Check out the new webpage for the Leisure Reading Collection at the Murray Library. You can browse the Leisure Collection titles, see the new titles added monthly, cruise other links to book blogs and websites, or make suggestions and comments for the Murray Library Leisure Collection. Come visit us here.
Come and ask us for details. Borrow a NEW laptop for 6 hours at a time. Great for alone work or group work!
Edna Warrington, the University Library’s Development Officer, is the Fall 2010 recipient of the prestigious President’s Service Award.
Born in Hong Kong and raised in Ponteix, Saskatchewan, Edna Warrington is one of the most recognizable faces on campus. Her warm, welcoming smile and cheerful spirit is not easily forgotten.
Edna arrived at the University of Saskatchewan 38 years ago to study history and chose to stay on campus. The connections she has made as a student, student employee and a library resource has become invaluable, as she carries out her duties as the Development Officer for the University Library.
The President's Service Award was established to recognize exceptional contributions by non-academic staff at the University of Saskatchewan. The award honors individuals who have enhanced the work environment by providing extraordinary service to the university community, who have inspired, supported and respected the endeavours of others, and have achieved this distinction through dedication and commitment.
At the University Library, we value and celebrate contributions and achievements of individuals and teams by recognizing and appreciating one another. Congratulations Edna on the award and for your contributions and achievements at the University Library!
Check out the Library's new database--Global Health--for access to millions of citations related to public health, community health, and communicable diseases. Access via the 'Articles and Databases' tab.
All titles that were associated with the PocketConsult platform are out of print and will no longer be offered or supported.
“Open Access” to information – the free, immediate, online access to the results of scholarly research, and the right to use and re-use those results as you need – has the power to transform the way research and scientific inquiry are conducted. It has direct and widespread implications for academia, medicine, science, industry, and for society as a whole.
This is the 4th annual international Open Access Week!
Things to do:
*Come by the Natural Sciences Library to see our display on Open Access.
*Read the Open Access @ UofS Library blog
*Watch this short video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9Jh_GffRPU
The Murray Library will be hosting a pre-screening of "The Coca Cola Case", a National Film Board Documentary on Thursday, October 28th at 7:00 pm. The feature film, preceded by Git Gob, an animated short, will be introduced by Susan McConkey, the Business and Economics Librarian.
The trailer for the film can be found at this link http://www.nfb.ca/film/coca_cola_case_trailer/.
Chancellor Vera Pezer is hosting a coffee conversation time on the second Friday of each month from 2:30 – 3:30 pm at the Starbucks in the Murray Library.
There are currently problems when exporting from Wiley and OVID databases from off-campus. Refworks and Wiley are working on a fix.
CrossFire
The client/server application to access Beilstein & Gmelin will be decommissioned December 31, 2010. After this date you will no longer be able to access these databases using CrossFire. The Library has subscribed to the new online application, Reaxys, which replaces CrossFire and also provides access to the Patent Chemistry Database (in addition to Beilstein & Gmelin).
Try out Reaxys today!
SciFinder Scholar
It has just been announced that Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) will decommission the client/server version of SciFinder June 30, 2011. All of our 6 seats will be allotted to the SciFinder Web after that date.
Register with SciFinder Web today and try it out! Currently we have 2 seats allotted for the Web version.
Any concerns or training requests for Reaxys or SciFinder can be directed to Natural Sciences Liaison Librarian DeDe Dawson.
On Wednesday, October 6, as part of Academic Integrity Awareness Week, there will be four sessions on citation and style guides:
Smart Enough to Cite Sessions
Using RefWorks -- Mê-Linh Lê, Health Sciences Liaison Librarian -- 9:30-10:30 a.m., Murray Library Room 161
MLA Basics: An Introduction to MLA Style -- Dr. Ella Ophir, Assistant Professor of English -- 11:00 a.m-noon, Murray Library Room 102
Chicago Manual of Style Online: An Introduction to Chicago Style, Turabian and Rampolla -- Donna Canevari de Paredes, Humanities Liaison Librarian, 1 - 2:30 p.m., Murray Library Room 102
APA Basics: An introduction to APA Style -- Dr. Jane Preston, Position Analyst - College of Education and MaryLynn Gagne, Education Liaison Librarian, 2:30-3:30 p.m., Murray 102,
Further information on Academic Integrity Awareness Week Activities
