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Dr. Merryll Penson |
Future GALILEO
Initiatives Presented at September 28 Friends of Library Luncheon -
On Friday, September 28, the Friends
of Henderson Library will host their annual Fall Luncheon,
featuring guest speaker Dr. Merryll Penson, Executive Director
for Library Service, Board of Regents. Dr. Penson will
speak on trends and issues facing GALILEO and University System
of Georgia libraries. The Luncheon will be held in the
Hospitality, Tourism, Family & Consumer Sciences dining
room, starting at 12:00 noon through 1:00 p.m. Reservations
may be made by calling Henderson Library at 681-5115 before
September 26th. Cost is $20.00 per person. The menu will
be: Mixed Green Salad with Grit Croutons tossed in a Fresh
Blueberry Vinaigrette, Pan Seared Cheese Ravioli with Marinara,
Sautéed Lemon Pork Cutlet and Parmesan Duchess Potatoes
on a Bed of Fresh Spinach Deglazed with White Wine, and Crème
Brûlée for dessert. A vegetarian menu is available
if specified when you make your reservation. 8/30/07 |
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New and
Enhanced Electronic Resources Now Available - Henderson
Library has added the following databases:
- JSTOR’s Arts & Sciences III
and IV, and Health & General Sciences full-text databases. These
collections were selected because they provide the greatest
amount of new electronic access and the least amount of overlap
with our existing subscriptions, including JSTOR’s
Arts & Sciences I collection. Lists of titles in these
databases are at http://www.jstor.org/about/collection.list.html
- Web of Science index files have been added
back to 1976.
- Mental Measurements Yearbook: Full-text
information on commercially-available, standardized English-language
tests.
- Tests in Print: The publisher promises
this bibliography covers all known commercially available
tests currently in print in the English language.
In addition, there are important new GALILEO resources:
- Medline with Full Text replaces Medline
and provides access to the definitive medical literature
research database plus full-text articles from 1,200 indexed
journals.
- ProQuest Nursing and Allied Health Source includes
full-text articles for more than 500 journal titles as well
as indexes and abstracts for 650+ titles in the fields of
Nursing, Nutrition, Pharmacology, and Public Health.
- Books@Ovid (Doody’s Core Titles in the Health
Sciences) offers 33 full-text electronic books
in the field of nursing and medicine.
- EBSCO has enhanced its suite of databases,
and now offers Academic Search Complete; Advanced
Placement Source; Agricola; Business Source Complete; Computer
Science Index; Consumer Health Complete; Economia y Negocios;
Environment Complete; Fuente Academica; Garden, Landscape & Horticulture
Index; History Reference Center; Hospitality & Tourism
Complete; Information Science & Technology Abstracts;
Insurance Periodicals Index; International Bibliography of
Theater & Dance with Full Text; Internet & Personal
Computing Abstracts; Legal Collection; Literary Reference
Center; Medic Latina; Science & Technology Collection;
The Serials Directory; Vocational & Career Collection;
World History Collection. 8/30/07
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Dr. Curtis G. Hames, Sr. |
Library Completes
Processing of the Papers of a Medical Pioneer - Dr.
Curtis G. Hames, Sr. (1920-2005) was often called “the internationally-known
country doctor.” After
graduation from the Medical College of Georgia in 1944, he returned
to his native Claxton and established the local private practice
which he continued for the rest of his life. Dr. Hames,
however, pursued various “sidelines” in the meager
time left over from his active schedule. His hometown and
region provided good reasons to engage in pioneering medical
research on cardiovascular disease, rates of which were markedly
higher in south Georgia – “the Stroke Belt” --
than the national average. Decades of research examined
related factors such as diet, the absence of certain trace elements
in the soil (especially selenium), lifestyle and exercise, smoking,
and genetics. Dr. Hames conducted these studies in consultation
and collaboration with medical doctors and university professors
throughout the world, who in turn profited from the wealth of
exact data he had recorded on his patients in Evans County. In
later years, he co-authored papers with Georgia Southern professors
such as G. Frederick Payne of Geography and Donald A. Olewine
of Biology, and he was enthusiastic about the prospects of our
Nursing School. Dr. Hames donated his papers in 1997, but
it is only in the past year that they have received the attention
they deserve. Now they reside, logically ordered, in 65
archival boxes in Special Collections, and are cataloged in a
73-page searchable inventory. View larger
photo. 8/30/07 |
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Library
Offers Free Research and Computer Workshops - The
Library has set its fall schedule of research and computer
workshops. The workshops are open to all students, faculty,
and staff. For workshop descriptions, the schedule, and an
online registration link, go to http://library.georgiasouthern.edu/workshops.html. 8/30/07 |
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All Periodicals
