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!

Explore AP Images & several Encyclopaedia Britannica databases for a limited time

You're invited to explore the following free resources for a limited time. Once you've done some exploring, we'd love to hear what you think. Would any of these make valuable additions to the Marygrove College Library?

• AP Images: available until April 30, 2011. Username is mclslibrary, password is mclslibrary. AP Images is a research database that provides a sensory journey of photographs, audio sound bites, graphics, and full text spanning over 180 years of history as seen through the eyes of the Associated Press

• Encyclopaedia Britannica databases: available until June 30, 2011. Username is mclspreview, password is spring11.
• 21st-Century Explorer
• Annals of American History Online
• Britannica Learning Zone
• Britannica Online Academic Edition 
• Britannica Online Public Library Edition
• Britannica Online School Edition
• Global Reference Center
• Image Quest
• Original Sources from Encyclopaedia Britannica 
• Student News Net
• Spanish Reference Center
• Webster’s Third New International Dictionary Unabridged Online
• World Data Analyst Online

If you feel that any of these would make a valuable addition to the Marygrove Library, please email Christy at cmalmsten@marygrove.edu or call her at 313.927.1378.

Library assistant is winner of 2011 Amy S. McCombs/Frederick P. Currier Writing Award

Library assistant Theresas Spiteri is one of the 5 winners of the 2011 Amy S. McCombs/Frederick P. Currier Writing Award. The other winners are Mia Balbin-Cuesta, Percy Pierce, Emily Sese, and Della Young. Congratulations!

This award is held in conjunction with the Contemporary American Authors Lecture Series, which will take place Friday, April 15, in Alumnae Hall, and feature the poet and literary scholar Harryette Mullen.

Read more about this award, the lecture series, and Harryette Mullen here: http://www.marygrove.edu/home/news/press-releases/1025-amy-s-mccombs-frederick-p-currier-writing-award-winners-announced.html

The latest news in the Google Books settlement

Via the Association of College & Research Libraries:

"The Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) has released  "A Guide for the Perplexed Part IV: The Rejection of the Google Books Settlement," an analysis of the latest decision in the Google Books Search case and its potential effect on libraries. The LCA is comprised of ALA, ACRL, and  the Association of Research Libraries (ARL).

This guide is the latest in a series prepared by LCA legal counsel Jonathan Band to help inform the library community about this landmark legal dispute.  In the Guide Part IV, Band explains why the Court rejected the proposed class action settlement, which would have allowed Google to engage in a wide variety of activities using scanned books.

Past guides and other LCA materials related to the case are available on the LCA website."

Avoid the New York Times paywall

On March 25, 2011, The New York Times implemented its paywall. Now anyone who views more than 20 articles per month at http://www.nytimes.com will be charged a fee. Individual subscribers to the print newspaper have unlimited access to the website. The Marygrove College Library and other libraries are working with the Times to provide similar unlimited access via our institutional subscription.

In the meantime, there are several well-documented loopholes around the paywall. You can also continue to read the print version of the Times in the library, or access the Times online from 1980 to the present via several of the library's databases (this requires a Marygrove login).

If you have any questions about this, please don't hesitate to get in touch with one of your librarians (313.927.1346) or leave a comment below.

Changes to five OCLC FirstSearch databases

As of December 2010, the Arts & Humanities Citation Index is no longer available via the Marygrove College Library.

Beginning June 30, 2011, the following databases will also become unavailable:

• ABI/Inform
• Biology Digest
• Dissertation Abstracts
• GEOBASE

All five databases are (or were) offered via the OCLC FirstSearch service. OCLC has decided to drop certain databases in order to focus on providing other services. You can read more about its plan here:

http://www.oclc.org/ca/en/firstsearch/content/questions/default.htm

The library subscribes to a wealth of other resources designed to meet your research needs, but if you feel that Arts & Humanities, ABI/Inform, Biology Digest, Dissertation Abstracts, or GEOBASE are essential to your work, please don't hesitate to call your librarian Christy at 313.927.1378.

Our eBooks will soon look different - but content remains the same

The Marygrove College Library gives you access to more than 25,000 electronic books, offering you another convenient way to do research from both on- and off-campus.

