A few years ago it was a 2000-year-old ossuary with the inscription "James, son of Joseph, brother of Jesus." Today it's a tomb some believe to be the tomb of Jesus. Discovery Channel will be airing a new documentary by James Cameron about the Lost Tomb of Jesus on Sunday, March 4 @ 9p.m.
The news services (I use Google News) have hundreds of articles about the 'discovery.'
For a good blog entry about the 'discovery' and coming documentary, I suggest The Recliner Commentaries 'The Family Tomb of Jesus' for a good essay about the 'evidence' of this discovery.
Biblical Archeaology Society also has a comment (or two) about the discovery in their Breaking News section.
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Friday, February 23, 2007
Need articles quickly?
Did you find an article you need but the library doesn't have it in full-text? And you need it yesterday?
Will you panic? No need.
We are way ahead of you. The library has a new software program that sends scanned articles from other libraries without the traditional wait (5-10 days) of Interlibrary Loan. In very scientifically run trials, the library requested the different 3 articles from three separate libraries and they all arrived in 1 day. One day, that's like 24 hours! Now this was in a very controlled environment, so we suggest you allow for 2 or 3 days to be on the safe side.
But wait, there's more...since we get the articles as emails, we will send them to you via email. You don't have to make a trip into the library to pick your article up! Wow!
So, go ahead. Wait until the last minute to ask for your periodical ILLs (or really the last 2880 mintues--24 hours x 60 minutes x 2 days). Use the Periodical ILL form on the Library's webpage to have periodical articles sent to your e-mail account really, really fast!
Thursday, February 22, 2007
What's New in the Library?
Practically every day the library is adding new books to the collection. Some of them are displayed on the book truck at the entrance, but many more go directly to the shelves.
So, how do you know what is being added? Easy. The library has a Visual Search button on the library's online catalog that includes all new materials added to the collection. Once you are in the list, you can sort it by author, title or any other of a dozen ways.
To go directly to the new books list, click on the New Arrivals icon below.
So, how do you know what is being added? Easy. The library has a Visual Search button on the library's online catalog that includes all new materials added to the collection. Once you are in the list, you can sort it by author, title or any other of a dozen ways.
To go directly to the new books list, click on the New Arrivals icon below.
Monday, February 19, 2007
RefWorks Training Sessions
Got papers? Need to do a bibliography?
Come to one of our RefWorks training sessions!
Tuesday, February 20th - 4-4:45pm
Wednesday, February 21st - 3-3:45pm
Instructors: Matt Owen & Jennifer Ewing
In the Cayot Room in the College Library.
Come to one of our RefWorks training sessions!
Tuesday, February 20th - 4-4:45pm
Wednesday, February 21st - 3-3:45pm
Instructors: Matt Owen & Jennifer Ewing
In the Cayot Room in the College Library.
Friday, February 16, 2007
Fun for Friday -- Introducing the book
Here's a video from YouTube that relates to libraries and emerging technology: Introducing the Book.
Enjoy!
Enjoy!
Monday, February 12, 2007
Linking References in RefWorks
Open URL Links
If your RefWorks administrator has added an Open URL link to the RefWorks program, there will be a link in the main viewing area of the program right next to the View and Edit links for each reference. (This is not available to Individual Subscribers.) Click on the link to launch the Open URL search
Linking to a Web Site
To link to a URL simply type the information into the Links or DOI (Digital Object Identifier) fields. Entries in the these fields need to be separated by a semi-colon. Click on the URL to launch the link.
Linking to a File on Your Computer
To link to a file located on your local computer, precede the file name with file:, e.g., file://C:\reflinks\sample.txt. The file name and the path name cannot contain spaces. To work around this you must enter a %20 to replace the space. For example, to link to your My Documents folder you would enter file://C:\My%20Documents\sample.txt. You may want to set up a specific folder on your computer for items you want to link to from RefWorks.
Users can also use a universal naming convention to make network shared files available to all users. For example, file://c:\windows\win.exe under UNC might carry the identifier
file:////machinename/sharename/windows/win.exe.
Note: Some firewall or security software or security settings in your browser may block links to documents stored on your hard-drive. If you find you are having trouble linking, check your security settings.
If your RefWorks administrator has added an Open URL link to the RefWorks program, there will be a link in the main viewing area of the program right next to the View and Edit links for each reference. (This is not available to Individual Subscribers.) Click on the link to launch the Open URL search
Linking to a Web Site
To link to a URL simply type the information into the Links or DOI (Digital Object Identifier) fields. Entries in the these fields need to be separated by a semi-colon. Click on the URL to launch the link.
Linking to a File on Your Computer
To link to a file located on your local computer, precede the file name with file:, e.g., file://C:\reflinks\sample.txt. The file name and the path name cannot contain spaces. To work around this you must enter a %20 to replace the space. For example, to link to your My Documents folder you would enter file://C:\My%20Documents\sample.txt. You may want to set up a specific folder on your computer for items you want to link to from RefWorks.
Users can also use a universal naming convention to make network shared files available to all users. For example, file://c:\windows\win.exe under UNC might carry the identifier
file:////machinename/sharename/windows/win.exe.
Note: Some firewall or security software or security settings in your browser may block links to documents stored on your hard-drive. If you find you are having trouble linking, check your security settings.
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