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October/November 2009

GALILEO User Survey

(posted November 10, 2009)

The annual GALILEO user survey offers you the chance to sound off on your experience using GALILEO and the chance to win an iPod Nano. The link to the survey will appear on the GALILEO website http://www.galileo.usg.edu/scholar/aug/subjects/ Monday, November 9—Sunday, November 15.

Questions on the survey are designed to measure the satisfaction and identify the issues experienced by everyone who uses GALILEO.

If you have any questions or need more information, please use GALILEO's Contact Us feature or contact OIIT Customer Services at helpdesk@usg.edu

Auden's Revisions Presented to Reese Library

(posted October 28, 2009)

Joseph P. Campbell, Hull College of Business, will present to Reese Library the book Auden’s Revisions, by William Quesenbery, former chair of the English department at Augusta College—1965-1969.

The purpose of the presentation is to highlight the contributions of Mr. Quesenbery to the college by his teaching, hiring of qualified faculty, and creation of signature programs during the period when Augusta College was striving for recognition as a four year institution.

The presentation will take place on Thursday, November 12, 2009, 2:30 p.m., in the second floor lobby of Reese Library.

September 2009

Reese Library Receives Donation from the Nippon Foundation

(posted September 18, 2009)

Reese Library at Augusta State University has been awarded one hundred books, valued at $4,000, from the Nippon Foundation’s book donation project, 100 Books for Understanding Contemporary Japan. The foundation, based in Tokyo, selected the books to cover every angle of Japanese foreign policy, business and management, society, culture, films and animation, classic and contemporary literature, and history.

Update on MLA citation rules

(posted September 15, 2009)

New MLA (Modern Language Association) Auto-citing Update on WilsonWeb full-text journal resource: The MLA auto-citing feature has been updated to include recommendations from the latest MLA Handbook, Seventh Edition. Our auto-citing feature follows the recommendations for “A Periodical Publication in an Online Database.” You will notice that MLA no longer requires that the Journal Name and the database name to be underlined, but rather that they be italicized. Additionally, they no longer require that the user include the library name or system, city and state in their bibliography. “Web” has been added to indicate the medium of publication consulted, plus the date of access (day, month, and year).

A document called "How to Cite Articles" can be found on Wilson’s Home page. It has been updated to reflect these new changes. See the following for more information -http://www.hwwilson.com/Documentation/WilsonWeb/howtocite/howtocite.htm

H1N1 Information Resource

(posted September 9, 2009)

As public concern about Pandemic H1N1 and the upcoming flu season continues to grow, the medical and nursing editors from EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO) respond by offering the latest evidence-based flu-related information available for free.

This free flu information resource is located at www.ebscohost.com/flu and will provide continually updated, evidence-based clinical information from DynaMed™ and Nursing Reference Center™, EBSCO’s clinical and nursing point-of-care databases, along with patient education information in 17 languages from Patient Education Reference Center™. Please visit this site often and feel free to share, post, and email this link to your colleagues, patrons, family and friends.

To learn about EBSCO’s editorial processes for systematically identifying, evaluating and selecting evidence, visit www.ebscohost.com/flu/evidence.php

 

August 2009

New in ARTstor

(posted August 18, 2009)

ARTstor has partnered with ART on FILE to document contemporary architecture in the Netherlands and Scandinavia including buildings, built-environment projects and landscape architecture.

Christopher Long: Central European Architecture ARTstor has collaborated with the School of Architecture at the University of Texas at Austin to distribute more than 200 images of Central European architecture, including works by Josef Chochol, Karl Ehn, and Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, among others.

ARTstor and the School of Architecture at the University of Texas at Austin have collaborated to share more than 5,700 images from the Hal Box and Logan Wagner Collection of Mexican Architecture and Urban Design.

ARTstor is collaborating with the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin to share images of European prints covering a variety of subject matter, including: political and religious satire, social allegory, science and technology, advertising, erotica, Dance of Death imagery, and historical events.

The Yale University Art Gallery in New Haven, Connecticut, has collaborated with ARTstor to make approximately 18,000 images related to the ancient sites of Dura-Europos in Syria and Gerasa (modern Jerash) in Jordan available in the Digital Library.

