Last alert: We've moved from Blogger to Wordpress

The Library news blog has moved to http://librarynews.marygrove.edu/.

What does this mean for you?

Well, those of you who read new blog posts by visiting the library homepage (http://research.marygrove.edu) won’t have to do a thing. Continue to click on news stories that pique your interest and read to your heart’s content!

Those of you who have new blog posts brought to you – via email or an RSS reader, for example – will need to change your settings so that you continue to receive library news. This is our NEW blog address: http://librarynews.marygrove.edu/. Visit this site to grab the new RSS feed or to set up email notifications. If you need help with this, please don’t hesitate to visit or call us (313.927.1378).

Thanks to the Communications & Marketing team at Marygrove (especially Shane Sevo!) for help transitioning our blog to WordPress. At his invitation, we spoke about what this transition was like during a web meet-up on December 16th: http://marketing.marygrove.edu/2011/12/09/december-9th-training-agenda/.

Holiday hours: Dec 19 - Jan 9

Please make note of these changes to our hours during the next few weeks

December 19th – 23rd: the Marygrove College Library will be open by appointment only from 9 am - 5 pm. If you are a Marygrove student, staff, faculty member, or alum, you can make an appointment by calling 313.927.1346. 

December 24th – January 1st: the library as well as the College will be closed. 

January 2nd - 8th: the library will be open by appointment only from 9 am - 5 pm. If you are a Marygrove student, staff, faculty member, or alum, you can make an appointment by calling 313.927.1346.

Beginning January 9th the library will resume normal hours:

Monday - Thursday: 9:30 am - 9 pm
Friday: 9:30 am - 6 pm
Saturday: 8 am - 4 pm
Sunday: 1 - 5 pm:

Happy holidays! We wish you a warm and joyful holiday, surrounded by the people you love.

New "Faculty Selects" exhibition in the Beyond Words gallery

[Today we welcome guest blogger Erin McDonald, administrative assistant for the Visual and Performing Arts Division & The Institute for Arts Infused Education. Visit the VPA Division on Facebook.]



The Faculty Selects exhibition showcases student artwork from the Fall 2011 semester in the Beyond Words Gallery in the Library and in the 4th floor gallery of the Liberal Arts building. The exhibition highlights a variety of mediums including drawings, paintings, prints, ceramics, sculptures, and graphics from Marygrove students.

In the Beyond Words Gallery, a cluster of small, white, foam core sculptures represents a class project by Professor Mary Lou Greene's 3-D Design course. Using one sheet of foam core, students created sculptures that explored ideas of positive and negative space in a three-dimensional form. Student Doreen Jenkins stated, "I thought this was a unique project. It was interesting to create sculptures out of simple materials (foam core and straight pins) to explore these complex concepts."

If you look closely at Robert Abrams and Faith Lancaster's foam core sculptures in the Beyond Words Gallery, you can see casted shadows against the walls and pedestals. The shadows give depth to the three-dimensional sculpture and become an important component of the artwork. The show includes works from:

• Dinah Aremo
• James Meek
• Nelson Adams
• Janella Dockery
• Carl Ellis
• Gabrielle Gorges
• Ginette Balbin-Cuesta
• Shinese Lavergne
• Elizabeth Lerczak
• Virginia Montagne
• Danielle Regier
• James Riggins
• And more!!

Want to see more? The show runs from December 2nd until December 16th in the Beyond Words Gallery and in the 4th floor gallery of the Liberal Arts building.

Library services for Marygrove MAT students that'll make you go WOW!

Calling all MAT students! Did you know that you can get personalized research help and thousands of scholarly resources via the Marygrove College Library website?

It's true! Librarian Christine Malmsten (313.927.1378) frequently helps Master in the Art of Teaching students via the phone or email, especially when it comes time for them to complete their Action Research Project. Here's what they have to say about their library help:

(Jackie, Sept 14, 2011)

WOW!!! Thank you so much! I am excited to try and search some more when I get home from work today. I will for sure let you know how it goes! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!

(Jana, Sept 28, 2010)

You are a life saver! Most of these look VERY helpful! I will definitely try and search the way you said to find more. I have never done a research project before, other than trying to find specific things on Google, etc. LOL! Though doing this so far has been more frustration than enjoyment, I can see that if I am ABLE to find what I need, it can become more interesting. If you come up with any other ideas for search parameters, please let me know! You are brilliant!

(Diane, May 12, 2009)

You are a saint. Thank you.

To learn more about how MAT students can receive research guidance (brainstorming search words, finding books, articles, and websites, narrowing or broadening a topic, and creating citations) visit this library webpage: http://research.marygrove.edu/research-help-a-guides/mat-students

Signposts to librarian-esque excellence

The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL)* is a professional association for academic librarians. Recently its Board of Directors approved several new and revised standards and guidelines, including:

• Standards for Faculty Status for Academic Librarians
• Guidelines for Academic Librarians Without Faculty Status
• Information Literacy Competency Standards for Journalism Students and Professionals (PDF)
• Guidelines for Instruction Programs in Academic Libraries
• Standards for Libraries in Higher Education
• Visual Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education

Your Marygrove librarians use standards like these to deliver consistently excellent service. We also rely on you - students, staff, faculty, alumni, and the Detroit community - to learn how to best serve your needs. As always, we welcome hearing from you: 313.927.1346 or marygrovelibrary [at] gmail.com.

* The ACRL is a division of the American Library Association. It's a professional association of academic librarians and other interested individuals, dedicated to enhancing the ability of academic library and information professionals to serve the information needs of the higher education community and to improve learning, teaching, and research. (From http://www.ala.org/acrl/aboutacrl.)

Second alert: library blog is moving from Blogger to Wordpress

This is our second public service announcement for this blog's new readers and loyal followers that we're moving from Blogger.com to Wordpress.com. Those of you who read new blog posts by visiting the library homepage won't have to do a thing. Continue to click on news stories that pique your interest and read to your heart's content!

Those of you who have new blog posts brought to you - via email or an RSS reader, for example - will need to change your settings so that you continue to receive library news.

This is our NEW blog address: http://librarynews.marygrove.edu/
And here's the OLD blog address: http://marygrovelibrary.blogspot.com/

If you need help with this, please don't hesitate to visit or call us (313.927.1378). We will give you one more alert in the next few days so you can take care of this.

Thanks to the Communications & Marketing team at Marygrove (especially Shane Sevo!) for his help transitioning our blog to Wordpress. At his invitation, we'll be talking about what this transition was like during a web meet-up this Friday: http://marketing.marygrove.edu/2011/12/09/december-9th-training-agenda/.

