Soon both sections of the library will be open to the public again at long last! Take a look at the live webcams, where books are being shelved as we speak. Keep an eye on Zach’s News for the opening announcement!
(P.S.: Take a look at some of the new furniture, which arrived yesterday. You can view it through the windows on the 2nd floor near the Circulation Desk.)
We’d love to hear your comments!
“Heaven” is the title of one of two lovely photos of Henderson Library that we spotted on Flickr. The photographer has graciously given us a thumbs-up to our sharing links to her lovely photos of our library. (Thanks, Heather!)
Check them out here:
As we prepare for the 2008 Day for Southern, please remember the Zach S. Henderson Library in your tax-deductible giving plans. More giving opportunities for Henderson Library are explained here. Please consider donating funds for new library resources, so that we can continue to meet the scholarly needs of Georgia Southern University.
Your Task
Unlock the secrets of finding the information you need or want…for research papers or to impress your friends. At your level of gaming (University Freshman and above), Wikipedia is not allowed, unless you want a quick and unreliable glimpse of a topic. (Whatever you do, don’t rely upon it or cite it in a paper! Result: Game Over)
Maps
Your playing field is known as the Zach S. Henderson Library, a hybrid print-and-electronic space (library.georgiasouthern.edu). A brand-new extension will be released in Version 2.0 by the end of September 2008. Updates will be released throughout the fall semester. By Dec. 24, Version 3.0 will include the Learning Commons, with high-tech spaces and integrated support for research and IT questions. Watch for updates at Zach’s News (see #2 below), with RSS available.
Enemies
Beware your devious enemies, such as Plagiarism (touching Plagiarism results in an instant Game Over; walkthrough available at tinyurl.com/plagvid) and Procrastination. Find the sources you need ahead of time, so that you have every object you need when you’re ready to write your paper. (Some of the sources you need might have to be sent from other libraries, so plan ahead; see #9 below.)
Collectible Items
Collect different types of information, from articles to books to multimedia. Try to collect only the most powerful and authoritative sources, which are often known as Scholarly or Peer-Reviewed. Some of the GALILEO Databases will allow you to limit your searches to only these types of sources.
Some will appear as “Full Text,” with the entire source online. Others might have a purple “Find It” button, which will attempt to locate the Full Text in a different Database. If it’s not available online, check the Library Catalog (see #6 below).
Top 10 Tips for Achieving High Scores
10. WorldCat (www.worldcat.org): Locate anything in libraries worldwide. With Facebook app! (tinyurl.com/worldcatfb)
9. Interlibrary loan (ILL) & GIL Express (tinyurl.com/gsuill): Get anything delivered to you from libraries worldwide, free of charge! (GIL Express is a quick way to check out books from other University System of Georgia libraries; ILL is for everything else.)
8. Electronic Journals A-Z (tinyurl.com/ejournals): Find full-text journals with one search.
7. GALILEO (www.galileo.usg.edu) & Google Scholar (extra tip: Find it in GALILEO for more full text!): Find the sources you’re already paying for!
(Get the off-campus password for GALILEO at tinyurl.com/galileopass)
6. Library catalog (gil.georgiasouthern.edu) & reserves (tinyurl.com/gsureserves): Find anything we have in our library (electronic, print, & multimedia), including course reserves (things your whole class will be reading; some of these are online).
5. Ask a librarian (tinyurl.com/askzach): IM, e-mail, phone, walk-in, one-on-one appointments. Don’t be that student who tells the professor, “The library doesn’t have anything on my topic”! (See #1.)
4. Communicate with your professors. Ask for more time on an assignment if you need it…before the day it’s due.
3. Google Reader (www.google.com/reader): Save time & check your fave sites from one page.
2. Zach’s News (zachsnews.edublogs.org): Impress your friends with the inside scoop from Henderson Library!
1. Your Very Own Librarian (tinyurl.com/ownlibrarian): Find out about your human search engines: the Subject Specialist Librarians/Library Liaisons. The most important guides of all. (See #5.)
Bonus survival tips:
Work continues on grading and paving outside the north entrance, from the parking lot behind the library. For your safety, these doors were locked during the most recent phase of the project, and the lakeside entrance on the south side was the only entrance. We are pleased to announce that both entrances are now open again. There is a new vehicle gate (for construction vehicles only) near the parking lot, with a small entry for pedestrians when the gate is closed. We appreciate your patience in these final stages of our expansion and renovation!
In this time of shrinking budgets and rapid inflation of subscription costs, it’s helpful to find sources of information that don’t cost thousands of dollars for access. Thanks to the efforts of Carl Malamud, case law in the public domain has been made available through various free websites. Check out this 2007 New York Times story (free registration required; or use bugmenot for privacy) for some background on how this open-access revolution has recently opened up the case law landscape.
Here are some of the free case law sources now available. Search, bookmark, and share to your heart’s content!
