What's New at the GSU Zach S. Henderson Library » a-z

Linking to e-journals, the library catalog, databases, e-reserves, etc.

Jonathan — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 13:37:12 +0000

Did you know you can link directly to our Electronic Journals A-Z list, individual articles, specific databases, e-reserves, and even individual titles in the library catalog? It’s a snap! We’ve developed a handy set of quick tutorials to show you how.

Linking to Library Resources from GeorgiaView or other web page applications

Tool #1: Linking to Electronic Journal A-to-Z List
Tool #2: Linking to Individual Journal/Book Titles in Library Catalog
Tool #3: Linking to Booklists in Library Catalog
Tool #4: Linking to Databases
Tool #5: Linking to Electronic Reserves
Tool #6: Linking to Specific Journal Articles from GALILEO

Announcing the JSTOR Ireland Collection

Jonathan — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 19:05:33 +0000

The Center for Irish Studies has underwritten a new and growing interdisciplinary collection related to Ireland. The JSTOR Ireland Collection is now available, in addition to the other JSTOR collections we already provide (Arts & Sciences I, II, III, and IV collections, and Health & General Sciences). All of our JSTOR collections can be searched or browsed simultaneously here. A description and list of titles included (many of which are due to appear later in 2009) in the JSTOR Ireland Collection can be viewed, browsed, and searched here. Henderson Library thanks the Center for Irish Studies for their support.

JSTOR specializes in older journal issues, and some collections include other materials such as pamphlets and manuscripts. The most recently published journal issues (past 3-5 years) are not available in full text via JSTOR. Please consult our Electronic Journals A-Z list (also linked from the library homepage) for a comprehensive search of our full-text electronic journals.

New Interface for Electronic Journals

Jonathan — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:38:49 +0000

Dear Patrons,

Last year, GALILEO implemented SFX software to provide the e-journal A-Z list and links for GALILEO databases. Many of you are already familiar with the SFX interface from GALILEO’s usage of it; a brief overview is available at http://www.exlibrisgroup.com/category/UsingSFX.

As of January 1, 2009, Henderson Library has made the switch from EBSCO A-Z software for providing links to electronic journals to the SFX A-Z software. (No worries, we still have the EBSCO databases!) The “Electronic Journals A-Z” link from the Library’s home page has been changed to link to the SFX A-Z list. Although the look of the new list is very different from the previous one, it contains the same type of information. More changes are coming to make the list more user-friendly.

You will also see a new look for information for individual titles in the library catalog. There will no longer be a “click here” message in the records to link to full text. That message has been replaced by the following:
“Click FIND IT button above.”
The “find it” button is at the top of the record to the left of the “brief display” button, and only appears if there are electronic holdings.

Activating access to titles through SFX and changing the library catalog notes/links to SFX are manual tasks. We have activated most of the titles and periodical packages and converted many of the notes/links, but you will continue to see the old “click here” notes until we complete the systematic review each title.

If you encounter a link that does not work correctly, please contact Debra Skinner, Catalog Librarian, at dskinner@georgiasouthern.edu, and we will correct the problem as quickly as possible. In your message, please include the journal title and a brief description of the problem.

Since we are still in the process of activating some titles, we recommend checking both the Henderson Library and the GALILEO electronic journal A-Z lists, since a title might be in one place and not the other at this point. (The GALILEO list is at the yellow tab marked “Journals A-Z.”)

Please ask us about any link that does not work the way that you think it should. In other words, if in doubt, please report it!

If you need additional information about this change, please contact the Henderson Library Learning Commons Desk (478-5645) or submit your request via Ask a Librarian (http://library.georgiasouthern.edu/forms/askzach.html)

Thank you, from your friends at the Zach S. Henderson Library!

New GALILEO Interface

Jonathan — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 19:20:04 +0000

We are pleased to announce that on Monday, March 17, GALILEO (Georgia’s virtual library) will have a brand-new look. All of the 336 databases currently available will remain in GALILEO’s new interface, which is called GALILEO Scholar. You might have already seen this new look, which has been available for months as a “Preview the new, improved GALILEO!” link within the current GALILEO homepage.

Below are a few tips for using the new GALILEO site effectively. The links will take you to the actual pages, using political science as a subject example.

Please ask a librarian whenever we can be of assistance. We’d love to help!