Screaming sharks, shattered glass, & neon love: Just another day in the library

This past Thursday, December 8th, students from Art History 101 held their contemporary art poster presentations from 1:30 - 2:30 pm in the Library's beautiful Fisher Room. They did a fantastic job of describing their chosen artists and presenting eye-catching displays. Such enthusiasm and professionalism! Kudos to professor Mary Lou Greene for leading such a great group! (Bonus points if you can spot Marygrove President Dr. David Fike in one of these pictures.)

Bruce Nauman: Google Images

Arman: Google Images

John Baldessari: Google Images

Willie Birch: Google Images

"The Interesting Book" - Ilya Kabakov (Google images)

Tony Cragg: Google Images

Eva Hesse: Google Images

Damien Hirst: Google Images

Anish Kapoor: Google Images

Open Access as a Healthcare Investment

Here’s part of a new post from Tin Knežević at The Right to Research Coalition:

Perhaps you are lucky, and the university you studied at had full access to research journals and up-to-date research data. And you were probably not aware of any related costs. In which case – wow!

But if you are reading this, you have probably come across articles you cannot open, data you cannot reach, and information you cannot access. Most probably it was both new as well as interesting. Most probably, it would have helped you with your research and made your results more relevant. And most probably you were surprised by the fact that you did not have access to it and wished it was open to the public… (Continue reading)

Mr. Knežević echoes much of what I heard at the Berlin9 Open Access conference last month: as data and research are opened for anybody to read, use, and modify, tough problems – such as disease or lack of safe water or writing a new national constitution (see Iceland) – are broken down and tackled much more quickly.

The Right to Research Coalition “was “founded by students in the summer of 2009 to promote an open scholarly publishing system based on the belief that no student should be denied access to the articles they need because their institution cannot afford the often high cost of access.”

Head's up: we're moving from Blogger to Wordpress

This is a public service announcement for this blog's new readers and loyal followers that we'll soon be moving from Blogger.com to Wordpress.com.

Those of you who read new blog posts by visiting the library homepage won't have to do a thing. Continue to click on news stories that pique your interest and read to your heart's content!

Those of you who have new blog posts brought to you - via email or an RSS reader, for example - will need to change your settings so that you continue to receive library news. If you need help with this, please don't hesitate to call or visit us.

We want to give you plenty of warning, so expect at least one more announcement before we make the switch.

Fall 2011 issue of the Marygrove Monitor

Did you know that the Educational Technology Services department publishes a regular newsletter for the Marygrove Community? The ETS department runs the STICC in the lower level of the library, among other things. Here's a taste of what's inside the latest issue:

• Description of the new collaborative technology in the STICC ("The media:scape...allows a team of three to six students to attach their laptops to pucks. When the puck is pressed, control goes to the user of the laptop it is attached to.")
• List of workshops and tutorials on Microsoft Word 2010, Blackboard, Email, PowerPoint, and others.
• Instructions on scanning a document and sending it to your email.
• An invitation to work for the Educational Technology Services department.

You can read the Fall 2011 issue here: http://www.marygrove.edu/images/docs/etsnews/fall2011.pdf. Or read past issues here: http://www.marygrove.edu/current-students/resources/educational/educational-technology-services/ets-news.html. Enjoy!

Decking the halls and letting it snow

The elegant and warm Festival of Trees took place on Friday, December 2, 2011, in the Denk Chapman room of the Madame Cadillac building. The Staff Advisory Council did a phenomenal job organizing and hosting the event, and they chose a lovely theme in "Lighting the Way: A Symbol of Peace, Hope, and Thanksgiving."

And oh, was it beautiful. Ken Malecke, Vice President of Institutional Advancement, was responsible for securing the 25+ donated trees. Different departments and offices around campus volunteered to decorate them. Here's a before and after shot of the Library's tree:

Before...

...and after!

Antoinette Cartwright, student president of The Association of Dramatic Artists (TADA!) welcomed the large crowd. Jane Hammang-Buhl, Vice President of Academic Affairs, and Leslie Love, President of Staff Advisory Council, made the opening remarks. Students Jeriel Woods and Dejon Parmer were accompanied by Tara Sievers of the Music department on piano. Student Jennifer Colvin performed a liturgical dance solo, and then TADA! and the Theater Department showed a short film of Marygrove students, staff and faculty describing what they're thankful for this holiday season. The Office of Student Engagement and Leadership provided donuts and hot cocoa - so delicious!

What are we thankful for this holiday season? Among other things, magical mornings like this:

Visit the National Jukebox, an interactive website of historical music

From the June 2011 Library of Congress Information Bulletin (http://www.loc.gov/loc/lcib/1106/jukebox.html):

"The Library of Congress on May 10 launched the "National Jukebox," an interactive website that allows users to play thousands of historic sound recordings—many of them unavailable to the public for more than a century.

The National Jukebox provides access to more than 10,000 out-of-print recordings of opera, popular music, comedy, religious music and political speeches produced by the Victor Talking Machine Co. in the first decades of the 20th century."

Intrigued? Visit the website to learn more and begin listening: http://www.loc.gov/jukebox/

Gobble gobble! (says the...?)

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! We wish you a warm and wonderful weekend filled with delicious food and quality time with the people you love.

We are thankful to Jesse Cox, Director of Campus Ministry, for spearheading the effort to collect 40+ Thanksgiving baskets from the Marygrove community. These baskets were collected yesterday and delivered to St. Leo's Parish and the Destiny Worship Center, both in Detroit.

One of these baskets came from library faculty and staff. Together we bought or "borrowed" from our own pantries enough food for a delicious holiday dinner, including mac & cheese, green beans, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, gravy, cranberry sauce, corn, cornbread stuffing, dinner rolls, chicken stock, yellow cake mix and frosting, fresh fruit, fruit juice, and a $20 Kroger gift card for the turkey and fresh produce. (Whew - we're getting hungry just thinking about it.)

The library will be closed for the weekend beginning Thursday, November 24. We'll reopen with normal hours on Monday, November 28th. Happy holiday!

Nov 9-10: Follow your librarian at the Berlin 9 conference

From Nov 9-10, one of your Marygrove librarians is at a conference called Berlin 9 in Bethesda, MD, to explore the impact of open access in scholarly publishing. If you'd like to follow along, check out the library's twitter stream or the hashtag #berlin9.

Marygrove Library's twitter stream: http://twitter.com/MarygroveLib
Hashtag #berlin9: http://twitter.com/search/#berlin9

If you have questions or comments, you can also contact her directly via Twitter, by phone at 313.927.1378, or via email at cmalmsten@marygrove.edu.

Students: be part of positive change on campus

From an email sent this morning:

To: All Faculty, Staff and Students
From: Brittany Mack, Student Government Association President
Subject: State of the Student Body Address

The Student Government Association is having a "State of the Student Body Address." We would like to hear student concerns and ways the student government can make a difference in their college experience. We encourage all students to attend and become apart of the movement of change that student government is trying to bring to the College. Please pass along this message to the students in your classes.

