The NDSU Libraries are pleased to announce a 30-day trial to the ARTstor Digital Library.

“The ARTstor Digital Library is a nonprofit resource that provides more than one million digital images. Collections are used for teaching and study in a wide range of subject areas, including art, architecture, music, religion, anthropology, literature, world history, American Studies, Asian Studies, Classical Studies, Medieval Studies, Renaissance Studies, and more.” – ARTstor.org

The trial ends March 1, 2012.

The February column for the GRHC, In Touch with Prairie Living, is now available at http://library.ndsu.edu/grhc/articles/newspapers/intouch/2012/intouch0212.html

The NDSU Libraries are pleased to announce access to Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Total Access Collection – Full Text Nursing Journals (Ovid).

Full Text Nursing Journals provides access to over 280 full text medical and nursing journals through an NDSU Libraries’ consortial subscription in partnership with South Dakota State University, the University of South Dakota, the University of North Dakota, Presentation College, and Sanford Health.

John Bye, director and university archivist for the Institute of Regional Studies and University Archives, retired on November 4th after 38 years of service. Read the full story in the NDSU Spectrum at http://www.ndsuspectrum.com/news/archivist-john-bye-announces-retirement-1.2682066#.Trf7NbI1Rm4

The NDSU Libraries will be participating with the Center for Writers in an activity to support the National Day on Writing at NDSU. Stop by the table in the Union or in the main Library!

• 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. – “Resources for Writers,” Memorial Union lobby

Staff from the Center for Writers and the NDSU Library will be available in the Memorial Union lobby from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. to provide information about their services. Word games and activities also will be available. For more information, contact Mary Pull, director of the Center for Writers at mary.pull@ndsu.edu, or Char Myhre, senior reference librarian at char.myhre@ndsu.edu.

Other activities for the day:

• 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. – “Rotating Story,” Facebook and Thundar’s Den, Memorial Union

The Department of English will sponsor an “exquisite corpse,” or rotating story, on the NDSU Facebook page, with a new story started every hour by students in first-year English classes. Students, faculty and staff are invited to contribute to the story on NDSU’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/ndsu.fargo. Individuals also are invited to view the story projected on a wall in Thundar’s Den, lower level of the Memorial Union. For more information, contact Brandi Fuglsby, English lecturer, at brandi.fuglsby@ndsu.edu.

• Noon to 1 p.m. – “Writing a Dissertation and Planning a Thesis Defense,” Memorial Union Arikara room

The Graduate School will sponsor the presentation “Writing a Dissertation and Planning a Thesis Defense” by Jill Nelson, associate professor in the School of Education. The talk will discuss the process of writing a thesis and provide general tips for successful completion. Topics include selecting an adviser and committee, communicating with your committee, general expectations for the disquisition, and how to make the most of the experience. Resources for students and faculty members also will be available. For more information, contact Karen P. Peirce, graduate writing coordinator, at karen.peirce@ndsu.edu, or Sonya Goergen, Graduate School marketing, public relations and recruitment coordinator, at sonya.goergen@ndsu.edu.

October 12, 2011

NDSU Libraries and the University Archives are pleased to announce that our Flickr site (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ndsu-university-archives/collections/) has just passed 150,000 hits on the site.

We have also added two new Flickr exhibits: The NDAC Y.M.C.A. building (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ndsu-university-archives/sets/72157627708266347/)  which was destroyed by the 1957 tornado and activities of the Y.M. and Y.W.C.A. of NDSU (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ndsu-university-archives/collections/72157627838010050/)

October is National Information Literacy Awareness month. In today’s digital world, people who are information literate know how to find, access, and critically evaluate information to improve their health, their environment, their education and workplace performance. Having that skill set empowers them to interpret and make informed decisions about their lives, in essence, taking more responsibility for their own individual welfare and that of the nation.

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: A PROCLAMATION
“Every day, we are inundated with vast amounts of information. A 24-hour news cycle and thousands of global television and radio networks, coupled with an immense array of online resources, have challenged our long-held perceptions of information management. Rather than merely possessing data, we must also learn the skills necessary to acquire, collate, and evaluate information for any situation. This new type of literacy also requires competency with communication technologies, including computers and mobile devices that can help in our day-to-day decision making. National Information Literacy Awareness Month highlights the need for all Americans to be adept in the skills necessary to effectively navigate the Information Age.” President Barack Obama, 2009

For additional information please see the National Information Literacy Awareness Month website

Join us at the Main Library for the 2011 NDSU Libraries Open House from 10am-2pm September 28th and 29th. Enjoy light refreshments as you learn more about what the Libraries can do for you.

Event highlights will include:

• Staff demonstrations of online resources, including LibGuides (our new subject research guides), Google Scholar Library Links, and EndNote Web which can help you keep track of citations and create bibliographies for your research papers.
• Scavenger hunt activities complete with prize drawings!
• Treats, including root-beer floats served from 12-2 each day!

Staff will be available throughout the event to answer your questions and provide tours of our main facility. For more information, visit the Libraries Open House LibGuide

How to view Web of Knowledge/Science results via Internet Explorer 9

If you use version 9.0 of the Internet Explorer Browser (IE9), you may have found that your search results are not visible within Web of Science (Web of Science is still compatible with IE7 and IE8). To counter this problem, please note the following possible solutions:

• Using another browser: you may find it easiest to search the databases using another browser i.e. if your operating system is Windows XP, Vista or Windows 7, you could use these browsers: Internet Explorer 7 or 8.0, or Mozilla Firefox 6.0. Alternatively, if your operating system is Macintosh OS X 10.5 or 10.6, you could search using these browsers: Safari 4.0 or Mozilla Firefox 6.0.
• If you prefer to use IE9: you should be able to get around this problem by clicking on the ‘compatibility view’ icon/button which is located to the immediate right of the web address bar when you’re within Web of Knowledge/Science. If you are unable to see a ‘compatibility view’ icon, you will need to activate it by following these steps:
  1. Click on Tools menu
  2. Click on Compatibility View Settings
  3. Type ‘isiknowledge.com’ in the textbox and click on Add

JSTOR announced today it is making journal content published prior to 1923 in the United States and prior to 1870 elsewhere freely available to anyone, anywhere in the world. This “Early Journal Content” includes discourse and scholarship in the arts and humanities, economics and politics, and in mathematics and other sciences. It includes nearly 500,000 articles from more than 200 journals.

Read more: http://about.jstor.org/participate-jstor/individuals/early-journal-content