Author Archives: Doug Bolden

EBSCOhost Mobile is Here!

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EBSCO has just created a customized application for mobile device users to select when accessing EBSCOhost . The new interface includes many features for an enhanced mobile experience, is optimized for internet-enabled handheld devices, and qualified for all the major smartphones (such as iPhone, Blackberry and Treo).  EBSCO designed it with a lower resolution, simplified by removing folders and other advanced features, and changed the more performance intensive technologies, e.g., Ajax and Jav ascript, into lightweight HTML.

EBSCOhost Mobile

Try it now:

http://tinyurl.com/ykyh6a5EBSCOhostMobile

Chronicle of Higher Education

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The Library is excited to announce that that it has picked up a subscription to the Chronicle of Higher Education! The Chronicle is a key publication in the academic education industry.

Among the Chronicle’s Web site highlights are:

*** the Web site (http://chronicle.com) updated throughout the day with the latest news in academe (NO EMBARGO of content);

*** the text from the current print edition, posted every Monday morning (http://chronicle.com/section/Current-Issue/38/);

*** a searchable archive of every issue published since September 1998;

*** all the commentary and essays from our weekly magazine, The Chronicle Review (http://chronicle.com/section/The-Chronicle-Review/41/);

*** all the data from the annual Almanac and other special, single-topic reports are in easy-to-search databases (http://chronicle.com/section/Facts-Figures/58/);

For a quick summary of what you now have access to, please visit the site map at http://chronicle.com/sitemap. In order to get the most from UAH’s Chronicle site license, users are encouraged to take advantage of the free e-mail newsletters, including Academe Today, The Chronicle’s popular Daily Report.  Or for those more interested in discussions and ideas rather than hard news, the Chronicle now publishes the weekly Chronicle Review e-mail newsletter. Go to http://chronicle.com/section/Newsletters/85/ to learn more about all the complimentary e-mail newsletters.

EBSCO’s Free Influenza Portal

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EBSCO Publishing, a vendor to several of our library databases,  has a new portal for free information on the flu. From the website:

Due to Pandemic H1N1 Influenza and concerns about the 2009/2010 flu season, the EBSCO Publishing Medical and Nursing editors of DynaMed™, Nursing Reference Center™ (NRC) and Patient Education Reference Center™ (PERC) have made key influenza information from these resources freely available to health care providers worldwide.

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Welcome Back, Students!

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The Library extends a warm welcome to all students . We wish you the greatest success in all your academic endeavors for 2009-2010. Remember that the library staff are here to serve you, and we look forward to assisting you with your information needs. Be sure to come by soon, even if it to say hi!

New Library Subject Guides

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If you are in the habit of using University Library subject pages to locate databases, reference books, and web sites for your discipline or topic, you’ll notice that there has been a change in layout and appearance.

We have acquired a product called LibGuides that is specifically designed to manage and display library content. The LibGuides product is used by hundreds of colleges and universities to create and share library subject pages, special topic pages, and instruction materials.

Over the next few weeks, we’ll continue to update and refine our new pages. If you have suggestions or comments, you will find feedback forms on most pages and ratings for selected resources. We also invite you to respond to this post with your thoughts; we’d love to hear from you.

Bud Cramer Archives Dedication

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On Saturday, April 4th, we will be dedicating our new Bud Cramer collection here at the library.

We have a number of great events to mark the occasion, we hope you’ll be able to attend. Macon Phillips, a Huntsville native who is now an advisor to President Obama and the White House New Media Director, will be making some remarks and will be answering some questions. Bud Cramer will also deliver some remarks and we will be holding a reception following the events.

1:00 p.m.
Remarks from Special Assistant to the President, Macon Phillips And White House Director of New Media Macon Phillips on The Traditional and The New Archives and New Media Politics and Technology, “A World Apart Yet Together” – Roberts Recital Hall

2:00 p.m.
Remarks by Congressman Cramer – Roberts Recital Hall

Immediately followed by The Cramer Archives Dedication, Reception and Tour, M. Louis Salmon Library Foyer

Art Gallery Exhibition: Focos and Ghana

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A photography exhibition entitled Focos and Ghana, featuring images from Roman Alokhin will be on display in our Art Gallery from January 12 through the 30th.

The formal opening of the show will be on the afternoon of Thursday, January 15th. Roman will be giving a presentation and lecture in room 111 of the library starting at 3:00 pm. After this, there will be a reception in the gallery area with refreshments. Be sure to drop by on the 15th to hear about this amazing photography, or come by and see the exhibition at any time before January the 30th. Our art gallery is located on the first floor in the large study area.