The Special Collections department is currently testing out a new way to gather information on unidentified photographs and expose our alums and the greater university community to our historical holdings. Using the Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery's newly established Flickr page, we have added University Archives photographs that feature UMBC students in the 1960s, 70s, and 80s. Anyone is encouraged to leave a note or comment with information or reflections on the people, places, and events shown in the photographs.

This tool is still being tested but other institutions have had success with similar interactive projects, including:

Enoch Pratt Free Library/State Library Resource Center: Most Wanted
Library of Congress on Flickr
The Polar Bear Expedition Digital Collections at the University of Michigan (features EAD finding aids, commenting capabilities, user profiles and saved bookmarks)

**Updated on July 11, 2008 with Theatre Department photographs!

Check it out and let us know what you think!

The trial is good from July 15 to Aug 15. For off-campus access, please login via VPN first (http://vpn.umbc.edu). Then follow the link under "News & Events" on the library homepage.

Please let us know what you think.

5 newspapers included:

Atlanta Daily World (1931-2003) The Atlanta Daily World had the first black White House correspondent and was the first black daily in the nation in the 20th century.

The Chicago Defender (1909-1975) A leading African-American newspaper, with more than two-thirds of its readership outside Chicago.

Los Angeles Sentinel (1934-2005) The oldest and largest black newspaper in the western United States and the largest African-American owned newspaper in the U.S.

New York Amsterdam News (1922-1993) This leading Black newspaper of the 20th century reached its peak in the 1940s. The Amsterdam News was a strong advocate for the desegregation of the U.S. military during World War II, and also covered the historically important Harlem Renaissance.

Pittsburgh Courier (1911-2002) One of the most nationally circulated Black newspapers, the Courier reached its peak in the 1930s. A conservative voice in the African-American community, the Courier challenged the misrepresentation of African-Americans in the national media and advocated social reforms to advance the cause of civil rights.

Trial access to Popular Culture Universe is now available. See details below:

Subscription Dates: 07/14/2008 - 08/14/2008
To Access Go To: http://pop.greenwood.com
Enter UserName: umbc
Enter Password: library

Please let us know what you think.

Thanks,
June

Contact the Reference desk at 410-455-2346 or email ref@lists.umbc.edu for log-in information.

Subjects include: Literature, Drama, Music, Social & Cultural History, Religion, Sociology, and Psychology.

Please leave a comment with your opinion.

Starting July 1, 2008, UMBC library switches from Applied Science and Technology Abstract (EBSCO) to Computers and Applied Science Complete (EBSCO). They are identical databases, but CASC has over 500 journals that are full-text.

Please let us know what you think. Thanks!

The library no longer subscribes to Credo Reference (used to be "Xrefer Plus"). Oxford Reference Online ( http://www.oxfordreference.com/) is now the replacement.

Any feedback is welcome.

Thanks,
June

It includes full text of over 100 dictionaries, general reference, language reference, and subject reference works. You can access it either from the Database Search option on the library home page or via the Research Port. Also about 20 Oxford Online Encyclopedias library previously purchased are cross-searchable in ORO.

Please check it out and let us know what you think.

We just recently added the HFES Digital Library to our collection. It includes the following five titles:

Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting Proceedings
Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
Journal of Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making
Ergonomics in Design: The Quarterly of Human Factors Applications
Reviews of Human Factors and Ergonomics

Coverage may go back to as early as 1980s. You can access it either via Journal Finder or Research Port. For remote access, please check information on this page.

This workshop, part of the Library Tech Talks series, will introduce participants to a range of features included in this free web-accessible citation manager.

This workshop will focus on setting up an EndNote Web account, importing database citations, web-based citations or searching and importing resources through EndNote Web, using the Cite While You Write for Microsoft Word plug-in and setting up and/or sharing project folders.

Register at the OIT training page.

This workshop, part of the Library Tech Talks series, will introduce faculty and staff to this multidisciplinary database that provides literature access to the highest-quality journals across the arts, humanities, sciences and social sciences.

This hands-on workshop will focus on cited and citing reference searching, filtering and analyzing search results and setting up search alert emails or RSS feeds.

Register at the OIT training page.

If you have any comments or suggestions about this workstation, please contact Michael Dick (michaed@umbc.edu).

* Set up an Endnote Web Account
* Transfer references from Endnote Desktop to Endnote Web
* Use Endnote Web with Library databases and catalogusmai
* Install and Use Cite While You Write^TM in Microsoft Word

These help guides are available at EndNote Web at UMBC.

Contact Katy Sullivan or Uta Hussong with any questions.

Trial access to Oxford Language Dictionaries Online is now available at:
http://www.oxfordlanguagedictionaries.com/

The trial runs from April 30, 2008 to May 30, 2008. For off-campus access, please login via VPN first (http://vpn.umbc.edu). Then follow the link under "News & Events" on the library homepage.

For more info on remote access, please see http://aok.lib.umbc.edu/services/remoteaccess.php

Let us know what you think.

Thanks,
June