Free from ebrary at http://h1n1.ebrary.com/
See also http://blogs.georgiasouthern.edu/zachsnews/2009/09/14/h1n1-flu-information/ and http://blogs.georgiasouthern.edu/zachsnews/2009/10/27/hot-doc-flu-gov/
Have a healthy Thanksgiving, from your friends at Henderson Library!
Google Scholar has announced that they’re now including “full text legal opinions from U.S. federal and state district, appellate and supreme courts” free of charge.
For more on how Henderson Library helps you get the most out of Google Scholar, click here.
For more on free online legal resources, click here.
ICPSR has cancelled the Nov. 18 webinar on new child care and early education information resoures, which we had announced previously.
Dear GALILEO Users,
How useful have you found the GALILEO Toolbar? Would you like to search GALILEO from your mobile device? How would you improve GALILEO? Your answers and your students’ and patrons’ answers to these questions matter.
When you open the GALILEO website today, you will see an invitation to participate in a the annual user survey. Don’t miss this chance to provide your feedback on your experience with GALILEO and to enter the drawing to win an iPod Nano. Be sure to encourage your users to complete the survey to be entered into the drawing. The survey will be conducted November 9-15, 2009. Just click on the GALILEO User Survey link on the GALILEO home page to participate.
Thank you for taking the time to contribute your opinions and ideas and for encouraging others to participate.
If you have any questions or need more information, please use GALILEO’s Contact Us feature or contact OIIT Customer Services at helpdesk@usg.edu.
Thank you and good luck!
Karen
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Karen Minton
GALILEO Support Services
Library Services
Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia
2500 Daniells Bridge Road, Building 300
Athens, GA 30606-3539
Phone: (888) 875-3697 Fax: (706) 583-2294
<mailto:karen.minton@usg.edu> http://www.galileo.usg.edu
We never know when disaster will strike. If you find yourself the victim of a presidentially declared disaster, seek help here: disasterassistance.gov
–Brought to you by Lori Lester, your Government Documents Librarian
A large area of the 2nd floor of the Library is designated “Family Space” on the weekends. This area has photocopiers, printers, 20 PCs, is close to the restrooms and service desks, has lots of windows with nice views, and a variety of furniture – most of it easily movable. This area is for use by students with children and community families.
The Family Space was created to benefit both families and all other users of the Library. We want to help students and other adults be able to use the Library’s resources when accompanied by their children who may need their attention frequently, room to move around, a place to nap within hands’ reach, etc. or make cries or sounds tolerable to other families but not to the majority of students in the Library. We want to keep the Library’s atmosphere as conducive to studying as possible for all users.
Per Library policy, children visiting Henderson Library should be accompanied at all times by a parent or supervising adult (over age 21) for their own safety and well being. Parents or the supervising adult, not the Library, are responsible for children’s use of the Library including access to electronic resources. There are no filters of any kind for internet access at the computers. The Library building and its information resources are not necessarily appropriate for younger children.
Children and youth visiting the Library without their parents or a supervising adult will be asked to leave if library staff believes them to be acting inappropriately or interfering with the Library’s primary mission of providing information resources and services to the Georgia Southern University academic community.
For now, Family Space will be labeled as such only on the weekends. However, at all times, the Library asks that youth and children not use the computers on the 1st floor. Please use the computers on the 2nd floor of the Library where there are two staffed service desks.
Here’s a way to search GALILEO directly from your Firefox or Internet Explorer toolbar!
With the GALILEO Toolbar, you can:
The toolbar was implemented and tested with the assistance of the Courseware and Website Library Resource Integration Working Group of librarians from the GALILEO participating libraries.
Activate your toolbar at http://www.galileo.usg.edu/scholar/databases/libx/
This webinar will preview the collection that is launching the first week in January. There will be a tour of the new site and features, with directions on how to give the site a test drive and provide ICPSR with feedback.
Some of the new tools to be demonstrated:
After requests from the University community and seeing a demonstration of its capabilities, the Henderson Library recently purchased a subscription to the RefWorks citation style manager service. It is a web-based application that allows you to automatically transfer citations from most GALILEO databases and other sources and then instantly format those citations and put them into your papers using whichever citation style you wish, including APA, MLA and Turabian.
In addition, Information Technology Services has purchased EndNote for the University community. It will be available soon for download at https://download.georgiasouthern.edu/gsu_download/index.php. Supporting information for the software is available here http://www.endnote.com/ and you can see detailed comparisons of the features of RefWorks, EndNote and other related software here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_reference_management_software. It is possible to transfer citations from EndNote to RefWorks.
What does RefWorks do?
* Create a personal database online – Store an unlimited number of records accessible from any computer linked to the Internet. No downloading software or installation required.
* Import references automatically from multiple databases – Search results from a wide variety of databases can be automatically exported into RefWorks with the click of a button.
* Organize and manage references – Sort and file references quickly and easily using folders, duplicate search, and author, keyword, and periodical indexes.
* Share references – Using the Internet, easily collaborate with members of your own institution or globally with other researchers, faculty members, or students.
* Format bibliographies and manuscripts in seconds – Save hours of typing time and decrease the number of errors made when creating tedious bibliographies. Easily make changes to your paper and reformat in seconds.
To support this new service we offer assistance at the Learning Commons Desk as well as a new Introduction to RefWorks workshop that is available to groups or individuals by appointment. Go to the University Training website http://library.georgiasouthern.edu/workshops.html to register. Questions and comments may be directed to our RefWorks specialist librarian, Tony Ard, at 912-478-5645 or tony_ard@georgiasouthern.edu .
To get to RefWorks, go to the login http://library.georgiasouthern.edu/refworks/ page or look for it on the GALILEO Databases A-Z list. There you will also find links to supporting materials such as the Quick Start Guide http://library.georgiasouthern.edu/refworks/RefWorks_Quick_Start_Guide.pdf FAQ http://library.georgiasouthern.edu/refworks/RefWorks%20Frequently%20Asked%20Questions.pdf and Tutorials http://www.refworks.com/tutorial/ .
Coming soon, a RefWorks workshop hosted by a representative from the company. More details to follow.
–Tony Ard, Information Services Librarian
Henderson Library’s Government Documents Department is celebrating it’s 70th anniversary as a Federal Depository library next Wednesday, November 4th from 2-4 in Room 1102 (big room seen through the Atrium on 1st floor). We have a diverse selection of speakers to give our audience a true sense of what it means to be a depository, the current situation and future direction of the Government Printing Office and the Federal Depository Library Program, a look at what Georgia depository libraries are doing, a flashback in time to our “early” and “earlier” years as a depository and as a library, and last, a speech by the former First Lady of the State of Georgia and niece of Senator Richard Russell, Betty Russell Vandiver about Senator Russell.
We will have a reception in Room 1300 and provide tours at the conclusion of the formal program.
We hope everyone will join in our celebration Wednesday at 2 to learn interesting facts from our former and current Regional Depository Librarians for the state of Georgia, our University Historian, Dr. Delma Presley, and as a special treat, from Robin Haun-Mohamed of the Government Printing Office who will present Zach S. Henderson Library with a certificate honoring our 70th anniversary in addition to speaking about the GPO and FDLP today.
See you there!
Lori Lester
Assistant Professor &
Government Documents Librarian
Georgia Southern University
P.O. Box 8074-2
Statesboro, GA 30460
lllester@georgiasouthern.edu
912-478-5032
Depository 0117
Have you visited a Federal depository library lately?
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/libraries.html
Easy as FDL!
Federal Depository Libraries: Free Information, Dedicated Service, Limitless Possibilities