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It’s Welcome Week 2015 @ UST Libraries!

Welcome to campus for the 2015-16 year. We at UST Libraries are looking forward to a great year, and we’ve put together a series of fun activities for this first week back on campus to help you remember all the ways we can be part of your UST experience. Stop by daily to learn more!Libraries

Saturday –Monday, 9/5-9/7: Looking Forward @ UST Libraries
Take a break from moving in to help start our first “white board conversation” (a UST Libraries tradition!) in the OSF Rotunda. This week’s question:  “What are you looking forward to this year?” Lemonade and cookies will also be available

Tuesday, 9/8:  Ask Us @ UST Libraries
Did you know the libraries have research assistance available 24/7? Stop by to meet YOUR librarians, and learn more about all the ways we can assist you.

  • Library tours at 1 and 3pm
  • Pick up a free magnet with important UST Libraries numbers and contact info.

Wednesday, 9/9: Technology Day @ UST Libraries
Find out more about the technology available for your use at UST Libraries. Drawings will be held at each of the library tech desks for flashdrives and other tech goodies.

Thursday, 9/10: Groupie Day @ UST Libraries
The UST Libraries are a favorite place for Tommies to study for a reason! Take a tour of our group study areas, learn how to reserve the rooms, and enter a drawing for large Davanni’s pizza coupon.

Friday, 9/11: Movie Day @ UST Libraries
The library has so much more than books! Visit an open house hosted by the Media Resources Collection and enter to win a voucher for movie tickets.

Saturday, 9/12: Stress Less @ UST Libraries
The UST Libraries and staff are here to help you – including finding a way to relax and take healthy study breaks.

  • Stop by for free “Welcome” snacks and hang out in our back-to-campus Stress Free Zone
  • Pick up a schedule of Fall 2015 Therapy Pets visits
  • Enter to win some relaxing Tommie gear!
September 4, 2015 by
News & Events

John’s test post

Sorry folks, there’s a ghost in the machine and it requires a test exorcism.  We now return you to our regularly scheduled programming.

July 23, 2015 by
Database Highlights & Trials, News & Events

Summon Search Is Back!

After some temporary problems with the data and linking inside of Summon, everything is back in proper working order!

You researchers out there can now resume using this tool, which is a great place to start most of your research topics. It searches across 91.6% of our journal content at the same time it searches across much of our e-book,  print book, and streaming media content! For our experienced researchers out there, it might be a great way to discover related content that comes from databases that you don’t normally use in your discipline, so check it out today!

June 11, 2015 by
Database Highlights & Trials, News & Events

USING SUMMON SEARCH: Temporary Data Problem Work-Around

UST Researchers,

Summon Search on Library Homepage

Where to find Summon on the Library Homepage

If you’ve already started tackling that Summer Research Project, please be aware of a current issue happening in our Summon Search. Summon is currently incorrectly identifying many journal articles and other kinds of content as books, which then makes the links to the content not work. This is very frustrating, and we apologize for the inconvenience that this is causing. ProQuest, Summon’s parent company, is currently working to identify the cause of the issue, and we will let you know just as soon as they get it fixed.

In the meantime, please consider these alternatives, or look below for possible workarounds while still using Summon.

 

If you choose to continue using Summon during this time, please note the following.

 Summon search results appear normal at first glance.

Summon search results appear normal at first glance.

But note on closer inspection, each entry that says “Book: Full Text Online,” is actually not a book.

Actual books in your Summon search results will show the book’s library location. Actual books in your Summon Search results will show the book's library location.

To find out where you can get access to the content that says it’s a book when it’s not a book, check out the Explorer Pane on the right side of your screen. You can access it by either hovering your cursor over your search result or by clicking the black triangle.

Summon search results appear normal at first glance.

black triangle

In the Explorer Pane, you can either find the source (the database) the content came from, as in the picture above, or you can find the Publication Title (the journal), as in the picture below.

Publication Title Toronto Star

If you have the name of a database, search for your journal article/content inside of the database, once you’ve located it in our list of databases.

If you have the name of a journal, search inside of that journal once you’ve located it in our list of journals.

June 8, 2015 by
Libraries, New Materials, News & Events, Recently Read

2015 UST Libraries Summer Reading List!

Looking for something good to read this summer?  UST Libraries and IRT staff have some cool recommendations for you on this year’s summer reading  list, available here:

UST Libraries Summer Reading List

Lists from previous years are also at your fingertips.  Most of the books are available via UST or CLIC libraries, and for the first time there is a suggested free website for all the crime and history buffs.  So grab a book and head for the beach or a shady spot and enjoy a fun read, summer is here!

June 2, 2015 by
News & Events

Group Study Room Bookings now require user confirmation

Effective 5/11/2015, users of our group study rooms must confirm their online reservation within 30 minutes by clicking on a link on the confirmation email you will receive after submitting the booking request.  Only valid UST email addresses will receive the confirmation emails.

We’re taking this additional step to deal with certain abuses of the system and to ensure a fair distribution of the available group study spaces.

If you have questions, feel free to contact John Heintz via email or at 651-962-5018.

Group study booking form

 

May 11, 2015 by
Database Highlights & Trials, News & Events

Something New for YOU at UST Libraries

It’s that time of year here at UST Libraries: we’ve heard from many of you and are now working hard to purchase resources and get new subscriptions set up.

