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We are pleased to announce trial access to a cool database called Naxos Music Library until Sept. 30, 2008.   You can get to the database by following this link: http://salisbury.naxosmusiclibrary.com/

If you try the database and want to give feedback, please send it to Kathryn Kalmanson, the liaison to the Music Department.

New Database!

We are very pleased to announce the addition of the EBSCO product, Communication and Mass Media Complete, to our exciting lineup of databases!  You can find it in our Database by Subject or Database by Title lists, as well as through Research Port. 

Communication and Mass Media Complete (CMMC) boasts many full text journal articles, as well as Find It Buttons for documents for which full text is not available in CMMC.  Please let me, Krista Knapp, liaison to the Communications Department, know if you have any questions or want some help searching CMMC!

Trial Music Database!

SU has trial access to the Alexander Street Press Online Music Reference Collection through August 9th:

EBSCO Databases Have a Brand New Interface!

Popular database vendor EBSCO has released the 2.0 version of their interface, so when you access Academic Search Premier, ERIC, PsycINFO, and a slew of other EBSCO databases, everything will look very different!  If you need any help navigating the new interface, please stop by the research services desk or give us a call (especially during the closure due to recarpeting).  The desk number is 410-548-5988.  You can also reach us via the Meebo chat widget during the library closure, accessible via this web page.

New Find Books & More/Find Articles & More Pages

If you take a gander at the Find Books & More/Find Articles & More links on the library's homepage, you will notice the pages have a brand new look.  From the Find Books & More page, you now have the option of searching the Blackwell/SU catalog like before, but now also have a direct link to the catalog for the entire USMAI system, and links to Electronic Books, Print Journals & Newspapers, and Interlibrary Loan.

The Find Articles & More page gives you many more options for accessing our databases, including links to subject and alphabetic lists of database, and links to Research Port, a journal title list, a list of databases only accessible inside the library, and Interlibrary Loan.

We hope these changes will provide better and more intuitive access to our vast and exciting array of resources!

Blackwell Library Will Be Closed from August 1-24, but Never Fear!

We are striving to serve our patrons in spite of our closing due to recarpeting.  We're even going to break out some new tricks like instant messaging with a Meebo widget.  For more information about how to get all the resources and services you need during this brief closure, please check out this web page.  So don't worry, we're still here for you, and just think about how nice that new carpet will look!

Relax on the beach with a great book this summer!

Check out Blackwell Library's Leisure Reading Collection!  After all, one of the greatest pleasures of summer is reading a good novel or two (or three or four!)  The Leisure Collection is located on the shelves by the elevator on the first floor of the library, to the left of the circulation desk and across from the current periodicals.  Here is a list of new titles added in the past few months:

Big Summer Plans for Blackwell Librarians!

What are the Blackwell librarians up to this summer? Well, naturally, they are hard at work!
Krista Knapp will be attending the Maryland Library Leadership Institute from July 14th to the 18th. The institute will sharpen Krista's already stellar leadership qualities. Mandy Hackley, Blackwell business librarian, will be developing a tutorial for the tricky database Research Insight and revamping her Finance 311 class page. And on some off days, you just might catch your Blackwell librarians reading a book on the beach! 

Isn't it frustrating when you go up to the shelf to get a book and it's not where it's supposed to be? Never fear!  The Circulation folks want to help you locate the book you want.  Just fill out our new Lost Book Form at http://www.salisbury.edu/library/circulation/lostbookform.asp.  We will look for the item you want and let you know when and if we find it! 

Congratulations to Mou Chakraborty, our Head of Public Services, on the birth of her son, Urjit, born May 18th and weighing in at 6.93 pounds!

We have trial access to Credo Reference from now through April 30th.  Go to
www.credoreference.com to check it out!

Blackwell Library displays award-winning "green" children's books during the month of April.

The Foundation generously donates copies of the winning/honor books to be added to the Blackwell Library Juvenile Collection. For a complete list of all GEBA titles, visit the Foundation web site at www.newtonmarascofoundation.org or search the library's online catalog with the phrase "green earth book award".

Book Club

Tired of just reading textbooks and lecture notes? Are you looking to read a book for fun and discuss it with fellow students? Then join the Salisbury University Student Book Club! Contact Krista Knapp or Mandy Hackley for more information.  Check out the book club on Facebook!

Database Trial

Social Work Abstracts  is available as a trial from EBSCO from now through April 11th. 
Login to any EBSCO database (Academic Search Premier, PsycINFO, ERIC, etc) and click the dropdown menu under the search box for a listing of all EBSCO databases we subscribe to. 
The trials are at the end of the list.  Choose Social Work Abstracts and click the "Submit" button.