What: State of the Student Body
When: Monday, October 31, 2011. at 12:30-1:15 pm and 5 - 6:00 pm
Where: Green & Gold Lounge in the Student Center

REFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED!

If you have questions, contact bmack4313@marygrove.edu

Did you know?? You can convert journal articles to audio files

Did you know that you can convert journal articles to audio files from the Marygrove Library website?

The library's Academic OneFile and OmniFile databases let you download articles as mp3 audio files so that you can listen to them at your leisure. Originally this feature was intended as an assistive technology for those people who are blind or have low-vision; however, it also comes in handy if you do a lot of driving and love to multitask!

Want to give this a try? Let's download the audio for an article in OmniFile.

Step 1: Open the OmniFile database, available here: http://research.marygrove.edu/articles-a-databases/search-for-articles.

Step 2: Search for an article on a topic that interests you. Or, copy and paste this article title into the OmniFile search box: "Four Popular Stereotypes About Children in Self-Care: Implications for Family Life Educators."

Step 3: When the article appears in your search results, notice the little speaker icon next to the words "Full Text HTML." Important note: some journal articles give you two full-text options: HTML or PDF. You can only download the mp3 audio file for articles with HTML full-text.

Click the image below to enlarge it - see the little speaker icon?

If you click the article's title to begin reading the full-text, you'll see the speaker icon there as well.

Step 4: Click the speaker icon. A new window pops up which displays the full text of the article and shows you a blue link called "Click to hear audio file."

Step 5: Click this blue link. An option appears to "download audio." At the same time, a computerized voice begins reading the article to you.

Step 6: Click "download audio" to save the mp3 audio file to a convenient location.

Voila! You can now transfer that audio file to your mp3 player or smartphone, and listen to it whenever you choose.

We've just downloaded the audio file for an article in OmniFile. If you've found an article in Academic OneFile instead, look for a link on the right side of the page in the "Tools" section called "Listen." This will give you the option of downloading the mp3 audio file.

Enjoy this new feature, and as always, don't hesitate to call your librarians at 313.927.1346 if you have questions. We're happy to help!

Now yours to enjoy: CINAHL Plus with Full-Text

The Marygrove Library has just added a new research database to its website: CINAHL Plus with Full-Text. Until this week, we offered the basic version of CINAHL, which meant very little full-text. With the addition of CINAHL Plus, you can now search for and read articles in their entirety. Who doesn't love full-text?!

Here's a little more information about this resource:

• CINAHL Plus with Full-Text is "the world's most comprehensive nursing & allied health research database, providing full text for more than 770 journals"
• It covers the fields of nursing, biomedicine, health sciences librarianship, alternative and complementary medicine, consumer health and 17 allied health disciplines.
• In addition, this database offers access to health care books, nursing dissertations, selected conference proceedings, standards of practice, educational software, audiovisuals and book chapters. 

If you'd like a demonstration of how this database works, or if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to call your Marygrove librarians at 313.927.1346.

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month.  To bring attention to this issue, there are several happenings at Marygrove College.  Read on!

- A segment of the Marygrove College clothesline project has been placed in the library in the display case across from the circulation desk. The t-shirts were designed by Marygrove students in recognition of violence against women.

- A domestic violence dinner table display has been placed next to the Main Dining Room in the Madame Cadillac building on the first floor. Stop by and reflect on how domestic violence affects everyone. Take a purple ribbon and wear it for the rest of the month, learn the statistics and read the poems placed on the table by Marygrove students.

In addition, the following event is sponsored by the Social Work Department, the Student Affairs Office, and the Women's Center:

- A domestic violence candlelight vigil will be held in the Main Dining Room on October 26, 2011, from 6 - 8 pm. The program will feature local survivors and poets, domestic violence agencies, community-based organizations and professionals in the field.

- After the candlelight vigil, Marygrove students are invited to join a panel of experts in the dorms for a discussion on relationship safety from 8:30 - 9:30 pm. This is a coordinated activity for the purpose of engaging our students and community and supporting those who may be currently in a violent relationship or recovering from one.

Questions? Contact assistant professor Kalimah Johnson, Social Work Department at 313-927-1484.

Wednesday, Sept 28: Banned Book Read-in

You're invited to join us in celebrating Banned Book Week on Wednesday, September 28, from 3 - 5:30 pm in the Library's Beyond Words Art Gallery. Five members of the Marygrove community will read from and lead a discussion about one of their favorite banned or challenged books. Come join in the conversation, or come just to listen - we'd love your company. And bonus: we'll be offering refreshments!

Our marvelous MeL databases

Chances are, you've become very familiar with some of the library's databases during your time at Marygrove. Part of the library's budget is spent on renewing these databases every year. But did you realize that several of these databases are free, and neither the library nor you has to pay for them?

These databases are part of the Michigan eLibrary, or MeL, which is a project made possible by grant funds from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services administered by the State of Michigan through the Library of Michigan.

Every few years, the subscription period for these databases ends and a new one is negotiated between the State of Michigan and the database vendors. Our new subscription period begins October 1, 2011. After this date, you'll notice the following changes on the Marygrove Library website:

• These new resources will be added (links lead to short introductory videos):

1. Nursing Resource Center
2. Opposing Viewpoints in Context
3. Small Business Resource Center
4. eLibrary
5. eLibrary Elementary
6. SIRS Discoverer
7. SIRS Renaissance
8. CultureGrams Online
9. Lansing State Journal
10. Traverse City Record Eagle

• CINAHL (abstracts-only) will be upgraded to CINAHL (full-text)
  

• These resources will be removed:

1. Educator's Reference Complete
2. NoveList

Read more about the MeL databases, and why librarian Holly Hibner calls them "the great equalizer among libraries in Michigan."

Think eating healthy is too expensive? Use the Bridge Card to double your money

The Double Up Food Bucks Initiative runs now through October, and is designed to give low-income families access to better food choices.

"For every dollar you spend from your Bridge Card at the farmers' market, you get a dollar’s worth of Double Up Food Buck tokens, up to $20 per market day. Those Double Up Food Buck tokens can be spent on any Michigan-grown fruits or vegetables." (Source: http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2011/07/10/bridge-card-bonus-at-farmers-markets-this-summer/)

Participating Detroit-area farmers' markets:

• Detroit Eastern Market
• Eastside Farmers Market
• Farmer’s & Artisan Market Dearborn
• Lincoln Park Farmers Market
• Wayne State University Farmers Market
• The Northwest Detroit Farmers’ Market
• Sowing Seeds Growing Futures Farmers Market
• Peaches & Greens Store and Mobile Food Truck

Eligibility for a Bridge Card is based on family income. To find out if you qualify, visit the MI Bridges website (https://www.mibridges.michigan.gov/access/) or visit your local Department of Human Services branch office (find the nearest office by calling 517.373.2035.

