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  • Research in Dance Education trial

    Research in Dance Education trial

    Reed College Library is offering trial access to the Research in Dance Education database through December 16th.  Research in Dance Education is an index to research and literature in dance education written from 1926 to the present.  If you try use it, do let us know what you think.  Provide feedback to: Jack Levine 777-7552…

  • Nov 15-16 American Chemical Society Publications website will be unavailable

    Nov 15-16 American Chemical Society Publications website will be unavailable

    On the weekend of November 15-16, 2008, beginning at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, the ACS Publications website will be unavailable while they update their site. A flash-based demo showcasing many of the features and benefits of the new site is available at: http://pubs.acs.org/flashdemo

  • Passport GMID trial

    Passport GMID trial

    Reed College Library is offering trial access to Passport GMID through the end of November.  Passport GMID provides access to business and economic statistics, market reports, consumer trend information from around the world.  If you try use it, do let us know what you think.  Provide feedback to: Dena Hutto Director of Reference & Instruction…

  • New digital image workstations in the library

    New digital image workstations in the library

    Looking for digital images to view or use in papers and presentations? Looking for a scanner? Come use the new digital image workstations in the library, located upstairs in the reference room and downstairs in the IMC. These dual-screen workstations are available for students to work with images and graphics, and contain software programs such…

  • Shakespeare Survey

    Shakespeare Survey

    Shakespeare Survey is a yearbook of Shakespeare studies and production. Each volume is devoted to a theme, or play, or group of plays; each also contains a section of reviews of the previous year’s textual and critical studies and of major British performances. The books are illustrated with a variety of Shakespearean images and production…

  • Another EndNote Workshop added

    Another EndNote Workshop added

    If you are just getting started organizing citations for your thesis or a paper, help is here! In this session we will look at EndNote and EndNote Web, two fabulous citation management options available for the Reed community. We will overview some of the programs’ capabilities and how well they play with others. 5 pm…

  • Answers about the new Summit

    Answers about the new Summit

    Most of you have heard the news that in the next six months, the Summit catalog will be upgraded and improved.  We know you probably have questions and concerns about what this will mean for you and your research.    The Orbis Cascade Alliance has prepared answers to common questions about the transition to the new…

  • CONTENTdm back online!

    CONTENTdm back online!

    Reed’s CONTENTdm Digital Collections are back online. You no longer need to log in from campus to search and browse Reed’s CONTENTdm Digital Collections. (Though advanced “My Workspace” features do require login.) For off campus access to restricted collections, please use the library’s remote access proxy (http://reed.edu/cis/help/proxy-overview.html). If you have any questions or concerns, please…

  • EndNote Workshops: Save Yourself a Lot of Hassle

    EndNote Workshops: Save Yourself a Lot of Hassle

    If you are just getting started organizing citations for your thesis or a paper, help is here! In this session we will look at EndNote and EndNote Web, two fabulous citation management options available for the Reed community. We will overview some of the programs’ capabilities and how well they play with others. 4 p.m.,…

  • ContentDM Digital Collections downtime

    ContentDM Digital Collections downtime

    We are making changes to Reed’s CONTENTdm system so that some collections can be made publicly available.  These changes will also affect how you connect to restricted collections, such as Art & Architecture, Classics & Humanities, and others. The Classics Image Database and all CONTENTdm image collections will be unavailable as we implement these changes,…