Did you know you can search EBSCO databases simultaneously?  From this dropdown menu,
just click the databases you want to search and click the "Submit" button at the bottom.  Don't hesitate to stop by the Research Services Desk if you have any questions or want help!
 

New Guides & Handouts Page!

Are you a visual learner?  Do you like holding instructions in your hands?  Visit our
Guides & Handouts page where you can print out PDF files of guides on a variety of topics ranging from Library of Congress Classification to Evaluating Website Content.  Plus, there are more coming soon!
 

Attention Faculty: Schedule Library Instruction Sessions!

Now is a great time to schedule a library instruction session for your classes!  We tailor our instruction sessions so that your students will learn about specific resources for their upcoming assignments.  Contact your library liaison for more information or check out our new library instruction website!

Cool New Tool!

The Citation Linker

Ever wondered how you go about finding an item when all you have is the citation?  The Citation Linker is a web form where you fill in the citation information and then voila! you are linked to full-text for the item, holdings information for a print version of the item, or to interlibrary loan so you can borrow the item from somewhere else.  The Citation Linker works the same way as the Find It Button, but you don't have to know which database to look in! 

New Issue of the Enlightener!

The newest issue of the library newsletter is available online.  Read about how we're striving to make the library a student-centered learning environment, plus a lot more!

Fall 2007 (PDF format)

Meet the New Librarians!

Did you know that Blackwell Library is home to FOUR new librarians this semester?  Stop by and introduce yourself sometime to:
 
Moushumi (Mou) Chakraborty, Head of Public Services
     mxchakraborty@salisbury.edu     410-677-0116
 
Mou recently joined the staff of Blackwell Library at Salisbury University (SU) as the Head of Public Services.  Prior to this, she was the Special Collections/Reference Librarian at University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) for a short period. She was the Distance & Instructional Technology Librarian at the Alvin Sherman Library at Nova Southeastern University (NSU) for quite a few years before moving to Maryland in 2006.  She holds an MA in English from University of Calcutta, India and an MLS from University of Missouri-Columbia, USA.  She was also working on her third Masters in Computing Technology in Education (MCTE) at NSU. Assuming a new position as the Head of Public Services at the Blackwell Library, she supervises the Access Services and the Research Services.  She is now more involved with administrative duties and serves on the University Curriculum Committee. She is also the new Distance Education coordinator. Mou is originally from Calcutta, India, but has been in the United States for many years.  She is a classical Indian dancer; she has directed and choreographed numerous programs in India as well as in the United States. She also enjoys reading, traveling, and spending quality time with her little daughter (who keeps her busy but she wouldn't have it otherwise J).
 
Mandy Hackley, Business/Instructional Librarian
     mlhackley@salisbury.edu     410-677-0131    BL129
 
Mandy received her BA in History and Literature from Bowling Green State University in 2000.  In 2004, she earned her MLS from Kent State.   She began her career in librarianship at Bowling Green State University's periodicals desk as a freshman and continued working at Jerome Library on a part time and full time basis until arriving at Blackwell Library in August.  While she worked part time at Jerome, she managed a branch library for the Wood County District Public Library. She lives with her dog Isabelle Patricia and enjoys reading, watching films, and has a healthy obsession with the television program 30 Rock. 
 
Krista Knapp, Reference/Instructional Librarian - Web Page
     kmknapp@salisbury.edu     410-677-0118     BL129
 
Krista worked at DePauw University in Greencastle, IN, as reference and instruction librarian and as Coordinator of Access Services before coming to Salisbury University in July.  She received both her BA in Psychology and her MLS in library science from Indiana University in Bloomington.  Before becoming a librarian, she had stints as a secretary, teacher's aide, tutor, and piano teacher.  Her professional interests include information literacy, instructional technology, faculty-librarian collaboration and social networking.  Outside of her professional pursuits, she is a busy mom to three sons, ages 10, 7, and 2.   She also enjoys singing, shopping, photography, scrapbooking, hiking, the theatre, and going to the beach (which is a lot easier to do here than in Indiana!)
 
Martha Zimmerman, Head of Technical Services
     mczimmerman@salisbury.edu     410-677-0110
 
Martha earned her MLS at UMCP in 1983 and has held a variety of positions in academic, public, and special libraries. Prior to her employment at Blackwell Library she was the Acting Director of Library Services at UMES. In addition to the MLS, she has pursued graduate study in philosophy and intellectual history at the Catholic University of America and The Johns Hopkins University. In partnership with her Morgan horse, Elmhurst’s Crown Royal, she has competed successfully in dressage, winning several national awards. ‘Elroy’ and Martha now spend quality time trail riding and carriage driving for pleasure. Martha is also a published poet, whose works have appeared in the Emerald Coast Review and Maryland Review.