Notice anything different about the catalog?

Our catalog was just upgraded, so as you search for books and videos you'll notice some interesting new features. Do some exploring, and if you run into any snags or want some extra help, just give us a call! 313.927.1346.

Explore Michigana, a digital archive that documents Michigan history

We invite you to explore Michigana, a digital archive that documents Michigan history. Here's one of the fascinating documents you'll find inside:

Life and adventures of William Filley: who was stolen from his home in Jackson, Mich., by the Indians, August 3d, 1837, and his safe return from captivity, October 19, 1866, after an absence of 29 years.

Read a little more about what this resource has to offer:

"This archive provides access to texts that range from poetry and mining prospectuses to fire-and-brimstone sermons and war reports. They document the life course of this “beautiful peninsula” through the eyes of the long-dead frontier men and women who lived there. Thus, this archive is a treasure-trove of information. Of particular value is the ability to word search these electronic archival texts. This makes it possible to find specific facts quickly and easily, so that they can be used in research and writing. Indeed, this archive is the perfect tool for anyone from a high school student to a college professor who wants to gain knowledge on the rich and expansive history of Michigan."

Have fun exploring!

Faculty: how much would you pay per month for scholarly database access?

Photo credit: epSos.de

"How much would you pay per month for scholarly database access?"

That's the question posed in yesterday's ProfHacker column in The Chronicle of Higher Education. The question is especially relevant given that the cost of library database subscriptions has reached unsustainable heights. Your Marygrove librarians are curious - do we subscribe to databases that you've never used? Do you wish you could add a database to our offerings? If you had to take a stab at how much of the library budget goes toward database subscriptions, what would you say?

Read the whole article here: http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/reader-input-how-much-per-month-for-scholarly-database-access/34949

Preview the new interface of MLA International Bibliography

Within the next few months, many of the library's ProQuest databases will switch to a new interface. This means that the look of these resources will change although their content remains the same. Since February, you've been able to preview the new look while searching databases such as the ProQuest Military Collection or ProQuest Biology Journals. Now you can preview the new look while searching MLA International Bibliography.

Jump in and do some exploring. If you run into any snags, don't hesitate to call us at 313.927.1346. We'll be sure to post here in this blog just before the new interface permanently replaces the old.

Library catalog has a new web address

As a result of this weekend's update to the library catalog, the catalog has a new web address: http://www.dalnet.lib.mi.us/marygrove. In previous semesters, you may have included a link to the catalog in your syllabus, or perhaps you created a bookmark to the catalog in your web browser. If this is the case, be sure to update those links with the new web address, and feel free to call us with any questions!

July 22 - 25: we're upgrading the catalog

Beginning today, Friday, July 22, 2011, we're preparing for this weekend's upgrade to the library catalog. Between now and Monday, you may find that you can't open the catalog. Or if the catalog opens and you try to search for books and videos, you may get a "Sorry, could not find anything" message.

If you experience any of these problems, please wait 15 minutes and try again. If the problem persists, feel free to give us a call.

Also, you may notice that we're checking books out the old-fashioned way: by manually recording your name and the titles of your books. After Monday, July 25, this will no longer be necessary, as the catalog will be upgraded and working better than ever!

Thank you for your patience this weekend. As always, if you have questions don't hesitate to call the library reference desk at 313.927.1346.

Summer 2011 issue of Tikkun is online-only

Tikkun is one of the magazines to which the Marygrove College Library subscribes. Recently the library received a postcard from Tikkun explaining that its Summer 2011 issue would be online-only. We've registered at their website, and will be happy to provide you with the username and password that gives you access to this online issue - just give us a call at 313.927.1346.

The Fall 2011 issue will be printed and mailed to the library, as usual.

"Tikkun is dedicated to healing and transforming the world... We build bridges between religious and secular progressives by delivering a forceful critique of all forms of exploitation, oppression, and domination while nurturing an interfaith vision of a caring society - one whose institutions are reconstructed on the basis of love, generosity, nonviolence, social justice, caring for nature, and awe and wonder at the grandeur of the universe."

From: http://www.tikkun.org

Free temporary access to Cambridge Journals Online

"In order to reach out to new readers . . . all 2009 and 2010 content on Cambridge Journals Online (CJO) will be made free to access between 15th July and 30th August 2011."

To access this content, visit http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displaySpecialPage?pageId=2964 and use the 'Browse Journals' or 'Search' options at the top of the page. Please send your feedback to Christy at 313.927.1378 or cmalmsten [at] marygrove [dot] edu.

Thanks to Dr. Karen Davis for the head's up!

Fabulous new titles in Gale Virtual Reference Library

The Gale Virtual Reference Library is available to all Michigan residents via the Michigan eLibrary, which is made possible by grant funds from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services administered by the State of Michigan through the Library of Michigan.

The Gale Virtual Reference Library can be accessed here and, after October 1, 2011, will be updated to include the following titles:

