NEIU Library News
Special Spring Book Sale
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 pm on Friday.
This collection contains many hardcover books on history and political science. Prices are $4.00 for hard covers, $2.00 for soft covers, and $1.00 for paperbacks.
New Publication: Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth
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 development of childhood and youth cultures and the experiences of young people across diverse times and places. JHCY embraces a wide range of historical methodologies as well as scholarship in other disciplines that share a historical focus. The journal publishes original articles based on empirical research and essays that place contemporary issues of childhood and youth in a historical context. Each issue also includes an “object lesson” on the material culture of childhood, contemporary policy pieces, and relevant book reviews. JHCY is the official journal of the Society for the History of Children and Youth.
New “IM” Reference Service
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 Librarian icon on the Library’s Home Page. Add us as a buddy in your favorite IM software — we’re neiulibrary on AIM, Yahoo!, MSN, & Google — or send us a message right now at this webpage.
NEIU Women Artists’ Exhibit
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.
485 Sage e-Journals Now Available
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 issue. CARLI, the Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois, negotiated a special offer on behalf of member libraries, making access possible.
These journals can be accessed through the library’s a-z list of full text journals and are also available through the “Get This Item” service.
Library Closed Tuesday, February 12
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.
Spring 2008 RefWorks Workshops
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 semester’s workshops will be held:
Tuesday, 1/29, 10-11 am CANCELED
Monday, 2/4, 6-7 pm
Thursday, 2/7, 2-3 pm
Wednesday, 3/5, 2-3 pm
Saturday, 3/15, 11:30 am-12:30 pm
Friday, 4/4, 11 am-12 pm
Wednesday, 4/16, 4-5 pm
All workshops will be held in the Library’s 3rd floor classroom. To register for a workshop, visit the Reference Desk on the 1st floor or call 773-442-4410.
In addition, RefWorks will also be offering a series of online trainings that you can attend from your own computer. To view the schedule and register, visit RefWorks Webinars.
Credo Reference
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 subject area. You will find it in our A-Z list of library databases. Coverage includes:
- Art (architecture, fashion, theatre)
- Bilingual Dictionaries (general, commerce, classics)
- Biography (artists, politicians, writers)
- Business (economics, finance, management)
- Conversions (distances, volumes, weights)
- Dictionaries (definitions, crossword solver)
- Encyclopedias (facts, people, places)
- Food (cooking, ingredients, nutrition)
- Geography (climate, demographic, physical)
- History (classical, modern, renaissance)
- Language (idioms, rhymes, usage)
- Law (criminal, civil, commercial)
- Literature (drama, fiction, poetry)
- Medicine (conditions, health, therapies)
- Music (classical, jazz, artists)
- Philosophy & Psychology (ideas, theories, thoughts)
- Quotations (biographical, esoteric, popular)
- Religion (Bible, Koran, Hindu lore, history)
- Science (physics, biology, chemistry)
- Social Sciences (education, politics, sociology)
- Technology (computing, telecom, jargon)
Holiday Break Begins December 21
The Library will close at 4:30 PM on Friday, December 21 and will not open again until 8:00 AM on Wednesday, January 2.
All online resources, including the catalog, full-text journals, and research databases will be available over the break to users. Start at the Library homepage or NEIUport, and login using your NEIU Net ID and password.
Annual Book Sale
For more information, call 773-442-4470.
