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Sep 23 2008
Events

Dr. Martha Cook to speak about Ellen Glasgow

On Thursday, October 2, at 3:30 pm, Greenwood Library will host an event in a series of ongoing lectures related to its archival and special collections. This event will feature Dr. Martha Cook, professor of English at Longwood University, who will speak on the popular early 20th Century Virginia author Ellen Glasgow who was a native of Richmond. Beginning in 1897, Glasgow wrote twenty novels and many short stories, mainly about life in Virginia.

The title of Dr. Cook’s presentation is Evasive Idealism: Ellen Glasgow and Virginia. Dr. Cook will give an overview of Glasgow’s life in Virginia and then discuss Glasgow’s characters that develop this theme she called “evasive idealism,” particularly in the novel entitled Virginia (1913), in The Romantic Comedians (1926), whose main character is based on Henry Anderson, a native of Farmville, and in The Sheltered Life (1932), which most critics believe should have been awarded the Pulitzer Prize. She later received that recognition for In This Our Life (1941). Following the presentation refreshments will be served in the Library’s Special Collections Room.

Books in the Greenwood Library by Ellen Glasgow

Date: Thursday, October 2, 2008
Time: 3:30 pm
Location: Atrium of the Greenwood Library

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Sep 18 2008
Databases

Safari Tech Books Online

The Longwood community now has access to the entire Safari Tech Books Online collection of over 5,000 technology books. Content is updated on a regular basis and ranges from novice to advanced, including many of the “Dummies” books as well as in-depth coverage from major IT publishers such as O’Reilly, QUE, New Riders, Peachpit, Pearson, Sams and more. Topic-specific articles and guides with tips and tricks are included. You can browse the database by category, or search by keyword or code fragment.  Each individual book is also listed in the library catalog.

Categories include Business, Certification, Computer Science, Databases, Desktop Publishing, Desktop Applications, E-Business, E-Commerce, Enterprise Computing, Graphics, Human-Computer Interaction, Hardware, Internet/Online, IT Management, Markup Languages, Multimedia, Networking, Operating Systems, Programming, Security, and Software Engineering.

Safari Tech Books Online is provided by VIVA (Virtual Library of Virginia), the consortium of nonprofit academic libraries within the Commonwealth of Virginia. Members include all of Virginia’s state-assisted colleges and universities, as well as 33 private, nonprofit institutions and the Library of Virginia.

Aug 26 2008
Miscellaneous, Technology

New Student Printing Charges

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.

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Aug 22 2008
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Events

Game Night 2008

Join Greenwood Library and Lancer Productions for our semi-annual game night with music by WMLU! We will have refreshments with the following games:

  • Mario Kart Wii
  • Wii Sports
  • Rockband
  • Guitar Hero
  • Madden 09
  • and lots of card and board games!

Hope to see you there!
Saturday, September 6, 2008 – Time: 6:30pm – 11:00pm
@  Greenwood Library

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Jul 16 2008
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Services, Technology

New library homepage!

Yes! We decided it was time for a fresh look and some new features for the library homepage. So we sat down with some students, looked at some surveys, and came up with a new homepage which includes:

  • Today’s library hours
  • Most of the old links in a menu on the left
  • A news feed from the new library blog
  • A search widget so you can search the catalog, reserves, and databases right from the homepage as well as access your library account to see what you have checked out
  • A research guides widget for quick access to research help and database links

We hope the new homepage is easier to use, easier on the eyes, and makes it easier to find the library resources.

Do you love it? Hate it? Leave us a comment below :).

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Jul 01 2008
Databases

Factiva is now Dow Jones Factiva

Dow Jones Factiva™, formerly called Factiva, provides both local insight and global perspective on business issues through more than 14,000 sources from 159 countries in 22 languages. Dow Jones Factiva™ is used by over 80% of Fortune 500 companies and is offered to academic and public libraries exclusively through Proquest. Access to Dow Jones Factiva™ is provided to Longwood University through VIVA, the consortium of nonprofit academic libraries within the Commonwealth of Virginia.

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Jun 27 2008
Databases

Blackwell-Synergy is now Wiley Interscience

Wiley-InterscienceAs a result of the merger of the Blackwell and Wiley publishing houses, all Blackwell-Synergy Online Journals were moved to the Wiley Interscience online journal interface as of July 1, 2008. Links to Blackwell-Synergy journals or articles will automatically be redirected until the end of 2008.

If you need help with the Wiley Interscience interface, please ask a librarian or go to the Information Desk.