Returned to Library Building - The entire Henderson
Library print and microform periodicals collection is once
again housed in the library building. During the summer,
all microforms and bound periodicals in the off-site warehouse
were processed and loaded into the automated retrieval collection
(ARC). Periodicals from 1990 to the present are on third
floor open shelves, and periodicals before 1990 may be retrieved
from the ARC at the second floor circulation desk. 8/30/07 |
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Delivering Henderson Library Resources
to Faculty Offices - Faculty may request office delivery
of books and journal articles from Henderson Library’s
collection. Go to the Interlibrary Loan online request form
and register
for an ILLiad account. You will then be able to
make requests, see the status of current requests, access electronically-received
interlibrary loan articles, request renewals on your borrowed
items, and review a history of all your requests. Using ILLiad
from your home or office you will be able to have Henderson
Library books checked out and mailed to your office, and you
may request articles that are only in our paper collection
be scanned and sent to you electronically. In short: ILLiad
is for requesting office delivery of Henderson Library books
and periodical articles that cannot be accessed electronically,
or for placing interlibrary loan requests for any titles not
owned by Henderson Library. Be sure to check the Electronic
Journals A-to-Z list before requesting articles. You may
request any book title via the ILLiad system, but we encourage
you to use GIL
Express for books available from USG libraries but
not Henderson Library. Reasons include speed in delivery, choice
of any USG library for pickup or return (Savannah residents
take note!) and a check out period of one month with 2 renewals
- longer use than books received from other libraries via the
ILLiad service. 8/30/07
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Inter-university Consortium for Political
and Social Research Offers Off-Campus Download Capability
and Temporary Accounts for Class Training Sessions -
Two major changes by the Inter-university Consortium for Political
and Social Research (ICPSR) are making it easier for faculty
to download data files while off campus, and to teach students
to use ICPSR. In order to download data from off campus,
simply register for a MyData account from a campus computer. You
do not need to register again and you may now download from off
campus as long as you log onto your ICPSR MyData account from
a campus computer once every six months. Each time you
do that, it revalidates your account for off campus downloading.
ICPSR has created MyClass, a mass registration process where
faculty and librarians may reserve temporary user accounts
for a class or training group who will be working with ICPSR
data and resources. Users of MyClass accounts can download
and manipulate data without having to establish permanent MyData
accounts for each class member, thus enabling instructors to
focus very little class time on the registration process and
proceed directly to working with data. Data access is
available immediately after creating MyClass accounts. After
a period of time that instructors specify, the temporary accounts
will cease to exist. To create MyClass accounts, you
must have a valid MyData account. MyClass account creation
can be found by following this link: www.icpsr.umich.edu/cgi-bin/bob/myclass 8/30/07
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Linking to Library Resources via WebCT
and Faculty Web Pages - You can link to databases,
journals, or specific articles from within WebCT or your personal
web page by going to http://library.georgiasouthern.edu/libref/linkingtools/tools.htm.
There are currently six tools available for your use, depending
on the nature of your need. Each tool is identified and demonstrated
on the Linking Tools web site. For questions or assistance
contact either Debra Skinner (dskinner@georgiasouthern.edu or
912-681-5114), Sonya Shepherd (sgaither@georgiasouthern.edu or
912-486-7820), or Bob Fernekes (fernekes@georgiasouthern.edu or
912-486-7822); otherwise, contact the reference desk at (912) 681-5645 or AskZach@georgiasouthern.edu. 8/30/07 |
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Did you know: Students with a cumulative
GPA of 3.0 or higher are 70% more likely than students with lower
GPAs to use the library’s electronic resources daily or
weekly? (Based on a Spring 2007 student poll.) |
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New Library
Photocopiers -The Library is getting new photocopiers! Patrons
will be able to pay for copies with their Eagle IDs as they
do now, but in addition, the copiers will accept currency. The
new copiers take bills in denominations of 5, 2, and 1 dollars
and any change except pennies. If patrons choose to use
the value on their Eagle IDs to make copies, they will be able
to add value online. This service requires a credit card. Staff
at the Circulation/Reserves Desk will be glad to show patrons
how to add value to their Eagle IDs as well as answer any questions
about new copiers. The cost remains ten cents per page. 8/30/07 |
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