Author Archives: Amanda McLellan

Nov 02 2006
Events

Student Term Paper Citation Clinics

Come to the Library and learn how to use RefWorks, a web-based tool that makes creating bibliographies and citing resources quick and easy. With RefWorks, you can download citations directly from the Library’s many electronic resources, creating your own personal database. Then you can insert your downloaded citations into your research papers in the style of your choice using RefWorks’ Write-n-Cite feature.

The Greenwood Library is offering 7 hands-on training sessions for students:

Date Time
Monday, Nov. 6 12 noon – 1 p.m. (Feel free to bring your lunch.)
Tuesday, Nov. 7 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. (Feel free to bring your lunch.)
Wednesday, Nov. 8 5:30 – 6:30 p.m.
Monday, Nov. 13 5:30 – 6:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Nov. 14 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. (Feel free to bring your lunch.)
Wednesday, Nov. 15 5:30 – 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, Nov. 16 3:30 – 4:30 p.m.

All workshops will be held in the Library Computing Center, 2nd floor (Children’s Collection Room). In the hands-on session, you will create your RefWorks account and begin organizing your citations. Even if you have to leave a little early or come a little late, don’t miss this opportunity to learn how to use this web-based tool for organizing your research.

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Oct 23 2006
Databases

Shakespeare Collection

The Greenwood Library has purchased perpetual access to Thomson Gale’s Shakespeare Collection online database. The Shakespeare Collection brings together general reference data, full-text scholarly periodicals, reprinted criticism, primary source material such as the Prompt Books and the Gordon Crosse Theatrical Diary, and the full-text annotated works from The Arden Shakespeare. Dr. Shawn Smith, Assistant Professor of English, was impressed by the photographs and paintings relevant to Shakespearean studies as well as by the wealth of primary and critical material. Comments from his students during a trial of the database last spring include:

  • I found the images section helpful because I do enjoy seeing the way people stage things.
  • One of my favorite things about the site was the section called historical texts in which you can view pictures of older texts.
  • Having the plays, sonnets, etc. online in full text was GREAT.
  • I really like the way the footnotes are set up in a separate little window. This is immensely helpful as you can read and have the notes right next to the text.

The Shakespeare Collection will be useful not only to English majors but also to the theatre department and any classes studying sixteenth- and seventeenth-century history and religion.

Sep 21 2006
Services

Check Out Your Own Books

No need to wait in long lines to check out books, simply walk up to the self checkout kiosk and check them out yourself. Instructions on the screen make the process easy. If any problems arise, a staff member will always be available at the Circulation/Reserve Desk to assist you. If you have questions or comments on this new service, please contact Tammy Hines by email at hinestm@longwood.edu.

Currently, only books may be checked out at the self checkout kiosk. Audiovisual materials such as CDs and DVDs should still be checked out at the Circulation Desk.

Sep 05 2006
Databases, Technology

Thousands of E-Books Now Available Through NetLibrary

The Greenwood Library now has access to over 11,000 e-books. Most of these are in the recently acquired NetLibrary Shared Collection V, which includes full-text versions of over 6,000 recent books such as reference works, scholarly monographs, literature and fiction as well as 3,400 titles from Project Gutenberg, BiblioBytes and other publicly-accessible digital libraries. Many of the NetLibrary titles are listed in the online catalog; all of the NetLibrary e-books can be searched by keyword, subject, author, title or full-text from the NetLibrary database interface. Longwood users may create a personal NetLibrary account to save favorite e-books with custom notes.

Other e-book collections available at the Greenwood Library include:

  • Gale Virtual Reference Library (a growing collection of online subject encyclopedias and reference works)
  • History E-Book Project (over 1,000 current and out-of-print books on American, Asian, European, Latin American, African, and Middle Eastern history)
  • Oxford Reference Online (over 140 Oxford University Press current reference books on a broad range of topics, including bilingual and subject-specific dictionaries as well as world maps and flags)
  • Safari Tech Books Online (200 recent technology books from major IT publishers, including O’Reilly and The Pearson Technology Group, browseable by category or search by keyword or code fragment)
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Jul 19 2006
Miscellaneous

Staff Changes at the Greenwood Library

With the Learning Center coming under the oversight of the library, Wendell Barbour is now the Dean of the Library and Learning Center. Rebecca Sturgill, Director of the Learning Center, and Lisa Burns, Writing Coordinator, provide services from their offices in the first floor Information Center area.

Reference and instructional services have been brought together under the management of Liz Kocevar-Weidinger, Reference/Instruction Services Librarian. Mark Lenker joined the staff on July 10 as Assistant Reference/Instruction Services Librarian. Mark comes from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where he received his MLIS in May 2006. He also holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Marquette University.

