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Macaulay Library Natural Sound Archive Now Online

April 30th, 2013 · No Comments · News, Resources

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 [...]

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Return or renew library items before leaving for summer

April 30th, 2013 · No Comments · News

All BGSU library materials  are due on or before 5/4/13 for undergraduate students and 5/14/13 for graduate students. When all current items are returned or physically presented for renewal, your account will be updated for summer.   If you’ll be away from campus, please check for an OhioLINK library near you.  Use the OhioLINK pick [...]

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Technology Assistance coming to Jerome Library in the Fall

April 23rd, 2013 · No Comments · News, Resources

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, [...]

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Study on Sunday (SOS) at the Library and the Learning Commons

April 22nd, 2013 · No Comments · Events, News

University Libraries and the Learning Commons are partnering to transform the Wm. T. Jerome Library into your ideal study location on Sunday, April 28! Our quiet and group study spaces, tutoring, and computer labs will meet your every study need! For a full list of the drop-in tutoring sessions that will be offered by the [...]

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New Collections in the Accessible Archives!

April 22nd, 2013 · No Comments · News, Resources

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 [...]

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RefWorks Has New Features!

April 15th, 2013 · No Comments · News, Resources

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 [...]

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Exciting Updates to eBooks on EBSCOhost

April 3rd, 2013 · No Comments · News, Resources

So many people own e-readers these days. It has just gotten easier to read eBooks on EBSCOhost while on the go! EBooks on EBSCOhost can now be downloaded to the iPad and Kindle Fire using the Bluefire app. Watch this short tutorial for more information. Another new enhancement is that users can download eBooks in [...]

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New Features in SciFinder

April 1st, 2013 · No Comments · News, Resources

From CAS, Chemical Abstract Services: SciFinder has been updated with new features! The Remember Me feature allows users to:  Stay signed in for seven days, unless they decide to sign out; Get signed back in with a single click if a session times out unexpectedly! Return to your default page when signing in; Be remembered [...]

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Celebrate March Madness with SBRNet Updates

March 22nd, 2013 · No Comments · News, Resources

SBRNet has new features just in time for March Madness! Sports Business Research Network (SBRNet) has posted the results of the 2012 SBRNet Fan Market Report which contains five new features! Sponsorship Influence Index, which measures how much fans are influenced by a sport sponsorship to purchase the sponsor’s product or service Separate ownership and [...]

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Updates to Education in Video

March 19th, 2013 · No Comments · News, Resources

The database Education in Video has been updated to add 96 new videos totaling 37 hours! Topics of the new videos from HighScope cover areas such as: Behavior School and Educational Psychology Teaching Methods Early Childhood Education Special Education Physical and Outdoor Education Teaching English/Language Arts Topics from Corwin Press include: Leadership Professional Development Teaching [...]

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