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Library News January 2008

Play Index Online

Posted: January 31st, 2008

Previously available only in print in the Stauffer Library Reference Collection, the Play Index is now accessible at Queen’s as a web-searchable database on the WilsonWeb interface.

This resource indexes more than 30,000 plays written in or translated into English, including mysteries, pageants, plays in verse, puppet performances, radio and television plays, and classic drama.  “Since important classic and historical plays (e.g. the plays of Aeschylus and Euripides, Moliere’s works, Shakespeare’s dramas, works of George Bernard Shaw or Ibsen), are reprinted in collections and anthologies, you will find virtually any play being studied or performed in [the] Play Index.  This unique resource also covers the works of contemporary playwrights, including new editions or translations.”  (– vendor’s product description)

For more information:   Read the product description or contact Stauffer Library Learning and Research Services.

Springer eBook Collection

Posted: January 31st, 2008

This new subscription to the Springer eBook Collection provides Queen’s students, faculty and staff with cover-to-cover search and browse access to the full text of over 12,000 books published by Springer between 2005 and 2008. The collection consists of textbooks, monographs, reference works, handbooks, encyclopedias and book series published by Springer between 2005 and 2008. Subject coverage is especially strong in science, engineering, computer science, health and life sciences, and business (more details). Access is from the SpringerLink interface.

This purchase has been made possible thanks to an agreement negotiated between the Ontario Council of University Libraries and Springer Science+Business Media. The agreement enables all 20 Ontario university libraries to acquire immediate access to the collection along with permanent archival rights to the collection contents. Read more about this purchase agreement.

SpringerLink

Waste Reduction Week displays in Stauffer, Jan 28-Feb 1

Posted: January 30th, 2008

This week marks Waste Reduction Week at Queen’s. To help raise awareness of recycling and waste disposal issues on campus, two student sustainability groups have mounted displays in Stauffer Library. The paper display set up by Green Scheme illustrates the volume of recyclable paper that ends up diverted to landfills due to contamination by non-recyclable materials; the waste monster sculpture created by Queen’s Sustainability urges us to reduce our wasteful behaviours. If you haven’t already seen them, drop by Stauffer to check them out. The displays will be up until Friday.

Tomorrow (Thursday, January 31) also marks the end of voting in the Cleaner, Greener Stauffer poster contest. Be sure to cast your vote!

LEME: Lexicons of Early Modern English

Posted: January 30th, 2008

A scholarly resource for original research into the entire lexical content of Early Modern English, LEME: Lexicons of Early Modern English contains dictionaries, lexical encyclopedias, glossaries, spelling lists, and treatises surviving in print or manuscript from the Tudor, Stuart, Caroline, Commonwealth, and Restoration periods.

For more information: read the vendor’s product description.

LEME

RefWorks Workshops for Engineers and Scientists

Posted: January 29th, 2008

The Engineering and Science Library will be holding RefWorks Workshops on

  • Monday, Feb 11: 12:30 – 1:30
  • Wednesday, Feb 13: 1:30 – 2:30
  • Thursday, Feb 14: 3:30 – 4:30

In these workshops you will learn how to

  • Create a RefWorks account
  • Import from catalogues and databases
  • Create folders, organize research and share files
  • Create a bibliography within RefWorks and using Write-N-Cite
  • Organize and manage a variety of objects including Microsoft® Word, Equations, Chemical Structures, Technical Drawings and more…

   Register Online for a RefWorks Workshop 

New Refworks Attachment Feature!

Posted: January 15th, 2008

RefWorks users now have the ability to organize and store images and documents within their personal database. This new feature allows you to attach non-bibliographic information to your RefWorks references, much like attaching files to an email message. The incorporation of this feature allows you to upload files to existing references stored within your RefWorks database.

Organize and manage a variety of objects including:

  • BMP, TIF, JPG, PNG, GIF, PDF
  • Microsoft® Word
  • Microsoft® Powerpoint
  • Equations
  • Chemical Structures
  • Technical Drawings
  • and more…

Benefits:

  • No need to maximize space on your hard-drive.
  • Instantly retrieve all forms of data – links to the images never break.
  • Automated back-up of all your research data – security of knowing this is being done.

(based on text from RefWorks.com)

Douglas Library 1966 North Reading Room Temporarily Closed

Posted: January 15th, 2008

The lights in the 1966 north reading room (Eng/Sci Library) are being replaced and the room will be closed until the work is complete.  Study space is available in the south reading room (aka Harry Potter reading room).  

Water seeping into Eng/Sci library stacks

Posted: January 11th, 2008

For the last couple of days water has been seeping into the Engineering and Science Library stacks and stairwell causing water damage to books and the building. The source of the leak has not yet been identified and PPS is monitoring the situation.

All books in the call number range QH 431 to QH 605 have been moved to the top floor reading room (aka Harry Potter room) and will remain there until things have been resolved. If you have problems locating one of these books please check with library staff.

ASTM Standards 2007

Posted: January 11th, 2008

 
The complete set of ASTM Standards for 2007 has been received. The volumes are shelved in the reference area under call no. TA401 A5s

Support Undergraduate Research at the I@Q Conference, March 6-7, 2008

Posted: January 7th, 2008

Celebrate inquiry-based learning at the
2nd Annual I@Q Undergraduate Research Conference, March 6-7, 2008 in the Queen’s Learning Commons, Stauffer Library. David McDonald, Director, Global Development Studies, will deliver the keynote address titled “Research as Activism (Whether You Like it or Not)” at 9:30 am on Thursday, March 6. Come and support undergraduate research at Queen’s. All are welcome! Full program at www.iatq.ca.

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