http://neiuinfo.org/librarynews Updates from the Ronald Williams Library at Northeastern Illinois University Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:34:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A LETTER OF RESIGNATION In my art, I attempt to portray scenes from the lives of people during routine or generally uninteresting events. I am drawn to everyday occurrences. My sketchbook is filled with images of men and women doing anything from athletic stretches to feeding goldfish. By depicting figures passively ... http://neiuinfo.org/librarynews/2008/04/21/justin-santora-senior-art-show/ Don't have time to come to the Library? Not even time to find the Library home page? That's OK -- we'll come to you. Just like you, many of us at the NEIU Library are joining the popular social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace. In fact, the Library itself ... http://neiuinfo.org/librarynews/2008/04/10/we-bring-the-library-to-you/ Thanks to a large donation of books to the Ronald Williams Library, we will hold a special Spring Book Sale, from Wednesday, April 16 through Friday, April 18, 2008. The sale will run during library hours: 8:00 am to 10:30 pm on Wednesday and Thursday and 8:00 am to 5:00 ... http://neiuinfo.org/librarynews/2008/03/31/special-spring-book-sale/ A new journal, the Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth, is debuting in the library's online resource, Project Muse. You can access Project Muse via the library's A-Z listing of online databases. According to Johns Hopkins University Press, The Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth explores the ... http://neiuinfo.org/librarynews/2008/03/20/new-publication-journal-of-the-history-of-childhood-and-youth/ The Library's Reference Desk is now offering to answer your questions via IM (Instant Messaging) service. This service allows students and faculty to quickly chat online with a Librarian. Our new IM service is available during normal library hours and can be quickly accessed by clicking on the Ask A ... http://neiuinfo.org/librarynews/2008/03/10/new-im-reference-service/ In honor of Women's History Month, the Ronald Williams Library will host an NEIU Women Artists' Exhibit, from March 9 - 29, 2008 The show features photography, paintings, quilts, jewelry, sculpture and metalwork, on the first floor of the Library.ShareThis http://neiuinfo.org/librarynews/2008/03/04/neiu-women-artists-exhibit/ The library now offers online access to all of the journals published by Sage, more than 485 peer-reviewed and scholarly journals in the Humanities, Sciences, Business and Social Sciences. This e-journal package, called Sage Premier, includes all of Sage's titles, with full text going back to each title's first ... http://neiuinfo.org/librarynews/2008/02/21/485-sage-e-journals-now-available/ The entire NEIU campus will be closed Tuesday, February 12 in honor of Lincoln's Birthday. The Library will re-open on Wednesday, February 13 at 8:00 am.ShareThis http://neiuinfo.org/librarynews/2008/02/11/library-closed-tuesday-february-12/ The library will again be offering hands-on workshops on RefWorks, a citation management tool that allows users to add references directly from databases, organize references into folders, and output bibliographies in many different formats. Refworks is available to all NEIU students, faculty, and staff through a Library subscription. This ... http://neiuinfo.org/librarynews/2008/01/18/spring-2008-refworks-workshops/ Search 300 key reference books with one search box using Credo Reference! You can now retrieve the full text, images, and pronunciation sound files from almost 300 key reference books to help you with your questions. Use the library’s new online reference resource, Credo Reference, to find quick answers in any ... http://neiuinfo.org/librarynews/2008/01/05/credo-reference/