Database Trial Available – CQ Press Political Reference Suite

We now have a trial to the above database until March 31, 2009. Please take the time to log in and test it out:

http://library.cqpress.com/prs/

I’ve added this to the “Trial Resources” library page, as well.

Please fill out an evaluation form and email it to me after you have had the chance to trial the product. The Evaluation Form is located here:

Leave a comment here!

Spanish Soldiers, English Traders, and the Formation of the Creek Confederacy

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Come listen to a program about the “History and Lives of the Creek Indians and the European Impact on Native Americans in the South”!

12 Noon, Tuesday, March 24
Ingram Library
University of West Georgia

Presented by:

Dr. Thomas Foster,
Director of University of West Georgia’s Waring Archaeological Lab

Dr. Foster’s presentation is part of the Library’s Lunch and Learn series. Bring lunch if you wish. Beverages and cookies will be provided.

Do you own a business?

Or perhaps you are thinking of starting one?

For those seeking help with the issues surrounding the operation of a business, you should check out Business.gov’s Online Community. As a member of the community you can interact with other business owners as well as industry and government experts. Business.gov is maintained by the United States government as an official resource for businesses.

Government Information: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

http://www.recovery.gov/

“Recovery.gov is a website that lets you, the taxpayer, figure out where the money from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is going. There are going to be a few different ways to search for information. The money is being distributed by Federal agencies, and soon you’ll be able to see where it’s going — to which states, to which congressional districts, even to which Federal contractors.”

Zotero 1.5 Beta Released

This morning the Zotero team launched both Zotero 1.5 and the first release of Zotero’s web application.

Zotero 1.5 Features

• Automatic synchronization of collections across multiple computers. For example, sync your PC at work with your Mac laptop and your Linux desktop at home.
• Free automatic backup of your library data at Zotero.org.
• Automatic synchronization of your attachment files to a server of your choice (e.g. iDisk, Jungle Disk, or university-provided web storage).
• Recover recently deleted items with Zotero’s trash can.
• Rich-text notes
  
• New style manager allowing you to add and delete CSLs and legacy style formats
• Automatic detection of PDF metadata (author, title, etc.)
• Automatic detection and support for proxy servers

New Website Features

• Browse through your library online.
• New user profiles tied to Zotero accounts.
• Preliminary support for following other Zotero users: In the future this will generate a twitter-like feed of users public research activity.
• WYSIWYG CV creator, with the ability to dynamically generate all or part of your CV from Zotero collections.
• Search for friends, colleagues, and other users by institutional affiliation, username, email address, or field of interest.

Read more…

Interlibrary Loan Processing Resumed

UPDATE: Interlibrary loan requests are again being processed.  But some delay can be expected as libraries catch-up on the problems created by this disruption.

PREVIOUS: Due to problems with the system used process interlibrary loan requests (OCLC ILL/Resource Sharing), our interlibrary loan requests cannot be processed.  You can still submit interlibrary loan requests via the library’s ILLiad system.  But the requests will not be processed until OCLC ILL services are back in operation.

More information and updates from OCLC.

Government Information: Pandemic Influenza

The House Homeland Security Committee released a majority staff report today indicating the country is not ready for Pandemic Flu.  The report is entitled “Getting Beyond Getting Ready for Pandemic Influenza” and is available at http://homeland.house.gov/SiteDocuments/20090114124322-85263.pdf

According to the press release, the report “examines the Nation’s state of preparedness and response capabilities in the event of a pandemic influenza outbreak. It identifies sixteen weaknesses in the outgoing Bush Administration’s approach to get prepared for pandemic influenza.
In addition, the report provides fifteen critical recommendations for what Congress, the incoming Administration, and the public and private sectors can do to achieve National readiness to combat this threat.”

http://homeland.house.gov/press/index.asp?ID=416

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers OnLine

http://www.auctr.edu/mlkcollection/

The Library Resources/GALILEO password has changed.

To get the current password, browse to:
http://www.westga.edu/~library/password
This password will be valid until 05/15/2009.

This password also provides off-campus access to many other, non-GALILEO resources. Access is provided only to currently-registered students and current employees of UWG.

Please call our Circulation Desk at (678)839-6502 to check your account if you receive an error message instead of the password.

If you do not know your UWG ID/917 Number:

• Login to BanWeb http://banweb.westga.edu/
• Students Access “Student Services & Financial Aid”
  Faculty Access “Faculty Services”
• Students Check some of the items under either:
  “Registration & Fee Payment” or
  “Student Records”
  Faculty Check under:
  “Faculty Detail Schedule”
• You should see your 917 UWG ID number displayed here.

Search and find magazines on Google Book Search

Today, Google is announcing an initiative to help bring more magazine archives and current magazines online, partnering with publishers to begin digitizing millions of articles from titles as diverse as New York Magazine, Popular Mechanics, and Ebony.

via Official Google Blog: Search and find magazines on Google Book Search.