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Monthly Archives: July 2008

Introducing EBSCOhost 2.0

By admin | Published: July 25, 2008
Online Tutorial for 2.0  EBSCOhost 2.0 New Features Help Sheet
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Disruptive Technologies or New Pedagogical Possibilities

By admin | Published: July 17, 2008
Grainne Conole of OpenLearn presented a talk titled Technologies or New Pedagogical Possibilities at the Eduserv Foundation Symposium 2008. She focused on the “informational aspects” of Web 2.0 technologies in the classroom, particularly how they might (or might not) change pedagogical models. The video can be viewed here at iThinkEd.
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Find it @ GSU down briefly on July 17th

By administrator | Published: July 16, 2008
Due to network maintenance, Find it @ GSU (SFX) will be down tomorrow for a 15 minute period between 7 am and 8 am. *Author ID: 168 Author name: William*
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EBSCOhost 2.0 launching today

By administrator | Published: July 16, 2008
Users of EBSCOhost resources (e.g., Academic Search Complete, EconLit and PsycARTICLES) should be aware that EBSCO is launching their new interface, EBSCOhost 2.0 today.  We have been told that you should expect some slowness with searching and no access to EBSCOhost personal folders until the launch is complete some time this afternoon. The EBSCOhost 2.0 FAQs [...]
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More new Google Tech

By admin | Published: July 14, 2008
From an article in Network World: “The inspiration for the platform was the realization that the current social world is too static, according to Wang. With Lively she wants users to be able to interact using words, 3D graphics and gestures. The furniture users pick for their room should give visitors an idea of who they are, [...]
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New resource: International Encyclopedia of Communication

By administrator | Published: July 8, 2008
The library recently purchased the online version of the International Encyclopedia of Communication.  From the publisher: The International Encyclopedia of Communication represents the definitive reference source in this interdisciplinary and dynamic field. This authoritative work is jointly published with the International Communication Association (ICA), the leading academic association of the discipline. Key features: 1,339 newly-commissioned A-Z entries, [...]
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Books in PZ1-PZ4 Being Reclassed

By administrator | Published: July 7, 2008
General collection books in PZ1, PZ3 and PZ4 (subclasses used by the Library of Congress prior to 1980) are being reclassified to the appropriate subclasses of literature. This will bring works together in PQ, PR, PS, etc. that were previously shelved in different places. For example, Roald Dahl’s Kiss, Kiss has gone from PZ3.D1374Ki to [...]
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Scanning to a Jump Drive

By admin | Published: July 2, 2008
With the Scanner Terminals in the Learning Commons if you plug the jump drive in before the computer boots up, you’ll have no problem with the computer “reading” the drive.  The “removable” drive was right there ready to save images, scans, etc. However, if the H-Drive doesn’t show up, there is a alternative method to get [...]
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