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Faculty/TA Survey 2013 Announcement

Posted on April 22, 2013 by erushton

Faculty and Teaching Assistants:  The Libraries’ Instructional Services Coordinating Committee is conducting a university-wide survey to gain insight on how Binghamton University students do research and how research practices evolve as students progress through the University. The Committee would greatly appreciate your help. If … Continue reading →

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Finding and Using Ebooks

Posted on April 22, 2013 by erushton

  Did you know that the Libraries have ebooks that you can read anywhere and download to your mobile device? The Libraries’ Finding and Using Ebooks webpage provides information on  ebook packages available at the Libraries (e.g. EBSCOhost eBook Collection, Eighteenth Century Collections … Continue reading →

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Exam Week Stress? The Libraries Can Help

Posted on April 22, 2013 by erushton

  The end of the semester is quickly approaching and that means it’s crunch time for papers and exams.  The Libraries have a variety of services available to help you find scholarly resources such as books and journal articles.  We … Continue reading →

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Downtime Blackwell Reference & Cochrane Library

Posted on April 12, 2013 by erushton

Blackwell Reference Online and the Cochrane Library will be unavailable for approximately 12 hours starting 4pm, Saturday 13th April 2013.  We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.  Please contact Ask a Librarian if you have any questions or concerns.

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Trial to Mango Languages

Posted on March 8, 2013 by erushton

We have a one month trial of MANGO Languages, an online interactive database that offers over 50 foreign language and 15 English as a Second Language (ESL) courses.  Languages included are Arabic, Chinese, Irish ,the Romance Languages—even Ancient Greek and Biblical Hebrew. … Continue reading →

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New Science Journals

Posted on February 25, 2013 by erushton

The Libraries are pleased to announce that we now have access to the following journals in the sciences. In most cases we have access to current content as well as several years of back-files. Each title is available through the journals link on the … Continue reading →

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New Website about RefWorks

Posted on February 20, 2013 by erushton

RefWorks, the Libraries’ online citation management tool, recently launched a new site for all thing RefWorks:  http://refworkscommunity.ning.com/. This website provides information on product enhancements, news, upcoming webinars,videos, interviews, discussion forums and more. Haven’t tried RefWorks yet?  Did you know RefWorks allows you to import and arrange citations, and use those citations to format … Continue reading →

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New Names for JAMA Archives

Posted on January 9, 2013 by erushton

    Effective January 1, 2013, the following JAMA Archives publications have been renamed. Archives of General Psychiatry to JAMA Psychiatry Archives of Internal Medicine to JAMA Internal Medicine Archives of Neurology to JAMA Neurology Read more about the name change … Continue reading →

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Select EBSCO services unavailable January 5th.

Posted on January 2, 2013 by erushton

From approximately 7 a.m. – 3 p.m. on Saturday, January 5, several EBSCO services will be unavailable due to planned maintenance. Affected functionality will include: Personal User Authentication Checkout and Download of eBooks Alerts Access to My EBSCOhost folder items or the … Continue reading →

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Brown Bag Presentation on Civil War

Posted on November 20, 2012 by erushton

On November 29, 2012 at noon in the Bartle Library 2nd floor lounge, Special Collections staff members Jean Green, Beth Kilmarx, and Yvonne Deligato will highlight some of the Libraries’ unique Civil War-related materials.  This Brownbag Lecture event is open to  students, faculty, … Continue reading →

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