Card Swipe Access Trial Begins Monday, July 19

From 8 p.m. till closing, Monday-Thursday July 19-30, library users will be required to swipe their Duquesne ID cards at the front door to enter the building. A phone number to call to report problems will be posted at the card swipe. Immediate staff assistance will be available.

Card swipe access is intended to increase security for library users and staff during non-peak hours. The library is considering implementing card swipe access for late night hours during the academic year. The trial will allow us to discover any potential problems with the system and to survey customer response.

DuCat Interruption in Service Monday July 19th

Please note that DuCat the library catalog will be unavailable from 3:00 a.m. until noon on Monday July 19.

Google Scholar Service Interruption

Google Scholar is currently experiencing problems working with the “Find It” system, which enables you to connect to Gumberg’s electronic journals. Please contact the Reference Desk if you questions about how to access electronic journals until this issue is resolved.

Simon Silverman Center July Hours

July 1-31, 2010

Monday - Friday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.

Books in the general collection can circulate to faculty and graduate students. Requests to circulate books not in the general collection should be approved by Joe, Nelson, Circulation Coordinator, at 412.396.5505.

DuCat Unavailable Monday June 14th

DuCat, the library catalog, will be unavailable from 6:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on Monday June 14th. Intermittent interruptions may continue throughout the day.

GUMBERG LIBRARY FRONT ENTRANCE REOPENS JUNE 2

We appreciate your patience during the construction project. We also acknowledge the support of Public Safety for additional services. Welcome back!

Over 30 E-books Added-Many Disciplines Represented

The following new electronic books have been added to the Gumberg Library. You can access individual book titles by searching the library’s catalog, DuCat (http://ducat.library.duq.edu/).

· Cambridge Handbook of Computational Psychology
· Cambridge Handbook of Violent Behavior and Aggression
· Dictionary of Environmental Science and Technology
· Dictionary of Forensic Psychology
· Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science
· Encyclopedia of Public Choice
· Encyclopedia of the Human Brain
· Encyclopedia of the Human Genome
· Women in the Middle Ages: An Encyclopedia

AND...
· All Things Chaucer: An Encyclopedia of Chaucer's World
· Biographical Dictionary of Transcendentalism
· Encyclopedia of Human Rights Issues since 1945
· Greenwood Encyclopedia of American Regional Cultures: The Great Plains Region
· Greenwood Encyclopedia of American Regional Cultures: The Mid-Atlantic Region
· Greenwood Encyclopedia of American Regional Cultures: The Midwest
· Greenwood Encyclopedia of American Regional Cultures: New England
· Greenwood Encyclopedia of American Regional Cultures: The Pacific Region
· Greenwood Encyclopedia of American Regional Cultures: The Rocky Mountain Region
· Greenwood Encyclopedia of American Regional Cultures: The South
· Greenwood Encyclopedia of American Regional Cultures: The Southwest
· Greenwood Encyclopedia of Latino Literature
· A Historical Companion to Postcolonial Literatures: Continental Europe and its Empires
· Keywords for American Cultural Studies

PLUS...
· Blackwell Guide to Theology and Popular Culture
· Blackwell Companion to Contemporary Islamic Thought
· Blackwell Companion to Modern Theology
· Blackwell Companion to the Qur'an
· Blackwell Companion to Postmodern Theology
· Blackwell Companion to Religion in America
· Blackwell Companion to the Bible in English Literature
· Blackwell Companion to Nineteenth-Century Theology