http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html WPI Gordon Library news and resources. en-us Mon, 5 Mar 2007 10:51:20 EST Copyright: (C) Gordon Library WPI http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library 1 <b>Ginny</b> has been promoted to Access Services Associate. http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html Wed, 14 May 2008 13:46:00 EDT http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html#ginny Library News <b>Food for Fines</b>: During National Library Week we collected 160 items for the Worcester County Food Bank. http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html Fri, 02 May 2008 08:17:10 EDT http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html#donatedfood Library News Dr. Tracey Leger-Hornby, new Assistant Vice President for Library Services will begin at WPI on Monday, May 5, 2008. http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html Thu, 01 May 2008 14:16:34 EDT http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html#newveep Library Event <b>Wednesday April 30th <a href="About/cal.html">Summer Hours</a> begin.</b> http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:47:56 EDT http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html#summer08 Library Event <p><b>Congratulations to Class of 2008!</b>: For information how alumni can use the library, see lt;a href="http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/Academics/Library/About/Services/alumni.html">Services for Alumni</a> http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:47:56 EDT http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html#happy08 Library Event <p><b>Pimsleur Lanuage Programs</b>: Worcester Public Library now offers Netlibrary eAudiobooks which includes Pimsleur Language Series Collection. These are easy-to-understand lessons for beginners and intermediate level language learners in 39 languages. lt;a href="http://www.worcpublib.org/borrowing/card.html">Get a WPL card</a> to access this collection online. http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:32:36 EDT http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html#pimsleur New Acquisitions <p><b>Food For Fines</b>: Come and donate food to pay down your fines during National Library Week 2008, April 13-19th. <a href="http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/Events/nlw08flyer.html">More</a> ...</p> http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:07:20 EDT http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html#foodforfines Library Event <p><b>Online Reservation Pilot</b>: Tech Suites 3 & 4 may be reserved using MS Outlook Calendar. <a href="http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/Policies/techsuites_reservationpilot.pdf"<How-to Reserve</a> ...</p> http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html Mon, 07 Apr 2008 09:02:44 EDT http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html#respilot Library Service Alert <a href="http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/Events/nlw2008.html"><img src="http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/Images/nlw_small.jpg"></a> <br><br><br> <p><a href="http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/Events/nlw2008.html">National Library Week - Circle of Knowledge</a>: National Library Week - Circle of Knowledge</a>: Join us for an author talk & gallery opening receptions the week of 4/13-19. <a href="http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/Events/nlw2008.html"<More</a> ...</p> http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html Mon, 07 Apr 2008 08:59:25 EDT http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html#nlw2k8 Library Event <a href="http://www.jstor.org/"><img src="http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/Collections/Databases/Images/jstor_logo.jpg"></a> <br><br><br> <p><b>New JSTOR highlights</b>: As of April 4th key improvements include MyJSTOR, improved searching, "Images in JSTOR" tab to help researchers quickly scan content for images, <a href="http://sandbox.jstor.org/New_Platform.pdf"<and more</a></p> http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html Mon, 07 Apr 2008 08:54:14 EDT http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html#newjstor Library Service Alert <a href="http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/Help/Self/refworks.html"><img src="http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/Collections/Databases/Images/refworks_logo.gif"></a> <br><br><br> <p><b>our food and drink policy</b>: Users can now attach files (full text articles, in PDF, Word, & other formats) to existing or new records. Not only manage your unwieldy references but also manage & store full text articles. <a href="http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/Help/Self/refworks.html"<More</a> ... </p> http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:44:23 EDT http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html#refw Library Service Alert <a href="http://www.wpi.edu/+/Library/About/Policies/building.html#food"><img src="http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/Images/muffins.jpg" alt="[ food and drink policy ]"></a> <br><br><br> <p><b>No Taco Making in the Library, Please</b>: Due to an increasing number of complaints about food residue on books and tables, we would like to take this opportunity to remind users of <a href="http://www.wpi.edu/+/Library/About/Policies/building.html#food"<our food and drink policy</a></p> http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:28:06 EDT http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html#notacos Library Regulations News: Joan Daughney retired after 31 years at the library. Upcoming Exhibits and more. <a href="http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/Newsletter/2008march.pdf">Connect now</a> ...