• Africa: An Encyclopedia for Students, 4 volumes, 2003
• African-American Years: Chronologies of American History and Experience, 1 volume, 2003
• American Civil War Reference Library, 5 volumes, 2003
• American Home Front in World War II, 4 volumes, 2004
• American Inaugurals: The Speeches, The Presidents and Their Times, 1 volume, 2004
• American Women Writers: A Critical Reference Guide from Colonial Times to the Present, 4 volumes, 2003
• Ancient Civilizations Reference Library, 3 volumes, 2006
• Ancient Greece and Rome: An Encyclopedia for Students, 4 volumes, 2007
• Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, 6 volumes, 2007
• Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Popular Musicians Since 1990, 2 volumes, 2004
• Beacham's Guide to the Endangered Species of North America, 6 volumes, 2001
• Biology, 4 volumes, 2002
• CDs, Super Glue and Salsa: How Everyday Products Are Made, Series 3, 2 volumes, 2004
• Chemical Elements: From Carbon to Krypton, 3 volumes, 2006
• Chemistry: Foundations and Applications, 4 volumes, 2004
• Child Development, 1 volumes, 2003
• Complete Life Science Resource, 3 volumes, 2004
• Contemporary American Religion, 2 volumes, 2003
• Contemporary Black Biography, Vol. 1-46, 2007
• Contemporary Black Biography, Vol. 48, 2005
• Contemporary Black Biography, Vol. 49, 2005
• Contemporary Black Biography, Vol. 50, 2005
• Contemporary Black Biography, Vol. 51, 2005
• Contemporary Hispanic Biography, Vol. 1, 2004
• Contemporary Hispanic Biography, Vol. 2, 2004
• Contemporary Hispanic Biography, Vol. 3, 2004
• Contemporary Hispanic Biography, Vol. 4, 2004
• Countries and Their Cultures, 4 volumes, 2001
• Countries of the World and Their Leaders Yearbook 2010, 2 volumes, 2009
• Drugs, Alcohol and Tobacco: Learning about Addictive Behavior, 3 volumes, 2003
• Encyclopedia of Aging, 4 volumes, 2003
• Encyclopedia of Drugs and Addictive Substances, 5 volumes, 2005
• Encyclopedia of European Social History, 6 volumes, 2005
• Encyclopedia of Food and Culture, 3 volumes, 2004
• Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World, 2 volumes, 2004
• Encyclopedia of Management, 1 volumes, 2005
• Encyclopedia of Modern Asia, 6 volumes, 2004
• Encyclopedia of Religion, 15 volumes, 2005
• Encyclopedia of Russian History, 4 volumes, 2003
• Encyclopedia of Science, 10 volumes, 2004
• Encyclopedia of Small Business, 2 volumes, 2007
• Encyclopedia of the Great Depression, 2 volumes, 2003
• Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa, 4 volumes, 2004
• Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine, 4 volumes, 2009
• Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer, 2 volumes, 2010
• Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health: Infancy through Adolescence, 4 volumes, 2005
• Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders, 2 volumes, 2010
• Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3 volumes, 2000
• Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America, 3 volumes, 2000
• Gale Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes, 4 volumes, 2009
• Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology, 1 volumes, 2003
• Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History, 2 volumes, 1999
• Governments of the World: A Global Guide to Citizens' Rights and Responsibilities, 4 volumes, 2005
• Great Depression and the New Deal Reference Library, 4 volumes, 2004
• Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia, 17 volumes, 2004
• Grizimek's Student Animal Life Resource, 21 volumes, 2005
• Learning about the Holocaust, 4 volumes, 2007
• Major Acts of Congress, 3 volumes, 2003
• Middle Ages Reference Library, 5 volumes, 2004
• National Survey of State Laws, 1 volumes, 2005
• Psychologists and their Theories for Students, 2 volumes, 2005
• Real-Life Math, 2 volumes, 2006
• Renaissance and Reformation Reference Library, 6 volumes, 2004
• St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture, 5  volumes, 2000
• Supreme Court Drama: Cases that Changed America, 4 volumes, 2005
• Terrorism: Essential Primary Sources, 1 volumes, 2005
• The Crusades Reference Library, 4 volumes, 2005
• The Sixties in America Reference Library, 4 volumes, 2005
• Vietnam War Reference Library, 5 volumes, 2004
• Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia, 17 volumes, 2007
• World of Earth Science, 2 volumes, 2003
• World Education Encyclopedia, 3 volumes, 2003
• World War 1 Reference Library, 4 volumes, 2004
• World War 2 Reference Library, 5 volumes, 2003
• World of Microbiology and Immunology, 2 volumes, 2003

Reminder: our ebooks will soon have a new look

On July 18, you'll notice that the Marygrove Library's ebooks look different from what you're used to. Their content won't change, but their interface will. This includes the colors on your screen, and the location of links and tools for turning pages and searching content. At the same time, the name that we give this collection will change from "NetLibrary eBooks" to "eBooks on EBSCOhost."

See below for a screenshot of the changed interface (click image to enlarge). You still have a few days to preview the change before it goes live. Be sure to let us know what you think by calling your librarian Christy at 313.927.1378. For tutorials and other support, visit http://support.ebsco.com/ebooks/.

New tutorials: Computer & Internet Basics

The Michigan eLibrary has recently added a new LearningCenter to LearningExpress Library.  It's called Computer & Internet Basics and it helps library users who are new to computers. It includes:

1. Getting Started with Computers
2. Introduction to Windows and The Computer in Action
3. Introduction to the Internet; Email and Chat; Social Networks and Online Communities; and Web Applications and Internet Security

Access LearningExpress Library from our full list of databases (scroll down to the Ls): http://research.marygrove.edu/articles-a-databases/search-for-articles. You'll need to set up a free account to watch the tutorials.

Catalog may be briefly unavailable Thurs, July 14

The library catalog may be briefly unavailable during the afternoon of Thursday, July 14. If you run into any problems searching for Marygrove books, ebooks, or videos, just call the library reference desk at 313.927.1346 - we'd be happy to help you (and we apologize for any inconvenience)!

Keep in mind that you can also use WorldCat or MeLCat to search for Marygrove materials.

Many of our Gale databases now have a new look

Recently, you may have noticed a new look to many of our Gale databases. Gale has switched to a new version of the PowerSearch interface which is "crisp and uncluttered and offers some very nice changes and enhancements," including:

• Greater discoverability through content type limiters - no more tabs
• Sophisticated search assist with Did You Mean? functionality
• Trending topics, suggested phrases and publication recommendations
• New sidebar with recommendations and limiters for every search
• Additional interface language translation options (Korean, Japanese and Simplified Chinese)
• Read Speaker will read non-English documents
• Translation of foreign language documents to English
• More intuitive advanced searching with search assist on the most used indexes

For tutorials and other materials, visit http://www.gale.cengage.com/powersearch/enhanced/index.htm?grid=powersearch.

Here's a list of the affected databases (all are available from this library webpage):

• Academic OneFile
• Agriculture Collection
• Communications & Mass Media Collection
• Computer Database
• Criminal Justice Collection
• Culinary Arts Collection
• Diversity Studies Collection
• Educators' Reference Complete
• Environmental Studies & Policy Collection
• Expanded Academic ASAP
• Fine Arts & Music Collection
• Gardening Landscape & Horticulture Collection
• GLBT Issues Collection
• General OneFile
• General Reference Center Gold
• General Science Collection
• Health Reference Center Academic
• Home Improvement Collection
• Hospitality Tourism & Leisure Collection
• Info Science & Library Issues Collection
• Informe, Insurance & Liability Collection
• Junior Edition
• LegalTrac
• Military & Intelligence Database
• Newsstand
• New York Times
• Physical Therapy & Sports Medicine Collection
• Pop Culture Collection
• Psychology Collection
• Religion & Philosophy Collection
• Small Business Collection
• Student Edition
• US History Collection
• War & Terrorism Collection
• World History Collection

Enjoy the new look, and (as always) if you have any questions, don't hesitate to call the library reference desk at 313.927.1346.

Who doesn't love horses?

Here's some impromptu white-board art from two of our visitors in the library this afternoon. We love it! Reminds us of some of our favorite stories, some of which are available for checkout:

• My Friend Flicka 
• The Red Pony 
• Black Beauty 
• Misty of Chincoteague 
• The Black Stallion
• The Saddle Club series
• Seabiscuit
• Hoofprints: Horse Poems

Guess who just won a $50 Barnes & Noble gift card?

Karen Berry, that's who!

Karen generously took the time to read the inaugural issue of the library 'zine, and then answered a few questions about her use of the library. She was one of 61 Marygrove College students, staff and faculty members who took the survey and were entered to win the gift card.

