What more could you ask for? See Ask.com

There's a new search engine in town! www.ask.com Actually, it used to AskJeeves, but our dear butler has been retired.

So, what makes this search engine different from all other search engines, you ask? Run your favorite search. There are several interesting things to see on the results list.

1. On the right, you can Narrow or Expand your search.
2. Run your mouse on the binoculars under a result. An image of the webpage will appear.
3. Click on Save, and your selection will be saved in My Saved Results. These Saved Results in MyStuff can be saved to a Folder, Printed, or Emailed, and you can Edit the webpage description!

Reserve your book today!

Is the book you want checked out? Place a reserve on it! We will let you know when it is returned.

Here's how. When you are in the full description of the book that you want (click on the title from the results list), look in the lower right-hand side of the screen for a green button labeled "Patron Request".

Fill in all the fields:

1. Student ID
2. Full Name
3. Email (please)
4. Do not fill after (date)

By clicking on Submit Request, an email will be sent to the Circulation Services Assistant, who will place a reserve on the item. We will contact you when the item is returned.

New Database... Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature -- Retrospective (1890-1982)

This is the online version of those familiar green-cover print indexes that are housed in libraries around the English-speaking world.

This new database provides indexing to materials from 1890 through 1982. Yes, that is right, this is not a typo!! Doing historical research on the early 1900s? Looking to see what life was like during the era of the 8-track tape? This is the best place to start. Looking for what was in the news during the year you were born...this may be your database...well....it is if you were born after 1890 and before 1982. Articles that have full-text in one of our other databases (or a print subscription in the library) will have the 'Article Linker' option for your convenience.

Go to Research Databases and choose from the alphabetical list.

Picture This! Using EBSCO's Visual Search

EBSCO has given us a new way of looking at our search results. Instead of merely producing a list of results, you will see them in clusters by topic; the circles represent categories, the squares actual links to articles.

Let's say you are doing a paper on Jane Austen. Your results will now include circles for biographies, criticism, film adaptations, Pride & Prejudice, etc. If you click on the Criticism circle, you will see more circles (more categories within criticism) and squares. If you run your mouse over a square, a summary of the article appears. If you clink on the square, the article will open in the panel on the right. You can save, email, print the article or add it to the folder.

Compare the Visual Search to the "Narrow Results by Subject:" that is available in the Basic or Advanced Searches and you will see why this is a valuable new tool to aid you in your research.

For more information about Visual Search, there is a tutorial with audio (2.20 minutes runtime) which will introduce you to this new feature of EBSCOhost.