Trial of EBSCO databases (expires March 31)

The Marygrove College Library has access to 17 EBSCO databases until March 31. The names and descriptions of these databases are below. Please call the reference desk for the required username and password, then begin your exploration by clicking this link:

http://trial.ebscohost.com

If you'd like to leave feedback about whether these would be valuable additions to the library, please contact Christy at cmalmsten@marygrove.edu or 313.927.1378.

The 17 trial databases include:

• Gender Studies Database
  Combines Women’s Studies International and Men’s Studies databases with the coverage of sexual diversity issues. GSD covers the full spectrum of gender-engaged scholarship inside and outside academia. This database includes more than 921,000 records with coverage spanning from 1972 and earlier to the present.
  
• Book Index with Reviews
  Provides information on over 5 million book titles, in a wide range of formats. BIR also contains almost 800,000 full-text searchable book reviews from sources such as Library Journal, School Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, Booklist and others.
  
• BIR Entertainment
  Provides information on about 450,000 music titles and 200,000 DVD/video titles, with more being added regularly. With BIR, you can find music or videos featuring a favorite artist or performer, or a specific genre.
  
• SocINDEX
  Features more than 2.1 million records with subject headings from a 20,000+ term sociological thesaurus designed by subject experts and expert lexicographers. This product also contains informative abstracts for more than 1,300 "core" coverage journals dating as far back as 1895.
• SocINDEX with Full Text
  Features more than 2.1 million records with subject headings from a 20,000+ term sociological thesaurus designed by subject experts and expert lexicographers. SocINDEX with Full Text contains full text for more than 860 journals dating back to 1908. This database also includes full text for more than 830 books and monographs, and full text for over 16,800 conference papers.
  
• The Philosopher’s Index
  (From the Philosopher's Information Center) A current and comprehensive bibliographic database covering scholarly research in all major fields of philosophy. The Philosopher’s Index, considered the most thorough index of journal literature on the subject, features author-written abstracts covering scholarly research published in journals and books, including contributions to anthologies and book reviews. The Philosopher’s Index contains research published since 1940 including over 680 journals from more than 50 countries with content representing a variety of languages.
  
• RILM
  A comprehensive, ongoing guide to publications on music from all over the world. RILM includes over 620,000 records; over 30,000 new records are added every year, covering all document types: articles, books, bibliographies, catalogues, dissertations, Festschriften, iconographies, critical commentaries to complete works, ethnographic recordings, conference proceedings, electronic resources, reviews, and more.
  
• PsycARTICLES
  (From the American Psychological Association) A definitive source of full-text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in psychology. The database contains over 150,000 articles from nearly 80 journals published by the APA, and its imprint the Educational Publishing Foundation (EPF), and from allied organizations including the Canadian Psychology Association and Hogrefe Publishing Group.
  
• PsycINFO (we already subscribe to this resource)
  American Psychological Association’s renowned resource for abstracts of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations, is the largest resource devoted to peer-reviewed literature in behavioral science and mental health. It contains over 3 million records and summaries dating as far back as the 1600s with one of the highest DOI matching rates in the publishing industry. Journal coverage, which spans from the 1800s to the present, includes international material selected from around 2,500 periodicals in dozens of languages.
  
• MLA Directory of Periodicals (we already subscribe to this resource)
  Offers detailed information on over 5,500 journals, with 4,400 currently indexed in the International Bibliography. The detailed entries include editorial contact information, as well as frequency, circulation, subscription prices and submission guidelines.
  
• MLA International Bibliography (we already subscribe to this resource)
  Offers a detailed bibliography of journal articles, books and dissertations. Produced by the Modern Language Association, the electronic version of the bibliography dates back to the 1920's and contains over 2.3 million citations from more than 4,400 journals & series and 1,000 book publishers. The indexed materials coverage is international and includes almost 60 titles from JSTOR’s language and literature collection as well as links to full text.
  
• GeoRef
  (From the American Geological Institute) A comprehensive geosciences database containing over 2.8 million bibliographic records to the geoscience literature of the world. Over 3,500 journals are reviewed for indexing in the GeoRef database as well as books, maps, government reports, conference papers, and theses and dissertations.
  
• GeoRef In Process
  Contains unedited records that are still in the process of being indexed prior to their integration in the main GeoRef database.
  
• EconLit
  (From the American Economic Association) The world’s foremost source of references to economic literature. The database contains more than one million records from 1969-present. EconLit covers virtually every area related to economics.
  
• Regional Business News
  Provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications. Regional Business News incorporates coverage of more than 80 regional business publications covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.
  
