Category Archives: online @ the library

Numbers, anyone?

Posted on December 13, 2007 by Barbara

Looking for international statistics? Country info? The United Nations may have just the numbers you need! There are several United Nations statistical databases available free (for non-commercial use) online at http://unstats.un.org/unsd/databases.htm: Census Knowledge Base The Census Knowledge Base, a fundamental … Continue reading →

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Renew Your Books & Videos Online

Posted on December 10, 2007 by Barbara

Yes! You can renew your books and videos online! How to do it From the University Library’s home page click on “My Accounts” in the upper right corner of the purple banner. The middle login option is for “Personal Record/UB … Continue reading →

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Keep Up With Congress: CQ Weekly

Posted on December 5, 2007 by Barbara

CQ Weekly is a weekly magazine devoted to all things related to the activities of the U.S. Congress (its subtitle is “Congressional Quarterly’s Magazine on Government, Commerce, and Politics”). Get a recap of major actions of the past week, an … Continue reading →

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Elusive Advertising Rates

Posted on November 14, 2007 by kyle

If you’re working on an advertising or marketing project and you need radio and TV ad rates, you’ve probably figured out that they’re not easy to find. Rates for print are easier to find, as you can use SRDS Media … Continue reading →

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Using LexisNexis From Off-Campus

Posted on October 16, 2007 by kyle

It has come to our attention that sometimes when trying to access LexisNexis from off-campus brings up the company’s login prompt, even after logging in through the library’s proxy server. Don’t worry, we’re working with the folks at LexisNexis to … Continue reading →

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Would You Include Libraries?

Posted on August 15, 2007 by kyle

The Chronicle of Higher Ed’s The Wired Campus blog featured a post last week about a list of the Top 100 Tools for Learning and how libraries were not included. The question posed to “e-learning experts” was What are your … Continue reading →

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I Know I Don’t Turn Down Free Music

Posted on July 23, 2007 by kyle

Who doesn’t like free stuff? If you’re a fan of classical music, then you’ll love free weekly music downloads from Alexander Street Press. It’s like the Single of the Week on iTunes – they select a work from their Classical … Continue reading →

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Library Games

Posted on July 8, 2007 by kyle

Everyone has seen those online Orbitz ads disguised as games – you know the ones where you have hit a home run or throw a football at a target? I have to say that I do occasionally play them (sometimes … Continue reading →

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New(er) Stuff Tuesday – July 3

Posted on July 3, 2007 by kyle

New(er) Stuff Tuesday? Well, yes. The reason that today it’s new(er) instead of new is because I’m featuring Global Market Information Database. Global Market Information Database (GMID), at first glance, is new to the Library’s electronic offerings, but it is … Continue reading →

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Electronic Collections Update

Posted on June 20, 2007 by kyle

Project MUSE has announced the availability of a new journal through our subscription. Comparative Drama, published by Western Michigan University, is “devoted to studies international in spirit and interdisciplinary in scope.” The Library houses print copies of previous issues, back … Continue reading →

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