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Performing Arts Librarian position
Reed College Library currently has a vacancy for a Performing Arts Librarian. A full description of the position and qualifications is available here. Deadline for applications is March 16, 2009.
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EndNote Workshops
Having trouble organizing citations for your thesis or a paper? Want to share citations with colleagues? Come to one of these sessions for an introduction to EndNote and EndNote Web. Meet in Library 17. Contact Linda Maddux or Taylor Smith. Session dates and times: • Monday, February 16, 5:15 p.m. • Tuesday, February 24, 4…
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Cinema Image Gallery trial
We have a 30 day trial for the Cinema Image Gallery database from Wilson. Give it a try! Note: you’ll need to select “Cinema Image Gallery” from the list of available databases. Please send any comments to: Jack Levine – Acquisitions Librarian – jlevine@reed.edu
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Encyclopedia of Popular Music Trial
The encyclopedia covers a broad musical scope covering popular music of all genres and periods from 1900 to the present day. The trial expires on March 5th. Give it a try: http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/subscriber/book/omo_epm Please send comments to: Jack Levine – Acquisitions Librarian – jlevine@reed.edu
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Web of Science and EndNote Web maintenance 1/30 – 2/1
There may be interruptions in our access to Web of Science and EndNote Web this weekend while maintenance happens. The maintenance for EndNote Web will start on Friday, January 30th, 2009 at 9:00PM EST. The maintenance for the ISI Web of Knowledge will commence on Sunday, February 1st, 2009 at 9:00AM EST.
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Science Treasures in the Reed Library
January 16th – March 31, 2009 Library flat and wall cases Come see the science treasures from Reed library’s special collections. Early scientific texts that look simple today may have been seminal for their time, and many are accompanied by strange and wonderful illustrations. Reed owns numerous examples documenting significant milestones in science. The exhibit…
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Library Paideia Events
Please join us in the library for these great sessions: Reed Library’s Science Treasures Friday. Jan. 23, 10:30 am Come see the scientific treasures of Reed’s special collections. All fields of science are documented in early printed works, often in strange and wonderful illustrations and texts, and Reed owns many examples from Pliny the Elder’s…
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Planned CONTENTdm Outage and New Viewer/Workspace Launch
The Reed Digital Collections in CONTENTdm will be unavailable Tuesday Jan. 20th during a planned server outage. When service is restored on Wednesday, Reed’s CONTENTdm collections will have a new look and feel: There will be a new viewer, which optimizes the image and features more streamlined tools/controls. There will be a new, enhanced “My…
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Columbia Granger’s World of Poetry trial
Columbia Granger’s World of Poetry is designed to be a one-stop reference for all poetry-related research and learning. It features 450,000 poem citations, 250,000 of which are full text, users can browse by poem, poet, commentaries, and glossary terms. Users can also search by era, school or movement of poetry, nationality, language, cultural identity, and…
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ScienceDirect planned outage – 1/10/2009
Journals available via ScienceDirect will not be accessible on Saturday, 10 January for approximately eight hours starting at 11:30 a.m. We apologize for any inconvenience.
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