Congratulations, and thank you, Karen, for helping us measure how we can best serve our community!

We no longer need your permission (so there!)

One of the mini-themes at the ALA conference in New Orleans was how the internet has eliminated the need to ask for permission. This theme surfaced in at least two sessions: the first was the General Opening Session featuring Dan Savage, and the second was the ACRL/SPARC forum.

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Mr. Savage is editorial director of the Seattle newspaper, The Stranger, and writes an advice column for that publication called "Savage Love." His presentation at ALA focused on the It Gets Better Project, a collection of user-created videos that help lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender teenagers imagine a positive future. The project was founded in 2001 in response to the suicides of LGBT teens who had been bullied.

Mr. Savage's attempt to give hope to LGBT teens is not welcomed by all. Speaking in the voice of a parent (or a bully, a school, an entire culture) Mr. Savage said, "You [LGBT teens] are ours to torture until you're 18. After that you can move wherever you want, be with whomever you want, do whatever you want - except come back to talk to the kids we're still torturing." The beauty of the It Gets Better videos is that they're accessible to anyone with an internet connection. Mr. Savage frequently gets emails from kids in their teens (and younger) who watch the videos on their phone, at night, in bed, with the covers pulled up so no one can see what they're doing. By using internet as his medium, he eliminated the need to ask for permission to reach these bullied youth.

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The ACRL/SPARC forum was perhaps less entertaining than Mr. Savage, but just as thought-provoking. Its three speakers were:

• Dr. Dieter Stein, Professor of English Language and Linguistics at Heinrich Heine University in Germany and organizer of the Berlin 6 conference
• Lorraine Haricombe, Dean of Libraries at the University of Kansas
• Jennifer McLennan, Director of Programs and Operations for SPARC and moderator of the Berlin 9 organizing coalition

Each speaker focused on emerging issues in scholarly communication and specifically on expanding support for the Berlin Declaration, which encourages "researchers and cultural heritage custodians to make all kinds of materials openly available."

Dr. Stein touched on three points in particular that sparked my imagination. One, the concept of "open access" probably wouldn't exist were it not for the internet. Two, the internet heralded not just a shift from print to electronic resources within the publishing world, but also a shift from easily commodified writing (as with a printed book or article, for example) to less easily commodified writing (as with a blog or wiki or e-article). And three, we writers, librarians, researchers, and teachers no longer need to ask permission from commercial publishers in order to spread our ideas - the open access movement has liberated (or is liberating) us from that need.

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I love the thought that Mr. Savage and Dr. Stein planted in my brain: we no longer need permission to share our ideas, to touch the world, to set off an avalanche of positive change. I think it's a liberating, powerful, inspiring idea. What are your thoughts? Can you think of other circumstances in which we no longer need to ask for permission? What about circumstances in which we *should* ask for permission?

Email outage = blessing in disguise?

This morning the campus community received a phone message explaining that our email system was down and our provider was working to find a solution as quickly as possible. My first reaction, I admit, was something along the lines of,

"NOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooo!"

I despaired of getting anything done today. But then, on second thought, it occurred to me that this might be a blessing in disguise. Let me explain...

Yesterday I returned to Marygrove after my delicious summer vacation, during which I visited New Orleans for the first time, accompanied my niece on a few college visits, and waged war against the squirrel who uproots my pepper plants and throws them over the porch wall. And then laughs at me.

During my vacation I did a little work from home so as to minimize the work I'd have to tackle upon returning. Still, it took me all day to sort through my email. If you're anything like me, you use email for so much more than communicating with others. I use email as my to-do list, my calendar, a way to store passwords and documents I'm working on. (I know, I know, that's what a flash drive is for. But sometimes I don't have easy access to my flash drive. Sometimes I'm not logged onto a computer as myself and so can't get to the My Documents folder. Sometimes - well, you get the point.) At times my email even serves as a memory-nudger; recently I searched my email for a price quote I received last year from a database vendor.

As essential as email is, I don't believe that spending all day sorting, tagging, deleting and responding is a productive use of my (or your) time. As I frantically plugged away yesterday, wondering when I'd be able to move on to other work, another 50 or so emails arrived. Many had no direct relevance to the work I do.

So, no, I'm not horribly upset that our email is down. I get a day's reprieve!

In the meantime, given that email outages on campus are very rare, I'm trying some new techniques to reduce feelings of despair and distraction:

• reading and responding to email during a strict half hour in the morning, mid-day, and late afternoon (as a non-administrator, I have the luxury of spending the rest of my time *logged out*)
  
• using websites like BaseCamp and Google Docs to manage my projects and collaborations
• picking up the phone or visiting someone's office rather than sending an email and waiting for a response
• using social media such as Facebook and Google Reader to share interesting headlines with my colleagues
• using the library's zine or blog to communicate our news to the campus community
  

Here are links to others who've weighed in on The Email Problem:

• Five Methodologies to Deal with Email Overload (ReadWriteWeb): http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/five_methodologies_to_deal_with_email_overload.php
• How to Take an Email Sabbatical (Danah Boyd): http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2011/07/06/how-to-take-an-email-sabbatical.html
• Is It Time You Were Reliably Unreliable? (Chronicle Of Higher Education): http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/is-it-time-you-were-reliably-unreliable/27890
• Reducing Email Overload (Productivity 501): http://www.productivity501.com/reducing-email-overload/6686

I'd love to hear how you handle this problem. Share your ideas in the comment section below.

Marygrove Library resources go viral!

Well, almost viral...

On June 22, a librarian from Kaplan University Hagerstown sent the Marygrove librarians this question via our Email-A-Librarian service. He wrote:

I would like permission to link to your APA website on our library research page. This page is a great help to our students. Thank you.

Specifically, he wanted to link to the document created by librarian Jennifer Meacham, titled "Microsoft Word 2007: Formatting Your Research Paper using APA Style." What's unique about this document, as opposed to most other APA guides, is that it includes detailed instructions for students using Microsoft Word. Here's a screenshot:

 Of course we were happy to give him permission. But guess what? It turns out Kaplan isn't the only university to recognize the value of Jennifer's work. Here are a few other places that link to us:

University of Kentucky School of Education
University of Florida School of Nursing
McKinney Independent School District (Texas)
eHow.com
answerbag.com

To view the full APA guide, as well as guides for MLA and Turabian styles, visit this Marygrove Library webpage: http://research.marygrove.edu/research-help-a-guides/apa-mla-a-turabian-styles.

As always, if you have questions don't hesitate to leave a comment below, or give us a call at 313.927.1346.

