Over 300 new items were added to the libraries’ collections in August. Check out our New Acquisitions page to see what we’ve been adding to our collections, now including DVDs in our listing. The list is arranged by Library Location, then by Library of Congress Call #.
GREENR: Global Reference on the Environment, Energy, & Natural Resources
The UT Libraries now subscribe to GREENR, an information portal on environmental and energy topics from around the world. You can browse pages on a variety of topics, or do your own keyword searches to bring up:
- Academic and Trade journal articles
- Videos, Images, and Podcasts
- Conference papers
- Reports & Statistics
- … and more!
Whether you’re studying current events, biology, public policy, engineering, or physics, there’s something in this database for you! Check it out!
Popular Textbooks on Reserve at Carlson Library
Carlson Library has new textbooks available on reserve for this Fall. We have texts available for selected classes in Economics, Math, Chemistry, Psychology, and more. Textbook reserves can be checked out for 2 hours and may not be taken from the library. To find out if we have the book for your class, stop by the circulation desk or call us at 419-530-2323, or use the form below to look up your course number:
ILLiad system down: 7/29/09
The ILLiad Interlibrary Loan system will be down from 2-4 p.m. on Wednesday, July 29th in order to install an upgrade to the system. During the system maintenance you will not be able to place new requests or retrieve existing requests. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Knovel Database Trial (Engineering & Physical Sciences)
We have a trial subscription to the Knovel database until August 21, 2009. Knovel is a collection of handbooks in the physical sciences and engineering and allows you to both locate information and manipulate the data for easy analysis. Tables are available as interactive spreadsheets, and you can search for specific property values. For more information about this product, and to start searching, see this announcement. A video demo is also available to guide you through the basics of searching and analyzing using Knovel.
As always, we would appreciate your comments during the trial period. Let us know if this would be useful to you in your classes or your research by e-mailing us at wade.lee@utoledo.edu.
Two Database Trials: GREENR & Global Issues in Context
During the next month we have access to two new databases. Please check them out and let us know what you think about them!
Global Issues in Context offers global perspectives on issues of international importance and current world events and topics in the news related to these issues. It includes a variety of sources and media formats:
- Overviews summarizing background information, historical context, contemporary stances, and the impact of each of the issues and news events featured.
- Expert Perspectives analyzing an issue or event through multiple aspects, for example, cultural, religious, political, social, economic, scientific or health related.
- Reference documents providing background information on all issues and nations.
- Full-text international Magazines, Academic Journals, and News Sources.
- Primary Sources, such as legislation and court proceedings
- Statistics, including interactive graphs, tables, and charts
- Such Multimedia elements as images, podcasts, and audio
- Links to Web sites, including government sites and organizations
GREENR (Global Reference on the Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources) is similar to the above, but focuses on the academic study of sustainability and the environment. Designed as a one-stop site, this resource provides news, video, primary source documents and more in highly accessible research areas covering relevant categories such as energy systems, healthcare, food and others. You can explore the data in issue, organization and country portals. Includes interactive maps, multimedia, and customizable news.
These trials will end in md-August, 2009. Please send any comments to wade.lee@utoledo.edu.
New items in our Collections: June 2009
Many new items were added to the libraries’ collections in June. Check out our New Acquisitions page to see what we’ve been adding to our collections, now including DVDs in our listing. The list is arranged by Library Location, then by Library of Congress Call #.
Database Trial: Psych Evidence Matters
The University Libraries have trial access to the Psych Evidence Matters database through the end of 2009. This database uses evidence-based practice principals to suggest the best therapy options for specific psychiatric diagnoses based on patient characteristics. The analysis answers questions about effectiveness, safety, and cost of different therapy options reported in the medical literature.
If this database will help you in your classwork or research, please try it out and send any comments to wade.lee@utoledo.edu.
Reduced Hours at Engineering Library 6/15-6/18
The Engineering Library in Palmer Hall will have reduced hours during the week of June 15th while the Engineering Librarian is attending a conference. The Library will be open from 12 noon until 5 p.m. on June 15th through June 18th. Please feel free to drop off books during those hours or use the book drop.
UT Authors Collection
Did you know that you can search for books by University of Toledo authors (faculty, staff, students, alumni) in the UT Library Catalog? They’re all part of the University of Toledo Authors Collection, and we have over one thousand items produced by our own scholars. Click on a title to see where we keep the book… some are only available for use in the Canaday Center for Special Collections, but many can be checked out!