</p> http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:06:02 EDT http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html#glfacebook Interesting News <p><Faculty & Graduate Students>: Are you retaining key rights when submitting your papers to publishers? <a href="http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/Faculty/scholarlycomm.html">Learn more</a> ...</p> http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html Tue, 11 Mar 2008 11:10:48 EDT http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html#keyrights Research Advice <a href="http://scholar.google.com/"><img src="http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/Collections/Databases/Images/googlescholar_logo.gif" alt="[ Google Scholar ]"></a> <br> <p><b>Use Google Scholar?</b> Visit our news page to set Google Scholar Preferences to display WPI's FullTextFinder, which will connect you to our subscribed content. Be sure to set up <a href="http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/CCC/Help/Software/proxy.html">proxy</a> to access subscribed content. <a href="http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/Help/Self/Start/www.html">More</a> ... http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html Tue, 11 Mar 2008 11:10:48 EDT http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html#googschol Research Advice <a href="http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/cal.html"><img src="http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/Images/library_hours.gif" alt="[ Library Hours ]"></a> <br> <b>End of Term Hours</b>: Tuesday-Thursday Feb. 26-28 open til 2 a.m. Friday Feb. 29 open 8 a.m-9 p.m. <br> <b>Spring Break Hours</b>: Saturdays Mar. 1 & 8 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Sundays Mar. 2 & 9 Closed, Monday - Wednesday Mar. 3-5 8 a.m. - Midnight, Thursday Mar. 6 8 a.m. - 1 a.m., Friday Mar. 7 8 a.m.-5 p.m. <a href="http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/cal.html">More</a> ... http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:05:45 EST http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html#hoursC08 Library Service Alert <a href="http://www.pulitzer.org/Archive/archive.html"><img src="http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/Images/pulitzer_logo.gif" alt="[ Pulitzer Prize Logo ]"></a> <br> Check out a great read for Spring Break by searching our library catalog by Subject for Pulitzer Prize winners. http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:07:14 EST http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html#pulitzer Reading Tip Thanks to all who participated in the campus center lollipop pull today, there were 18 happy winners of USB drives. Use Web of Knowledge to follow the citation trail. http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html Tue, 19 Feb 2008 16:20:10 EST http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html#isiwok Library Event A toolbar and a right-click menu. A right of way to get to the information you need. Now includes WPI Journal List search option. http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html Mon, 11 Feb 2008 10:41:16 EST http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html#libxbrowser Library Event On Tues. Feb. 19 at 7:30pm Roshanak Bigonah, from Iran, will read from her recently published book at 7:30 p.m. on the 3rd floor Class of 1941 Gallery. Refreshments will be served. http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html Mon, 11 Feb 2008 10:39:27 EST http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html#poetry Library Event Service Alert: ebrary will be performing monthly system maintenance on the first Tuesday of each month, from 11:00PM to 1 AM E.S.T. During this period, the ebrary service may be unavailable. http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html Thu, 7 Feb 2008 10:12:54 EST http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html#ebraryoutage Library Service Alert Services are available in the library on Sundays from 3-5pm as well as the Project Center. Sign-up at WPI's Center for Communication Across the Curriculum Tutoring Services http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html Fri, 1 Feb 2008 10:22:13 EST http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html#ccac Library Service Alert IEEE Xplore digital library will be unavailable on Saturday, February. 2 9am-5pm for a planned upgrade. http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html Fri, 1 Feb 2008 08:50:48 EST http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html#ieeeoutage Library Service Alert Downloadable video now available with a Worcester Public Library card. Visit WPL to get one! http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:03:29 EDT http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html#cwmars Electronic Resource What database has the equivalent of 1.2 Miles of Shelf Space? http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:01:34 EDT http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html#jstor Electronic Resource Student Branch Sparks Interest in IEEE: The IEEE student branch at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, in Massachusetts, really knows how to make sparks fly. On 15 November, the branch held its second annual Spark Party - so named because it features demonstrations of devices that create electricity and, of course, electric sparks... http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:59:20 EDT http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html#ieee Interesting News YouShoot Riot Library Video Contest: Submit your own video by April 1st. http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:57:09 EDT http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html#youshoot Library Event The Eng Pro collection adds almost 1000 Engineering electronic books to our Books 24x7 subscription. http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html#engpro Fri, 14 Dec 2007 11:46:00 EDT http://library.books24x7.com/ New Acquisitions Try Science.gov or the Science