The Watkinson Library will be open for additional study hours and research help on Saturdays, beginning November 7, 2009, through December 19, 2009.
On those Saturdays, open hours will be 12:30pm - 4:30pm.
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Due to last minute changes in the state budget, iCONN (the Connecticut Digital Library) will suspend access to the following databases effective October 1, 2009:
AP Images (ADDENDUM: available through October 31, 2009 courtesy of the vendor)
Boston Globe
Campus Research (available through October 9, 2009 courtesy of the vendor)
CINAHL Full-Text (Index will remain intact)
Laptops are frequent targets of theft on campus. It only takes a few seconds for a thief to walk away with your computer AND all the work you have saved on it!
Protect yourself -- borrow a laptop lock from the Circulation Desk in the library. Just show your ID and the lock is yours for the next 24 hours. They are so easy to use... and much easier than filling out a police report!
Listen up! :)
Wilson Omnifile journal database now allows you to listen to its full text articles in the html format. To listen to an article, simply open the HTML version of the article, then click the "Listen" button near the top of the page.
The JStor journal database also allows listening to its full-text PDF articles. Save the PDF file to your PC, open it with Adobe Acrobat Reader, and then from the Acrobat menu, click on View, Read Out Loud, Activate Read Out Loud. Then click on View, Read Out Loud, and select either "Read this Page Only" or "Read to End of Document."
For more information about how to utilize these features, please contact a reference librarian.
If you have used the slide collection in the basement of Hallden Hall, you might be interested to know that staff, collections and equipment are now located in the northeast corner of Raether Library, Level A, just down the hall from the Watkinson Library. Nancy Smith, Visual Resources Librarian, is the contact person for image reference and ARTstor instruction.
Please stop in for a visit or call x2194 with any questions.
The Library will close at 12 noon on Wednesday, May 20, 2009. Service hours will resume on Thursday, May 21, 2009, at 8:30 a.m.
The Library will close at 4:30pm on Friday, May 8th, and be open the following week Monday-Friday (May 11-15th) 8:30am-4:30pm.
The Library will be closed on weekends during the summer, beginning this weekend, May 9-10, 2009.
Student access to the building’s 24-hour zone will continue through Commencement weekend and end starting Monday May 18th. Student access to the 24-hour zone will resume at the beginning of the fall 2009 semester.
The Library’s 24-hour study spaces will be expanded Sunday through Thursday night during exam week to include the DiBenedetto Reading Room and Joslin Family 1823 Room on Levels 2 & 3. The other parts of the library will close at their normal times.
Spring Term Library hours end on Friday May 8th at 4:30 pm.
In addition to our Sunday reference hours, there will be a reference librarian on staff on Saturday, May 2, 2009, from 11:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. to provide research help to students during the reading period prior to final exams.
How can we work with you?
The Library announces the launch of Learning Connections, a one-stop web site that shows how librarians and faculty collaborate to develop classroom activities that encourage student learning and research.
The projects listed cover different topics and skills sets and are just a few examples of how faculty and staff can work together to improve output on student assignments.
You can view these examples on the Learning Connections site:
http://library.trincoll.edu/connections/index.cfm
Please contact us to let us know how we can work with you and your class to create productive and successful learning connections for your students.
