:00.002-06:00

Just in case you aren't completely overwhelmed with panic inducing H1N1 information yet, Ebscohost has created a nifty little portal to information for clinicians, nurses, and patients. They've also included good information about seasonal flu.

Naxos slow?

2009-11-18T14:48:00.002-06:00

If you are experiencing interruptions while listening to music through Naxos, try changing the sound quality from CD to FM. Just as good but four times as fast.

Unfriend - 2009 Word of the Year

2009-11-17T13:12:00.002-06:00

The New Oxford American Dictionary has named "UNFRIEND" its 2009 Word of the Year. Other words considered for this lofty honor included teabagger, death panel and intexticated, according to the Oxford University Press' Blog.

Westlaw is not down but is perhaps ill

2009-11-16T10:41:00.003-06:00

The Library is aware that the Westlaw database is working in fits and starts. We will be working to resolve this problem in as timely a manner as possible. If you need to research your topic and cannot wait for the program to be fixed, you may find other helpful resources at the Law section of the databases by subject page. Updates will come as they are available.

Fun Searches

2009-11-10T09:27:00.003-06:00

Probably only useful if you're searching for a very specific image, GazoPa is an image search database that allows you to upload an image and search for similar images, or search by URL or keyword. It has some issues, as I discovered when I did a search for I Dream of Jeannie and got pictures of folk I don't know when I was hoping for an image of Major Nelson and Jeannie. I then did a URL search for an image I found of the painting Girl with a Pearl Earring and got the results I wanted. But a keyword search yielded movie results and only two images of Vermeer's painting. Fun if you're terribly bored, or if you desperately need an image and aren't that particular about where it comes from, you can give GazoPa a try. You can also tweet from GazoPa, so feel free to annoy your friends with this app. :)

In much barely more relevant news, Google now has a list of magazines from Google Books. No scholarly journals, clearly, but if you're looking for the latest issue of Orange Coast or Cincinatti Wedding, Google's got you covered.

Colonial Williamsburg eMuseum

2009-11-06T09:22:00.007-06:00

Colonial Williamsburg has an eMuseum. Their description of the eMuseum indicates they have an extensive collection of furniture, folk art, glass, textiles, costumes, and just about anything else you could think of. While the resort and living museum are well known, the eMuseum is relatively new and offers researchers who can't travel to Colonial Williamsburg a chance to explore their collections. The collection is searchable as well as browsable. A quick search for linen yielded 245 examples of colonial textiles, from needlework samplers to doll clothes. Check it out!

Are you catching Google's Wave?

2009-11-04T12:17:00.002-06:00

The lasted addition to the "7 Things You Should Know" series from Educause takes a closer look at Google Wave: Wave offers a compelling platform for personal learning environments because it provides a single location for collecting information from diverse sources while accommodating a variety of formats. By embedding mini-applications and other components, Wave makes interactive coursework a possibility for nontechnical students, moving larger numbers of students away from purely text-based assignments and into multimedia composition. Read more at:
http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7055.pdf

Halloween

2009-10-30T14:32:00.002-05:00

Check out these sites filled with Halloween fun & facts:

Halloween 2009 from National Geographic

History of Halloween from History.com

The Fantasy & Folklore of All Hallows & Today in History from the Library of Congress

Enjoy!

Wheeler Fund Proposals

2009-10-12T10:33:00.007-05:00

UE Libraries invites proposal applications for the Wheeler Fund. This fund, in the amount of $1,143 this year, is used to purchase materials designed to support a new academic program, bolster an existing program, or enhance cross-disciplinary programs.

A Statement of Intent describing your proposal is due November 9, 2009.

Contact Kathy Bartelt at kb4 or 488-2486 for questions and more information.

Google Fast Flip

2009-09-29T08:30:00.002-05:00

I've never heard of this, but apparently it's been around a while, at least a couple of weeks (which is an eternity when it comes to Google). Google Fast Flip provides a wide range of news sources for any search conducted. I searched for Swine Flu and got results from the BBC, Washington Post, and US Weekly. Boolean searching greatly diminishes the results you get, but typing anything in the search box yields numerous humorous results. Could be useful for getting news results from a variety of sources. Could also waste some time on a boring afternoon. ;)

Google Digitizes LIFE

2009-09-25T10:35:00.002-05:00

Don't Panic! It's a good thing.

Google books has announced that they have digitized and made available all 1,860 issues of LIFE Magazine from 1936 to 1972. Jump right in! I haven't had a chance to look around much yet, but can anyone deny that LIFE is a valuable resource? And it looks like Google has done a wonderful job preserving the amazing LIFE photographs that chronicle US history like no other publication has managed to do.

Cool Uses of Government Data - Apps for America

2009-09-22T11:46:00.001-05:00

Cool (and very useful) mashups using U.S. government federal and state data. Share these apps with a friend. (-:

1) DataMasher
Easily and quickly mashup data from various states. Amazing.

2) GovPulse
This will make the Federal Register so much easier to access and use.

The Federal Register is the official journal of the federal government of the United States. In it, you’ll find any kind of proposal, notification, or solicitation for data that a federal agency puts out. It’s the pulse of your government.