As we recently announced, year-end funding from President Bruce Grube has enabled the addition of significant new electronic collections in the near future. This followed a database review by the library faculty in which we had to identify several databases to cancel, due to a budget shortfall. The previous cancellation announcement is here. As an update, we are pleased to let you know that, while a few GALILEO databases have been removed from the menu (Books @ Ovid for nursing has expired; and Medical and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology Abstracts has been absorbed into Biotechnology and Bioengineering Abstracts); the CSA Databases (Cambridge Scientific) will remain, with funding by GALILEO.
Following is a list of top-priority resources we have been able to add, followed by a list of other new resources provided by GALILEO. Due to the budget reductions mandated by the State of Georgia, and to rapidly rising costs (inflation, increases in licensing costs based upon our growing student FTE), we do not anticipate being able to add any other new subscriptions in this school year. New subscriptions might be possible if the requesting department assists us in identifying existing subscriptions that could be cut in lieu of the requested title, but the suggested cuts will have to be reviewed by other departments to ensure the titles are not essential to those departments.
We plan to make automatic book purchases under our approval plan in Fall 2008. If funding allows, we will
a) continue the approval plan as far into Spring 2009 as possible, and
b) order faculty-selected, top-priority books in Spring 2009.
As explained below, our new resources include a significant number of electronic books.
Information on giving opportunities for Henderson Library are at http://library.georgiasouthern.edu/support/. Please consider donating funds for new library resources, so that we can continue to meet the scholarly needs of Georgia Southern University.
NEW RESOURCES PROVIDED BY HENDERSON LIBRARY
ebrary History & Political Science Collection
Over 5900 electronic books, in addition to the ebrary Education Collection we already provide.
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Online access to the following electronic reference books:
African American Almanac, 10th ed.
Psychologists and Their Theories for Students
Encyclopedia of Public Health (Springer; coming soon)
Encyclopedia of Religion, 2nd ed.
Encyclopedia of Education, 2nd ed.
Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol, and Addictive Behavior (coming soon)
Encyclopedia of Global Warming and Climate Change
Encyclopedia of Education Law (coming soon)
International Directory of Company Histories (ongoing; coming soon)
124 electronic journals in such areas as economics, history, archaeology, classics, and Asian, African, Latin American, Middle Eastern, and Slavic studies; in addition to the JSTOR journal packages we already provide. Title list available here.
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
A virtual library of resources designed to aid students in the study of today’s hottest social issues. Based upon Greenhaven’s Opposing Viewpoints books and including additional resources organized by issue topic, this will be an essential resource for persuasive essays, especially in first-year composition classes.
Offers portraits of more than 17,400 men and women; updated semi-annually, with hundreds of new entries each year and revisions of previously published entries to enhance their accuracy and currency. Oxford’s ANB Online features thousands of illustrations, more than 80,000 hyperlinked cross-references, links to select web sites, and powerful search capabilities.
NEW RESOURCES PROVIDED BY GALILEO
GALILEO, Georgia’s virtual library, is providing the following new resources with support from Henderson Library. With the exceptions of GeorgiaInfo and Oxford Art Online, the following are collections included within the National Science Digital Library (NSDL), which is supported by the National Science Foundation.
All About Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
Includes information about watching birds, learning their nesting behaviors, attracting birds, indentifying them, recording observations, and getting involved in bird conservation. The site includes guides, images, maps, sounds, videos, and much more. There is also a link to the Macaulay Library, an archive of animal sounds and videos.
American Museum of Natural History Resources for Learning
A collection of activities, curriculum materials, articles, scientific evidence, exhibitions, and reference lists developed by the American Museum of Natural History for students, educators, parents, and anyone interesting in exploring science. Topics include anthropology, astronomy, biology, earth science, and paleontology.
Biology: The eSkeletons Project
A website with digitized images and animations of human and primate skeletons for the study of comparative anatomy. Students can view regions of skeletons from any orientation as well as muscle and joint information. Browser plugins may be required for optimal viewing.
Career Resources Education Network (The Fun Works)
A website with career information for students. The information about each career includes “cool facts,” examples of people in that career, related internet resources, and activities and education to prepare students for that career. There is a Teachers and Instructors section of the site, with lesson plans, activities, and other career counseling resources, which requires a free registration.
Chemistry: ChemEd Digital Library
Also known as the JCE Digital Library. Includes Internet resources in the area of chemistry education at the high school and college levels.
A few of the resources available in the ChemEd Digital Library include:
An extensive online resource about Georgia. Its development was motivated by the conviction that such information, which can now be readily accessed by Georgians in every county, could help citizens and public officials of the state become better informed, in order to identify new resources and make decisions to improve the quality of life in their communities.
A collection of activities, puzzles, games, weekly challenges, and other resources for mathematics students from preschool through graduate school. The Student Center also includes the the “Ask Dr. Math” question and answer service and The Math Library.
A collection of resources for teaching mathematics from preschool through graduate school. The Teacher’s Place also includes the Math Forum Community and the Teacher Exchange to discuss and share materials, as well as the “Ask Dr. Math” question and answer service and The Math Library.
NSDL Concept Map Tool (AAAS Benchmarks)
Provides a way for teachers and students to connect NSDL resources with science and math concepts. The science literacy maps demonstrate connections between concepts and how concepts build upon each other as students progress through grade levels.
