Thursday, January 29, 2015

Database Trial - International Medieval Bibliography Online

International Medieval Bibliography Online is the world’s leading interdisciplinary bibliography of the European Middle Ages, covering Europe, the Middle East and North Africa in the period 400-1500.

The database comprises over 300,000 articles derived from regular coverage of some 4500 periodicals and 5000 miscellany volumes (conference proceedings, essay collections, Festschriften and exhibition catalogues). All articles are classified with full bibliographical details and subject classifications and indexing familiar to medievalists.
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Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Resolved - U Get It service - maintenance Jan. 27 @ 11pm

UPDATE - This issue is now resolved - Jan 28

U Get It service (SFX)-  will be down for maintenance Jan. 27 @ 11pm.   The process will take several hours to complete.   During this time the service will not be available.    We apologize for the inconvenience. 

Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Monday, January 12, 2015

Library Hours - Martin Luther King Day

Martin Luther King Day - Monday (1/19)    10:00 am - 02:00 am

Social Work Video Trial

Starting January 12th, we will be trialing Social Work videos through Alexander Street Press.  The trial will run for two weeks.


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The Social Work Video Bundle is a small video collection of 34 lectures and instructional programs, custom-built for social work students.

This compilation of seminars, group discussions, and informational programs provides a thorough introduction to social work as a field and a career. In the videos, seasoned professionals engage such topics as the foundational theories of social work, the basics of case management, appropriate behavior around clients, how to lead a group session, and the intricacies of interacting with social services agencies. The bundle also explains case management for a wide-range of clients, from those who are chemically dependent to those who have been institutionalized or are on probation.

Featured Titles include: Faces of Change: Social Work in the New Millennium, Case Management: Linking Client With Resources, Contracting Home-Based Services, Becoming a Social Worker: Real Students, Real Clients, Real Growth, and Welfare to Work: Through Mothers' Eyes.
 

Wednesday, January 7, 2015

New Database - PhilPapers

University Libraries has just recently obtained PhilPapers.

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PhilPapers is a comprehensive index and bibliography of philosophy maintained by the community of philosophers. Using advanced trawling techniques and large scale crowdsourcing, we monitor all sources of research content in philosophy, including journals, books, open access archives, and personal pages maintained by academics. We also host the largest open access archive in philosophy.

Monday, January 5, 2015

Library Hours - Spring Semester

 Spring Semester hours begin Sunday  1/11/2015

Monday - Thursday 7:30 am - 2 am
Friday 7:30 am - 11 pm
Saturday 10 am - 11 pm
Sunday 10 am - 2 am

Bound and Unbound III Call for entries

BOUND AND UNBOUND III: ALTERED BOOK EXHIBITION
JURIED EXHIBITION CALL FOR ENTRIES
 HOSTED BY THE ART AND EXHIBITS COMMITTEE, UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA
  • Bound and Unbound III: Altered Book Exhibition entry is open to all. Entry is free. Artists may submit up to three works for consideration. 
  • Submit electronic files attached to this form readable on a PC and Mac, containing JPEG images for up to three works with one image per piece. Images should not be greater than three MB with the longest dimension at 1000 pixels and a resolution of 200 pixels per inch.
  • Submitted application materials will not be returned.
 Please see http://libguides.usd.edu/altered-entry for more information.