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A year of Research. You rocked it!
31 May 2016

A year of Research. You rocked it!

by Sarah Ludwig | posted in: Databases, General Works, Library News, Research | 0

You rocked the research this year!   Check it out.   Over 10,000 visits were made to the top 3 research guides.   Libguides Admin Dashboard: Statistics Page 9-14-2105 to 5-27-2016.  Springshare. Web. May 27, 2016.     What library eCollections … Continued

Databases, eBooks, Research, Research Guide
Your favorite Kanopy titles
26 May 2016

Your favorite Kanopy titles

by Sarah Ludwig | posted in: Databases, General Works, History, Humanities, Language, Research, Social Sciences | 0

In January 2016, the library bumped up its Kanopy educational video offerings from a few hundred to 26,000.   There have been 486 plays in those 5 months, totaling 8,021 minutes of viewing time.       What films have been … Continued

documentary, Film, Kanopy, streaming, streaming video
Dreaming of Summer Reading?
24 May 2016

Dreaming of Summer Reading?

by Sarah Ludwig | posted in: General Works, Literature | 0

The library just added 63 titles to its Overdrive popular fiction eBook collection.   New-to-us works include titles from the Divergent, Selection and Percy Jackson series.   Access the entire Overdrive collection, anytime, anywhere; simply log in with your SPS credentials. … Continued

eBooks, Overdrive, popular fiction, summer
Why do we cite?
26 Apr 2016

Why do we cite?

by Sarah Ludwig | posted in: General Works, Humanities, Research | 0

The Hum. 4 paper is due in a few short days & my inbox is happily filled with citation conundrums.   Why do we do it?   Academics cite for a variety of good reasons, including: To supply the reader … Continued

Citation, Humanities, Humanities IV, Humanities IV Research Paper, MLA, Noodletools, reference, Research
How fast does JSTOR grow?
21 Apr 2016

How fast does JSTOR grow?

by Sarah Ludwig | posted in: Databases, General Works, History, Humanities, Language, Literature, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, Religion, Research, Social Sciences | 0

   JSTOR is one of the library’s most popular digital collections. Thousands of searches are conducted in JSTOR over a typical year, sometimes thousands of searches are run in a single month.   From a recent email, JSTOR, in 2015, … Continued

ejournals, Jstor, Research

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