We’re pleased to announce that the Web of Knowledge database has now been enhanced. See the full announcement here, and check out the citation mapping demonstration here.
Web of Knowledge is one of our major research resources, and includes Web of Science (Arts and Humanities Index, Science Citation Index, and Social Sciences Citation Index) and Biosis Previews/Biology Abstracts.
We’re pleased to announce that the EBSCOhost databases (Academic Search Complete, Business Source Complete, ERIC, etc.) will unveil a new interface any day now. There is a functional beta version already accessible via a link from the current interface. Look for the “New Features!” link in red in the upper right hand corner. From that page you’ll be able to “Test Drive EBSCOhost 2.0 Beta”. Enjoy!
(Update: The new interface is now live. Let us know what you think!)
Walter Harrison of Millen (1899-1985) became involved in the Rural Electrification Administration (REA; now a part of USDA Rural Development) as soon as it began in Georgia in 1936, at a time when the idea of providing electric power for all rural areas seemed unthinkable. “A lot of folks thought we were selling lightning rods,” he recalled in later years. Only 1 percent of Georgia farms had electricity, and it was not in the interest of private power companies to extend their lines to remote and lightly populated regions. By the time Harrison retired in 1975, 99 percent of rural households had power and 95 percent had telephones. But Harrison’s REA activities were hardly confined to the local or state level. He served on the Board of Directors of the national REA organization for over 30 years and as President twice.
But as great as Harrison’s contribution was to REA, that alone does not encompass him. His REA papers reside in 19 boxes of a collection that reaches 65 boxes. The first series, “Local and Personal,” is contained in 24 boxes. These papers cover his activities as an important citizen of Millen, Jenkins County, and Georgia. He was mayor of Millen from 1930-1950, and during those years and later, he was involved with local organizations such as the American Legion, the Board of Health, the Boy Scouts, the Chamber of Commerce, the City Council, the County Commission, the Georgia Baby Chick Association (predecessor to the Georgia Poultry Laboratory Network), the Georgia Forestry Association, the hospital, the library, the Red Cross … and many other groups. He was for decades the editor of the Millen News. He was the moving force behind the establishment of Magnolia Springs as a state park. On a statewide level, he served in the State Senate for 8 years, in the House for 14. During these years in Atlanta, he formed relationships (attested by extensive correspondence) with US Senators George, Nunn, Russell, and Talmadge; both Governors Talmadge, as well as Griffin, Sanders, Harris (and fellow-Millenite Melvin E. Thompson), and various members of Congress, mayors, and commissioners from around the state.
The collection also contains lengthy records of the aspects of the Walter Harrison Company in Millen: loans, insurance and real estate. Other series cover his long involvement with the Methodist Church and Rotary International, on local, state and national levels.
Harrison was in many ways a man larger than life, and his papers illuminate a large and important part of the history of his times.
(Brought to you by Marvin Goss, Special Collections Department Head. Thanks to Marvin for coordinating and completing this major project! Thanks also to Steve Hooley, Technical Support Specialist, for the screen captures on this page, which are from the video “Walter Harrison: A Great Georgian,” Georgia Center for Continuing Education, 1980, also in our Special Collections.)
The National War Powers Commission, co-chaired by Secretaries of State
Baker and Christopher, released a report yesterday. This commission report
recommends that Congress repeal the 1973 War Powers Resolution and
“substitute a new statute that would provide for more meaningful
consultation between the President and Congress. In its final report,
the Commission has recommended that Congress pass a new statute, the War
Powers Consultation Act of 2009, establishing a clear process on
decisions to go to war.”
The main website is
http://millercenter.org/policy/commissions/warpowers/
The final report can be found through the link above or directly at http://tinyurl.com/5lkejj
And the appendices to the report can be found at
http://millercenter.org/policy/commissions/warpowers/appendices
*This information was provided to Lori Lester, the Government Documents Librarian, by Greta E. Marlatt,
Information Services Manager & Homeland Security Digital Library Content Manager at Dudley Knox Library
Naval Postgraduate School, via GOVDOC-L.
We’re pleased to announce that 700 regional journals have now been added to Web of Science.
“The newly identified collection contains journals that typically target a regional rather than international audience by approaching subjects from a local perspective or focusing on particular topics of regional interest.
