Library News from the St. Paul Campus Libraries http://blog.lib.umn.edu/magrath/stplibraries/ Welcome to the News and Events blog from the Magrath, Entomology, Fisheries & Wildlife, Forestry and Plant Pathology Libraries. We will be posting information about library classes, events, new librarians, new services and other library news of use to you on this site. en Copyright 2008 Mon, 12 May 2008 12:41:55 -0600 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.33.uthink http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Turtles and Coffee at EFW! On Friday, May 9 the EFW Library hosted an afternoon coffee hour in collaboration with Frenatae, the Entomology Department graduate student group. Guest speaker John Moriarty from Ramsey County Parks joined us (with his LIVE Red-footed tortoises, box turtle, and wood turtles) for coffee and chocolate turtle treats. The event was very lively and we all learned a lot about these cool herps. Thank you, Margaret Borg, for organizing this fun event!
Linda Eells, EFW Library

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]]> http://blog.lib.umn.edu/magrath/stplibraries/2008/05/turtles_and_coffee_at_efw.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/magrath/stplibraries/2008/05/turtles_and_coffee_at_efw.html Mon, 12 May 2008 12:41:55 -0600 Congratulations to Dustin Fields - Outstanding Library Student Employee Winner! Outstanding Library Student Employee Award Winner Dustin Fields has worked as a Student Library Assistant / Web Developer for the Plant Pathology Library since fall 2006. He has become an invaluable student employee, extremely gracious and helpful to library patrons, while contributing to projects that benefit more then just the Plant Pathology Library. Through his role as web developer and graphic designer, Dustin has designed multiple brochures and contributed to several online websites featuring Flash animation. Dustin is described as a joy to work with; he is always willing to do whatever tasks are asked of him.

]]> http://blog.lib.umn.edu/magrath/stplibraries/2008/05/congratulations_to_dustin_fiel.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/magrath/stplibraries/2008/05/congratulations_to_dustin_fiel.html Library news Fri, 09 May 2008 09:32:47 -0600 JSTOR talks about its future - April 9th 9am Bruce Heterick, Mike Spinella, and Kimberly Lutz from JSTOR will be visiting the University Libraries on Wednesday, April 9.

There will be an open presentation aimed at Libraries staff and interested faculty and students on JSTOR's strategic directions as a research platform, an analysis of overall use patterns, and use at the University of Minnesota, including the "Google effect."

The presentation will be from 9:00-11:00am in 120 Andersen Library.

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Speaking to the House Committee on Science and Technology's Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight, Mr. Rettig intends to address several of the developments of the past two years, specifically the loss of access to vitally import scientific and environmental government information, and also the necessity of the information specialist - the staff librarian - to ensure the most effective access to this information.

--Press Release from American Library Association(ALA).

The full article and more information can be found on ALA's website.

]]> http://blog.lib.umn.edu/magrath/stplibraries/2008/03/library_closings_at_the_enviro.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/magrath/stplibraries/2008/03/library_closings_at_the_enviro.html Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:53:33 -0600 Finding Gene Information Annotated gene information tools provide links to gene and chromosome maps, nucleotide and protein sequences, exons and introns, genetic disorder information, supporting research literature citations, and more. This class will introduce several online tools - available from the National Institutes of Health, the National Center for Biotechnology Information and other organizations - for finding annotated gene information.

Instructor:Peter Kirlew
Time: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 10:00 AM -- 11:00 AM
Location: AHC Learning Commons, 535/545 Diehl Hall

Register online

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Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography


Chicago Manual of Style Online


Inderscience e-journals


Oxford Language Dictionaries


PsychiatryOnline (core textbooks and journals)


Weather Almanac (Gale)


Wiley e-journal backfiles
* Biotechnology, Biochemistry, and Biophysics
* Polymer

Wiley reference sources
* Encyclopedia of Polymer Science and Technology
* Encyclopedia of Computational Chemistry


Sage complete journal package

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Much more information can be found on the Libraries' Transforming Scholarly Communication website.

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Powered by Google, this search engine searches 750 Extension websites.

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Forestry AgNIC is a gateway to a wide range of forestry and related information found on the internet.

Use it to search for links to web sites, image collections, lists of publications, documents, databases, and other unique resources.

It is sponsored by University of Minnesota Forestry Library and the Agricultural Network Information Center (AgNIC).

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Visit this webpage for our tools and widgets.

]]> http://blog.lib.umn.edu/magrath/stplibraries/2008/01/tools_and_widgets.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/magrath/stplibraries/2008/01/tools_and_widgets.html Tue, 22 Jan 2008 17:24:16 -0600 Need to watch a DVD or VHS on campus? The Magrath Library's Group Study room is now equipped with a television, DVD player, and VHS player for group viewing.

The room (located in the basement level of Magrath) is available to current University students, staff, and faculty. A valid University ID must be presented to check out the room.

Fill out and present this form at the Magrath circulation desk to check out the room.
Blank forms are available at the desk.

Questions? Contact Us

]]> http://blog.lib.umn.edu/magrath/stplibraries/2008/01/need_to_watch_a_dvd_or_vhs_on.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/magrath/stplibraries/2008/01/need_to_watch_a_dvd_or_vhs_on.html Library news Thu, 17 Jan 2008 09:16:07 -0600 RefWorks Basics
Learn the basics of using RefWorks, the Web-based citation manager that is available to all U of M Faculty, students and staff. Adding references to RefWorks will be covered, as well as exporting them to Word, and selecting a style (MLA, APA, etc) for your bibliography. See http://www.lib.umn.edu/refworks/ for more details about RefWorks.

Instructor:Julie Kelly
Time: Thursday, February 7, 2008 3:00 PM -- 4:15 PM
Location: Magrath Library Instruction Room - St. Paul

Register online here.

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The handout for the class is at http://courses.lib.umn.edu/page.phtml?page_id=462

Instructor:Julie Kelly
Time: Monday, January 14, 2008 9:15 AM -- 10:15 AM
Location: Magrath Library Instruction Room - St. Paul

Register here.

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To do this, you'll need to get to the main blog page by clicking on "Main" in the white area above. Then simply enter your email (look on the right-hand side navigation), and click add!

You will receive an email asking you to click a link to verify your email address.

Once you do this, you'll be signed up to our blog!

]]> http://blog.lib.umn.edu/magrath/stplibraries/2008/01/sign_up_for_email_notification.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/magrath/stplibraries/2008/01/sign_up_for_email_notification.html Library news Thu, 10 Jan 2008 11:08:58 -0600 Gather news and updates in one place with Web feeds like RSS RSS (Really Simple Syndication) allows you to "subscribe" to updates from Web resources such as e-journals, newspapers, blogs and other regularly updated sites. Learn how to send your selections to a single "aggregator", and save yourself from having to visit many Web sites to keep up on your favorite sources. Class handout is at http://courses.lib.umn.edu/page.phtml?page_id=2297

Time: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 10:30 AM -- 11:30 AM
Location: Magrath Library Instruction Room - St. Paul

Register online here.

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