When browsing for databases by subject (yellow tab), after you choose a subject category, the Subject Search page (blue tab) appears, which only searches the databases available statewide. To see a comprehensive list (relevant to this subject category) including the many more databases funded by Henderson Library, just click on the Articles & Databases tab on the blue/gray bar (after you have clicked on a subject category).
The Search page (yellow tab) only searches the databases available statewide. (See #1.)
The Databases A-Z page (yellow tab) gives you a comprehensive list of all of our databases, including those available statewide as well as those funded by Henderson Library.
The Journals A-Z page (yellow tab) in GALILEO is a directory of electronic journals, but is not as comprehensive as the Electronic Journals A-Z page which is linked from Henderson Library’s website (blue tab at the bottom). Our own Electronic Journals A-Z is still the best place to locate full-text articles when you know the journal title you need.

E-Journals: Behind the scenes

Jonathan — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 19:29:29 +0000

Here’s a little background on our recent e-journals announcement. In case you’re wondering how we were able to add 389 electronic journals to our collection in the midst of Henderson Library’s ongoing budget crisis, this might be of interest to you. (Many thanks to Iris Durden, Serials Librarian, for providing both the work and the information on this achievement!)

Because faculty and students are increasingly expecting resources to be available online, Henderson Library has been constantly evaluating current periodical print subscriptions to determine the best format for delivery of information for the present learning environment as well as for future needs. The Library provides access to periodicals online through various full-text databases and through individual subscriptions with online access (both free and for reasonable upcharge fees). The continuing analysis of subscription options for journals and databases is necessitated by ongoing library budget shortfalls, as well as rapidly rising subscription costs and frequent shifts in publishing strategies.

The journal publishing market has changed drastically during the past few years. Many journal publishers are restructuring their subscription options and charges in a variety of ways. For example, many publishers no longer offer “free online” with a print subscription, instead charging an additional fee (5-10%) for online access with the print subscription, or offering reduced pricing (compared to print only subscription) for online only access. If “free online” is offered with a print subscription, access might be for only one person at a time (username/ password required), rather than unlimited simultaneous use (“site license”/IP authentication).

A number of prominent journal publishers have begun pulling their current journal content from aggregated full-text databases and are now offering their periodical titles in their own full-text packages and/or portals. Examples: Duke University Press, Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, etc.

The economics of the publishing world continue to evolve at a rapid pace. The recent Harvard decision to adopt an open-access policy for providing free online access to their faculty publications is being widely discussed in academia and beyond.

For further information, please see Journal Pricing from SPARC, the Open Access FAQ from the Public Library of Science, and news on scholarly communication and publishing from SPARC.

New Electronic Journals

Jonathan — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 16:27:31 +0000

We are pleased to let you know that Henderson Library has now added 389 electronic journals to our collection. Included are 12 titles in Project Muse, 18 titles from Duke University Press (plus current subscriptions to 11 additional titles for which we already had online back issues), 177 titles from Cambridge University Press, and 182 titles from Oxford University Press. These, along with all of our e-journals, are now available via our Electronic Journals A-Z list, where you can search by journal title, publisher, or ISSN, or browse by subject.

You can access our e-journals and databases from anywhere with your GALILEO password (only needed when off-campus). We’re in the process of putting this new information in the library catalog as well. We had previously subscribed to some of these journals in print. For those which have been changed from print to electronic format, we have placed a sign in each journal’s former location in the Current Periodicals shelving area on the 3rd floor of the Library.

Expansion and Renovation Update

Jonathan — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 18:36:45 +0000

There is a good possibility the renovation of the Zach S. Henderson
Library will be completed in time that the full building, housing all
our collections, furnishings, and personnel, will be available to the
public by the beginning of fall classes in August of 2008. Meanwhile,
in February of 2008 Georgia Southern University must raze the building
in which the Federal and Georgia documents collection is now temporarily housed. Therefore the documents collection will have to be temporarily housed in other quarters between February and August of 2008.

We have begun moving the most recently published, most often-used, and
reference government documents materials to the publicly accessible
portion of Henderson Library’s third floor. Government documents on
microform will be placed in a storage area on the Library’s bottom
floor and items will be paged for patrons upon demand. In addition, the law collection (which had been housed in the temporary government documents building) will be located on the third floor of the Library. Service for these collections will be offered from the Information Services Desk on the third floor. More information on the relocation is at http://library.georgiasouthern.edu/documents/govdocsmove.html, and more information on the government document collection and services is available at http://library.georgiasouthern.edu/documents/

In order to make room for the government documents and the law collection, the Bound Periodicals published earlier than 2000 have been relocated to the ARC (Automated Retrieval Collection) for the time being. We look forward to having more space on open shelves following the expansion. Thank you for your patience during the final exciting months of the expansion and renovation! As always, our many e-journals are available in our Electronic Journals A-Z list, as well as in the library catalog.