For much of its existence the Federal Register has had no easily accessible form. govpulse seeks to change this and enable you to respond to your government. We give you a way to browse the Register (from 1994 on) and use filters to decide what is important to you. And then act on it.

3) ThisWeKnow

Provide citizens with a single destination where they can explore all the information from the Data.gov catalog.

Dean's List Display

2009-09-09T14:14:00.003-05:00

In recognition of students' hard work, the Libraries are displaying the students names of those who are on the Dean's List. Stop by and marvel at how smart your classmates are!

Signup to RAP

2009-08-31T15:40:00.001-05:00

The Research Assistance Program is now open. Yeah! More information can be found at: http://libraries.evansville.edu/libservices/reference/rap.html.

Come Tour the Library!

2009-08-26T12:17:00.002-05:00

The Libraries are offering tours to all on the following dates and times. Reservations are not needed.

Thursday, August 27th:

Noon
12:30 pm
4:30 pm
8:00 pm

Friday, August 28th

Noon
12:30 pm
4:30 pm

Saturday, August 29th

11:00 am
4:00 pm

Sunday, August 30th

2:00 pm
4:00 pm
8:00 pm

Monday, August 31st

Noon
12:30 pm
4:30 pm
8:00 pm

Undergraduate Catalog & Fall Schedule of Classes

2009-08-21T12:09:00.001-05:00

2009-2011 Undergradate Catalog: http://www.evansville.edu/docs/CourseCatalog2009-2011.pdf

Fall 2009 Schedule of Classes: http://www.evansville.edu/docs/ClassSchedule-Fall2009.pdf

SciFinder & Off-Campus Access

2009-08-20T14:46:00.002-05:00

Off-campus Access to Sci-Finder is now working! HOWEVER, when you access it, you will be asked to allow a certificate created by Steve Mussett. Accept the certificate and your access will materialize.

Call the Reference Desk at 488-2482 if you have any questions.

Google's Scanning Project

2009-08-17T16:24:00.003-05:00

I recently read two articles about the Google Book Project which I want to recommend Books: A Plan to Scan in the Financial Times and Life in a Google Book Search World from Inside Higher Ed.

Happy Reading!

Google Book Search: New Ways to Search Within a Book

2009-07-23T15:35:00.001-05:00

Recently on the Inside Google Books Blog:

…one more addition to the experience of searching a book: search results in your scrollbar. Now when you search in a book, little hints will appear in the margin to indicate where you results are located. When you hover over one of these annotations, you’ll get a quick preview of the search results and the option of jumping directly to the associated page.

Previously, it was difficult to get a feel for where results were located in a book. You could count the page numbers and make a guess, but that’s hardly efficient. Now there is a strong visual display of result locations, and often clusters will form around particular chapters or passages. This will help you navigate more easily between pages which contain your search term.

Source: Google Book Search Blog

AP unveils ‘treasure trove’ of historical footage

2009-07-22T16:34:00.001-05:00

The Associated Press is digitizing and has begun to release a "treasure trove" of historical film footage from the 1960s and '70s that had been sitting in Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower's former World War II headquarters in London, according to this news release.

This archive can be access at http://www.aparchive.com/?sh=1180.

Fall 2009 Schedule of Classes

2009-06-19T11:34:00.001-05:00

http://www.evansville.edu/docs/ClassSchedule-Fall2009.pdf

2009-2011 Undergraduate Catalog

2009-06-16T11:19:00.000-05:00

http://www.evansville.edu/docs/CourseCatalog2009-2011.pdf

Does this Blog have an Audience of ONE?

2009-06-09T11:59:00.002-05:00

Last week, the NY Times ran a story about orphaned and abandoned blogs. Some interesting quotes:

"According to a 2008 survey by Technorati, which runs a search engine for blogs, only 7.4 million out of the 133 million blogs the company tracks had been updated in the past 120 days. That translates to 95 percent of blogs being essentially abandoned, left to lie fallow on the Web, where they become public remnants of a dream — or at least an ambition — unfulfilled."

"Richard Jalichandra, chief executive of Technorati, said that at any given time there are 7 million to 10 million active blogs on the Internet, but “it’s probably between 50,000 and 100,000 blogs that are generating most of the page views.” He added, “There’s a joke within the blogging community that most blogs have an audience of one.”"

Google Squared

2009-06-04T16:17:00.003-05:00

Just read about a new service called Google Squared being developed in Google Labs. Search results are displayed in a table with data being populated by various sources, including Wikipedia.

Though not all tables are equal. My chocolate Squared search displayed the major players but didn't have data to conform to the preset table configuration.

Maybe Squared is a search tool for play...

19th Century British Pamphlet Project

2009-06-02T14:49:00.002-05:00

JSTOR is offered FREE access to its 19th Century British Pamphlet Collection until 30 June 2009. Touted as the most significant British pamphlets from the 19th century held in UK research libraries, the pamphlets provide users with a wide focus on the political, social, and economic issues of 19th century Britain. Let us know what you think!