Oxford Art Online (including Grove Art Online)
Provides access to Grove Art Online, a collection of art encyclopedias and image collections. Users can also choose to view biographies, subject entries, or images when searching or browsing. Content includes more than 23,000 subject entries, 21,000 biographies, 500,000 bibliographic citations, 40,000 image links and 5,000 images contained within Grove Art Online. Thematic timelines and learning resources also provide users with tools for navigating the content.
Additional content includes the following:
Periodic Table Live! (ChemEd Digital Library)
Allows students to explore information about the elements, their reactions, their properties, their structures, and their histories. This resource is part of the ChemEd Digital Library.
Stands for “Phenomena and Representations for the Instruction of Science in Middle Schools,” and is a project of the Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance (MMSA). Resources include pictures, video clips, graphs, simulations, and more for middle school teachers and students in the areas of biology, astronomy, ecology, and earth science.
A website with educator resources from the Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education. Resources include lesson modules, student activities, assignments, datasets, and videos. The site also offers links to research and professional development opportunities.
Also known as the Chemistry Collective, or ChemCollective. Provides scenario-based learning activities for in-class or homework assignments for students. Educators can find activities for their courses, provide feedback on them, create and share activities with others, and discuss issues related to chemistry education.
WGBH Teachers’ Domain (NSDL Multimedia Pathway)
Provides multimedia resources that incorporate sound educational practices. Resources are classroom-ready and include images, video clips, and student activities. Resources are aligned to state standards. Free registration is required.
The following announcement comes from Jocelyn Poole, Head of Information Services at the Henderson Library. Thank you.
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The GALILEO password changes on August 15, 2008. The new password will be valid until January 3, 2009. To get the password, go to the library catalog and click on “Your Account.” After you log in using your Eagle ID number, click the request button at the top of the screen to get the password. For more detailed instructions see http://library.georgiasouthern.edu/forms/galpass.html.
ONLY Georgia Southern faculty, staff and students may have this password.
Do not give this password to anyone who is not a student at Georgia Southern or employed by the University. Please do not post this password on publicly accessible web sites. If you give this password to your students, please ask them not to share it with anyone else.
GALILEO is a service of the ! University System of Georgia. The 150+
databases available through GALILEO may be reached from the GALILEO home
page. The password allows you to have access to most of the databases when you are not on campus.
The GALILEO password also gives users working from home or other off campus
locations access to the databases Georgia Southern subscribes to directly.
See http://library.georgiasouthern.edu/forms/galpass.html for more
information.
Jocelyn Poole
Head of Information Services
Zach S. Henderson Library
P.O. Box 8074
Georgia Southern University Statesboro, GA 30460-8074
jpoole@georgiasouthern.edu
(912)478-7818
The Mid-Session Review, Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal
Year 2009, is now available from GPO at:
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/usbudget/fy09/pdf/09msr.pdf.
For the first time, the electronic version of the Mid-Session Review for
FY 2009 on GPO Access is digitally signed and certified. The signature
not only establishes GPO as the trusted information disseminator, but
also provides users the assurance that the electronic PDF document has
not been altered since it was disseminated by GPO. For more information
on GPO’s authentication initiatives, visit
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/authentication.
The Mid-Session Review is an annual update of estimates for Federal
receipts and outlays that reflects economic, legislative, and other
changes that have occurred since the President’s Budget was released in
February.
Brought to you by Lori Lester, your very own Government Documents Librarian!
The Intelligence Community has released its new report “Vision 2015: A
Globally Networked and Integrated Intelligence Enterprise.”
According to the excerpt “Vision 2015 expands upon the notion of an
Intelligence Enterprise, first introduced in the National Intelligence
Strategy and later in the 100 and 500 Day Plans. It charts a new path
forward for a globally networked and integrated Intelligence Enterprise
for the 21st century, based on the principles of integration,
collaboration, and innovation.”
The report can be found at http://www.dni.gov/Vision_2015.pdf or from
http://www.dni.gov/index.html
The other previous reports include:
Information Sharing Strategy
http://www.dni.gov/reports/IC_Information_Sharing_Strategy.pdf
Data Mining Report –
http://www.dni.gov/reports/data_mining_report_feb08.pdf
100 Day Plan
http://www.dni.gov/100-day-plan/100_FOLLOW_UP_REPORT.pdf
100 day plan follow up –
http://www.dni.gov/100-day-plan/100_FOLLOW_UP_REPORT.pdf
500 Day Plan
http://www.dni.gov/500-day-plan.pdf
status updates - day 100 –
http://www.dni.gov/500-day-plan/500dp_100.pdf
status updates - day 200 –
http://www.dni.gov/500-day-plan/500dp_200.pdf
status updates - day 300 –
http://www.dni.gov/500-day-plan/500dp_300.pdf
Information provided by Naval Postgraduate School’s Information Services Manager & Homeland Security Digital Library Content Manager, Greta Marlatt. Brought to you by Lori Lester, your very own Government Documents Librarian!