The 750+ online journals in the Humanities & Social Sciences Collection and the Science, Technology & Medicine Collection are provided in part through VIVA, the consortium of nonprofit academic libraries within the Commonwealth of Virginia.

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Jun 27 2008
Databases, Services

Look for online journals in Journal Finder

In order to make locating journals easier and more accurate for our patrons, all print and online journal holdings are now consolidated in Journal Finder. If you want to know if the Library has a specific journal, magazine or newspaper, go to Journal Finder and enter the title, ISSN or title words. Here is an example of the results for American Secondary Education.

If the Library has print or microform holdings, Journal Finder will direct you to the appropriate catalog record when you click the “Longwood University Print Holdings” link. If you have questions, please go to the Information Desk or ask a librarian for assistance.

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Jun 27 2008
Databases

Goodbye to InfoTrac/Academic OneFile, Hello to EBSCOhost/Academic Search Complete

EBSCOhost

As of July 1, the Gale/InfoTrac databases that have been provided to all state colleges and universities through the VIVA consortium will no longer be available.

We are pleased to announce that in their place will be 25 new EBSCOhost databases that cover similar areas and disciplines. We are excited about this VIVA purchase, which will provide access to more peer-reviewed journals plus significantly more coverage in the areas of business and education.

What is EBSCOhost?

You are familiar with the EBSCOhost interface through the following databases that the library already offers: America: History & Life, Art Abstracts (which replaces Bibliography of the History of Art), CINAHL, Communication & Mass Media Complete, ERIC, Greenfile, Historical Abstracts, International Political Science Abstracts, Medline, Library Literature & Information Science, LISTA, Mental Measurements Yearbook, PsycArticles, PsycInfo, and SportDiscus.

Which Gale/InfoTrac databases are going away, and what should I use instead?

  • Academic OneFile (use Academic Search Complete instead)
  • General OneFile (use MasterFILE Premier instead)
  • General Reference Center Gold (use MasterFILE Premier instead)
  • Business & Company Resource Center (use Business Source Complete instead)
  • Business Index ASAP (use Business Source Complete instead)
  • General BusinessFile ASAP (use Business Source Complete instead)
  • Computer Database ASAP (use Computers & Applied Sciences Complete instead)
  • Health & Wellness Resource Center (use Health Source: Consumer Edition instead)
  • Health Reference Center Academic (use Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition instead)

Links or bookmarks to full-text articles in these Gale/InfoTrac databases will not work after July 1.

What new EBSCOhost databases will be available?

  • Academic Search Complete
  • Alt HealthWatch
  • Associates Programs Source
  • Business Source Complete
  • Computers & Applied Sciences Complete
  • Consumer Health Complete
  • Economía y Negocios
  • Education Research Complete
  • Environment Complete
  • Fuente Académica
  • Health Source: Consumer Edition
  • Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
  • Hospitality & Tourism Complete
  • Humanities International Complete
  • Legal Collection
  • MasterFILE Premier
  • MedicLatina
  • Military & Government Collection
  • Newspaper Source Plus
  • Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection
  • Regional Business News
  • Religion & Psychology Collection
  • Salud en Espanol
  • Vente et Gestion
  • Women’s Studies International

Descriptions and links to these new resources are on the Databases A-Z page and the subject-specific Research Guides.

Why is this change occurring?

VIVA, the Virtual Library of Virginia, is the consortium of nonprofit academic libraries within the Commonwealth of Virginia. Members include all of Virginia’s state-assisted colleges and universities, as well as 33 private, nonprofit institutions and the Library of Virginia. After careful consideration, VIVA decided to award a new contract for multidisciplinary and subject databases to EBSCOhost.

If you have any questions about access to or use of these new databases, please contact your librarian liaison or call the Information Desk at x2435.

EBSCO Publishing/EBSCOhost is the registered trademark of EBSCO Publishing.

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Apr 08 2008
Events

Remembering School Days: Oral Histories of Black Education in Jim Crow Virginia

Where: Atrium of Greenwood Library
When: April 17, 2008
Time: 4:00 pm

You are invited to a library event featuring Dr. Larissa Smith Fergeson, Associate Professor of History, who will speak on “Remembering School Days: Oral Histories of Black Education in Jim Crow Virginia.” Following the presentation, refreshments will be served in the Special Collections Room of the Library.

Dr. Fergeson has been involved in public history projects that have focused on recording the memories of African Americans who attended segregated schools in Southside Virginia during the twentieth century. She will share with the audience some oral histories of individuals who attended schools in Mecklenburg County, Appomattox County, and Prince Edward County. She will discuss what these oral histories can teach us about African Americans’ views of education during the era of segregation.

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