Library Newsletter Fall 2024

 Our Fall newsletter is available now!

In this issue:

• Adam Pellman Appointed Library Director
• Librarian Search Update
• New EBSCOhost User Interface
• "Do People Still Study in the Library?"
• Niche Academy Tutorials Taking Off
• Study: Ability to Work Remotely has Positive Impact on Student Motivation

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New look & feel for EBSCOhost

Users of EBSCOhost will notice a new look and feel to the databases this summer. We just migrated to the updated user interface, so take a few minutes to get acquainted with the new locations of your favorite features and tools. This brief video from EBSCO covers most of it:

Of note:

• The video is generic and not specific to Seton Hill; it mentions ebooks, but here at SHU, you'll still need to go to Ebook Central to find those.
• Items saved in folders should still be saved in the new "Projects" area, but sub-folders have disappeared. Articles that were saved before the interface migration are now in one big list and will need to be reorganized into separate "Projects."

Please let us know if you have any questions. We are still exploring and making some customizations, ourselves, so we value your feedback.

Fall 2023 Library Newsletter

The Library's Fall 2023 Newsletter is live! Check out the big changes happening at Reeves. https://mailchi.mp/bafa.../library-newsletter-summer-8290399

Library Newsletter, Spring 2023

 The Spring 2023 Library Newsletter for faculty and staff is available now!

Check it out here. 

Have a great weekend -- we'll see you on Tuesday!

Spring 2022 Newsletter

 The Spring 2022 Library newsletter is online!

Catch up on what's new in the Library here. 

Summer Newsletter

 

Welcome, Summer! The Library's Summer 2021 newsletter is here. Grab a refreshing beverage and click to read. 

Friday Reads: Target Africa

Friday, Friday! For this week's Friday Reads, Serials Librarian Judith Koveleskie tells us about a new book in the library collection-- Target Africa: Ideological Neocolonialism in the Twenty-First Century.

Judith Koveleskie with Target Africa

"Target Africa: Ideological Neocolonialism in the Twenty-First Century is a new book by Obianuju Edeocha, a Nigerian woman who is the founder of Culture of Life Africa, an initiative dedicated to the promotion and propagation of the Gospel of Life in Africa through the dissemination of good information, sensitization and education.  After following her on Twitter, @obianuju, I couldn’t wait to read her book.  

"Since the end of colonization, Africa has struggled with socio-economic and political problems.   This book reveals the Western influence over Africa that is rarely talked about.  It tells the story of foreign aid with strings attached; the story of Africa targeted and recolonized by wealthy donors.  Many wealthy individuals and NGO’s are promoting their own solutions to Africa’s problems, rather than listening to and valuing the opinions and culture of the people they seek to help.

"She says, 'Like many of the Africans in the 1950’s who longed for independence from their colonial masters, I long for independence from our twenty-first-century neocolonial masters so that Africans can rule themselves in a manner that befits their values and aspirations.'”

Free Three-Week Trial of Education Week

We are excited to announce that, from now until February 15, 2018, we will be running a free trial of Education Week, an excellent web resource for breaking news, analysis, and opinion on K-12 education issues affecting school and district leaders, teachers, policymakers, and ed-tech professionals.

You can find the link to the trial on the databases page of the library website.

During the trial, Seton Hill users will have instant access to all premium content on the Education Week site, including:

• Education Week Online, featuring daily news, commentary and analysis on policy, legislative and overall shifts and trends in the U.S. K-12 space. 
• Education Week digital edition, an electronic replica of the print edition, days before the print edition is delivered. 
• Teacher Channel perfect for teachers and professional development with daily news, stories and content focused on the teaching profession, including videos, case studies and best practices. 
• Digital Directions with daily online features for education technology trends and insights, geared towards IT specialists and media/technology professionals. 
• Industry & Innovations for K-12 decision-makers, reporting on the intersection of K-12 schools and districts and vendors, trends, best practices and much more. 
• Quality Counts, Diplomas Count and Technology Counts annual reports and archives, and special reports, story packages and archives. 
• State Highlight Reports which provide over 40 data indicators to assess and compare performance in key areas, by state. 
• 33 years of fully-searchable archives, so you can research and focus on specific hot-button issues and events. 
• Exclusive online-only content, including 60 blogs on vitally important K-12 topics. 
• Multimedia tools, including district geographic maps, videos & infographics and photo galleries. 
• Ed Week Research Center, with special reports, surveys and access to our staff of full-time researchers for customized research needs. 
• Education Counts database, where you can build customized tables and reports by state and other indicators. 

