From the monthly archives: April 2008
Before heading home for the summer, you may want to check whether you have any books out on loan… and when they’re due. Here’s how to find out:
Click on “My Account” on the library homepage searchbox Enter your Net ID/password The number next to “Loans” will indicate the number of items you have out. [...]
What if the article I need isn’t full-text online?
By libraryhacks On April 22, 2008 · Leave a Comment · In Catalog Tip, Question of the Week, Tips for students
Unfortunately, not all databases or online searches will lead to full-text articles, but there is always a chance that we have a print copy of the journal. In order to check whether the library has copies of the journal, check the online catalog:
You can either search by “Journal title keywords” or “Title begins with…” [...]
This year’s annual Instructional Technology Showcase, on April 24 in the Bryan Center, features a number of presentations about using technology tools in teaching. Come hear about:
Duke Digital Initiative 2008-2009
Tips and Tricks for Incorporating Web 2.0 in Your Class
Duke’s New Teaching and Learning Spaces
Second Life [...]
Yes… I guess it’s happened to all of us. You make a trip all the way to the library, and then realize that the book you want is nowhere to be found.
Before leaving in frustration, try one of these steps:
Look around the surrounding shelves a bit. It’s possible that the book was inadvertently [...]
We’ve heard of several faculty and library staff members who are converts to iGoogle, which is sort of a customizable universal home page. If you use iGoogle and the Duke Libraries, you should certainly add our Google Gadget, which lets you put the tabbed search box from the library home page [...]
Save time! Learn EndNote!
By Emily Daly On April 9, 2008 · 1 Comment · In Cool tools, Duke researchers, Research Help, Tips for students
Jump start your research and writing by using EndNote, a reference management tool that is sure to save you time and frustration. Duke faculty, students and staff may download EndNote to personal or work computers, free of charge.
Perkins Library is offering four free EndNote sessions:
Wed, Apr 9 from 12:00 [...]
Then enter your research paper or project into competition for the Libraries’ Durden Prize or Middlesworth Award.
Undergraduates who make exceptional use of library collections (databases count and e-journals count!) are eligible for the Durden Prize.
Undergraduates OR graduate students who incorporate materials from the
As the semester gets endy and the library gets FULL, remember we have a handy online system that allows you to see where there are unused computers in Perkins, Bostock, Vesic, Music, and Lilly.
Another school (Georgia Tech) set up a [...]
Search TRLN (introduced here) has some great features that make the search experience more like familiar online searches (cough*google*cough) than like more traditional library catalogs.
Search TRLN will try to suggest corrections for your spelling errors or typos. I did an Author search on “milosAvic”, deliberately, but plausibly, spelling this name [...]
Library workstation status
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