New Resources Now AvailableBlog

GENERAL/INTERDISCIPLINARY

  • Kanopy Streaming Films: A database that contains documentaries and educational films on social, political, cultural issues, education, and American history. It also provides a collection of Foreign Films.
  • National Film Board of Canada: collection featuring over 2,000 Canadian films, excerpts, trailers and interactive works.
  • Oxford Bibliographies Online: There were a number of changes to our subscribed subjects, adding some and dropping some.  We now have access to these 11: Art History, Childhood Studies, Chinese Studies, Criminology, Education, Management, Medieval Studies, Political Science, Psychology, Social Work, and Sociology
  • Routledge Handbooks Online: We are in the process of activating and cataloging approximately 100 titles in this new resource, in seven different subject bundles: Business & Economics; Communication, Journalism, Media & Culture; Environment & Sustainability; Health & Social Care; Linguistics; Philosophy; and Sport and Leisure.
  • Swank Feature Films: Our initial collection includes 25 feature films on this new streaming media platform.

BUSINESS/ECONOMICS

  • JSTOR Business IV: An additional component to our JSTOR collection;  50 titles increasing JSTOR’s coverage in core fields such as economics, management, industrial relations, and finance, with a broad international scope.
  • Mergent Archives:  An additional component to MergentOnline; an indexed collection of corporate and industry related documents.
  • Mergent Intellect:  An additional component to MergentOnline; a collection of worldwide business information incorporating sources such as Hoover’s, Dun & Bradstreet, and First Research.
  • Oxford Handbooks Online  Economics & Finance Foundation Collection:  An additional book bundle to fill out the existing Economics & Finance Collections previously purchased
  • Oxford Handbooks Online  Economics & Finance 2013 Collection:  An additional book bundle to fill out the existing Economics & Finance Collections previously purchased
  • SRDS Compete Pro: A new resource from the SRDS/Kantar Media family. Use it to see the traffic, engagement, and demographics for any of the top 1 million sites on the internet. Restricted to UST students, faculty, and staff; users must log in with their UST email address.
  • Statistical Abstract of the United States (1972-2012): We have been online subscribers to the current content of this resource since ProQuest took over its publication in 2013, but we have now added 40 years of back content

ENGLISH/COJO/HISTORY/MODERN LANGUAGES

  • Bibliography of British and Irish History: is an extensive guide to the published writings (books, book chapters and journal articles) on British and Irish history.
  • Iter Italicum: Brill and Iter describe this resource as “the most comprehensive finding list available of previously uncatalogued or incompletely catalogued Renaissance humanistic manuscripts found in libraries and collections all over the world. Originally published in six volumes, between 1963 and 1992, it is an essential tool for any scholar working in the fields of classical, medieval, and Renaissance studies.”
  • JSTOR Arts & Sciences XIV: An additional component to our JSTOR collection;  125 journals drawn primarily from the fields of Archaeology, Language & Literature, Communications Studies, Asian Studies, and Political Science.
  • Oxford Dictionaries: Please welcome Arabic and Portuguese to our Oxford family of dictionaries: Italian, Chinese, Spanish, Russian, German, and French.

PHILOSOPHY/LAW/THEOLOGY/RELIGION

  • Philosopher’s Index with Full Text: on EBSCOhost: We upgraded our subscription to Philosopher’s Index (now retired) to the full text version.
  • ProQuest Congressional Base: This resource that provides access to congressional publications is now available to all of UST. In the past, our access was restricted to just the Law Library, but now all of UST may access.

HEALTH & HUMAN PERFORMANCE

SCIENCE/COMPUTER SCIENCE/ENGINEERING

SOCIAL SCIENCES/PSYCHOLOGY/EDUCATION

UST Libraries are excited to be able to continually add new resources to our collection. If you ever come across something you’d like to see added, please let us know. Requests can be made directly to any UST Librarian or through one of our online request forms.

May 4, 2015 by
Libraries, News & Events, O'Shaughnessy-Frey Library

Library Week Quiz Results Announced!

question marksThank you to everyone who took the “How Well Do You Know the Library?” quiz during Library Week!    We hope you enjoyed learning more about the library – and the candy you received for turning in your completed quiz!

Congratulations to these quiz prize drawing winners:

Ignacio Garcia, Charlie Kiolbasa, Laura Bearth, Kaitlin Salter and Grace Herbertz!

 

 

How Well Do You Know the O’Shaughnessy-Frey Library? 
(True or False)

1. Only faculty are allowed to check out movies from the Media Resources Collection.
False.  Current UST faculty, staff, and students may check out movies.

2. UST students can get help for a reference or research question 24 hours a day.
True.  Students can get help from a librarian even when the library is closed via a service called AskMN.

3. The best way to make sure you can get a group study room in the library is to get here early!
False.  You can reserve a library study room in advance, online!

4. Headphones can be checked out at the circulation desk for just $1 per hour.
False.  This was a bit tricky – there are headphones available for checkout, but they do not cost $1 per hour.  They are free!

5. There is no way to lock up your valuable belongings in the library, so all you can do is ask someone else to guard them.
False.  There are free lockers available for your use in a secure location behind the Circulation Desk. 

(Short Answer)

1. What is the nickname for the library’s 2nd floor Great Hall?
Harry Potter Room

2. What is the name of the library web page Google-style search?
Summon

3.    What two devices does the library provide so you can charge your phone while you’re here?
1) the charging station near the library coffee shop, and
              2) smart phone charging cords available for checkout at the Circulation Desk.
4.    What item can you check out from the Circulation Desk that can recharge your energy and boost your mood on dark or cloudy days?
We have a special tabletop lamp commonly called a SAD light – it can boost your energy on a dark day, or help if you have Seasonal Affective Disorder in the winter months.

5. What is the best and most efficient way to start your research paper?
a)   Start Googling
        b)   Ask other people in your class what they did
        c)   Go to the reference desk and ask for help with research skills and resources

 

 

May 1, 2015 by