Make sure to check out this great resource during the trial period.  If you have any questions or comments, please contact Adam Pellman at pellman@setonhill.edu.

New Streaming Video Trial

Now through the end of March, the library is offering trial access to the streaming video resource Ambrose Digital.  With so many students and faculty on our campus equipped with laptops and mobile devices, we're always looking for new web-based resources to connect our users with the content they need for teaching and learning.  We think Ambrose Digital fits this need perfectly, and we hope you'll give it a test drive and let us know what you think.

With videos covering a wide range of topics in the humanities, natural and health sciences, fine arts, and social sciences, Ambrose Digital offers something for everyone, and its many user-friendly features will appeal to students and faculty alike.

Videos are viewable on all devices, and all videos include synchronized closed captions that are fully searchable.  You can even begin playing a program at the segment in which your search term first appears in the captions.  Students using Ambrose Digital for research will love the citation tool, which provides citation information for a given video in eight different citation styles.  Faculty will appreciate the ease with which both full programs and shorter clips can be integrated into Seton Hill's online course management system.

The entire catalog of Ambrose videos are available during the trial period at the following link:

http://reeveslib.setonhill.edu:2048/login?url=http://www.ambrosedigital.com/institutional

Give Ambrose Digital a try and let us know if you like it.  We think you will!

New trial resource!

The library has a trial of an exciting new resource, and we encourage you to give it a test-drive. The Browzine app for the iPad should make it much easier and more intuitive to access our digital journal collections. You can search for a specific title or discipline, or browse by subject area. (For a quick video demonstration, visit the developer's website.)

Each journal title shows the issues we have available and makes it easy to jump straight to the issue selected.

Viewing and using the PDF files is also easy and intuitive. You can email, download, or save your favorite articles.

Best of all, you can add your favorite journal titles to your own bookshelf so you receive unobtrusive notifications whenever there are new articles published, making it easy to stay abreast of the crucial work being done in your field. 

If you go to the App Store and search for Browzine, you can download it and then say that you're affiliated with Seton Hill. Your login info is the same as for Griffin's Lair.

Our trial is for about a month; after the trial period, the app will still let you access lots of open-source journals, just not our subscription content. But please do try this out and let us know if you like it-- we think you will!

Trial database-- Statista

We have a trial of the Statista database through March 6th! Make sure to take advantage of this opportunity to explore the statistics and the different outputs available through this resource.

To try Statista, visit http://www.statista.com/ from a computer on campus.

If you find this tool helpful, PLEASE let a librarian know (emails are best as they're easily counted and tracked). Your feedback and requests are key to acquiring new resources for our collections.

Let there be (more) light

We have six new lamps downstairs in The Reading Room!

How to Reserve a Study Room

In MySHU, click on "Help Desk" in the left menu bar.

Next, locate the "Reserve a Room" box in the lower right-hand corner of the screen and select the "All Other Rooms" link.

From the drop-down menu, choose "Reeves."

On the next page is the form to fill out your request. 

The study rooms available for reservation in Reeves are:

Reeves 114 (seats 2)

Reeves 115 (seats 2)

Reeves 116 (seats 4)

Reeves 117 (seats 2)

Reeves 120 (seats 2)

Reservations start and end on the hour or half-hour (e.g., 2:00-3:30, not 2:20-3:35). 

You will receive an automated response email and then receive a separate, personalized room confirmation email.

Room requests are not final until a personalized Room Confirmation is received. Requests sent late in the day (after 3:15) will not be processed until the next business day. Any rooms that have not been confirmed are available on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Naxos Music Library

We are excited to announce our new streaming music resource, Naxos Music Library, which is now available via the "Databases" page on the library's website.  Naxos has partnered with hundreds of music labels to digitize their CD catalogs, and over 1.4 million tracks are currently available, with more being added every week.  Whether you're a casual listener or a hardcore music aficionado, Naxos has something to meet your listening needs, with a wide range of genres from composers and artists all over the world.  Although the bulk of the database is classical music, you can also find jazz, folk music, opera, world music, gospel, musical theater, pop/rock (including country music), relaxation music, and even spoken word recordings.

You can search or browse by composer or artist, browse by genre, and access the database's extensive text-based information, which includes liner notes, composer/artist biographies, and libretti and synopses for hundreds of operas.  You can also listen to pre-created playlists, or create your own!  Naxos even offers a mobile app, so you can listen to the music on your smartphone anytime, anywhere.

