Library and Information Technology

There are some major changes in store for RefWorks users this semester.  Some of you may have gotten an email from RefWorks-COS Support Services, advising you that your username had been changed to match your Bucknell email address.  If your username was unique in the RefWorks system, a change was not required.With unique usernames comes a real advantage.  Users, even Bucknell alumni, will no longer need the “group code” to log in to a RefWorks account from off-campus or off-network computers.  The only time the group code will be asked for is if you want to create a new account while you are off the Bucknell network.  In that case, contact the campus RefWorks administrator Jim Van Fleet, or refworks@bucknell.edu.  You can log in and follow the RefWorks Update Profile link if you would like to choose a different user name.

The second change will be obvious when you log in to RefWorks version 2.0.  The entire interface has been updated.  The old familiar menu options still appear near the top of the screen.  These old pull-down menus have actually been simplified.  There are now many more features and functions, located under new tabs and sidebars on the RefWorks screen.  The easiest way for an experienced RefWorks user to review the changes is to watch their short RefWorks 2.0 Preview at http://www.refworks-cos.com/refworks/rwpreview/RefWorks_New_UI_demo.htm

If you have any questions, see our RefWorks web page, email refworks@bucknell.edu, or contact the RefWorks support team at http://www.refworks.com/support/.

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Did you know that Special Collections/University Archives can provide your students with hands-on learning experiences using unique and rare materials?  Staff is available to discuss your class needs and how Special Collections/University Archives can help. Contact scua@bucknell.edu or 570.577.3101. (Two weeks notice before the scheduled class is preferred.)

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Stop by Special Collections/University archives to see “Please Pass the Butter,” selected photographs and documents from Bucknell University’s Institute for Foreign Students.  This program was designed to orient foreign students studying in the United States to American social and cultural practices.

Now through May 4, 2012 , on Bertrand Library, Lower Level 1.

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1. You can look at your own Library Account from myBucknell/My Accounts/Library Accounts/Review My Account and then click on “Checkouts” to see what you have checked out and when it’s due. You can also renew items from this page.
2. If you have items that are now overdue, you should return them or renew them (either online or at the Circ Desk in the Library).
3. All regular circulating books checked out now to firstyear, sophomore, or junior students will be due on January 17, so, yes, you can keep them over the break (but don’t forget and leave them at home!)
4. All Seniors have a 1-semester loan period, so books checked out now are due in May.
5. DVDs and other videos have a 1-week loan period, so please don’t plan to take those away over the break.
6. You can look at your own ILLiad account to see when your interlibrary loan items are due.

Questions?  Call the Circulation Desk at 570.577.1882

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Beginning Wednesday, December 7,
the Writing Center satellite offices
in Vedder and in Bertrand Library
will be closed for the semester.
All consulting sessions during finals
will be scheduled for Roberts Hall.
If you need help with your writing project,
please call 570.577.3141 to make an appointment.

Hours in Roberts Hall during finals will be:

Wednesday, Dec. 7 and Thursday, Dec. 8:
9 a.m. to noon
1 to 4 p.m.
7 to 10 p.m.

Friday, Dec. 9:
9 a.m. to noon
1 to 4 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 11:
7 to 10 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 12, Tuesday, Dec. 13,
and Wednesday, Dec. 14:
9 a.m. to noon
1 to 4 p.m.
7 to 10 p.m.

Thursday, Dec. 15:
9 a.m. to noon
1 to 4 p.m.

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Students:  As you work on your end of term assignments, please remember that research help is available.  Check out our Getting Help page here:  http://my.bucknell.edu/x54324.html

Also, be sure to use all of the great research resources on the Research by Subject Pages:  http://researchbysubject.bucknell.edu.

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Bucknell is well on the way to 100 participants in the Knovel University Challenge.

Use the Knovel Digital Library to answer 3 questions, and you will be entered in their prize drawing.  When we reach 100, a Bucknell entrant will be guaranteed a prize.

Take the Knovel University Challenge!

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