The library has acquired Oxford Reference Premium Online, an extensive collection of online reference tools. Included in this package are bilingual dictionaries, quotation books, abbreviation dictionaries and subject encyclopedias in a wide range of areas. All are published by Oxford University.
The library’s online system, MnPALS, will be down from 5 p.m. on Friday, August 28 until approximately 8 a.m. on Monday, August 31. There will be a slight interruption in library services during this time.
Pam Werre, Library, had an article published in the July 2009 issue of the Journal of Scholarly Publishing (40:4) titled “The University of Minnesota Press.” This article covers the history of the University of Minnesota Press from its beginnings in 1925 to the present. Werre was also appointed co-chair of the ACRL/EBSS Reference Sources and Services committee. The charge of this committee is to produce publications, sponsor programs, and conduct projects to improve academic library reference services in education and the behavioral sciences.
As you are finalizing your fall syllabi, please don’t forget to make arrangements in advance for library instruction. If you are teaching a research and/or writing intensive course this fall, consider including class time for your students to learn new research tools and practice finding quality sources with a librarian’s guidance. You may contact Belle Nelson by phone or email (x5919, nelsonb@mnstate.edu) to schedule your session(s).
f you are a faculty member who has previously had materials on the library’s electronic reserves system and would like to activate your reserve readings for spring semester, contact Jenny Jensen (jensnjen@mnstate.edu or 477-2342) in the library. She will send you a paper copy of the materials you have had on electronic reserves and we will be able to re-activate those materials for spring.
Additional materials may be submitted using the electronic submission form: http://appserv.mnstate.edu/library/ElectronicReserves/Library_Reserve_Form/ElecRes.php.