July 2009

Reese Library Closed August 7 , 2009

(posted July 13, 2009)

Reese Library will be closed Friday, August 7 for staff development. We will reopen on Monday, August 10 at 8 a.m.

Georgia Newspaper Archives Online

The Milledgeville Historic Newspapers Archive, which includes eleven newspaper titles published in Milledgeville from 1808 to 1920, is now available at http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=miln or through the GALILEO website.

A promotional information sheet can be found at http://www.usg.edu/galileo/docs/mats/DLG-MilledgevilleNewspapers.pdf

The Columbus Enquirer Archive, which includes issues of the Columbus Enquirer newspaper from 1828-1890, is now available at
http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=cole or through the GALILEO website.

A promotional information sheet can be found at http://www.usg.edu/galileo/docs/mats/DLG-ColumbusEnquirer.pdf

June 2009

Discontinued access in GALILEO as of July 1, 2009

(posted June 17, 2009)

College Source Online

Current Contents

CSA—all three: CSA (Illumina), CSA Natural Sciences Collection, CSA Social Sciences Collection

May 2009

NetLibrary eBook of the Month

(posted May 4, 2009)

Encyclopedia of World History— offered by Facts On File, this source offers a balanced presentation of human history for a global perspective on the past.

http://www.netlibrary.com/eBookOfTheMonth/Promo.aspx

(Free unlimited access through May 31, 2009)

April 2009

Meet the Author

(posted April 15, 2009)

Please join us on Thursday, April 30, 2009 at 2:30 p.m. to welcome Dr. Robert Parham, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at ASU, who will speak to us about his life as a poet and journal editor. Reese Library, second floor lobby. Display of Dean Parham’s works Reese Library, first floor display case. Examples of his poetry and the many journals in which it is published.

Artworks on Display in Reese Library

See a display of the photographs taken by Cliff Garzzillo, a graduate of ASU. The exhibit is titled “Imagine,” and includes images from his travels and one very original self portrait.

NetLibrary eBook of the Month

(April 1-30 only)

After the War: Nation-Building from FDR to George W. Bush
By: James Dobbins, Michele A. Poole, Austin Long, Benjamin Runkle
The RAND Corporation, 2008

This book addresses the manner in which U.S. policy toward postconflict reconstruction has been created and implemented and the effect that these processes have had on mission outcomes. Through the lens of presidential decision making style and administrative structure, from the post-World War II era through the Cold War, post-Cold War era, and current war on terrorism, it is both possible and necessary to reassess how these elements can work in favor of, as well as against, the nation-building goals of the U.S. government and military and those of its coalition partners and allies.

After the War will be provided with free, unlimited access
April 1-30 through NetLibrary in GALILEO.

New in ARTstor

• Contemporary architecture: This is a recent release of more than 850 new direct digital photographs of contemporary architecture in Spain from ART on FILE.

• Additional images from the Metropolitan Museum of Art: Nearly 2,000 images from the MMA have been added to the Digital Library.

March 2009

NetLibrary eBook of the Month

(posted March 3, 2009)

Two Billion Cars: Driving Toward Sustainability will be provided with free, unlimited access March 1-31 at:

http://www.netlibrary.com/eBookOfTheMonth/Promo.aspx

In Two Billion Cars, transportation experts Daniel Sperling and Deborah Gordon provide a concise history of America's love affair with cars and an overview of the global oil and auto industries. They zero in on reforming our gas-guzzling culture, expanding the search for low-carbon fuels, environment-friendly innovations in transportation planning, and more. Promising advances in both transportation technology and fuel efficiency together with shifts in travel behavior, they suggest, offer us a realistic way out of our predicament.

January/February 2009

New in ARTstor

(posted January 26, 2009)

More images from the Contemporary Art (Larry Qualls Archive) are available in ARTstor. These document three decades of contemporary art exhibitions at galleries and other exhibition spaces throughout New York City and elsewhere.

Additional images from the Art, Archaeology, and Architecture (Erich Lessing Culture and Fine Arts Archives) are now available. This release focuses on Ancient Near Eastern, Egyptian, Greek, and Roman art, as well as Early Christian and Byzantine art.

