12-16-08
Holiday reading and viewing: take some reading and/or video materials home for the holidays!

Browse current fiction and non-fiction in the Library's new book lounge or find these in the Recently Acquired Materials listing in ALICAT. In addition to our regular collection of current and classic literature in the Library's general circulating collections, the Popular Reading Collection on level 5S has current popular fiction and non-fiction, including best sellers, cookbooks, personal fitness, and self help (also listed in ALICAT: http://alicat.adelphi.edu/screens/popularreading.html)

For this intersession, videos and DVDs checked out will not be due until Jan. 15. The Library has a wide collection of videos and DVDs of popular and classic movies (and TV series) that we purchase for our film and performing arts curriculum. Videos can be searched separately (as a material type) on ALICAT under advanced search: http://alicat.adelphi.edu/search/X.

You worked hard all semester - now read and watch what you want!

P.S. The winner of the Thanksgiving pie in the Library's FindIT contest was Melissa Fragomeni, a student in the graduate General Psychology program. Thank you to all who entered the contest.

12-3-08
From the Manhattan Center Library:
Feeling Stressed?
Come enjoy our free series on "coping with stress" open to the entire Manhattan Center community.

11-12-08
Do you know how to obtain a book or a journal article if the library doesn't own it? ConnectNY and Interlibrary Loan are two options:

If ALICAT, the Library online catalog (http://alicat.adelphi.edu) does not list a book you are looking for, or if a book is missing or checked out, then click the ConnectNY link in ALICAT to see whether you can borrow it from a ConnectNY member library. ConnectNY is a unified online catalog of 14 New York academic libraries with combined holdings of over 5 million books. It can also be accessed directly: http://www.connectny.info/screens/opacmenu.html.

Books not found in ALICAT or ConnectNY can be requested from another library via an interlibrary loan request: https://alicat.adelphi.edu/illb~S1

Articles from journals that are not available in our databases or print collection may also be requested from another library via an interlibrary loan request: https://alicat.adelphi.edu/illj~S1

10-22-08
Sometimes we need a break from our work and studying to refresh ourselves and our minds. Did you know that Swirbul Library has books for you to relax with?
The Popular Reading Collection is a leased collection of books offering current fiction and non-fiction, including best sellers, cookbooks, personal fitness, and self help. You can browse the collection on the shelves in the Popular Reading lounge on level 5S, search for specific titles in ALICAT, or link to it directly: http://alicat.adelphi.edu/screens/popularreading.html These titles are in addition to the current and classic literature that is found in the Library's own general circulating collections, as well as the DVDs, videos, and popular magazines that we also collect. Some of the most recently received titles include:
--"Holidays on Ice" by David Sedaris
--"The Boleyn Inheritance" by Philippa Gregory
--"Called Out of Darkness" by Anne Rice
--"Giada's Kitchen" by Giada de Laurentiis
--"Liberty" by Garrison Keillor

9-02-08
The Libraries' new Course Reserves form can now be found in eCampus. There is a link for it on the Libraries' website under Services for Faculty, but you can also access it directly on eCampus via the Services tab (look for the Course Reserves box).

Note: If you are linking from the Libraries' website and are not already logged into eCampus, you will be prompted to do so first.

Once there, you will see a list of the courses you are teaching and/or are scheduled to teach in an upcoming semester. Next to each course listed, there is a red link entitled "Reserve." Clicking on this link will call up the reserve form which will be automatically populated with the available class information. Just fill in the field for number of students in the class. You may also change your contact information if you wish. Then scroll down to add the details for the item(s) you wish to place on reserve. There are three sections: Books/Videos/CDs, Articles/Book Chapters, Streaming Videos. Add all item information in the appropriate section(s), then submit the form.

8-20-08
With the start of the new year, the Library has introduced some changes to our
website:

The new "Customized Views" allow quick access to the Library resources and
information most relevant to the needs of students, faculty, and alumni.

The "Students" view includes immediate links to find books, articles,
electronic journals and course reserves, as well as to "Research Support."

The "Faculty" view provides *Instructional Support* links to E-Reserves,
Library Classes, and Library Liaisons, all from the home page.

The "Alumni" view offers easy access to ALICAT, alumni accessible databases,
and policy information.

The default page provides a gateway to Library resources and information for
all campus populations.

In addition, the Articles/Databases page has been changed to offer a "Starting
Point" to new users and to provide quick access to resources within a subject
area. "Databases by Name," also on this page, includes all databases from A to
Z.

We hope that you find these changes helpful.

4-9-08

All are invited to visit our newest Library exhibit which honors both faculty who have been awarded tenure in the past two years (or have been promoted to full professor) and those full-time faculty who are new to Adelphi. This exhibit, which is held every two years, is in the Hay Periodicals Lounge on the first floor of Swirbul Library.

Newly tenured/promoted faculty who participated have selected titles for the Library's collection that have been important to their professional or personal development, while newly appointed faculty were invited to suggest new titles for the Library in their respective fields of study.

Please also visit the nearby exhibit cases containing selections from our Panama Canal Collection which is part of Special Collections. Donated by prominent alumnus Robert R. McMillan, this collection of monographs, correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, brochures, photographs, maps, audio tapes, and memorabilia focuses on the history of Panama, the Panama Canal, and especially the Panama Canal Commission.

Both exhibits will be up until the end of the semester.

3-27-08

University Archives and Special Collections (UASC), a department of the Adelphi
University Libraries, is located in the Lower level of New Hall and is composed
of two distinct collections: University Archives and Special Collections.
Both collections hold research and primary resource materials and include
materials in various formats, including manuscripts, books, graphic materials,
audio-visual materials, photographs, electronic records, and artifacts, which
are separately housed in a secure environment to protect and preserve rare,
valuable, or fragile materials.
Our 28 Special Collections and the University Archives offer an opportunity for
researchers and scholars-faculty and students alike-to conduct research using
primary resources and rare and unique materials.
* Researchers in literature use our Blake, Expatriate, Whitman, and Rare
Book Collections.
* The Cuala Press, Small Press, and DePol Collections, which contain
finely-printed, illustrated, and often literary materials, are valuable to both
art and literature scholars.
* Studio art classes regularly stop by to see the Josef Albers Interaction
of Color.
* Art history and education researchers are interested in the Children*s
Illustrated Literature Collection while educators draw upon the resources in the
Kraus-Boelte Early Education Collection.
* Dance researchers understand the importance of the Ruth St. Denis
Collection, which contains photos, papers, and ephemera that document the life
of St. Denis, founder of the Adelphi Dance Department and one of the originators
of modern dance.
* Journalists and historians find a wealth of material about the English
radical press in our Cobbett and Hone Collections.
* The Long Island, New York City, and New York State collections have a
general appeal and are used by scholars in a number of fields.
* The Panama Canal and Americana Collections fascinate historians while
the first stop for those interested in Adelphi*s history is University
Archives.
These are only a few of our special collections.
Faculty, we invite you to bring your classes for a special presentation and
consider using these collections for your own research. Students, please keep
our collections in mind for your research, especially in planning your capstone
project. Visit our website at http://libraries.adelphi.edu/special/ to find out more
about using our collections.