For more than two years, Thomson Reuters has reviewed thousands of regional journals in all areas of science, social science and arts and humanities. Although selection criteria for a regional journal are fundamentally the same as for an international journal, the importance of the regional journal is measured in terms of the specificity of its content rather than in its citation impact.”
The full announcement is here. The full list of journals covered is here.
Here’s the description of Web of Science, via GALILEO:
“Web of Science provides access to the Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts and Humanities Citation Index covering over 8,000 journals. These three databases can be searched separately, in any combination, or all at once. These databases are unique in that the user can search to find which articles have cited a certain author or article. This technique of doing research, called pearl growing, allows researchers to find articles that are related to an earlier work. Often this technique turns up articles which are not found through traditional subject and keyword searches.”
Zach S. Henderson Library is pleased to announce that year-end funding from President Bruce Grube will enable the addition of significant new electronic collections in the near future. As we recently announced, these will include JSTOR Arts & Sciences II (124 electronic journals in such areas as economics, history, archaeology, classics, and Asian, African, Latin American, Middle Eastern, and Slavic studies), available in July 2008; and ebrary History and Political Science (5700 electronic books), which we plan to add in time for the Fall 2008 semester. Details on more new resources will be announced soon.
Meanwhile, in order to provide you with the best mix of information sources and tools in accordance with a tight budget, our library faculty continually evaluate our current offerings in light of their content, usage level, cost, and usability. As these factors change and alternatives appear, we find in some cases that a database is receiving little or no use, that rapidly rising costs (due to inflation, as well as increases in licensing costs based upon our FTE) make it impossible for us to maintain such subscriptions, or that there are better alternatives for our needs.
Following is a list of resources which will expire soon, along with the alternatives we provide for finding similar information. To access the resources in GALILEO from off-campus, please click here for the current password. Please ask a librarian (here for IM/phone or here for your own Subject Specialist Librarian) if you would like a personal introduction to a different interface, or assistance with a research strategy (including automatic journal or search alerts).
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We came across the following quote in the May 29 Connect Statesboro. As you might have noticed, they publish a column of anonymous call-in complaints, “That Blows.”August 4
Library shelving, collections and existing furniture begin moving into renovated building
August 26 - September 5
Delivery & installation of public furniture
September 8 – 19
Second round of furniture delivery & installation in renovated building (the area currently closed off; this is the original library structure)
September 22 (VERY TENTATIVE)
EXPANDED/RENOVATED BUILDING OPENS
December 11
ALL MOVING IS COMPLETE
December 11 – 24
Delivery & installation of furniture in addition (the area currently being used)
December 24
PROJECT IS COMPLETE
Take a look at this wonderful atlas produced by the Census Bureau! When is the last time you saw one of these? The Census Bureau last produced a complete population and housing atlas like this in the 1920’s. This oversized hardbound atlas is filled with colorful depictions of detailed current and historical demographics for the United States, and will be helpful to a wide range of researchers. It is also delightful to browse. This government document is shelved in our Documents Reference collection on the 3rd floor of Henderson Library, at GOV DOCS REF C 3.205/8-3:29. If you prefer, there is also a PDF here. Read the news release here.
Brought to you by Lori Lester, your very own Government Documents Librarian!
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When you search in Google Scholar, you’re able to identify scholarly journal articles much easier than in the main Google search. And have you noticed also that many of these are in “full text” (the entire article online), but that you would have to pay for others?
The secret trick you need to know is that, if you’re searching from on-campus, or if you’re off-campus and go to Google Scholar from GALILEO, you will see many more Google Scholar articles in full text than you would normally be able to access from off-campus. Articles from EBSCOHost and JSTOR are two good examples.
This is because our librarians have worked behind the scenes to directly link you from Google to the vast number of full e-journal articles which Henderson Library has already paid for in GALILEO. (Of course, Google Scholar only includes a small part of all that is in GALILEO.)
This is one example of how librarians work alongside Google in delivering the information you need, regardless of the time or location. For another one, check out the Open Worldcat project (with a nifty Facebook application), which lets you search for items in libraries worldwide, including ours, via Google.
Recent changes to GALILEO, along with the new interface, have included the Civil Rights Digital Library and GreenFILE. Watch here for future developments.
