To increase the likelihood of delivery of Interlibrary Loan materials to Duquesne University users prior to holiday closures, please submit requests through ILLiad by Wednesday, December 14, 2011.
Materials received for Duquesne University users will be posted electronically or available for pick-up at the library until 3:00PM on Thursday, December 22, 2011.
Processing of requests received during the holiday break will resume on Wednesday, January 4, 2012.
Please contact the Interlibrary Loan Department by telephone at 412-396-5341 or via email at illservice@duq.edu with any questions. Happy Holidays!
Monday, December 12, 2011
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Postponed until 2012: Scheduled Outage for Elsevier Products
Please note: Elsevier has decided to postpone scheduled maintenance until early 2012. You will be notified about further details regarding timing and duration.
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Credo eBook Collection Adds New Titles
Credo Reference is a completely customizable full-text general reference database that covers every major subject area from the world's best publishers of reference.
New Credo Reference titles now available in DuCat:
• Cambridge handbook of consciousness
• Collins dictionary of British history
• Dictionary of British history
• Encyclopedia of special education
• Encyclopedia of Women's Health
• Animals and Science: A Guide to the Debates
• Animals: a visual encyclopedia
• The Cambridge encyclopedia of hunters and gatherers
• The Cambridge handbook of sociocultural psychology
• The Cambridge handbook of personal relationships
• Dictionary of probation and offender management
• A dictionary of sociolinguistics
• The Edinburgh international encyclopaedia of psychoanalysis
• Encyclopedia of women's autobiography
• Encyclopedia of world trade: from ancient times to the present
• Gender and education
• Great Irish lives: an era in obituaries
• Homosexuality and science: a guide to the debates
• The human body book: an illustrated guide to its structure, function and disorders
• Key thinkers in psychology
• Philosophy of education
• Political corruption in America: an encyclopedia of scandals, power, and greed
• Pop culture Arab world!: media, arts, and lifestyle
• Pop culture Russia!: media, arts, and lifestyle
• The Praeger handbook of Latino education in the U.S.
• Religious holidays and calendars
• The Wisden archive of cricketers' lives, 2010
• Handbook of global environmental politics
• A handbook of globalisation and environmental policy
• KJV (The Holy Bible, King James Version)
• Human evolution: a guide to the debates
• Iberia and the Americas
• Ireland and the Americas: culture, politics, and history
• Jablonski's dictionary of medical acronyms & abbreviations
• Key concepts in early childhood education & care
• Key concepts in ethnography
• Key concepts in feminist theory and research
• Key concepts in journalism studies
• Key concepts in medical sociology
• Key Concepts in Political Communication
• Key concepts in postcolonial literature
• Key concepts in public relations
• Key concepts in work
• Key contemporary concepts
• Key ideas in linguistics and the philosophy of language
• Key thinkers in linguistics and the philosophy of language
• Islam
• The new encyclopedia of Judaism
• The Nobel Memorial laureates in economics
• The Palgrave Macmillan dictionary of political thought
• The Palgrave Macmillan dictionary of women's biography
• The Penguin dictionary of biology
• Philosophy of science A-Z
• Political philosophy A-Z
• Pop culture China!: media, arts, and lifestyle
• Pop culture Germany!: media, arts, and lifestyle
• Pop culture India!: media, arts, and lifestyle
• Pop culture Latin America!: media, arts, and lifestyle
• Power and succession in Arab monarchies
• The Princeton encyclopedia of the world economy
• The Qur’an (Koran)
• The religious right
• Ripples of hope: great American civil rights speeches
• The Sage dictionary of cultural studies
• The social science jargon buster
• The Underground Railroad
• Who Was Who at Waterloo: A Biography of the Battle
• Who's who in economics
• Women's history as scientists: a guide to the debates
• World politics since 1945
• 1000 CEOs
• Fifty key concepts in gender studies
• A-Z of social research: a dictionary of key social science research concepts
• Africa and the Americas: culture, politics, and history
• American environmental leaders: from colonial times to the present
• Biographical Dictionary of Dissenting Economists
• Biographical Dictionary of Women Economists
• Myth: myths and legends of the world explored
