Dec 05 2011
Databases, Technology

New Streaming Video Collection for Faculty and Students

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Faculty: Looking for online/streaming video that can be watched by your students at their convenience but ties the course content and the classroom discussion together? Working on online course design and need streaming videos?

Students: Looking for an online video to include in your class presentation or a lesson plan?

If your answer is yes, then try Films on Demand, the Library’s new educational multi-disciplinary digital library!

Please go to the Library’s home page >Find Articles>Databases A-Z>Films on Demand to find what you need.

Nov 03 2011
Databases

Take Three Databases for a Test Drive!

Up to marketing research? Please give  AtoZ databases a try. This database provides comprehensive coverage on businesses and households in the U.S.

 

 

Would you like to develop interactive thematic maps and reports using thousands of demographic, business, and marketing data variables? Test SimplyMap 2.0.

 

How about 3D Anatomy for speech language pathology, sports injuries. surgeries, and other medical topics?

 

For more information about these databases, please go to Database Trials guide.

Sep 30 2011
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Services, Technology

The Janet D. Greenwood Library on your mobile device!

We are happy to announce our beta library mobile site @ bit.ly/mlibrary .  The mobile site features include hours, maps, books/articles searching, and contact information. Try it out and let us know what you think by clicking on the comments button .

Sep 29 2011
Databases

PsycTESTS and PsycTHERAPY on Trial!

The Library has a 30 day trial to two new Psychology databases. PsycTESTS provides access to psychological tests, measures, scales, and other assessments as well as descriptive and administrative information. The database offers links to a variety of materials describing tests in peer-reviewed literature, technical reports, and dissertations as well as links to related peer-reviewed literature describing test development, review, and use. PsycTherapy includes more than 300 videos featuring therapy demonstrations showing clinicians working with individuals, couples, and families. Please try out both and let us know what you think about PsycTESTS and PsycTHERAPY.

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Sep 29 2011
Databases

Try Out Films on Demand!

VIVA institutions are offering a 30-day free trial of Films on Demand streaming video. Films on Demand is a web-based digital video library delivery service that allows you to view streaming videos from Films for the Humanities & Sciences, PBS, BBC, and many other channels. This service makes it easier to incorporate various educational programs into Blackboard and other distance learning courseware. Please go to the Films on Demand guide page for instructions to search and view films and  provide us with your feedback.

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Sep 19 2011
Events

Game Night is back!

Game Night has returned to the Greenwood Library for Fall 2011.  Bring your friends (or parents) to the Library on Friday, September 23, 6:30 to 10PM for video games, board games, and card games.  Snacks such as chips, cookies, cupcakes, lemon bars, and veggie dishes will be served.  And music will be provided by WMLU.

Some of the video games we’ll have include:

  • Call of Duty
  • Donkey Kong Country Returns
  • Guitar Hero
  • Just Dance
  • Mario Kart Wii
  • NCAA Football 11
  • Rockband
  • Super Mario Bros for Wii
  • Wii Sports
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Sep 13 2011
Miscellaneous, Services

Greenwood Library Multimedia Lab

Curious about what we have in the Multimedia Lab?  Check out this video

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Sep 11 2011
Services, Technology

Better LancerNet Wireless now in the Library!

Connecting to LancerNet is easier
LU’s LancerNet wireless is better than ever! Whether you purchased a LU Dell laptop or brought your own, you can use LancerNet Wireless by simply following the IITS configuration directions.  LancerNet a secure network; therefore, you must enter your LancerNet ID and password each time you access the network.

LancerNet coverage has increased
The Library has better coverage and faster speeds. The Library went from 14 to 21 access points with greater bandwidth for speed. An average of 30 people can use each access point and still maintain quality speed. Approximately 600+ people can now reliably access LancerNet in the Library. Maximum speed per access point should be 300mbps; however, as more users connect, the bandwidth speed drops per user. Your wireless device will connect to the nearest access point with the best signal strength and most available bandwidth speed. As you move about the signal will change from access point to access point.

We hope these changes improve your computing experience!

Sep 10 2011
Services

Alumni magazines digitized

Greenwood Library has added more digitized archival materials to Internet Archive, a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. In addition to the Longwood yearbooks dated 1898 through 2006,  the library has included alumnae and alumni magazines from 1940 to 1979 and undergraduate catalogs from 1893 to 1949. The projects were undertaken to provide more access to some of the university’s archival materials of interest to its alumni and the public.

Have you ever wondered about the history of  Longwood,  what its buildings looked like, St. Joan of Arc’s history with Longwood, or what courses were like in 1900? You can find information to these answers, photos, and more browsing through the digitized alumni magazines and undergraduate catalogs. The collections are available at: http://www.archive.org/details/longwooduniversity. Click on “Browse by Subject/Keywords” and choose links to alumni and alumnae periodicals or curricula catalogs. You can also search our online catalog by typing in a subject search for: Longwood College Alumni and alumnae Periodicals.

For more information, contact Pat Howe: howepa@longwood.edu or Lydia Williams: williamslc@longwood.edu.

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Aug 25 2011
Services, Technology

Nook or Kindle?

Come to the Library this week to learn about our e-readers’ program as we will be giving hands-on demos of these devices at the InfoDesk near the Library entrance this week from 11 a.m. till 5 p.m. If you don’t have time to join us in the Library, please go to the E-readers guide to find out what you can read on Amazon Kindles and how you can check out  Barnes and Noble Nooks. Let us know what you think.

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