Black No More: Skin Bleaching

In a recent Facebook post, Humanities professor Dr. Karen Davis refers to the latest issue of the Journal of Pan African Studies (volume 4, number 4), which is devoted to skin bleaching. This issue is available for free here: http://www.jpanafrican.com/currentissue.htm. (The title of this blog post is taken from the title of one of the articles in this issue.)

Dr. Davis writes, "I've been compiling resources on global history and practices of skin bleaching for about a year now, starting with the Jamaican controversy over Buju Banton's song "Love Muh Brownin" in the 1990s, followed by Nando Ranks' anti-bleaching response, "Dem a Bleach," a hugely popular club song in the 1990s."

The resources that Dr. Davis has compiled are available upon request; they include videos, journal articles, song lyrics, books, images and websites on the practice of skin bleaching. For a copy of these resources, please contact librarian Christine Malmsten (313.927.1378 - cmalmsten@marygrove.edu) or Dr. Davis (313.927.1352 - kdavis@marygrove.edu).

"Very impressed by all of you in the library"

"Finally got a chance to read this first issue [of the Marygrove Library 'zine].  Very impressed by all of you in the library.  Please pass along to the others that I think you are all awesome!!!!  Keep up your good work and efforts to improve what Marygrove has to offer."

Sue
June 9, 2011

"She's awesome! Thanks for the help!"

"Andrea is a great assistant. She referred me to the resources necessary to ensure materials needed. She's awesome! Thanks for the help..."

A Marygrove student
June 27, 2011

Your librarians are in New Orleans...Want to know why?

We're presenting a poster session at the American Library Association's 2011 conference about our use of WordPress and Joomla to market the Marygrove College Library. Stay tuned for details! (But we'll leave you with this: jambalaya, gumbo, and po' boys are all made in heaven.)

Follow the conference on Twitter: #ala11

This post was updated June 30, 2011:

Library assistant Laura Manley (who's this close to finishing her library science master's degree and becoming a full-fledged librarian), along with fully-fledged librarian Christine Malmsten, had the privilege of presenting a poster session on marketing the Marygrove College Library this past weekend in New Orleans.

Their session was titled, "If You've Got It, Flaunt It! Marketing Your Academic Library with Wordpress." Laura and Christy described how they created an online magazine (a 'zine) to showcase the library's services, especially those that aren't well known. They also presented the results of a survey designed to figure out who's using library resources, who isn't, and why.

What frustrated them during this process? Having to switch 'zine software halfway through. They originally began designing the 'zine using OpenZine.com, but due to (un)usability issues and the fact that it's supported by advertising, they switched over to WordPress.com.

What delighted them about this process? Two things in particular: first, sharing experiences with other information professionals at the conference (including some international librarians); and second, the large number of students, staff and faculty who took the survey. These members of the Marygrove community sent a flood of positive feedback. Sample comments: 

• "The library staff is very warm and welcoming" 
• "I have found the all of the Library staff to be very personable and knowledgable"  
• "I do find the reading room a great place to study with my laptop, so if I have a block of time, I will head that way"
• "I enjoy spending time in the library, it takes me away from the stressful vibe of the academic setting. I meet up with friends and we discuss upcoming assignments and use the computers. It is a necessity on campus"
• (and our personal favorite) "I love the library"

More details about Laura & Christy's presentation as well as full survey data are available upon request. You can reach Christine Malmsten at 313.927.1378 or cmalmsten@marygrove.edu. You can reach Laura Manley at 313.927.1540 or lmanley3312@marygrove.edu

March 2011 report from the Association of American University Presses

The Association of American University Presses (AAUP) published a report in March titled, "Sustaining Scholarly Publishing: New Economic Models for University Presses." From the AAUP website:

This report a) identifies elements of the current scholarly publishing systems that are worth protecting and retaining throughout this and future periods of transition; b) explores business models of existing projects which hold promise; c) outlines the characteristics of effective business models; d) addresses the challenges of the transitional period we are entering; and e) arrives at recommendations that might allow us to sustain high-quality scholarship at a time when the fundamental expectations of publishing are changing.

You can read the full text of the report here (PDF).

The authors make five recommendations:

1. Prevent wasteful duplication of effort and ensure that significant developments are not lost in the clutter.
2. Existing partnerships should be supported and the development of new ones encouraged.
3. The role of agencies outside the presses in providing funds to work toward the digital future has  been, and will continue to be, crucial.
4. The trend toward more open access publishing is clear; but it will not succeed unless sustainable business models can be developed to support it. Nonprofit publishers, especially university presses, should become fully engaged in this discussion with the support of their parent institutions.
5. Proposals and plans for new business models should explicitly address two issues: the potential impact of the new model on existing parts of the press’s program and the requirements, both operational and financial, for making the transition to the new model. Ideally the consideration of these issues would involve the relevant author community as well as the press, its partners such as libraries or societies, and the funding agency.

Open (and free and scholarly) resources - thx to eCornucopia conference

On Thursday, May 26, one of your Marygrove College librarians attended e-Cornucopia Conference 2011. She participated online from Marygrove's campus, and at least one other Marygrover was on site at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan: Dr. Teddi Williams of the BUS/CIS department.

The theme of this year's conference was the Open Digital University. From the conference homepage,

Open Education is a current theory that knowledge should be transparent and accessible to anyone who wants to learn. Technology and the Internet have increased the global community's access to knowledge. The hope is that openness will help create a more democratic and equitable global society, as our information networks dissolve traditional geographic and cultural boundaries. Benefits, however, must be weighed against possible complications. The public nature of this work can lead to privacy and security abuses, global communication might have to contend with local law, and democratic organizations, although they may lack the built-in abuses of hierarchies, can lead to chaos and inefficiency. This conference will examine specific examples about how openness is implemented in higher education and the resulting successes and problems. The three tracks will be about open education, open access (journals), and open source (computer code).

Open (and free and scholarly) resources abound on the internet. For your reading and scholarly pleasure, here are a few of those resources offered by the University of Michigan, which was represented at e-Cornucopia by presenters Emily Pucket Rodgers ("Open, Share, Learn: The University of Michigan's Open Educational Resources"), Alissa Centivany ("Rethinking the Relationship between Copyright, Open Access, and Scholarly Publishing"), Greg Grossmeier ("Open Research Data), and Bobby Glushko ("Empowering Access through Understanding Copyright").

