BGSU University Libraries News

The Macaulay Library natural sound archive is now available to listen to for free online. It is the largest collection of wildlife sounds in the world.

The sound archive focuses on birds, but also contains recordings on primates, elephants, whales, frogs, and other animals. The collection contains around 150,000 sound recordings equaling 7,513 hours.

It took 12 years for Cornell University to compile the recordings and make them available.

To visit the archive click here.

For more information visit: http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/2013/01/worlds-largest-natural-sound-archive-now-online

The Academic Resource Center will have a new name and a new location by the time students return in the fall! The center that provides peer-to-peer instruction on software applications for undergraduate, graduate and distance students, will be called the Student Technology Assistance Center (STAC) and will be located in the Wm. T. Jerome Library, Room 122.

STAC services will be similar to those provided by the Academic Resource Center, with some changes planned to accommodate changing technologies. Among the services offered will be drop-in help, one-on-one appointments, workshops, sessions for small groups or class visits, Canvas Learning Management System (LMS) and e-portfolio support, OhioLINK Electronic Thesis and Dissertation (ETD) support, a laptop loan program, and equipment borrowing.

To find out more, visit the STAC site.

The Accessible Archives database now offers 5 new collections!

• Frank Leslie’s Weekly (1852-1922) : An illustrated American literary and news publication started by publisher and illustrator Frank Leslie. Issues included the topics of politics, art, war, travel, fine arts, and literature.
• National Anti-Slavery Standard (1840-1870) : Established in 1840 as the official weekly newspaper of the American Anti-Slavery Society.  It includes works from noted abolitionists who were fighting for suffrage, equality, and emancipation.
• National Citizen and Ballot Box (1876-1881) : This was a monthly journal that was owned and edited by American women’s rights proponent Matilda Joslyn Gage. Issues included columns about important women in history and female inventors.
• The Revolution (1868-1872) : A highly influential official publication of the National Woman Suffrage Association. It discussed rape, sex education, reproductive rights,  divorce,  and prostitution, among other controversial topics of the time. It drew attention to unionization and discrimination against female workers.
• American County Histories IV: The West (1870-1923) : Offers in depth information for historical and genealogical research

The Accessible Archives can be accessed by clicking on All Databases on the library homepage, and going to the letter “A”. Scroll down to Accessible Archives and click connect. You could also click this link.

Check out these cool new additions to the Accessible Archives today!

RefWorks is a handy tool for keeping track of citations and creating bibliographies. If you haven’t used it, you should give it a try!

Do you ever get tired of typing in your username and password over and over? RefWorks users can now opt to stay logged in for 14 days.

Write-N-Cite is a feature which allows users to conveniently cite sources from their RefWorks accounts. It formats in-text citations, footnotes, and the bibliography in whichever style they choose.

Write-N-Cite has undergone many updates lately including:

• Improvement in synching of references with RefWorks accounts
• Removal of 2,000 citation limit
• Enhancement of user interface for insert/edit citation
• “Reapply Output Style” moved to the main toolbar
• Plus, many other errors were corrected to make the user’s experience much easier!

Access Refworks by clicking on it on the library homepage under Tutorials & Tools.

Or click here.

Check out this link for tutorials on how to use RefWorks!