University Library Blogs

Please enjoy the first installation of Learning Commons Theatre, the library’s new edutainment film series. This film details the horrible perils of not using GIL, our materials catalog, for presearching. LC Theatre 1: Ghost Book

This film (and its successors) are the brainchild of our own Doug Rednour, who worked with Matt Munson and the Learning Commons Librarians. The actors are both Georgia State U students: Steven Brown and Christin Collins. Thanks to them!

 

 LC Theatre 1: Ghost Book: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

The following databases from Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, which were recently canceled by GALILEO due to budget constraints, have been removed from the Library’s list of electronic resources:

-AIDS and Cancer Research Abstracts
-Algology, Mycology & Protozoology Abstracts (Microbiology C)
-Animal Behavior Abstracts
-Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts (ASSIA)
-Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts Set and Oceanic Abstracts (ASFA)
-Bacteriology Abstracts (Microbiology B)
-Biological Sciences Set
-Biology Digest
-Biotechnology and Bioengineering Abstracts
-Biotechnology Research Abstracts
-Ceramic Abstracts / World Ceramics Abstracts
-Chemoreception Abstracts
-Computer and Information Systems Abstracts
-Conference Papers Index
-Ecology Abstracts
-Electronics and Communications Abstracts
-Entomology Abstracts
-Environmental Engineering Abstracts
-Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management Set
-Genetics Abstracts
-Health and Safety Sciences Abstracts
-Human Genome Abstracts
-Immunology Abstracts
-Industrial and Applied Microbiology (Microbiology A)
-Mechanical Engineering Abstracts
-Neurosciences Abstracts
-Nucleic Acids Abstracts
-Physical Education Index
-Plant Science
-Pollution Abstracts
-Risk Abstracts
-Solid State and Superconductivity Abstracts
-Toxicology Abstracts
-TOXLINE (toxicology)
-Virology and AIDS Abstracts
-Water Resources Abstracts

Cloud computing, one of the latest technology buzzwords, is so hard to explain that Google drove a bus from campus to campus to walk students through the company’s vision of it. Read more….

For your convenience, you can now see which floor(s) has an available computer.  Select this link for computer availability in real-time.

Update, 10/14: The problem appears to be fixed.

10/13: ILLiad is currently unavailable to most people.  We are working to correct the problem as quickly as possible.  In the interim, please contact the Interlibrary Loan Office at libill@langate.gsu.edu if you need to place an urgent request.

On Thursday, November 6 at 6pm,  please join University Library for refreshments and a discussion of this exhilarating documentary.  Click here for details.

Georgia State University students, faculty and staff can download EndNote X2 for Mac OS X from the University Library’s EndNote web page.

Click here to see what’s new in EndNote X2.

Please contact Joel Glogowski if you have any questions.

Please join Donna Kirking, Senior Product Trainer from Thomson Reuters, for EndNote X2 training on November 3rd.  She will be offering two sessions: Building an EndNote Library and Using EndNote in Word.

Date:           November 3, 2008

Location:     Library Classroom 1

Time:           10:30 - 12:00 Building an EndNote Library

                    12:30 - 2:00 Using EndNote in Word

Space is limited. Please email learningcommons@gsu.edu to register for one or both of the sessions. In the text of your message include your name and indicate what session(s) you plan to attend.

Contact Joel Glogowski for more information.

Starting Monday, October 13, 2008, an online reservation system will be available for the group study rooms. The University Library provides group study rooms to currently enrolled Georgia State University students, faculty and staff. The primary purpose of these rooms is to provide a place for students to engage in collaborative and cooperative study in small groups. You can reserve a room in 30 minute increments for a maximum 3 hours per day.  Please review the Group Study Room Policy.

To reserve a room, click here.  Some rooms will be available for drop-in use, that is, not requiring a reservation. These rooms are located on the 2nd floor link - L201, L202, L203, L204, L205, L206 .