Monday, March 21, 2011

Save the Date! One Book, One Community Special Event

You are invited to join colleagues and friends on April 11 in the Africa Room on the 3rd floor of the Student Union for a lunchtime book discussion from 12-1 p.m. Members of the campus community will lead table discussions and encourage your thoughts and comments about Cami Walker’s 29 day giving challenge that changed her life. Come a few minutes early and reserve your seat at a table. Brown bag it - dessert and drinks will be provided. Hope to see you there!

All attendees may participate in a drawing to win the 29 Gifts Starter Kit which includes a signed copy of the book, journal, bookmark and gift tags.

To get started reading this inspirational story pick up a copy of the One Book title, 29 Gifts: How a Month of Giving Can Change Your Life by Cami Walker at the Barnes & Noble Bookstore in the Power Center.

For more information about the author, 29 Gifts, and author talks in Pittsburgh during April, visit the Allegheny County Library Association Web site at

http://onebookonecommunity.org/home/.

Related sites:

29gifts.org

29GiftsBook.com

www.SecretAgentL.com

For more information contact Melodie Frankovitch at 412.396.1342 or frankovitchm@duq.edu.

Friday, March 11, 2011

E-ZBorrow Upgrade Enhances Borrowing Process

Using E-ZBorrow has just gotten easier for Gumberg Library users as new software streamlines the book-borrowing process. PALCI, a group of academic libraries with a reciprocal lending and borrowing agreement, developed E-ZBorrow in 2004. The resource, which is a self-serve version of interlibrary loan, enables a user to search the library holdings of more than 50 colleges and universities and then request that a book be sent to a library on his or her campus. The new website, powered by Relais software, is now operational as of March 28. Under the new system, one search simultaneously scans the catalogs of all participating PALCI libraries. Users can also expect better results because of an advanced search option that will enable them to narrow their inquiries. Results will be displayed in order of relevance and can also be sorted by author, title, newest, or oldest. Response time for a search will be almost immediate. E-ZBorrow is a popular resource, with member libraries completing about 5,000 transactions in an average week. Last year, Gumberg Library borrowed 5,382 books for Duquesne users via E-ZBorrow and loaned 5,547 books to other E-ZBorrow participating libraries.

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Gumberg Library Calendar of Spring Events

March 17-18, Silverman Center Symposia, Power Center Ballroom

April 6-7, One Book, One Community author visit

29 Gifts: How a month of giving can change your life

Author: Cami Walker

Details at http://onebookonecommunity.org/home/

April 11-15, National Library Week

· One Book, One Community discussion, Africa Room

· 50% Scholastic Book Sale, Union

· Benefits Fair, Library Table, Power Center

· Spring Guitars, Curriculum Center

· Library Scholarship Display, Gumberg Reference area

· 4th Floor Renovation Study completed

April 25-May 3, 24-hour study

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

New e-Books Now Available in DuCat

The following e-Books are now available in DuCat. For a complete listing of the library’s e-Book collection see “Books & More” on the library’s Web site.

The Chicago Manual of Style, 16th edition-provides electronic access to the complete text of the manual and a Q&A feature which allows users to submit questions and receive updates.

Other e-Books now available:

Gale e-Books

College Blue Book
[Melton’s] Encyclopedia of American Religions
Real-Life Math
Notable Black American Men

Elsevier ScienceDirect e-books

Movement Disorders in Childhood
Rheumatology: Evidence-Based Practice for Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists Developing Solid Oral Dosage Forms
Challenges in Delivery of Therapeutic Genomics and Proteomics
Animal and Translational Models for CNS Drug Discovery
Information Resources in Toxicology
Fundamentals of Toxicologic Pathology

Oxford Handbooks (e-Books)

The Oxford Handbook of Holocaust Studies
The Oxford Handbook of Dead Sea Scrolls
The Oxford Handbook of Evangelical Theology
The Oxford Handbook of Religious Diversity
The Oxford Handbook of Law and Politics
The Oxford Handbook of International Relations
The Oxford Handbook of Political Methodology
The Oxford Handbook of Political Theory
The Oxford Handbook of Contextual Political Analysis
The Oxford Handbook of Public Policy
The Oxford Handbook of Political Institutions
The Oxford Handbook of Political Economy
The Oxford Handbook on the United Nations
The Oxford Handbook of Political Behavior
The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Politics
The Oxford Handbook of British Politics
The Oxford Handbook of the American Presidency
The Oxford Handbook of American Political Parties and Interest Groups
The Oxford Handbook of American Elections and Political Behavior
The Oxford Handbook of Canadian Politics
The Oxford Handbook of National Security Intelligence
The Oxford Handbook of the Welfare State
The Oxford Handbook of Church and State in the United States
The Oxford Handbook of American Bureaucracy
The Oxford Handbook of Local and Regional Democracy in Europe
The Oxford Handbook of Corporate Social Responsibility
The Oxford Handbook of Organizational Well-Being
The Oxford Handbook of Public Management
The Oxford Handbook of International Business
The Oxford Handbook of Personnel Psychology
The Oxford Handbook of Critical Management Studies
The Oxford Handbook of Business History
The Oxford Handbook of Pensions and Retirement Income
The Oxford Handbook of Strategy
The Oxford Handbook of Organization Theory: Meta-theoretical Perspectives
The Oxford Handbook of Inter-Organizational Relations
The Oxford Handbook of Innovation
The Oxford Handbook of Organizational Decision Making
The Oxford Handbook of Work and Organization
The Oxford Handbook of Sociology and Organization Studies: Classical Foundations
The Oxford Handbook of Entrepreneurship
The Oxford Handbook of Human Resource Management
The Oxford Handbook of Information and Communication Technologies
The Oxford Handbook of Participation in Organizations
The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Institutional Analysis
The Oxford Handbook of Business and Government
The Oxford Handbook of Business Groups
The Oxford Handbook of Regulation

NetLibrary e-books

Clinical Prediction Rules: A Physical Therapy Reference Manual
Institutional Review Board: Member Handbook, 3rd Edition
Adaptive Health Management Information Systems: Concepts, Cases, and Practical Applications, 3rd Edition
Cram’s Introduction to Surface Electromyography, 2nd Edition
Legal Aspects of Elder Care
Essentials of Medical Genetics for Health Professionals
Pharmacy Education: What Matters in Learning and Teaching
Scripps Whittier Diabetes Institute Guide to Patient Management and Prevention of Diabetes



RefWorks @ Gumberg Library in March


Getting Started with RefWorks
March 17. 3-4 p.m.
408 Gumberg Library

Create an account and learn to create and import references and generate a bibliography.

Advanced RefWorks
March 21. 4-5 p.m.
408 Gumberg Library

After attending "Getting Started with RefWorks," come to learn more about additional features, adding in-text citations and footnotes, and how to format a paper and bibliography from within RefWorks.

Registration recommended but not required. Email Lisa Sciulli at sciullie@duq.edu to register.