Images have been added to the Art, Archaeology, and Architecture (Canyonlights World Art Image Bank) collection, which focus on Classical architecture and archaeological sites in Greece, Italy, and Turkey.

New in ARTstor

(posted January 9, 2009)

Collection release —Ferguson-Royce: Pre-Columbian Photography
Now available in the Digital Library approximately 4,200 images of Pre-Columbian archaeological sites from the University of Texas at Austin Ferguson/Royce Archive.

Architectural photography of Philadelphia by Ralph Lieberman
ARTstor has sponsored an extended photographic campaign in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by Ralph Lieberman focusing on the city's historic and contemporary architecture, as well as its public art and sculpture.

Additional images of architecture in Venice from Sarah Quill
Approximately 600 additional images have been added to the ARTstor Digital Library from Sarah Quill's photographic archive of Venice, where she has been photographing buildings and civic life for more than 30 years. There are now approximately 800 images in the collection.

World War I & II postcards and posters
Approximately 5,740 images depicting posters and postcards from World Wars I and II from the University of Minnesota Libraries has been added to the Digital Library. This collection includes works by artists such as James Montgomery Flagg, James H. Daugherty, Ben Shahn, Gil Spear, and Otto Fischer. The collection is international in scope and contains materials from a range of governmental, commercial, and charitable organizations.

November/December 2008

New Nursing Resource in GALILEO

(posted December 16, 2008)

ProQuest has recently announced the addition of the publication "CultureVision" to the Nursing and Allied Health database. In order to access CultureVision, click on the "Publications" link within ProQuest Nursing and Allied Health. Then, search for "CultureVision."

What is CultureVision?
-Cultural competency reports supporting health service professionals in providing culturally competent patient care
-Extensive reports based on exhaustive reviews of scholarly literature
-Currently includes reports for 30 ethnicities and 11 religions, for a full list, click here:

http://productbook/docs/pqcentral/culturevision_coverage_list.doc

If you have any further questions about CultureVision, please submit a comment to GALILEO Support using the "Contact Us" button within the GALILEO homepage.

New in ARTstor

Architecture in Britain
Newly digitized images of architecture from the archive of Brian Davis: architectural and garden sites in Europe, primarily architecture in Britain from the Middle Ages to the early 20th Century.

Cave temples at Ellora
From the archive of Deepanjana Danda Klein, photographs relating to the architecture and sculpture of the rock-cut cave temples at Ellora in Maharashtra, India. Focuses on Buddhist caves, the earliest structures dating from 500 to 700 C.E.

New in ARTstor

(posted December 1, 2008)

Josef and Anni Albers Foundation collection of works including paintings, drawings, prints and textiles as well as personal photographs and photo collages.

More images from the Museum of Modern Art Archives comprehensive collection of exhibition installation photographs.

Architectural photographs from Wayne Andrews, renowned architectural historian and photographer.

Digital images of modern architecture from the archive of Ezra Stoller, recognized as the leading American architectural photographer of the 20th century.

Gernsheim Photographic Corpus of Drawings, from the 15th to the early 20th century.

Asian Art Collection from Connecticut College.

New images from Google Image Search

(posted November 19, 2008)

Photos from LIFE Magazine photo archive.

This effort to bring offline images online was inspired by Google’s mission to organize the entire world's information and make it universally accessible and useful. This collection of newly-digitized images includes photos and etchings produced and owned by LIFE dating all the way back to the 1750s.

Search Google Images at: http://images.google.com

New in GALILEO

(posted November 13, 2008)

CLIO Notes have been added to America: History & Life and Historical Abstracts on EBSCOhost.

CLIO Notes for America: History & Life will guide you through subjects in United States history, by allowing you to browse through chronologies and brief summaries of significant events and themes in American history.

CLIO Notes for Historical Abstracts will guide you through subjects in World History since 1450 (excluding the United States and Canada), by allowing you to browse through chronologies and brief summaries of significant events and themes in modern history.

New in ARTstor

ARTstor is partnering with the Seattle Art Museum to share more than 2,500 high-quality images of works from the museum’s permanent collection, including representations of non-Western art from a wide range of cultures and time periods.

ARTstor is collaborating with James Conlon to share approximately 800 contemporary photographs depicting architecture and cultural sites and objects in Mali and Yemen.

