In order to provide a consistently satisfactory user experience, in which users of the Library’s research databases (and the Summon discovery service) don’t face dead-end blank screens when trying to reach articles and books, the Library will deactivate Index-enhanced Direct Linking (IEDL) in our link resolver (360Link). What does this mean exactly? Index-enhanced Direct Linking (IEDL) is […]…Continue Reading More Consistent Linking from Library Databases
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How Do You Use Your Library?- Oz Aloni
This is the first in a series* of posts about members of the Middlebury community who value the library. Today’s profile is of Oz Aloni. Where are you from and what’s your academic specialty? I’m from Jerusalem, Israel. I teach at the Modern Hebrew program at Middlebury. I’m a Semitic Linguist, which means I research […]…Continue Reading How Do You Use Your Library?- Oz Aloni
More to love in JSTOR
More Archival Journals The Middlebury College community has expanded its journal coverage in JSTOR, (“JAY-store” short for journal storage). We have 502 more titles than we had a couple of weeks ago ranging across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. … Continue reading →…Continue Reading More to love in JSTOR
ScienceDirect down Saturday August 28
Journals we access via ScienceDirect (which accounted for over 27,000 uses at Middlebury in 2009) will be unavailable this Saturday due to scheduled maintenance and upgrades. Estimated downtime in the Vermont time zone is 7:30 am-4:30 pm.
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New Library Databases and Resources
The librarians often wait to select new database purchases or subscriptions until the end of the fiscal year, when it is more clear how much money is available. So far this year, we were able to add the following databases/resources:
ProQuest Historical Newspapers – Added 3 black newspapers: Chicago Defender; Pittsburgh Courier; Atlanta Daily World . […]…Continue Reading New Library Databases and Resources