Haven’t had time yet to think about where you are going to get full text articles after you graduate? Find out about great free science resources that will keep your mind active but won’t hurt your cash flow. Offered by Mary Iber, Consulting Librarian for the Sciences.
Thursday, May 28 – 1:30 p.m.
Cole Library Room 212
From the Academic Media Studio
I was going to write about this amazingly popular phenomena, but there’s no need now that the college itself has begun to “tweet.” To sign up as a follower, or just to see what it’s like, go to http://twitter.com/CornellCollege. You’ll find updates in 140 characters or less—a type of social networking known as “micro-blogging.” Note the number in the upper right which lets you know how many characters you have left for each post. Veterans of Twitter might want to look at the article 10 Features That Will Make Twitter Better.
Twitter is ubiquitous nowdays-—even used at academic conferences. Heavy users may want the help of “TweetDeck” to sort all of the “information” coming at them from “Twitter.” It’s an Adobe Air desktop application, in public beta. Learn more about by going to http://www.tweetdeck.com/beta.
For those of you who don’t have Photoshop, can’t afford Photoshop, or want to support Open Source software & small enterprises, look at the list of 10 Excellent Open Source and Free Alternatives to Photoshop. The software includes something for all: Mac, Windows and Linux.
The Virtual Manuscript Library of Switzerland provides access to 363 manuscripts from 16 different libraries (though the site will continue to grow). Click on either image to go to the site. The manuscript pages are beautifully photographed and available in a variety of viewing sizes, and you can navigate the site/peruse the metadata in four languages: French, German, Italian or English.
At this time of year, many of us make resolutions about things we want to accomplish in the coming months. At Cole Library, we want to continue to provide the best, most relevant resources for the Cornell College community. So far, we’re off to a strong start.
Through generous support from the Berry Center for Economics, Business, and Public Policy, Cole Library now subscribes to the New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics Online, an excellent reference resource for not only students in economics and business courses, but also students in politics, sociology, computer science, and other disciplines. The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics contains 1,872 articles by 1,506 contributors, including 25 Nobel Laureates in Economics. The articles are written clearly to make them accessible to non-economists as well as specialists in the field.
Features of this online resource include
Check out this highly-regarded reference resource today and let us know what you think!
If you have been having trouble getting to our databases from off campus since the power outage on Sunday, there’s a good reason. We’re working at correcting the underpinnings. In the meantime, if you are are on campus and are going directly from the library page to databases on the list of Electronic Resources, or to Credo Reference or RefWorks, they should be available.
Has your professor mentioned a topic you don’t know enough about? Do you need some background information before you start the deeper searching on your research topic? Our new Credo Reference can search 300 reference sources simultaneously, including encyclopedias, biographies, quotation sources and more. This is great place to explore context and find keywords you might use as you’re doing more searching.
Credo Reference offers many ways to limit your searches including by subject, media, category of resource, reference title, person, and date. You’ll find video and audio clips as well as images. There are convenient links to Cole Library Catalog, JSTOR, and our list of electronic resources for ease in transitioning to scholarly sources. Check out the Gadgets function where you can easily determine that 12 grams = .4233 ounces = .012 kilograms. Citations can be saved to RefWorks. You can also bookmark and share to Facebook or other social networking sites.
