We have revised our APA help page to provide color-coded examples of the most common sources. Not only do we show you sample citations, but we use red to indicate the author, blue for the publication date, pink for the title, etc. A number of students have told us this color key helps them to understand citation style; we hope you will agree! To view the new page, go to Find Articles and More and under Shortcuts, click APA and MLA Help. You can also go directly to the page: http://lib.radford.edu/Resources/handouts/styleguides.asp
If response is positive, we will create a color-coded MLA version.
Questions, comments, and suggestions can be sent to Candice Benjes-Small, Library Instruction Team Leader and Reference/Instruction Librarian, cbsmall@radford.edu
The online edition of the Chronicle of Higher Education is now available to all faculty, staff, and students! McConnell Library has purchased a campus-wide site license to “The Chronicle,” the leading source of news, information, and jobs for college and university faculty members and administrators.
“The Chronicle” web site includes the following features:
- the latest news in academe updated daily
- all of the text from the current print issue, which prints and mails on Friday, is posted the following Monday morning
- a searchable archive of back issues going back to September 1989
- all commentary and essays from the weekly magazine, The Chronicle Review
- all the data from the annual Almanac and other reports in an easy-to-search
database
- the capability to set up email alerts or RSS feeds.
A note: the Daily Report e-newsletter is presently not available as part of our campus-wide subscription; however, the publisher plans to make it available in campus-wide online subscriptions later this year.
Finding Full Text Workshop
Students will learn how to select an appropriate database, interpret citations, and find the full article when only a citation or abstract is available. Please note this class is 1 hour 15 minutes.
- Tuesday, February 27, 2 pm to 3:15 pm, Library Classroom B
Plagiarism Workshop
In this interactive class, students will discuss plagiarism, paraphrasing, common knowledge, and other issues of academic integrity.
- Wednesday, February 28, 1 pm to 2 pm, Library Classroom A
Classes are limited to 20 students. No registration is required; doors open 10 minutes before the start of the session. Many professors offer extra-credit for attendance!
For a full schedule of Library Survivor workshops, visit http://lib.radford.edu/Instruction/survivor.asp
Questions? Comments? Contact Reference Desk, refdesk@radford.edu, 540-831-5696, or IM RULibSpot.
Join us on Thursday, February 22nd (Dr. John McConnell’s birthday!) at the first McConnell Day celebration.
At 12:15, David Horton, Director of Alumni Affairs, will give a multimedia presentation on Dr. John McConnell. Bring your lunch and enjoy an informative and entertaining discussion on Radford’s first President and the Library’s namesake.
Throughout the day, you may tour the Radford Room and enter a drawing for a beautiful print of the Library. Cake and punch will be served all day long!
Discovering Communication and Mass Media Complete, and Digging Deeper into Lexis-Nexis
Tuesday, February 20, 2007, 12:30-1:30
McConnell Library Classroom B
Looking for good resources for Communications and Media Studies? Come to a brown-bag and learn how to use Communication and Mass Media Complete, a powerful communication and media studies database. We’ll explore many of the features in this new resource.
We’ll also dig deeper into the advanced functions of Lexis-Nexis Academic, and learn how to find such things as transcripts of public radio programs, articles from international newspapers, book reviews, and more. The session will be hosted by Gene Hyde, Reference/Instruction Librarian and Appalachian Collection Librarian. Bring your questions and your curiosity!
If you would like us to send you an Outlook appointment for the session, or if you are unable to attend but would like a copy of the handouts, please send an e-mail to Gene, wehyde@radford.edu
Brown bag sessions are intended for faculty and staff, but students who are interested in the topics are also welcome!
For all the Mac users that wanted EndNote X on their computers- it’s now available! Go to https://ru-portal.portal.radford.edu/rusoftware/Default.aspx and after logging in with your RU e-mail name and password, scroll down to “Student and Faculty/Staff Home Use” and click on the “Next” button. You will be brought to a page which includes links to EndNote for Windows and for Macs.
For all the people who want to know more about EndNote- we have a Frequently Asked Questions to peruse. Enjoy!
The new titles list for books, DVDs, CDs, and other materials added from December 2006 through January 2007 is now available on the library web site under “Information & Services - What’s New?”
Take a look!