• The brain book
• Britain and the Americas: culture, politics, and history
• The Cambridge handbook of age and ageing
• The Cambridge handbook of expertise and expert performance
• The Cambridge handbook of psychology and economic behaviour
• Cambridge handbook of psychology, health and medicine
• Dictionary of literary characters
• Collins dictionary of sociology
• Consciousness:a guide to the debates
• Critical terms for religious studies
• Dictionary of policing
• Dictionary of prisons and punishment
• Dictionary of race, ethnicity and culture
• Spanish law dictionary
• Dictionary of youth justice
• The Elgar Companion to Consumer Research and Economic Psychology
• The Elgar Companion to Feminist Economics
• The Elgar dictionary of economic quotations
• Encyclopedia of cremation
• Encyclopedia of emancipation and abolition in the Transatlantic world
• Encyclopedia of intelligence and counterintelligence
• An Encyclopedia of Keynesian Economics
• An encyclopedia of macroeconomics
• Encyclopedia of Mexico
• Feminist philosophies A-Z
• First ladies of the United States
• The Focal illustrated dictionary of telecommunications
• France and the Americas: culture, politics, and history
• From suffrage to the Senate: America's political women
• Germany and the Americas: culture, politics, and history
• A Glossary of Political Theory
• A glossary of UK government and politics
• The great dinosaur controversy: a guide to the debates
• Great lives: a century in obituaries
• Great Military Lives: Leadership and Courage - In Obituaries.
• Great thinkers A-Z
• Great Victorian lives: an era in obituaries
• Guide to Economic Indicators
New Credo Reference titles now available in DuCat:
• Cambridge handbook of consciousness
• Collins dictionary of British history
• Dictionary of British history
• Encyclopedia of special education
• Encyclopedia of Women's Health
• Animals and Science: A Guide to the Debates
• Animals: a visual encyclopedia
• The Cambridge encyclopedia of hunters and gatherers
• The Cambridge handbook of sociocultural psychology
• The Cambridge handbook of personal relationships
• Dictionary of probation and offender management
• A dictionary of sociolinguistics
• The Edinburgh international encyclopaedia of psychoanalysis
• Encyclopedia of women's autobiography
• Encyclopedia of world trade: from ancient times to the present
• Gender and education
• Great Irish lives: an era in obituaries
• Homosexuality and science: a guide to the debates
• The human body book: an illustrated guide to its structure, function and disorders
• Key thinkers in psychology
• Philosophy of education
• Political corruption in America: an encyclopedia of scandals, power, and greed
• Pop culture Arab world!: media, arts, and lifestyle
• Pop culture Russia!: media, arts, and lifestyle
• The Praeger handbook of Latino education in the U.S.
• Religious holidays and calendars
• The Wisden archive of cricketers' lives, 2010
• Handbook of global environmental politics
• A handbook of globalisation and environmental policy
• KJV (The Holy Bible, King James Version)
• Human evolution: a guide to the debates
• Iberia and the Americas
• Ireland and the Americas: culture, politics, and history
• Jablonski's dictionary of medical acronyms & abbreviations
• Key concepts in early childhood education & care
• Key concepts in ethnography
• Key concepts in feminist theory and research
• Key concepts in journalism studies
• Key concepts in medical sociology
• Key Concepts in Political Communication
• Key concepts in postcolonial literature
• Key concepts in public relations
• Key concepts in work
• Key contemporary concepts
• Key ideas in linguistics and the philosophy of language
• Key thinkers in linguistics and the philosophy of language
• Islam
• The new encyclopedia of Judaism
• The Nobel Memorial laureates in economics
• The Palgrave Macmillan dictionary of political thought
• The Palgrave Macmillan dictionary of women's biography
• The Penguin dictionary of biology
• Philosophy of science A-Z
• Political philosophy A-Z
• Pop culture China!: media, arts, and lifestyle
• Pop culture Germany!: media, arts, and lifestyle
• Pop culture India!: media, arts, and lifestyle
• Pop culture Latin America!: media, arts, and lifestyle
• Power and succession in Arab monarchies
• The Princeton encyclopedia of the world economy
• The Qur’an (Koran)
• The religious right
• Ripples of hope: great American civil rights speeches
• The Sage dictionary of cultural studies
• The social science jargon buster
• The Underground Railroad
• Who Was Who at Waterloo: A Biography of the Battle
