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EndNote Web Upgrade

admin — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:42:06 +0000

Thomson Reuters will be performing an upgrade to Endnote Web starting Friday, November 20 at 9:00pm EST and ending by Sunday, November 22 at 10:00am EST. During this time, users will not be able to login to their Endnote Web account at https://www.myendnoteweb.com/. More information about the upgrade is available on EndNote’s site.

Summit and new Reed catalog downtime

rachel — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:50:18 +0000

Summit and the new Reed catalog (WorldCat Local) will be unavailable from 11pm on Saturday 11/7 to 3am on Sunday 11/8 while maintenance is performed. We apologize for any inconvenience. If you need to search the Reed catalog during this time, please use the Reed-only catalog.

Serials review update

rachel — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:36:19 +0000

We are happy to report some preliminary numbers from the big serials review project we’ve been working on this year.

Number of titles cancelled completely: 186
Cost savings: $61,774.80
Number of print titles converted to online only: 416
Cost savings: $121,083.54
Number of bound volumes withdrawn: 5877
Number of those volumes sent to other institutions: 4930
Number of shelves emptied: 245

Thanks to all of our terrific faculty partners in this project. It’s been a big undertaking but the cost savings and shelf-spaced gained have been well worth it!

IMC Nov. feature - Russian film

jim — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:34:37 +0000

Q. What’s black and white and red all over?

A. The movie poster for every Russian film ever made.

While their posters suffer from a prescribed trifecta of color, the content and history of Russian cinema are as storied and varied as they come. Check out these for starters.
Back in USSR

Want more? Here you go!
Russian films by title

Want even more? As long as you’re done with your homework…
Summit search

Measure for Measure exhibit

rachel — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:18:24 +0000

A new theatre exhibit, constructed by Rosa Schneider ‘10, explores the inspirations for the production (in partial fulfillment of a thesis project by Allison Rangel) of William Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure. The exhibit includes pictures from other productions, costume renderings and a set model, constructed by faculty members Darrin Pufall
and Kristeen Crosser. The play will be presented in the Reed Theatre on Nov. 6, 7, 12, 13, and 14 at 7:30

Print and E-Journal list outage

rachel — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:01:58 +0000

The Print and E-Journal list may be unavailable from 12am to 2am on Saturday, October 24. This will also affect the links to full-text articles from within databases. We apologize for an inconvenience.

EndNote Workshops

rachel — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:15:07 +0000

Organize citations for your thesis or research paper! Share citations with colleagues! Come to one of these sessions for an introduction to EndNote and EndNote Web. Meet in Library 17. Contact Linda Maddux or Taylor Smith.

Session dates and times:

Wednesday, Sept. 23, 3:30-4:30
Wednesday, SEpt 30th, 4-5
Friday, Oct. 2nd, 2:30-3:30

Summit and new Reed catalog maintenance

rachel — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:34:48 +0000

Summit and the new Reed catalog (WorldCat Local) will be unavailable from 11pm on Saturday 9/12 to 3am on Sunday 9/13 while maintenance is performed. We apologize for any inconvenience. If you need to search the Reed catalog during this time, please use the Reed-only catalog.

New Library Catalog

admin — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 20:25:55 +0000

WorldCat Local is now the default library catalog at Reed. This means that you can search library holdings for Reed, Summit and Worldcat simultaneously and request materials from other libraries right from the catalog.

WorldCat Local provides a different search experience than you might be used to with our existing catalog.

New features include:

Citations to journal articles
Faceted browsing, which enables you to limit your search by format, author, date of publication, etc.
Cover art and previews of content
Reviews and ratings
Citation formatting or downloading to EndNote

Questions or comments about the new catalog and its features? Get help via email, IM, or phone or drop by to let us know what you think or to get help.

Where is the Reed-only catalog?

Never fear, fans of the Reed-only catalog! The catalog is still here and is still available for searching. In fact, you should use the Reed-only catalog if you’re looking for materials that are on order, or for certain kinds of materials with common or nondistinctive words in their titles, such as music or journal titles.
Can I still use Summit and WorldCat?

Yes, the old versions of Summit and WorldCat are still available too, if you prefer to begin your search there.

Historical Newspapers Trial

jim — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:33:48 +0000

We recently added several historical African-American newspapers to our ProQuest subscription including the Chicago Defender, New York Amsterdam News, Pittsburgh Courier, Atlanta Daily World, Los Angeles Sentinel, Baltimore Afro-American, Cleveland Call & Post, Norfolk Journal & Guide, and The Philadelphia Tribune. This is a trial subscription running through September 7. Check it out here.

Please send any feedback to Jim Holmes