BGSU University Libraries News

In honor of the 100^th anniversary of Bowling Green State University, three staff members from the University Libraries have created eight unique wall-sized quilts using historical photos of the BGSU campus.  These quilts are one-of-a-kind creations perfect for any BGSU lover and are ideal to display at home or in the office.  For more information, click here.

University Libraries is collaborating with the Office of Advising & Academic Success once again to offer several academic services to students at Jerome Library after regular business hours. The service is called “The Learning Commons.” The following services will be available every Sunday and Tuesday evening from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. starting January 24 and continuing through May 4th.

• Academic Advising – 1st floor (Reserve Room)
• Research and Information Assistance – 1st floor
• Tutoring for Mathematics – 1st floor (room 122) SUNDAY NIGHTS ONLY
• Tutoring for Biology, Chemistry & Psychology – 7th floor
• Writing Consultations – 1st floor (Reserve Room)

These are drop in services. No appointments are necessary.

Beginning Fall 2009, graduate students and university staff will have online renewal available for the end of both Summer and Fall semesters.  The end of academic year renewals (Spring semester) will still require either returning or presenting materials for renewal.

As of Monday, December 14^th, continuing graduate students and current university staff will have their library accounts updated to the end of Spring semester.  All eligible materials (not on hold, not recalled, etc.) may be renewed online at that time.

Once library materials are overdue, online renewal is no longer available. The window of opportunity for online renewal will run from December 14 through December 21, 2009.  After materials are overdue, items must be renewed: 

• by phone  (419-372-2133) – articulating the barcode and brief title
• via email to Circdesk@bgsu.edu – providing at minimum the barcode and brief title
• in person with the material.

The Jerome Library will be open for extended hours December 1-18 to help students and groups prepare for finals.  Please visit the library hours web page for a list of building and service times.

Oral History Online

Search indexed and full-text transcripts of English-language oral histories, some of which are also linked to digital audio or video files. Examples include Gerald Ford discussing the Cold War, Chicago architect Tadao Ando discussing his work, and Justice Thurgood Marshall discussing the Civil Rights Movement. For more information, and to access the resource, visit:

http://maurice.bgsu.edu/record=e1000469~S0

Trial active until January 10, 2010

 Biography Reference Center

Full-text biographies for more than 450,000 people, from Confucius to Miley Cyrus. Many also include photographs. For more information, and to access the resource, visit:

http://maurice.bgsu.edu/record=e1000468~S0

Trial active until March 31, 2010

We are also negotiating a license for the following new database:

HeinOnline: U.S. Department of the Interior Collection

HeinOnline provides full text access to primary source documents related to U.S. law and legislation. BGSU is subscribing to the U.S. Department of the Interior Collection, which contains reports, legislation, legal decisions, papers and policies published between 1789 and 1995 by this government agency. Particular emphasis is on U.S. government policy related to Native North Americans.

For more information about HeinOnline or to connect to the database, go to:

http://maurice.bgsu.edu/record=e1000464~S0

 For an overview, watch the “Quick Start Guide to HeinOnline” video on the HeinOnline YouTube channel:

http://www.youtube.com/HeinOnline08

 Please try all three of these resources and let us know what you think! Contact Linda Brown, Collections Coordinator, at lbrown@bgsu.edu with your feedback.

In addition to our ISI Web of Knowledge and Scopus trials, the library currently has a trial to Grzimek’s Animal Life – Online Knowledge Portal. This is the online version of the 17-volume scholarly encyclopedia of the same name, with additional images and interactive tools, audio and video.

 To connect to this resource, visit:

http://maurice.bgsu.edu/record=e1000459