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Monthly Archives: December 2008

Mobile phone to be primary internet link in 2020

By La Loria | Published: December 29, 2008
A survey of internet leaders, activists, and analysts shows they expect major tech advances as the phone becomes a primary device for online access, voice-recognition improves, artificial and virtual reality become more embedded in everyday life, and the architecture of the internet itself improves. That is one of the key findings in a new report, [...]
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GIL Catalog Upgrade scheduled, December 19, 6pm

By Rod | Published: December 19, 2008
The upgrade will begin around 6 p.m. and should be complete prior to the beginning of the following business day (Sat. Dec. 20th).  During the upgrade the system will not be available.  Users needing to check library holdings should try the universal catalog at http://giluc.usg.edu.
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Investext moved to Thomson Reuters

By William | Published: December 19, 2008
Investext, previously published by Gale Cengage, is now published by Thomson Reuters.  Investext now uses the Thomson Research interface.
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Library hosts a party?

By La Loria | Published: December 18, 2008
AT UNC Charlotte, students used there Information Commons for something other than studying - see clip here.  If you would like to see this kind of activity here at GA State Univ Library, please let us know at: learningcommons@gsu.edu
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Ageline, Philosopher’s Index and Social Work Abstracts now available via EBSCOhost

By William | Published: December 17, 2008
The library now subscribes to Ageline, Philosopher’s Index and Social Work Abstracts through EBSCOhost.  We previously subscribed to these via the Ovid SP interface.  Access to these resources is available through our list of electronic resources and databases.
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Write Right Service – Spring 2009 Hours

By Kaetrena | Published: December 12, 2008
Hello all,  The Spring 2009 schedule for the Write Right tutoring service has been finalized: Monday and Wednesday from 1PM – 6PM Tuesday and Thursday from 9:30AM – 2:30PM For more information about the Write Right service, click here. 
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EndNote X2 Update

By Joel | Published: December 12, 2008
EndNote X2 users can install the update by using the EndNote menu (Help->EndNote Program Updates). From the EndNote website:  “The update is available to EndNote X2 users and includes highly requested features that allow you to work with increased flexibility.” Click here for more details.
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Winter Break and Holiday Hours

By Laura | Published: December 12, 2008
December 13- 14 Saturday/Sunday Library Closed December 15 – December 19 Break Hours 8:00 am – 6:00pm January 2 – 4 10:00am – 6:00pm Open to GSU community only PantherCard REQUIRED for entry
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GIL Express service suspended Dec. 15th – Jan. 5th

By Doug | Published: December 10, 2008
GIL Express service will be temporarily unavailable while the GIL online system is upgraded. Online GIL Express requests suspended at midnight, December 15th. Walk-up GIL Express borrowing Suspended at 6 p.m., December 15th. You will not be able to borrow from other University of Georgia libraries in person. GIL Express will resume on Jan.5, 2009. During the interruption in service, [...]
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