Soon you'll notice that these ebooks look slightly 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 of ebooks will change from "NetLibrary eBooks" to "eBooks on EBSCOhost."

These changes won't go into effect until July, but you can preview them now. Be sure to let us know what you think by calling your librarian Christy at 313.927.1378.

Help protect Michigan libraries

Michigan libraries are in danger due to new proposed budget cuts at the state level. Read more about what's at stake, and learn how to join the fight to protect these invaluable resources:

http://www.milibrariesforthefuture.org/

Please add your voice to the conversation. "The future of Michigan depends on it."

Libraries roar! HarperCollins is limiting e-book check-outs to 26

There's a storm a-brewin' between one of the largest book publishers (HarperCollins) and the library world. On February 24, 2011, new e-book licensing terms were released by Overdrive, a library e-book vendor. Overdrive reported that HarperCollins would begin restricting the number of times an e-book could be checked out before its license expired. That number is 26.

For libraries that have a two week lending period, their license for a HarperCollins e-book will last about a year. For libraries with a three week lending period, their license will last about a year and a half. After 26 check-outs, the book that the library paid for will disappear and they'll be forced to buy a new one.

What are the problems with this new arrangement? Let us count the ways....

• This is a huge step backward in lending rights and library access
• Libraries' budgets are strained enough without this added burden
• Libraries with a shorter (two week) lending period will be disproportionately affected
• Publishers such as HarperCollins do not demand that libraries return their *paper* copies after 26 check-outs. This arrangement seems designed to encourage libraries to buy paper books rather than increasingly popular e-books for their patrons
• This creates a huge new workload for libraries who now have to add an e-book to their catalog, track the number of check-outs, and then remove the e-book from their catalog
• Imagine the impact on the 27th patron, who sees that a book is available in a library's catalog, but oops! No, you're too late, that book no longer exists here (read more) 
• Libraries are losing "the rights to lending and preserving content that we have had for centuries.  We have lost the right to buy a piece of content, lend it to as many people as we want consecutively, and then donate or sell that item when it has outlived its usefulness (if, indeed, that ever happens at all)" (source)

The publishing world has been reluctant to fully embrace the world of e-book lending. Libraries and e-book vendors like Overdrive can not allow HarperCollins' example to set the precedent.

Read more:

• On Twitter: hashtag #hcod
• From a HarperCollins author: http://www.thisbookisoverdue.com/This_Book_Is_Overdue/Blog/Entries/2011/2/28_The_27th_Patron.html
• From ReadWriteWeb: http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/this_library_e-book_will_self-destruct_after_26_ch.php
• From Library Journal: http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/home/889452-264/harpercollins_caps_loans_on_ebook.html.csp
• From BoingBoing: http://www.boingboing.net/2011/02/25/harpercollins-to-lib.html
• Free Range Librarian: http://freerangelibrarian.com/2011/03/02/harpercollins-boycott/
• Overdrive response (March 1): http://overdriveblogs.com/library/2011/03/01/a-message-from-overdrive-on-harpercollins-new-ebook-licensing-terms/
• HarperCollins response (March 1): http://harperlibrary.typepad.com/my_weblog/2011/03/open-letter-to-librarians.html

Meet library assistant (and corset-wearing) Theresa!

Theresa Spiteri is one of our full-time library assistants in the circulation department. She is a history major with a minor in English and will graduate from Marygrove College in May of 2012. After graduation, she plans to attend Wayne State University to obtain a master's degree in library science & information with a concentration in archival work. But she won't stop there! Next she'll obtain her master's degree in history with a military concentration from Norwich University in Pennsylvania, with the long-term goal of earning her Ph.D.

Theresa's path from work study student to full-time assistant has been circuitous. She was our work study student for one semester; when her financial aid package changed she was no longer eligible for work study but remained with us as a volunteer (that's right, folks, a volunteer!) for the remainder of the academic year. The following year she was hired as a part-time employee until finally a full-time position became available. She jumped at the chance, and we were thrilled to hire her.

She enjoys reading, hiking, camping, swimming, and spending time with her family and friends (when she's not studying or working, that is). She also enjoys participating in any activity that relates to history; this year, for example, she visited the Renaissance festival for the first time - corset and all.

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.