ARTstor and Columbia University are pleased to announce their continued collaboration intended to encourage the use of QuickTime Virtual Reality (QTVR) panoramas in teaching, learning, and scholarship.

ARTstor has released an additional 3,700 images to the Community Murals Collection (Timothy Drescher) in the Digital Library. The collection now includes 5,600 images from Drescher’s photographic archive of contemporary community murals in Los Angeles,
San Francisco, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C.

Sara N. James contributed more than 600 images of European architecture and sculpture to ARTstor, now available in the Digital Library. This collection focuses on Italian and English architecture.

New in GALILEO

(posted November 5, 2008)

A change has been made to improve the navigation to specific databases in GALILEO: the database names in the GALILEO search forms are now hot-linked directly to the database. These links should make it easier for users to link directly to the native interfaces for these resources. Users will also have quick access via the primary GALILEO search page. Please share this information with others, especially students.

Artworks on Display in Reese Library

Original artwork by Reese Library staff member and ASU alum Miriam Zecharias is featured in the gallery area on the second floor of the library. The display is titled "Radiance of Compassion" and includes a series of portraits which "...express her deeply felt gratitude to those who made and continue to make the difference in people’s lives...."

The pictures will remain on display through January.

 

September/October 2008

Big Shift Completed

(Posted October 31, 2008)

All of Reese Library's books with Library of Congress call numbers (A to Z) are now on the 3rd floor. Be sure to notice the "Library Location: 3rd Floor Stacks" notice in GIL, the online catalog. If the listing says "Not Checked Out" it should be on the shelf on the 3rd floor.

GIL Express Suspension Postponed

(Posted October 1, 2008)

We have received many concerns from faculty and administrators around the System with respect to the negative impact a suspension of the GIL Express service will have on core activities such as instruction and research. We want to be responsive to these concerns and so we are continuing GIL Express through the end of Fall Semester with the expressed intent of finding a way to support this service going forward. I believe that working in good faith with all areas of the System Office and our campuses, we can find a way to address the required budget cuts while maintaining this critical service.

Thanks to all who have voiced concerns about the loss of GIL Express. We want to make the best decisions we can in these difficult times to protect the viability of the very reasons we exist; teaching, learning, and scholarship.

Dr. Tom Maier
Vice Chancellor/CIO
Board of Regents
University System of Georgia
270 Washington St.
Atlanta, GA 30334
Phone# 404 657-1588
Fax# 404 651-9497

Who Was Edison Marshall?

(Posted September 24, 2008)

Edison Marshall was a well-known author of historical fiction who lived in Augusta from the 1920's until his death in 1967. During this time, he published works exemplifying American taste in adventure and history. Among his long fiction is: The Viking, 1951, which was made into a motion picture starring Kirk Douglas and Tony Curtis. Reese Library is fortunate to be the holder of the archives of his work, including first editions, original manuscripts and proofs.

See the display in the first floor lobby of the library for more information Edison Marshall and his works. For more information contact Mellie Kerins, 4912 or mkerins@aug.edu.

 

Let’s Talk About It!

(Posted September 5, 2008)

Modern Marvels: Jewish Adventures in the Graphic Novel

Reese Library will host a reading and discussion series on Jewish literature beginning on Monday, September 8. Robert Bledsoe, associate professor of German at ASU, will lead the series which will cover the following graphic novels:

“A Contract with God” by Will Eisner – September 8

“Maus I & II” by Art Spiegelman – October 6

“Julius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer: Stories” by Ben Katchor – October 27

“The Quitter” by Harvey Pekar – November 17

“The Rabbi’s Cat” by Joann Sfar – December 8

The sessions begin at 6:30 p.m. To register for this free program or for more information, call 706-729-2166 or email ypayne@aug.edu.

Constitution Day September 17, 2008

Please join Reese Library as we celebrate Constitution Day 2008, the 221st anniversary of our nation's founding document.
Reese Library’s Government Documents Department will be handing out pocket size copies of the United States Constitution. Voter registration applications will be available in the first floor lobby.

 

Voter's Self-Defense Manuals

Voter's Self-Defense Manuals from Project Vote Smart are available at the circulation desk. These booklets contain key voting records, issue positions, campaign contributions and contact information for elected officials by state.

