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2013

Database Highlights & Trials

Chemistry in the Spotlight

In honor of the weekly chemistry seminar where, according to the Newsroom,

Dilbi Hussein will speak on “NO-SSRIs: Nitric Oxide Chimera Drugs Incorporating A Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor,” and Nicholas Moryn will speak on “Nature’s Chemistry: Designing Artificial Enzyme Systems Using Si/Au Nanoparticles” at this week’s Chemistry seminar. The Seminar begins at 12:15 p.m. Friday, April 5, in Room 251, Owens Science Hall. Everyone is invited to attend.

I would like to point out our fantastic chemistry resources.

  • Lange’s Handbook of Chemistry
    Lange’s Handbook of Chemistry includes data for each compound including name, structural formula, formula weight, density, refractive index, melting point, boiling point, flash point, dielectric constant, dipole moment, solubility in water and relevant organic solvents, thermal conductivity and electrical conductivity. And much, much more.
  • CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics Contains the most frequently used data in science, including the periodic table of the elements, basic constants and units, thermodynamic and spectroscopic data; electric, magnetic, thermal and structural properties of solids, key data from nuclear science, astronomy and geophysics; and up-to-date health and safety information. Limited to 10 simultaneous users.
  • American Chemical Society Web Editions  Icon
    ACS Publications provides full-text access to over 30 journals and other information published by the American Chemical Society.
  • Royal Society of Chemistry  Icon
    Current full-text coverage for five RSC journals: Chemical Communications, Chemical Society Review, Dalton Transactions, Organ Biomolecular Chemistry and Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. Also includes selected full-text articles from another small group of RSC publications.

You can use them before the seminar so you sound like a smarty-pants when you ask a question, or you can follow up the seminar by browsing through these resources over the weekend.  You can also use the last 2 from your phone.  Pretty fancy.  Go ahead and pick a few to look at. Your choice.  No pressure.

April 4, 2013 by
Archbishop Ireland Library, Circulation, Library Week, News & Events, O'Shaughnessy-Frey Library

Do you have overdue fines? Pay them with Food!

Have you ever returned a library book so late that you got fined for having it so long? 

It’s okay.  We know you really needed it to write that awesome-possum paper on <insert your favorite major here>.  That’s why you’re here … to dig into it more, right?!?

2013 food for fines poster

The UST Libraries is holding its 5th Annual Food for Fines Drive again this year.  It kicks-off during Library Week, April 15-19, 2013, and run until the end of May.

Now you can pay down those fines* with currency in your pantry and not currency in your pocket (Yeah, we know it’s mostly lint.  Thanks for not sharing.)

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April 2, 2013 by
Circulation, News & Events

Requesting CLIC books over Spring Break? Don’t use the Bag function!

Your trusty library circulation staff have isolated a problem in CLICnet with selecting pickup locations when placing holds using the “Book Bag” function.  Please avoid using this button until further notice.

Instead we recommend using the Request button on individual book pages (see below).  Through this path you will be able to select where you want to pickup your book (or CD or …)

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It will be putzy if you have a long booklist you want to get your hands on and we apologize.  Staff at the library consortia office are working with the vendor to get the Book Bag working again. 

If you have questions about where your book is, when it will arrive, or anything else, please drop us a line at circulation@stthomas.edu, give us a call, or stop by and chat with us!

  • O’Shaughnessy-Frey Library:  651-962-5494
  • Keffer Library:  651-962-4642
  • Ireland Library:  651-962-5450
March 22, 2013 by
Recently Read

Pack a book for Spring Break!

I recently went to a poetry reading by Minnesota Poet Laureate, Joyce Sutphen, and she read one of my favorite poems of hers, called “What to Pack” (click on the link to hear her reading it).

It got me thinking: Spring Break is coming soon, and I need to figure out what book I’m going to read to keep me busy while everyone is off-campus!  It’s a good thing I work at OSF Library…

Are you going somewhere for Spring Break this year?

Don’t forget to pack a book from the libraries’  Leisure Reading collection!

The Leisure Reading collection includes “popular fiction and materials generally not considered scholarly or appropriate for an academic library’s permanent collection.”  Translation: it has great books that are fun to read when you are lying on the beach (or lying on your couch pretending you are lying on the beach!).

You can browse the collection on the main floors of both OSF and Keffer Libraries, or see a complete list of leisure reading titles in the CLICnet catalog. Items are available to current UST students, faculty, staff, and Friends of the OSF Library, and they can be checked out for three weeks – perfect for that spring break siesta!

Have a fun and safe Spring Break!

March 18, 2013 by
Libraries, New Materials, O'Shaughnessy-Frey Library

Seeing Symmetry and the Beauty of Math – O’Shaughnessy-Frey Library hosts exhibit beginning March 18

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 Math has never been so beautiful

Please join the Department of Mathematics and the O’Shaughnessy-Frey Library at the University of St. Thomas for a special mathematical art exhibit.

“Seeing Symmetry”  (Exhibit Dates: March 18 through mid-April, 2013)

Exhibit Opening and Public Lecture, Monday, March 18, 2013 –

4:00 p.m.—Exhibit Opening and Reception – free and open to all

     O’Shaughnessy Frey Library, Room 108 (the O’Shaughnessy Room)

7:00 p.m.—Lecture by the Artist – free and open to all

     3M Auditorium, OWS 150

     Light refreshments will be served after the lecture.

About the exhibit:

The word symmetry may evoke bilateral symmetry, as in an idealized human face or the two wings of a butterfly.

For mathematicians, the concept is richer, ranging from the patterns of wallpaper to the symmetries of a molecule or crystal.