Accelerator to search technical and scientific reports of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html#greylit Tue, 11 Dec 2007 10:52:00 EDT http://www.wpi.edu/Library/Collections/Databases/Subject/tech.html Interesting News Learn about web sites such as Charity Watch, Wise Giving Alliance, Charity Navigator and Foundation Center 990 Finder http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/Borrowing/Podcasts Tue, 11 Dec 2007 10:01:00 EDT http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/Borrowing/Podcasts/index.html#wisegiving Audio and Video to Go Series Looking for a holiday gift or book to read over winter break? http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html Mon, 03 Dec 2007 10:34:00 EDT http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/02/books/review/notable-books-2007.html Interesting News Learn more about resources experts use such as Architectural Graphic Standards & Planning and Urban Design Standards http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/Borrowing/Podcasts Mon, 03 Dec 2007 10:33:00 EDT http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/Borrowing/Podcasts/index.html#build_it Audio and Video to Go Series Many new journal archives have been added. In addition, JSTOR now has Reference Links on the Article Page Image, denoted by a red arrow to the left of the reference text. http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html Wed, 07 Nov 2007 16:12:00 EDT http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html#jstorupdate New Acquisitions but will be down on Saturday Nov. 10 9am-1pm for a planned upgrade. http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html Wed, 07 Nov 2007 16:14:00 EDT http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html#nov2007_ieee Library Service Alert Staff updates, new tools, Scare Fest and Gordon at 40 followup, new books http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html Wed, 07 Nov 2007 16:12:00 EDT http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/Newsletter/2007november.pdf New Acquisitions We are honoring Helen Shuster, Vice President for Library Services, for her 32 years of dedicated service at WPI. The WPI community is welcome to attend a reception on Friday October 26, 2-4pm, Class of 1941 Art Gallery, 3rd Floor, Gordon Library. http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html Wed, 17 Oct 2007 10:45:28 EDT http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html#helen Library Event Exhibit opening reception: Dr. Jeffrey Forgeng, 3rd Floor, Gordon Library, Thursday October 25, 5-7pm, gallery talk at 5:30pm. http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/calendar.html#64764 Wed, 17 Oct 2007 10:45:27 EDT http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html#swords Library Event Download an iGoogle gadget which brings the library's Quick Start area to your own personalized search portal. http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/Help/Tools/igoogle.html Wed, 17 Oct 2007 10:45:24 EDT http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html#igoogle New Tool Download a toolbar which allows you to connect to library resources quickly. http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/Help/Tools/ Wed, 17 Oct 2007 10:45:23 EDT http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html#libx New Tool Physics articles posted free by American Physical Society. Visit the library to see the display of books and DVDs by authors and prize winners. http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html Wed, 17 Oct 2007 10:26:12 EDT http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/cal.html Library Service Alert LOL: Library Open Late October 9 & 10 until 2am, Library Hours during Break: Fri. & Sat. Oct. 19-20 closed at 5pm. Sunday Oct. 21 - closed. http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html Mon, 08 Oct 2007 15:57:12 EDT http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html#termbreakab2007 Library Service Alert New QuickSkills: 30 minutes to empower your research. Learn how to tame your references (with EndnoteWeb or RefWorks), Company, Industry research, & more. http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html Thu, 20 Sep 2007 15:36:45 EDT http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html#quick Library Event Career Fair on Wednesday, prepare by researching companies of interest using library databases. http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html Tue, 18 Sep 2007 14:19:40 EDT http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html#careerfair Campus Event Dr. Berka discusses the transition in the 1960s of the Goddard Hall chemistry library. http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html Mon, 17 Sep 2007 17:43:27 EDT http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html#berka Audio and Video to Go Series Google scholar puts an academic spin on your search results. http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html Mon, 17 Sep 2007 17:43:27 EDT http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html#vodcast Audio and Video to Go Series S&P ExecuComp now available with 80 different compensation related data items on public corporations top 5 executive officers. http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html Mon, 10 Sep 2007 15:57:30 EDT http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html#execucomp Library Service Alert New category under Databases by Type for Technical Handbooks. http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html Mon, 10 Sep 2007 15:57:30 EDT http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html#techhand Library Service Alert Labor Day Weekend Hours: Sat. Sept. 1 9am-9pm, Sun. Sept. 2 noon-1am; Mon. Sept. 3 5pm-10pm http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:50:40 EDT http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html#laborday07hours Library Service Alert Interested in the value of