Subscribe to the Library Announcements Mailing List

March 9, 2009 at 2:11 am | In Uncategorized | 1 Comment

Have you missed announcements of library workshops on citation management or patent searching? Does it seem like everyone but you knows  about new library resources like Safari ebooks or services like free interlibrary loan? Then the new Library Announcements mailing list is for you! Galvin Library will send monthly or bi-weekly (no more we promise) announcements straight to your email inbox. Subscribe to the mailing list and you will be able to optimize your use of library resources, services and classes by receiving information targeted to the research needs of the university community.  If you have questions or comments regarding the new mailing list, email us at library@iit.edu or call 312.567.3616.

Choose New Leisure Reading Titles

November 14, 2008 at 3:44 am | In news, surveys | 2 Comments

Did you think Galvin Library carried only research materials? Well, Galvin also has a Leisure Reading collection full of popular titles, bestsellers and the best in current fiction and non-fiction. Now the library is looking for your input to help select titles for this collection. The Leisure Reading collection is part of a lease program, which allows the library to temporarily place titles on the shelves and then rotate them out for new selections. Leisure Reading is located at the top of the main stairwell on the north side of the stairs, and also features books selected as part of the One Book, One Chicago effort.

The list of titles below will be available to the library beginning in December.  Glance over the titles (read book descriptions in the TechNews article) and give the library your feedback in one of two ways:

  • Comment here on this blog or
  • Tear the list out of TechNews, check off the titles you’d like the library to add and submit the list by placing it in the box on the reference desk on the upper level of the library

However you submit your choices, we’ll compile the votes and stock the shelves with new titles.

Leisure Reading 2008 Blockbusters
fiction

CHRISTMAS GRACE : A NOVEL by Anne Perry
DRAGONHEART by Todd McCaffrey
ENDER IN EXILE by Orson Scott Card
HOUR I FIRST BELIEVED : A NOVEL by Wally Lamb
JUST AFTER SUNSET : STORIES by Stephen King
BLACK OPS: A PRESIDENTIAL AGENT NOVEL by W.E.B. Griffin
BONE BY BONE by Carol O’Connell
CHARLEMAGNE PURSUIT by Steve Berry
CROSSROADS by Belva Plain
INDEPENDENCE OF MISS MARY BENNET by Colleen Mccullough
LUKE SKYWALKER AND THE SHADOWS OF MINDOR by Matthew Woodring Stover
TALES OF BEEDLE THE BARD by J.K. Rowling

nonfiction

OUTLIERS: WHY SOME PEOPLE SUCCEED AND SOME DON’T by Malcolm Gladwell
REAGAN I KNEW by William F. Buckley
SOMEBODY: THE RECKLESS LIFE AND REMARKABLE CAREER OF MARLON BRANDO by Stefan Kanfer
SPELLBOUND BY BEAUTY: ALFRED HITCHCOCK AND HIS LEADING LADIES by Donald Spoto
32 WAYS TO BE A CHAMPION IN BUSINESS by Earvin Johnson
BUILT TO SUCCEED by Michael Phelps
STREET GANG : THE COMPLETE HISTORY OF SESAME STREET by Michael Davis

Get a Jump on the Fall Semester

August 21, 2008 at 6:26 pm | In classes, workshops | Leave a Comment

Start your school year out right by attending First Fridays at Galvin Library on September 5th. Librarians teach research skills on the first Friday of every month, and September’s first Friday is dedicated to getting your internet settings optimized for library research.

Admit it – there may have been times when you’ve been required to have sources or references for a paper and you used the first few articles you found and stopped. Or maybe you just used some websites as your references. This “quick and dirty” searching isn’t going to give you quality results that will impress your professors. But don’t fret! It is possible to get the best results in a convenient and efficient way and this class will show you how. We will cover the following plug-ins and customizations that give you the convenience you want and quality you need:

  • IIT Library Toolbar – A Firefox plug-in that searches the IIT library catalog directly from your browser
     
  • Google Scholar settings specific to IIT – these settings will connect you to the appropriate library databases for the full text of articles
     
  • Custom pop-up blocker settings so you don’t get lost or stuck using library resources
     
  • Zotero – a free citation management plugin for Firefox that makes keeping track of research and creating bibliographies a snap
     
  • RSS feeds and emails – make the databases do the work for you
     

This is the ONLY time this class will be offered this school year, so don’t miss it! So get ready…get set…get optimized!

When: Friday September 5th at 12:50pm-1:40pm
Where: In the Library Learning Center, lower level of Galvin Library

Questions about this session? E-mail us at reference@iit.edu

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