On October 25th, we have scheduled maintenance to our Library system and it will thus be down for most of the day. This means that Self Checkout kiosks and the Library Catalog will be unavailable during this time. However, you may still check out materials at the Circulation Desk or search the catalog through OneSearch.
This maintenance is the first phase in migrating the existing Library system to an improved version, which we hope will help us serve you better.
Have you ever wanted to look for journal articles AND books from a single search box? The Greenwood Library invites you to try the “one-stop” EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) on trial through May 2011.
This search tool allows you to use the familiar EBSCOhost interface to search the Library’s catalog and many of our article databases at one time. Test it from the library home page.
We hope you’ll also tell us your impressions. The Greenwood Library is considering purchasing this product. Your feedback will help us determine if EDS is a useful tool for conducting research at Longwood University.
Here are a few things to note about the trial:
If you have questions about the trial, which ends May 31, 2011, please contact the Learning Commons at x2435 or refdesk@longwood.edu.
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:
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.
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:
The Greenwood Library has launched a complete graphic redesign of the online catalog. Local graphic artist Chris Peterson, who also designed the library website last fall, worked with library staff to develop a new look that is more integrated with the look and feel of the website. Custom logos and a new 
button to search for full text in the online databases give all library resources a more similar look.