Meet the Author

Dr. Gaye Ortiz, an instructor for ASU’s Communications and Professional Writing Department, will talk about her newest book, Theology and Film: Challenging the Sacred/Secular Divide. The event will take place on Tuesday, October 21, at 2:30 p.m. in the second floor lobby of the Reese Library.

New in ARTstor

Minneapolis College of Art and Design collection—depicting works of art and architecture

Charles W. Moore collection—works of architecture

Franklin Furnace Archives (through Contemporary Art)—documentation of artists’ books, performance art, site-specific works, and other time-based ephemeral arts

Larry Qualls Archives (through Contemporary Art)—documents three decades of contemporary art exhibitions at galleries and other exhibition spaces throughout New York City and elsewhere

A.C. Cooper and Related Archives (through Frick Art Reference Library)—images of glass plate and nitrate negatives, with a focus on paintings

Sansoni Archive (through Frick Art Reference Library)—unique visual record of lesser-known and largely unpublished works of art, many of which have subsequently been damaged, lost, or destroyed

New in Project MUSE

Oral History Review—articles deal with a broad spectrum of social groups and their cultures through the use of interviews, songs, photos, diagrams, and storytelling

July/August 2008

Seashells on Display in Reese Library

(Posted July 17, 2008)

Enjoy a little bit of summer ambience.

Come into the library and visit the display case on the first floor for a display on seashells.

 

Free Online Sources

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

The digitized version of the old (1915) ISBE is now available free at: http://www.studylight.org/enc/isb/.

Compact Oxford English Dictionary
http://www.askoxford.com/dictionaries/compact_oed/?view=uk

Little Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (2nd Ed.)
http://www.askoxford.com/dictionaries/quotation_dict/?view=uk

Concise Dictionary of First Names
http://www.askoxford.com/dictionaries/name_dict/?view=uk

 

May/June 2008

ARTstor Updates

(Posted June 17, 2008)

The Bodleian Library of the University of Oxford and ARTstor announce the release of 25,000 high-quality images digitized from the Bodleian Library’s outstanding collection of Medieval and Renaissance illuminated manuscripts.

ARTstor has added 120 new images to the Classical Sculptures collection, which focuses on unique Greek, Hellenistic, and Roman sculptures.

Approximately 3,500 images from the Erich Lessing Culture and Fine Arts Archives focus on key European artists and collections from major European museums outside Italy.

New images of Pre-Columbian objects and sites from the Southwest United States, Central America, South America, Europe, and Egypt have been added from the Moreen O’Brien Maser Memorial Collection at Skidmore College.

The Warburg Institute will contribute approximately 10K images of Renaissance and Baroque book illustrations to the ARTstor Digital Library.

 

National Academy of Sciences Update

National Academy of Sciences Biographical Memoirs

Over the next several months, the entire collection of Biographical Memoirs will be available online as PDFs. Go to: http://www.nasonline.org/site/PageServer?pagename=MEMOIRS_A

 

New Web Site Helps Find Local Health Services

(Posted June 2, 2008)

Just launched, Georgia Health--Go Local (www.gahealthgolocal.org) provides information and links to hospitals, doctors, clinics, support groups, immunization programs, home health care, and other programs and services people can use to find help for themselves and their loved ones. Topics include weight loss clinics, adult daycare, and where to take a first aid course. For more information contact Reese Library Reference @706-737-1748 or reference@aug.edu.

 

New in GALILEO

(posted May 28, 2008)

Short Story Index and Short Story Index Retrospective from H.W. Wilson.

Short Story Index Electronic Edition is the electronic version of the standard reference work Short Story Index. It is an index to short stories written in or translated into English that have appeared in collections and selected periodicals. The periodicals are those indexed in Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature and Humanities Index.

Short Story Index Retrospective is a bibliographic index of short stories written in or translated into English that have appeared in collections and selected periodicals. The periodicals are those indexed from the Short Story Index, going back to its beginnings in 1915. In-depth subject indexing helps to find stories by topics and themes, locales of where the story takes place, genre, and by people. This database can be searched simultaneously with the Short Story Index to access nearly a century of short stories. Entries feature links to other works by the author and other stories in the source collection. Dates Covered: 1915-1983.

