SciFinder Scholar Web Version now available!

SciFinder ScholarScience students and faculty at Longwood will be glad to know that Scifinder® Scholar is now available in a web-based version. Scifinder® provides access to a wide range of research from many scientific disciplines, including biomedical sciences, chemistry, engineering, materials science, and more.  It includes Chemical Abstracts from 1907 to the present, CASReact, and the CAS Registry File.

Users must complete a simple registration process to access Scifinder® from any computer. The individual client software used in the past will not work after March 20, 2009.

SciFinder® Scholar is for use by Longwood University students, faculty, and staff only according to the following criteria:

“Educational research done in the usual course in the pursuit of a degree, instructional use in a classroom setting, or research by faculty and students which is funded by the government or non-profit research foundations and intended for publication in the publicly available literature… Not for commercial research”

Celebrate Black History Month

Rev. Francis Griffin, Prince Edward County, 1959

Learn something new this month about African-American history!

Game Night ’09

Come visit us in the library for our semi-annual game night!Games will include the following:
Mario Kart Wii,  Rockband 2,  Guitar Hero: World Tour, NCAA Basketball 09
Apples to Apples, Cranium, Mousetrap, card games, and more!

Refreshments will be served.

February 6th, 2009 ~ 6:30 to 10pm

Hosted by Greenwood Library and Lancer Productions

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Black Historical Newspapers Database Trial

Greenwood Library has a 30-day free trial of the online collection of historical black newspapers from ProQuest as a special Black History Month offer.  Search articles, photos, graphics, editorial cartoons, advertisements, and more to view cover-to-cover images from the following papers:

  • Atlanta Daily World: 1931-2003
  • Baltimore Afro-American: 1893-1988
  • The Call and Post: 1934-1991
  • The Chicago Defender: 1910-1975
  • Los Angeles Sentinel: 1934-2005
  • New York Amsterdam News: 1922-1993
  • Norfolk Journal and Guide: 1921-2003
  • Philadelphia Tribune: 1912-2001
  • Pittsburgh Courier: 1911-2002

The trial will end on February 21, 2009.

Access the Black Newspapers Collection

If you have questions or comments about this resource, please contact Virginia Kinman, Electronic Resources Librarian, at x2441.

Presidential Inauguration in the Library

inauguration1Want to watch the Presidential Inauguration on campus? Beginning at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 20, the Janet D. Greenwood Library will offer full coverage (audio and video) of the presidential swearing-in and address in rooms 147A and B. We look forward to seeing you in the Library.

MLK Symposium and Sustainability Resources

The Greenwood Library has created a guide to the 2009 MLK Symposium with information and resources about this year’s MLK speaker, Jerome Ringo (pictured), the Apollo Alliance, environmental justice, civil rights, sustainability, and Martin Luther King, Jr.

MLK Symposium activities on Thursday, January 22, include a community reading of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “The Drum Major Instinct” on the Lankford steps at 12:15 and Mr. Ringo’s talk at 3:30 in Jarman followed by a reception at the Moton Museum.

Homeland Security Digital Library

Homeland Security Digital Library

The Homeland Security Digital Library is now included in the library’s Databases A-Z list and relevant Research Guides. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, FEMA, and the Center for Homeland Defense and Security, the HSDL provides access to over 50,000 full-text documents, including national policy and strategic documents, presidential directives, major legislation, theses and research reports related to homeland security.

Got a question? Get an answer!

Librarians available Sunday through Thursday

nights until 10 pm!

Friday and Saturday until 5 pm

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Consult with us at Greenwood Library’s Information Center

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Call (434)395-2435

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Instant Messaging @ www.longwood.edu/library

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Email a question — get a response within 24 hours (www.longwood.edu/library/help/asklib.htm#email)

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New “My Account” features

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!

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Easy citations in the catalog

citation2 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.

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