• Business Source Complete
  A definitive scholarly business database, providing bibliographic and full text content. As part of the comprehensive coverage offered by this database, indexing and abstracts for the most important scholarly business journals back as far as 1886 are included. In addition, searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,300 journals.
  
• ATLA Religion Database
  (From the American Theological Association) Provides information on topics such as biblical studies, world religions, church history, and religion in social issues. ATLA Religion Database contains more than 1.7 million bibliographic records covering the research literature of religion in over 60 languages. It includes more than 575,000 article citations from more than 1,679 journals (506 currently indexed), more than 239,000 essay citations from over 16,800 multi-author works, and more than 530,000 book review citations. Coverage spans from 1949 to the present.

Trial of ProQuest Business Collection (expires March 31)

The Marygrove College Library has access to 7 new ProQuest databases for a limited time. These include:

• ABI/INFORM Complete (which we currently subscribe to via OCLC)
• Accounting & Tax
• Banking Information Source
• International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS)
• Asian Business & Reference
• Earth Science Collection
• Entrepreneurship

Feel free to dive in and do some exploring - we have access until March 31. If you'd like to leave us feedback about whether these would be valuable additions to the library, please contact Christy at cmalmsten@marygrove.edu or 313.927.1378.

Read the Horizon Report 2011 - emerging technologies in higher education

The annual Horizon Report identifies and describes "emerging technologies likely to have considerable impact on teaching, learning, and creative expression within higher education."

Read it now in PDF format: http://www.nmc.org/pdf/2011-Horizon-Report.pdf

**This week in history**

Jennifer, one of your Marygrove librarians, came up with the idea of using our beautiful black wipe-board to describe events that took place during this week in history. This wipe-board is in our circulation lobby. When you check it out, be sure to stop by the desk and say hello!

New! Interlibrary loan link in the CINAHL (nursing) database

As of February 17, 2011, it is now possible to request an article via interlibrary loan in the CINAHL database. An interlibrary loan link will appear next to any article that is not immediately available in full-text.

CINAHL is one of the most comprehensive resources for nursing and allied health literature. Interlibrary loan is a service that brings you articles and books not owned by the Marygrove College Library.

As always, if you have any questions, call a Marygrove librarian at 313.927.1346.

Advocacy needed: House considering two amendments critical to the future of libraries

From the American Library Association:

"This week, the House of Representatives will consider two amendments to the FY2011 Continuing Resolution that are critical to libraries."

Read more, and take action: http://bit.ly/fNosPZ

Feb 17 UPDATE: (From American Libraries Magazine) "Amendment #35 to H.R. 1 (the Continuing Resolution to the FY2011 budget) was defeated. This victory for libraries is undoubtedly due to the strong grassroots efforts of librarians and library supporters all across the country."

However, "this is only the beginning; libraries will continue to be threatened in the next Congress...[we] need you to continue your calls to Congress in our fight to protect library funding."

Library feedback form is now online

Have you ever wished you could change something about the library? Ever had a great idea that would let us improve our services? Have we ever done something that really impresses you? If so, we would love to hear about it!

In the past, our paper feedback form was only available at the library circulation desk. Starting today, it's online and even more accessible (though you can still fill out a paper form if you prefer!). For those of you who love doing everything online, here you go:

http://research.marygrove.edu/about-the-library/leave-feedback

"You're the best" (No...*you're* the best!)

The Marygrove librarians offer research assistance in a variety of ways. Yesterday one of the librarians visited a science classroom in the Liberal Arts building to demonstrate how to search for, evaluate, and cite information for a research project. Afterward, a student from that class sent us this heart-warming note:

"You were not only informative and patient, but extremely knowledgeable. You seem to be able to sense when we were getting confused and zero in on what types of explanations were going to be helpful and valuable. Of course I also appreciate all the personal assistance that you offered me for my English 312 class. You're the best."

Actually - we think *you're* the best. The Library has so much admiration for Marygrove College students. You are dedicated, passionate, hard-working, and you're often juggling five jobs + four sports + three children + eight classes (just kidding, but that's how it seems sometimes). Yet with all that's going on in your life, you still make time to send notes like the one above.

We *love* teaching you and (hopefully) making your life a little bit easier. Come see us anytime.

Marygrove College is CLOSED Wednesday, Feb 2

To: All Faculty, Staff and Students
From: Horace Dandridge, Director of Campus Safety and Security
Subject: Marygrove College will be CLOSED on Wednesday, Feb. 2

Due to blizzard conditions in southeast Michigan, the Marygrove College campus will be CLOSED on Wednesday, Feb. 2.