Tammy Hines became Reader Services Librarian last January, with responsibility for circulation, reserves, interlibrary loan, and building maintenance. Tammy received her MLS from Florida State University in May 2004. She previously served in a number of positions in the library, most recently as manager of interlibrary loan services.

Mar 30 2006
Miscellaneous

“RefWorks=Citation Calculator” Workshops

RefWorks is a web-based tool that retrieves and organizes citations from the library’s databases then creates correctly formatted citations, footnotes and bibliographies (APA, MLA, etc.). The Greenwood Library is offering four hands-on training sessions targeted to faculty and staff:

Date Time
Tuesday, April 4 12 noon – 1 p.m. (Bring your lunch.)
Thursday, April 6 3:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday, April 11 3:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Thursday, April 13 12 noon – 1 p.m. (Bring your lunch.)

All workshops will be held in the Library Computing Center, 2nd floor (Children’s Collection Room). Registration is strongly encouraged. To sign up for one of the sessions, contact Liz Kocevar-Weidinger by April 3 indicating which session you will attend.

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Mar 20 2006
Databases

Spring Database Trials

The Greenwood Library has several database trials available. Click one of the links before for more information and access to the database:

  • Book Review Index Online – until April 19
  • KCDL (Kraus Curriculum Development Library – until April 1
  • Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center – until April 19
  • Safari Tech Books Online – until April 24
  • Shakespeare Collection – until April 19
  • Women and Social Movements – until April 15
Feb 24 2006
Miscellaneous

Student “Citations Made Easy” Workshops

Do you ever want to just throw the style manual in the trash? The Greenwood Library can help you. Learn the basics of RefWorks, a web-based tool that retrieves and organizes citations from the library’s databases then creates correctly formatted citations, footnotes and bibliographies (APA, MLA, etc.).

Date Time
Monday, 2/27 12 noon – 1 p.m. (Bring your lunch.)
Thursday, 3/2 3:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Wednesday, 3/1 6 – 7 p.m.
Monday, 3/6 6 – 7 p.m.
Wednesday, 3/8 12 noon – 1 p.m. (Bring your lunch.)
Thursday, 3/9 3:30 – 4:30 p.m

All workshops will be held in the Library Computing Center, 2nd floor (Children’s Collection Room). Cookies will be served.

RefWorks workshops for faculty will be held in the same location at the following times:

  • Tuesday, April 4th – 12 noon -1 pm (bring your lunch)
  • Thursday, April 6th – 3:30 – 4:30 pm
  • Tuesday, April 11th – 3:30 – 4:30 pm
  • Thursday April 13th – 12 noon – 1 pm (bring your lunch)
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Feb 16 2006
Databases

Schomburg Studies on the Black Experience

The Greenwood Library is a Charter Subscriber to the Schomburg Studies on the Black Experience, an online resource developed collaboratively by Proquest Information and Learning, Howard Dodson, Chief of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture of the New York Public Library, and Colin Palmer, Dodge Professor of History at Princeton University and Managing Editor of the project. The Schomburg Studies database chronicles the African experience in the Americas through scholarly essays, key research, primary sources, timelines, video clips and images. The essays cover multidisciplinary topics such as black women’s studies, religion, black cinema, the black press, African-American labor history, slavery, and sexuality. As a Charter Subscriber, the Library also has access to the International Index of Black Periodicals Full Text, covering cultural, economic, historical, religious, social, and political issues related to Black Studies in scholarly journals and newsletters from the U.S., Africa and the Caribbean.

Jan 17 2006
Miscellaneous

Virginia Library Association Celebrates 100 Years

The Library of Virginia’s traveling exhibit commemorating 100 years of the Virginia Library Association will be on exhibit in the Janet D. Greenwood Library’s atrium through the month of January 2006. The exhibit is titled "Honoring the Past, Building Our Future: One Hundred Years of the Virginia Library Association."

For one hundred years the Virginia Library Association (VLA) has developed, promoted, and improved library and information services and the profession of librarianship to advance literacy and learning and to ensure access to information for all Virginians. A non-partisan organization composed of libraries, librarians, trustees, friends, and other interested people, the VLA is the only statewide association that represents all types of libraries including academic, public, and special libraries. Libraries are crucial for a democratic government, providing access to information and the necessary tools that allow people to make informed decisions. Through a range of services, the VLA promotes programs to ensure that Virginians remain active life-long learners. The VLA supports library professionals through development opportunities and is actively engaged as an advocate of libraries to the state government. Today, its approximately 1,300 members represent a cross-section of educational, commercial, and professional interests.

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