Indeed, the concept of symmetry is central to students’ first experiences in the field of abstract algebra, where symmetry is used to illustrate the idea of a group. For mathematicians, group is a technical notion that may be best approached through examples, like the ones offered here.

The images in this exhibition offer a way to learn more about symmetry and the group concept. Of course, some visitors will prefer simply to look and enjoy a workout of the visual cortex.

About the artists:

Frank A. Farris is a 2012 visiting professor at the University of Minnesota. He is an associate professor in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at Santa Clara University. He edited Mathematics Magazine from 2001 through 2005, and again in 2009. He remains active in the Mathematical Association of America and is currently chair of the organization’s Council on Publications and Communications. In 2011, Farris was a visiting professor at Carleton College where this exhibit originated.

March 14, 2013 by
Database Highlights & Trials

New Trial – BrowZine

BrowZineLogo-FINAL COLORUST Libraries are running a trial of  a new technology called BrowZine, a tablet application that allows you to browse, read and monitor some of the libraries’ best journals.  
browsable-newsstand-librarys-journals

Our trial subscription will last until April 15th.  It currently includes over 2,700 UST-owned titles. They are browsable by general subject area. Favorite journals can be saved to your own personal bookshelf to be read just like any other e-journal.  Individual articles can be saved, shared, imported into other apps as PDFs, and more.  

BrowZine is growing fast and will continue to expand, adding new titles and features as time goes on. Work is progressing to include RefWorks integration, as well as content from publishers such as Highwire, Cambridge, APA, and many more.  If a favorite title isn’t available now, it is very possible it might become available in the near future!

To get started:browse-and-share-content-browzine-ipad-app-screenshot

    • From your iPad, click here to download BrowZine from the App Store and install it.
    • When opening BrowZine for the first time, a list of libraries will appear.  Select “University of St Thomas,” then enter your UST username and password for access to our content.
    • Select the subject areas you are interested in and start browsing!

Want to know more? Watch this two-minute introductory video for more details about BrowZine’s features.

Again, this trial will only last until April 15th.  Please check it out now, and send any comments or questions to laura.hansen@stthomas.edu while we consider subscribing to this service.  Thank you! 

March 13, 2013 by
News & Events

ARTstor and Conde Nast collaborating to share 25,000 images

ARTstor has reached an agreement with Condé Nast to share 25,000 images of cartoons from The New Yorker, highlights from the Condé Nast Archive of Photography, and selections from the Fairchild Photo Service.

The images in these collections will be of great assistance in teaching a myriad of subjects like history, literature, and fashion. The New Yorker’s cartoons are legendary for their incisive wit and for shedding light on the dominant topics of every era, from the Depression to the Internet. The magazine’s cartoonists include renowned figures like, Peter Arno, Roz Chast, Otto Soglow, William Steig, James Thurber, and Gahan Wilson. The Condé Nast Collection, containing images dating back to 1892, represents one of the world’s greatest collections of magazine photography, encompassing fashion, celebrity, and lifestyle photography from publications such as House & Garden, Glamour, Vanity Fair, and Vogue. The Fairchild Photo Service, comprised of more than three million photos gathered over six decades, is the fashion world’s preeminent image gallery.

Condé Nast is home to some of the world’s most celebrated media brands. In the United States, Condé Nast publishes 18 consumer magazines, four business-to-business publications, 27 websites, and more than 50 apps for mobile and tablet devices, all of which define excellence in their categories. The company also owns Fairchild Fashion Media (FFM), whose portfolio of brands serves as the leading source of news and analysis for the global fashion community. Condé Nast has won more National Magazine Awards over the past ten years than all of its competitors combined. For more information, visit condenast.com or follow them on Twitter @CondeNastCorp.

The ARTstor Digital Library provides 1.5 million images in the arts and sciences and a Workspace to search, browse, present, and save images both online and offline for teaching and research purposes. ARTstor is a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization with a mission to further education and scholarship through digital technologies. For more information, visit artstor.org

March 13, 2013 by
News & Events, O'Shaughnessy-Frey Library, Special Collections and Archives

St. Patrick’s Day Open House

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Join the Department of Special Collections and Center for Irish Studies for the annual St. Patrick’s Day Open House.  It will be held on Monday, March 17 from 11:30 am – 1:00 pm in the Special Collections Reading Room (OSF Library LL09).   For your enjoyment, brief program featuring a selection of Irish poetry will be presented at 12:15 pm.   A display of rare and unique items from the library’s Celtic Collection will be on exhibit. Light refreshments (alas no green beer!) will be served.

March 12, 2013 by
Libraries, News & Events, O'Shaughnessy-Frey Library, Uncategorized

Talkin’ of things Irish – Monday and Friday in the Library, March 11 and 15

We invite all of you to two events highlighting the feast of St. Patrick’s Day – they’re both in the library and they are both waiting for you!

Rogers

 1.  On Monday, March 11, 2013 (Noon – 1pm) in the O’Shaughnessy Room it’s a book launch of Extended Family: essays on Being Irish American from New Hibernia Review.  Your speakers will be editor Jim Rogers and one of the contributors, Brian Nerney.   A book signing immediately follows the program and refreshments will be provided.   Read more information here.        

 2,  Friday, March 15, 2013  (11:30 am to 1:30 pm)  Come for the Annual St. Patrick’s Day Open House in the Special Collections Department of the O’Shaughnessy-Frey Library.    The program begins at 12:15 pm.   Please contact archivist and head of special collections, Ann Kenne, if you have any questions – 962-5461.

 

March 7, 2013 by