Saturday, December 08, 2007

Holiday Hours

The library will be closed some days during the end of December and hours will be shortened on the days the library is open. Please plan ahead if you need to use library resources. To view the library hours, go to the library's web page at http://www2.smumn.edu/deptpages/tclibrary/about/hours.php

Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Thanksgiving Hours

The library will be open regular hours (9:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m.) Monday, November 19, and Tuesday, November 20. We will close at noon on Wednesday, November 21 and will resume regular hours on Monday, November 26.

Thursday, October 11, 2007

Career Wiki

With the Career Wiki, students can add links to jobs, career help, resume help, and anything else that will help students find employment. The wiki will primarily be built by students so if you know of a job please post the information here for others to see. Direction and further information is posted on the wiki.

The link to the Career Wiki is directly below the Meebo chat box.

Tuesday, October 02, 2007

Short library closure Oct. 3

The library will be closed from 12:00-1:30pm on Wednesday, October 3. Please plan accordingly.

Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Hours for October 12 and 13

Library hours on October 12 and 13 will be slightly changed because library staff will be participating in the Partners in Learning conference scheduled on those days. On Friday, October 12, the library will be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. On Saturday, October 13, the library will be open from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Thursday, August 30, 2007

Now we're open at 9am!

The library is expanding its hours to 9am-9pm Monday-Thursday, 9am-6pm Friday, 8am-3pm, Saturdays, and we're closed Sundays.

Tuesday, July 24, 2007

August 2 hours

The library will be closed from 12 to 3 p.m. on Thursday, August 2 for a campus-wide staff event. We will be open from 10-12 and again from 3-9 p.m.

Monday, July 23, 2007

Database Guides

Our Search for Articles page has a new feature: Database Guides. These are great if you are new to using databases, unfamiliar with a different format or database design, or simply want to know a few more features about the database you currently use. Guides open as PDFs for easy printing. Guides are slowly being added, but if you'd like to see a certain database guide ASAP, please email the library and we'll work on it!

Tuesday, June 19, 2007

New Books

Want to know what books the library has recently added to its collection? Go to http://www.gurulib.com/tclibrary We will be updating this whenever new books arrive. You can also click on tclibrary's Profile to add RSS feeds and get updates every time we add a book to the collection.

New librarian

A fourth librarian joined our staff on June 1. Her name is Jane Littlefield. She will be working with our education programs. Stop by the library and say hi if you haven't already.

Thursday, June 07, 2007

Lexis/Nexis is working

Lexis/Nexis is now working from off campus. Please contact us if you have any questions about searching this database.

Monday, April 16, 2007

Lexis/Nexis

Off-campus access to Lexis/Nexis is currently unavailable. We will let you know when it this database is accessible from off campus.

Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Academic Websites

We have put together some websites that would be appropriate to use for research. Just go to http://del.icio.us/tclibrary. You can also access this by going to our database listings.

Monday, February 26, 2007

MNLINK downtime

If you use MNLINK to search for books, please note that it will be down beginning on Tuesday, February 27 at 5:00 p.m. It should be back up by Wednesday, February 28 in the afternoon.

Wednesday, February 21, 2007

ScienceDirect unavailable on 2/24

ScienceDirect will be unavailable on Saturday, February 24th.

Tuesday, February 13, 2007

Standard and Poor's

The library now has Standard and Poor's NetAdvantage . Find information on over 10,500 publicly traded companies as well as comprehensive overviews of over 50 of the largest North American and global industries dating back to 1998.

Minnesota Fact Book

The library no longer has access to the Minnesota Fact Book. It has been discontinued by the publisher. If you would like information on companies, we have other resources available. Contact the library to find out more.

Google Scholar

You can use Google Scholar to search for scholarly articles. Click on "Find it @ SMU" to see if the full text article is available through Saint Mary's University.

Monday, January 15, 2007

January 15th hours

The library will close at 6:00 p.m. on Monday, January 15.