• Who's who in economics
• Women's history as scientists: a guide to the debates
• World politics since 1945
• 1000 CEOs
• Fifty key concepts in gender studies
• A-Z of social research: a dictionary of key social science research concepts
• Africa and the Americas: culture, politics, and history
• American environmental leaders: from colonial times to the present
• Biographical Dictionary of Dissenting Economists
• Biographical Dictionary of Women Economists
• Myth: myths and legends of the world explored
• The brain book
• Britain and the Americas: culture, politics, and history
• The Cambridge handbook of age and ageing
• The Cambridge handbook of expertise and expert performance
• The Cambridge handbook of psychology and economic behaviour
• Cambridge handbook of psychology, health and medicine
• Dictionary of literary characters
• Collins dictionary of sociology
• Consciousness:a guide to the debates
• Critical terms for religious studies
• Dictionary of policing
• Dictionary of prisons and punishment
• Dictionary of race, ethnicity and culture
• Spanish law dictionary
• Dictionary of youth justice
• The Elgar Companion to Consumer Research and Economic Psychology
• The Elgar Companion to Feminist Economics
• The Elgar dictionary of economic quotations
• Encyclopedia of cremation
• Encyclopedia of emancipation and abolition in the Transatlantic world
• Encyclopedia of intelligence and counterintelligence
• An Encyclopedia of Keynesian Economics
• An encyclopedia of macroeconomics
• Encyclopedia of Mexico
• Feminist philosophies A-Z
• First ladies of the United States
• The Focal illustrated dictionary of telecommunications
• France and the Americas: culture, politics, and history
• From suffrage to the Senate: America's political women
• Germany and the Americas: culture, politics, and history
• A Glossary of Political Theory
• A glossary of UK government and politics
• The great dinosaur controversy: a guide to the debates
• Great lives: a century in obituaries
• Great Military Lives: Leadership and Courage - In Obituaries.
• Great thinkers A-Z
• Great Victorian lives: an era in obituaries
• Guide to Economic Indicators
24 Hour Study for Finals @ Gumberg Library
Gumberg Library will be open continuously from 7 a.m. Monday, December 5 through 9 p.m. Wednesday, December 14. Card swipe entry will be required between 9 p.m. and 7 a.m. daily. Quiet study areas are on the first, second, and third floors. Group study areas are on the fourth and fifth floors. Free snacks at midnight!
SGA Study Break @ Gumberg Library
Combine study time with snack time on Tuesday, December 8 at 3 p.m. SGA will sponsor a study break "feast" so stop by the Popular Reading area on the 4th floor of the library for food and drinks. Good Luck on your finals!
Monday, November 21, 2011
Partnership Promotes Fair Trade Week, November 28- December 1
Gumberg Library is partnering with Spiritan Campus Ministry to promote Fair Trade Week, November 28-December 1. Visit the Fair Trade Week Guide for a schedule of campus events, information about organizations supporting Fair Trade initiatives, and Duquesne's connection in working toward a just and fair society. Hope to see you at the events!
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
RefWorks @ Gumberg Library in December
Getting Started with Refworks
Keep track of your research and create bibliographies with RefWorks, an online bibliographic management tool that is FREE to all Duquesne users. We'll show you how to create an account, create and import references, and generate a bibliography.
Thursday, December 1, 3-4 p.m.
603 Rockwell Hall **Note: location is NOT in the library
Advanced Refworks
After attending “Getting Started With RefWorks,” come to learn more about additional features, adding in-text citations and footnotes with Write-n-Cite, and how to format a paper and bibliography from within RefWorks.
Monday, December 5, 4-5 p.m.
408 Gumberg Library
Keep track of your research and create bibliographies with RefWorks, an online bibliographic management tool that is FREE to all Duquesne users. We'll show you how to create an account, create and import references, and generate a bibliography.
Thursday, December 1, 3-4 p.m.
603 Rockwell Hall **Note: location is NOT in the library
Advanced Refworks
After attending “Getting Started With RefWorks,” come to learn more about additional features, adding in-text citations and footnotes with Write-n-Cite, and how to format a paper and bibliography from within RefWorks.
Monday, December 5, 4-5 p.m.
408 Gumberg Library
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