eBooks on ScienceDirect

Now through next summer Reed College has access to over 800 eBooks on the ScienceDirect platform from publishers such as Elsevier, Pergamon and Academic Press. The eBooks are currently available in many subject areas, including biological sciences, biochemistry, chemistry, computer science, energy, economics, physics, and psychology.

Titles are accessible via the Reed library catalog or from the ScienceDirect platform. Remember, when using the ScienceDirect interface, Reed has access to titles and articles with either of these symbols:   or   . Contact your subject librarian if you have any questions.

Save Time with EndNote

If you’ve been interested in learning how to use EndNote like a pro, drop into one of the joint Library/CUS EndNote sessions.  These sessions will teach you how to use EndNote to manage your citations and organize your research. Contact Linda Maddux (lbm@reed.edu) if you have any questions.

Workshops will held in Library 17 at the following times:
Sunday, Sept. 12th, 3:30 pm
Tuesday, Sept. 21st, 3 pm
Thursday, Sep. 30th, 6:15 pm
Monday, October 4th, 3 pm
Saturday, Oct. 9, 2 pm
Thursday, Oct. 14, 10 am
Wednesday, Oct. 27, 5 pm

Take a tour, get a mug

New to Reed and want to know more about the library? Come to one of our Dorm Tours! Friendly librarians will point out everything you need to know, including how to find class reserves and how not to get squished in the movable shelving.
If you live in a dorm, check with your HA to find out your scheduled time. If you don’t live in a dorm, just join one of our drop-in tours:
  • Tuesday, Aug 31, 5 pm
  • Wednesday, Sept 1, 6 pm, 6:30 pm, or 7:30 pm
All tours meet in the library lobby.

New movies, projectors and more in the IMC!

We’ve added several new titles over the the course of the summer and replaced a number of VHS tapes with DVDs.  Below is a list of titles acquired after May 15.  Want to watch that movie on the big screen in your own backyard?  Projectors, screens and DVD players are now available for checkout in the IMC!  Pick up your movie and portable movie theater in L32 (library building lower level 1).

New movies

New exhibit: Eccentric Books


Eccentric Books:  At the Fore-Edge

July 30 – September 30, 2010

Colors, movement, shapes, objects, popups—the brilliant world of eccentric books is on display in the library’s flat and wall cases.  Cleverly constructed and totally entertaining book structures mingle with objects that are debatable as to whether they are books.  Taken largely from the gathering of artists’ books within special collections, examples span the last two decades and include works by American book artists, Reed students, and others.