We hope you'll enjoy this wonderful new resource as much as us, so check it out today!

New to the Library's DVD Collection

We are excited to announce some new additions to our DVD collection, including many of the most popular classic and contemporary movies of all time!  Thanks to a recent anonymous donation in memory of our late President Emerita JoAnne Boyle, we have added over 30 new DVDs, replacing titles that were previously only available on VHS.




















Here are some of the highlights:

2001: A Space Odyssey
Annie Hall
Apocalypse Now
Bonnie and Clyde
The Godfather trilogy
Gone With the Wind
The Graduate
Jerry Maguire
JFK
Jurassic Park
Lawrence of Arabia
Malcolm X
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Raging Bull
Saving Private Ryan
The Shawshank Redemption
Sunset Boulevard
Titanic
West Side Story
The Wizard of Oz

As you can see from this incomplete list, there are many genres to choose from, and the donation included movies from the era of classic Hollywood all the way up through the past two decades.  Come to the library today and check out an old favorite, or discover a new one!

Thank you, anonymous donor! We hope everyone will take the opportunity to enjoy these wonderful films.

Undergraduate Research Award

Announcing the Reeves Memorial Library Undergraduate Research Award!

If you're created a really impressive paper, podcast, website, etc., we want to see it. We're awarding two $250 prizes; one will go to a first- or second-year student, and the other to a junior or senior. The application deadline is midnight on Sunday, March 23, and you may enter a project that was created in the Spring 2013, Fall 2013, or Spring 2014 semesters.

For more information and an application, visit http://setonhill.libguides.com/award. 

Setonian feature about the upcoming changes

Take a look at the article the Setonian ran recently about our upcoming renovations and changes!

http://blogs.setonhill.edu/setonian/2013/12/03/reeves-library-to-be-adapted/

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Did you notice that the library is on Facebook?

Like us to stay up to date on today's hours, fun library tidbits, and to connect to all of our other good social media stuff (YouTube videos, Tweets, etc.).

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Introducing the library app!

Click here, search for seton hill library in the App Store, or scan here with your iPad's camera:

Requesting books & articles through interlibrary loan

How do you get a book or article that's not in our collection? You did a search in WorldCat Discovery and found a great source, but it's not "Held by Seton Hill University." What then? First we'll go through the process for a book, and then we'll show you how to request an article. 

For a video demonstration, visit https://youtu.be/ipJ-di-yC34 

Get a Book

First, make sure that you're looking at a record for a print book (not an ebook). Libraries usually aren't allowed to lend electronic materials to each other.

Click on the title of the item you want:

Look under "Availability/Holdings" for the "Request Item" button and click it (don't worry about the list of libraries that have it; that's our job).

On the next page, scroll down a bit to the contact information form and fill it in; then hit "Submit."

You will be taken to a confirmation screen that informs you that "your request has been placed." You will receive an email from the library when the book arrives and is ready for you to pick up. This typically takes 1-2 weeks for books. 

If you are asking for something that may be rare (such as an older item, a limited edition, or something in a foreign language), you may want to look at the list of holding libraries just to make sure that several libraries own the item you need. If a book is only held by two or three libraries in the world, the odds of our being able to borrow a copy will be low and you may need to find a source that is more widely-held.

Get an Article

The process is similar for requesting an article, but there is one extra step. You’ll want to double-check that we don’t have a subscription to the journal in our collection. You can’t always tell just by looking at the record you found in the database. 

To do that, you’ll need to use our Full Text Finder tool. It’s best to open it up in a new browser tab so you can refer back to the article record. Click on the Full Text Finder tab on the library’s website. 

Now enter the JOURNAL (not article) title into the search bar at the top of the main Full Text Finder page. In this case, I’m trying to locate the Psychologist-Manager Journal.

If nothing shows up as a result of your search, double-check your spelling, and then proceed to request the article through interlibrary loan by going back to WorldCat Discovery and clicking that purple "Request item through interlibrary loan" button and filling in the form that it opens up. You’ll get an email in two or three business days and it will have a link for you to download a PDF copy of the article. 

If we do have a subscription, open up the "Full Text Access" area and choose the access link that covers the date range of the article you need. 

Then open the year that your article was published (again, you can find this information on the WorldCat Discovery record page in your other browser tab). 

Open up the issue that contains your article. In this example, we don't have volume and issue information, so start at the top and review the contents of each issue until you find the article you need. 

The full text of the article should be available for you to download. 

If you have any trouble with this process, please contact the library.