Twelve Barnes and Noble’s Nook e-readers are available on a first-come, first-served basis. The Nook makes it easy to download free books and audio files from various online sites. To check out a Nook, please go to the Circulation/Reserve Desk. To find out more about loading free books & audio books please go to the E-readers guide.
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Twelve Amazon Kindle e-readers are available on a first-come, first-served basis with the following preloaded assortment of titles. To check out a Kindle, please go to the Circulation/Reserve Desk. To find out more about the E-readers Pilot Program, please go to the E-readers guide.
The Greenwood Library is pleased to announce two upgrades for our existing online catalog and streaming video services that expand their functionality and improve their ease of use.
When viewing full item records in the online catalog, users will see the following improvements:
With the streaming video service, we’ve switched our delivery method from Quicktime to Flash and improved the interface to bring users the following benefits:
In spring 2009, we surveyed students to get feedback on the look and feel of our library research guides. The students we surveyed wanted to see four things:
-less clutter
-more search boxes
-convenient boxes for IM chat questions
-librarians’ friendly faces.
We were happy to report that in most cases, our research guides rated favorably in comparison with guides from other institutions and that student comments were generally positive. However, we listened and made the changes YOU requested. So, what are you waiting for? Go to our Research Guides, chat with us, leave comments, and share your favorite research sources! You can also access research guides via Longwood University Library Facebook .
Need a computer? The Library now has a limited number of dell laptops available for student use within the building.
Go to the Circulation/Reserve Desk to check out a laptop for up to 3 hours. See Website for details http://www.longwood.edu/library/about/policy/laptop_checkout.htm
New Log Off Procedures on the Library’s Computers:
TO LOG OFF, Click on the Start button (bottom-left), then choose “Log 0ff.” If you don’t do this, no one else can use the computer after you leave!!!
Have you ever been browsing books or movies in the library’s catalog and wanted to make a note to checkout an item
later? Now you can! The new “My Lists” feature lets you create personal lists in your library account. From your search results in the catalog, select the check box to the left of your desired item or items and then click the “Save to My Lists” button at the top of the results list. You will be prompted to login to your account and then to select a list in which to save your records. You can add the item to an existing list or create a new list.
You can also track your reading history with another new “My Account” feature. While logged in to your account, click the “Reading History” button. You will need to click the “Start Saving History” button for the system to begin recording the items you checkout. Then simply check back occasionally to see what you’ve read.
Let us know what you think!
Need a quick citation for that last reference for your Works Cited page? Now it’s easy with the new citation feature in the catalog. Simply find your book in the online catalog, then click the link beneath the title that says “Cite this item (from WorldCat).” A new window should appear with your citation in several popular formats! It’s that easy.
It’s often difficult to find an open computer during the Information Center’s peak hours. This can be especially frustrating when you are trying to check your email or print out your homework before your next class. Greenwood Library has just added five computer stations to address this problem. The new computers, called Quickstations, are located in the Information Center against the wall of library classroom 147A.
The Quickstations are intended for quick functions: looking up books, checking for messages in email or Blackboard, and printing documents from the web or from your personal disc or jump drive. These computers are set to log off automatically after thirty minutes of use (they will give you a warning with two minutes left to go). We hope that these stations will give more patrons a chance to use our computers even during busy times. Let us know what you think!
Beginning Fall 2008, printing quotas in the Academic Computing Labs and the Library will be managed by a dollar amount and not number of sheets as it has been in the past. Students will receive a quota of $13.50 (the equivalent of 150 sheets of black and white) for printing in the fall and spring semesters and $6.75 (the equivalent of 75 sheets of black and white) in the summer. Please note that color printing is at a rate of $1.00 per page and will be charged against the quota. For clarification, the actual quota amount has not changed. For more information, please see the student printing section of the current Student Technology Handbook.