• Open.Michigan is a University of Michigan initiative dedicated to creating and sharing knowledge resources and research created at U-M with the global learning community: http://open.umich.edu/
• Search open content repositories to find content that is licensed for sharing: https://open.umich.edu/wiki/Open_Content_Search
• Create your own open content (PDF): http://open.umich.edu/sites/default/files/open.content.howto-infosheet.pdf

Gale databases unavailable 12 am-12 pm on Saturday, June 4

Gale will be performing infrastructure maintenance during a twelve hour period on Saturday, June 4, 2011. The window will take place from 12 am to 12 pm. During this time, all Gale products and services will be unavailable, including:

• Academic OneFile
• Agriculture Collection
• Biography & Genealogy Master Index
• Books & Authors
• Business & Company ASAP
• Business & Company Resource Center
• Chilton Online Auto Repair
• Communications & Mass Media Collection
• Computer Database
• Criminal Justice Collection
• Culinary Arts Collection
• Diversity Studies Collection
• Educator's Reference Complete
• Environmental Studies & Policy Collection
• Expanded Academic ASAP
• Fine Arts & Music Collection
• Gardening, Landscape & Horticulture Collection
• Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Issues Collection
• General Business File ASAP
• General OneFile
• General Reference Center Gold
• General Science Collection
• Health & Wellness Resource Center
• Health Reference Center Academic
• Home Improvement Collection
• Hospitality, Tourism & Leisure Collection
• Information Science & Library Issues Collection
• Informe
• Insurance & Liability Collection
• Junior Edition
• Kids InfoBits
• LegalTrac
• Literature Resource Center
• Military & Intelligence Database
• Newsstand
• New York Times
• Physical Therapy & Sports Medicine Collection
• Pop Culture Collection
• Psychology Collection
• Religion & Philosophy Collection
• Small Business Collection
• Student Edition
• U.S. History Collection
• Virtual Reference Library
• War & Terrorism Collection
• World History Collection

Use MeLCat to request materials from 400+ libraries (video)

MelCat is a state-wide library catalog that lets you find and request materials from over 400 Michigan libraries, and have them delivered to your home library. Jeff Zachwieja, a librarian at Oakland Community College and a former Marygrover, has put together a video demonstrating how to use MeLCat. Take a look and - as always - let us know if you have any questions: 313.927.1346.

No surprise - Andrea helps us maintain our standard of excellence

A comment we received today:

"I am a faculty member @ Wayne State University and needed to find a book that our library does not carry. Andrea Hanserd was extremely helpful. She pointed me in the right direction and helped me make copies. This kind of service is not often found in most libraries. You are smart to have her. Thank you. Dr. Monica White"

Good going, Andrea!

New open access publication from SAGE

We just learned about a new open access publication from the SAGE publishing company, called SAGE Open.

"SAGE Open publishes peer-reviewed, original research and review articles in an interactive, open-access format. With more than 400 manuscripts already submitted since January 1, 2011, articles span the full spectrum of the social and behavioral sciences and the humanities." Learn more.

We're excited to see the publishing world making a greater commitment to open access, and hope to see the trend continue. Open access refers to free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals (www.doaj.org/). It's an especially important way to disseminate scholarly information, as fewer library budgets are able to cope with escalating journal costs.

Here's a sampling of articles from the first issue of SAGE Open:

• A Transformative Collegiate Discourse by Evan Ortlieb
• Lars and the Real Girl: Lifelike Positive Transcendence by Ted Remington
• Fostering Collaborative and Interdisciplinary Research in Adult Education: Interactive Resource Guides and Tools by  Elizabeth Anne Erichsen and Cheryl Goldenstein
• Intangible Heritage of Standard English Learners: The “Invisible” Subgroup in the United States of America? Implications for Closing the Achievement Gap by Ogo Okoye-Johnson
• Designing for Explanation in Health Care Applications of Expert Systems by Keith W. Darlington
• Personal Meaning Orientations and Psychosocial Adaptation in Older Adults by Gary T. Reker and Louis C. Woo

Happy reading!

Intersession hours: by appointment only

From May 1 - 15, 2011, the Library will be closed except by appointment.

Marygrove students, faculty and staff: if, for academic or college-related purposes, you need either physical access to the Library or assistance using Library resources remotely, you can leave a voicemail or email us, and a Library staff member will contact you to set up an in-person or telephone appointment.

Reference desk: 313.927.1346
Circulation desk: 313.927.1355
STIC: 313.927.1582
Email: lib@marygrove.edu

Normal hours and services to guests will resume on May 16, 2011.

Free access to 41 online encyclopedias until April 23

The following encyclopedias and handbooks from Sage Reference Online are available until April 23, 2011. To begin exploring, visit http://www.sage-ereference.com/Login.html and login with username librarian and password sagereference. If you feel that any of these would make a valuable addition to the Marygrove Library, please let us know by calling 313.927.1346.

21st Century Anthropology: A Reference Handbook
Encyclopedia of Criminological Theory
The Sage Handbook of Criminological Theory
(*we own this in print) Encyclopedia of Curriculum Studies
Encyclopedia of Disaster Relief
21st Century Economics: A Reference Handbook
The Sage Handbook of Philosophy of Education
(*we own this in print) Encyclopedia of Educational Reform and Dissent
(*we own this in print) Encyclopedia of Family Health
(*we own this in print) Gender and Women's Leadership: A Reference Handbook
Encyclopedia of Geography
The Sage Handbook of Governance
Green Business: An A-to-Z Guide
Green Cities: An A-to-Z Guide
Green Consumerism: An A-to-Z Guide
Green Energy: An A-to-Z Guide
Green Food: An A-to-Z Guide
Green Politics: An A-to-Z Guide
The Sage Handbook of Health Care Ethics: Core and Emerging Issues
The Sage Handbook of Identities
(*we own this in print) Encyclopedia of Identity
The Sage Handbook of Islamic Studies
Leadership in Nonprofit Organizations: A Reference Handbook
Handbook of Marketing Scales, Third Edition
The SAGE Handbook of Mental health and Illness
Encyclopedia of Motherhood
Handbook of Multicultural Measures
Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Society
Political and Civic Leadership
21st Century Political Science: A Reference Handbook
Encyclopedia of Political Theory
Encyclopedia of Power
The Sage Handbook of Prejudice, Stereotyping and Discrimination
Encyclopedia of Research Design
Encyclopedia of Science and Technology Communication
(*we own this in print) The Sage Handbook of Social Gerontology
Encyclopedia of Social Movement Media
The Sage Handbook of Sociolinguistics
Encyclopedia of Victimology and Crime Prevention
Encyclopedia of Women in Today's World
The Sage Handbook of Workplace Learning

Library offerings are newly enhanced by Directory of Open Access Journals

The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) has just been integrated into the Marygrove College Library website. This means that as you search library databases, you now have access to 6395 more journals and 551,008 more articles across all disciplines.

The DOAJ provides access to free, peer-reviewed, open access journals. Not only will these journals now appear in your library database search results, but you can also visit the DOAJ directly from this library webpage (scroll down to the D's): http://research.marygrove.edu/articles-a-databases/search-for-articles.

As always, if you have any questions, don't hesitate to call the library at 313.927.1346.

July 28, 2011 update. We've also added these open access databases: BioMed Central, Public Library of Science, and the World Bank Data Catalog. Happy searching!