information sharing? Then create a video on the topic and enter the Sparky Awards for a chance to win $1000! http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:50:40 EDT http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html#sparky Community Events Read the @Gordon Library Newsletter for the latest changes, news, and info. http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html Thu, 30 Aug 2007 10:54:19 EDT http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html#atgordonfall07 Library Service Alert Friday, 31 August, 10- 10:30 a.m IEEE Xplore is scheduled for a brief maintenance. http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html Thu, 30 Aug 2007 10:53:13 EDT http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html#ieeedowntime Library Service Alert ISI Web of Knowledge, LexisNexis Academic, ThomsonGale PowerSearch all have updated their interfaces recently. http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html Thu, 30 Aug 2007 10:51:34 EDT http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html#newinterfaces Library Service Alert Saturday Sept 29 11 a.m. -1:00 p.m. Gordon Library is celebrating 40 years of service. Stop by the library for a piece of birthday cake and/or take a tour of the facility. Browse the ongoing exhibits in our two galleries and view the Gordon @40 website. Alumni may share their memories of the library by participating in our digital recordings oral history project. http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html Thu, 30 Aug 2007 10:49:17 EDT http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html#gordonbday Library Event Standard & Poor's Compustat Research Insight now available for WPI network users to screen/analyze financial data on global corporations. http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html Tue, 14 Aug 2007 11:22:35 EDT http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html#compustat New Acquisitions Service Alert: Saturday, 4 August, from 9 AM to midnight, IEEE Xplore is scheduled to undergo a service upgrade & will be unavailable. http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html Thu, 02 Aug 2007 13:47:35 EDT http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html#ieee-outage Library Service Alert MLA International Bibliography is now available via EBSCOhost. Use to find research on literature, languages, folklore. http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html Thu, 02 Aug 2007 13:46:45 EDT http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html#mla-ebsco Library Service Alert QuickFIND multidatabase search many resource as once such as the Library Catalog, JSTOR, IEEExplore, ScienceDirect, WorldCat and 50 more, powered by Webfeat Express. http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html Tue, 31 Jul 2007 11:50:43 EDT http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html#quickfind New Acquisitions Bibme.org provides free access which allows users to create works cited entries quickly (MLA, APA, Chicago styles). For serious researchers, dive into the world of RefWorks or EndNoteWeb citation management to maintain your own database of references. http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html Tue, 31 Jul 2007 11:41:59 EDT http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html#bibme New Acquisitions SciFinder Scholar 2007 is now available for Windows/Mac users. SciFinder offers access to Chemical Abstracts including the CAS Registry file, with over 29 million substances, the CAPlus file including patents and conference proceedings and is the most comprehensive database of chemical literature. http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html Tue, 31 Jul 2007 11:39:28 EDT http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html#scifinder07 New Acquisitions The Biography Resource Center database should be your first stop for learning more about people, past and present. They have just released a new interface with improved searching & browsing of biographical profiles. http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html Tue, 31 Jul 2007 11:37:13 EDT http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html#biogresourcecenter New Acquisitions Web of Knowledge - Exciting News: An additional ten year backfile has been purchased and users can now access citations and cited references back to 1980. http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html Tue, 17 Jul 2007 11:10:52 EDT http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html New Acquisitions SAGE Premier 3 year access license: More than 440 online journals are now available through HighWire Press including: Environment and Behavior, Indoor and Built Environment, and Journal of Biomaterials Applications. http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html Tue, 10 Jul 2007 13:08:45 EDT http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html#highjour New Acquisitions Newsbank is no longer available but one new option is to search Massachusetts Newsstand (ProQuest CSA) for access to the Boston Globe, Worcester Telegram & Gazette, and other local newspapers. http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html Tue, 10 Jul 2007 13:06:40 EDT http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html#newnewspapers New Acquisitions The Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners has awarded new contracts (as of July 1, 2007) for full text journal, newspaper, and reference databases to Thomson Gale, ProQuest CSA, and EBSCO. These resources are available free of charge to all libraries in the state. See individual database titles you can connect to through our databases by subject or A-Z pages. The Thomson Gale database Business & Company ASAP and Newsbank are no longer available. http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html Tue, 10 Jul 2007 13:02:35 EDT http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/About/new.html#newdatabases New Acquisitions