 

Artworks on Display in Reese Library

On the second floor, in the gallery area, original artwork by ASU alum Theresa Hall. The display is titled "Beauty and the Beast" and includes a group of four paintings called "Collateral Damage," which addresses the tragic reality of many children living in the Middle East. The pictures will remain on display through the summer.

 

What's New and Free on The Net

Bartleby.com
http://www.bartleby.com/

The preeminent Internet publisher of literature, reference and verse providing students, researchers and the intellectually curious with unlimited access to books and information on the web, free of charge.

The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy
http://www.bartleby.com/59/

The manifestation of one of the most influential modern educational theories, the 6,900 entries in this major new reference work form the touchstone of what it means to be not only just a literate American but an active citizen in our multicultural democracy.

March/April 2008

New in GALILEO

(posted April 24, 2008)

Time Magazine Searchable Archive, 1923—Present

Contains covers, articles, and excerpts from articles from 1923 to the present.

 

New in Project MUSE

Women in German Yearbook: Feminist Studies in German Literature and Culture
This publication presents a wide range of feminist approaches to all aspects of German literature, culture, and language.

Twentieth-Century China
This is a biannual scholarly journal with issues appearing in November and April. Articles are original contributions that set forth innovative research and methodologies engaging significant historiographic or interpretive issues regarding China 's long twentieth century as seen through the mainland, Taiwan , Hong Kong , or diasporic activities.

IEEE Annals of the History of Computing
From the analytical engine to the supercomputer, from Pascal to von Neumann, from punched cards to CD-ROMs—this journal covers the breadth of computer history.

Journal of Film and Video
Focuses on scholarship in the fields of film and video production, history, theory, criticism, and aesthetics.

Contagion, Journal of Violence, Mimesis, and Culture
This is the official journal of the Colloquium on Violence and Religion. Covers the fields of conflict resolution, theology, Biblical, Hebrew, and Islamic studies, social and biological science, feminism, literary studies in both classical and modern languages, polite and popular culture, art and music, film studies, philosophy, economics, psychology, ecology, pedagogy and educational theory, and rhetoric.

New Look to GALILEO

A change for the better (we hope.)  Beginning March 17, GALILEO has a new look, the culmination of many months of work, including testing and retesting the site.  It really is a cleaner look, and easier to use.  As always, if you have any questions about GALILEO, or anything related to research, contact Reference at Reese Library, 706-737-1748. 

 

Postcards on Display

Come to Reese Library, third floor display case right outside the elevator, and see a display of historical postcard views of Augusta.  They are from the Burdishaw Symms collection held in Special Collections and are quite interesting.

 

Special Article About Special Library Employee

Check out this article from the Electronic Library Support Staff Journal http://associates.ucr.edu/journal/about Carol Waggoner-Angleton, who works in Special Collections in Reese Library. A snippet:

“Some of the highlights include working with patrons on their research projects and coordinating presentations for Georgia Archives Month. I also do original research for these events, publish articles, coordinate workshops, prepare grant applications, arrange and describe collections, create finding aids, prepare project proposals, do archival instruction, create Special Collections displays and supervise my wonderful student assistants. Routine correspondence, data entry, filing, shelving and shelf reading, preparing book orders and ordering office and archival supplies fill what remains of the workday.”

 

New in ARTstor

ARTstor is pleased to announce the addition of over 5,400 images to the Contemporary Architecture, Urban Design, and Public Art (ART on FILE Collection.)
There has also been an addition of about 9,000 images to the ARTstor Digital Library from the Frick Art Reference Library.

ARTstor announces the addition of 1,200 modern and contemporary images from around the world by the Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C.

The Cornell Fine Arts Museum at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida has contributed 60 images of American and European prints and paintings to ARTstor.

Approximately 4,700 digitized teaching slides have been added to ARTstor’s Modern Latin American Art Collection.  They are from Professor Jacqueline Barnitz’s collection (Art and Art History Department at the University of Texas, Austin.)

New in Project MUSE

The Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth, an international, scholarly journal, explores the development of childhood and youth cultures and the experiences of young people across diverse times and places.