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Information Literacy Flag - a workshop for faculty 5/16

   

Moderated by:
       Susan Gardner Archambault, William H. Hannon Library
        Elisa Slater Acosta, William H. Hannon Library
       

This workshop will introduce strategies for incorporating information literacy into classes across academic disciplines to satisfy the flag requirements. Exercises to help students learn how to find, evaluate, and reflect on information sources and online tools to support class assignments and activities will be introduced. Participants will share experiences and assignments and have hands-on time to begin to adapt the material to their disciplines and courses. Instructors will leave with a toolkit of classroom ideas, exercises, and assignments that they can incorporate into their classes, as well as contacts among LMU's librarians who will serve as a resource and as partners for the information literacy components of the new core.

Participation in this workshop is limited to registered participants only. All registered participants are required to attend the entire workshop. Breakfast will be available at 8:30am. Lunch will be provided at the end of the workshop. Read more...

Please RSVP to teachers@lmu.edu or x85866. 

Download a flyer here.

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Two Workshops for FYS Faculty

We would like to recommend the following two workshops for faculty who plan to teach First Year Seminar (FYS) and Rhetorical Arts courses.  All faculty are welcome!       

It Takes a Village: Embedding Information Literacy into the First-Year Experience

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Lunch will be provided. Please RSVP to teachers@lmu.edu or x85866. 

Download a flyer here.

 

 

 

Information Literacy in the Classroom: Tips and Tools

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Please RSVP to teachers@lmu.edu or x85866. 

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New Resource! The Online Handbook of Psychology

The William H. Hannon Library now provides digital access to the second edition of the Handbook of Psychology.

While the library also owns a print copy, this new electronic version will let you access one of the premier psychology reference sources via the web from anytime, anywhere.  

Virtually every topic on psychology is covered, from research methods and behavioral neuroscience to theories of educational pyschology and assessment issues and methods.  It is a great place to start any pyschology research project and an invaluable resource for its breadth and thoroughness.  The table of contents below gives you an idea of just how much content the work contains.

 

From the book's main search screen you can search a variety ways to narrow in on exactly what you are looking for.  You can search by keyword in the full text of all the chapters and articles, or look for particular titles and authors.  You can even search the text of tables and figures, as well as their captions.

This is a great feature to discover meaning data and images to integrate into your own research.

 

 

Additionally, abstracts at the beginning of each chapter save you time and allow you to scan the material if you're in a hurry or looking for a general topical overview.  You can also click on tabs to jump to the full text of the article in html, the figures, tables, and references cited in the article.  You can also download a PDF copy of the article.

 

You can find this resource in our Library Catalog here or on the Background Info tab of the Psychology LibGuide.  Try it out today and let us know how you like it!

New Workshop! "Citation Management made Easy with Zotero"

How would you like to create your bibliography with a click of a button?

Would you like all of the sources for your research projects and papers saved and organized in one place and accessible from any computer?

Zotero [zoh-TAIR-oh] is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share your research sources. It lives right where you do your work - in the web browser itself.

Register for one of two convo hour workshops (March 14 or April 2), and learn how to become a more efficient, organized researcher with this simple, powerful tool. These workshops will show you how to set up a Zotero account, download and install the Zotero browser extension (for Firefox users) and Zotero stand-alone (for Chrome and Safari users), add items to your Zotero library, and use the word processor plugin to create in-text citations and bibliographies as you are writing your paper.

Check out the videos below to see how Zotero can work for you.

Adding items to you Zotero Library: 

Adding citations and bibliographies with Zotero:

 

Google Art Project

January is Los Angeles Arts Month and everyone is encouraged to go out and explore the city’s vast and impressive cultural offerings. See a show. Explore the museums. Hit up a gallery opening!  

But maybe you’re still wanting more. More art. More museums. Closer looks. Detailed information.

Thanks to the Google Art Project you can explore over 30,000 works of art from 151 museums across 40 countries - without leaving the couch. The site is searchable by collection, artist, or medium and has 46 virtual museum walking tours, including the White House and our local Getty Museum. The images are high resolution, allowing users to zoom in for impressive views.  With no annoying security rope to hold you back, you can now see the individual brushstrokes in that Monet painting you saw during your last visit to LACMA.

By signing into your Google account, you can save images to private galleries and browse other users’ collections. Not only does the Google Art Project provide a platform for discovery and personal curation, it offers ample opportunities for learning and research. Van Gogh’s three famous bedroom paintings currently reside in museums located in Paris, Chicago, and Amsterdam. Now you can look at three high definition images of each painting side by side for easy comparison and research. There is also an Education section where you can learn enough to Look Like an Expert or get creative in the DIY section.

Check out the video below and head on over to Google Art Project to explore and be inspired!

 

(Want more? Check out our library guide to finding visual inspiration, both within our collections and out there on the web.)

Computers

Looking for a computer during crunch time?  Here are a few suggestions: 

Information Commons (Level 1)

• 78 computers
• Most computers run both Mac OS and Windows
• 6 of the 78 are MacPros that only run Mac OS X, and are intended for multimedia content creation and editing
• List of installed software
• *Live* computer availability map   (Note: link only works from on-campus.)

 

 

Laptop Loan (Media & Reserves - level 2)

• 10 MacBooks
• 4-hour loan period
• Renewals are possible if nobody else is waiting for one 
  
• The laptops run both Mac OS and Windows
• *Live* computer availability map  (Note: link only works from on-campus.)
• Ask for more details at the Media & Reserve Services counter on level 2

 

 

WHH 118 (Library classroom - level 1)

During the last two weeks of each semester the library instruction classroom is transformed into a 24/7 computer lab.  Swipe your OneCard to enter the room. Please keep the doors closed!  This space is not open to the public. Only LMU students/staff/faculty may use this room. 

• 36 computers
• All run both Mac OS and Windows
• List of installed software

 

 

Other Computer Labs on campus

• Computer Availability Maps   (Note: link only works from on-campus.)

 

 

Need Help? Check out the library's online customized help services!

Whether you’re looking for help with your Political Science paper or how to print from your laptop, the LMU library has online help resources tailored to meet your needs. Just look for our Get Help icon shown above on the library’s homepage. 

 

Discipline-Specific Research Help

Need help with a class assignment? Our LibGuides collection contains resources and instruction for every discipline offered at LMU.  We have guides designed to do everything from just getting you started to showing you how to dig deeper.  Need 5 articles for your Education paper?  We cover that.  Need primary sources for your History paper?  LibGuides can show you where to find them.  While LibGuides is a great place to start any research project, we know there will be times when you aren't finding exactly what you need.  Subject Specialist librarians for each discipline will be listed on the right hand side of each LibGuide.  Chat with them online or send them an email to get more personalized research assistance. 

To find the LibGuide for your subject, click on the Get Help button on the library’s homepage and then the LibGuides link. 

 

 

 Course-Specific LibGuides

We also create many guides for individual courses which take you directly to the most relevant and authoritative resources for your class assignments. There’s no better place to start your research.  To see if your class has Course Guide, click on the Course Guides tab on the LibGuides home page. You can also find Course Guides in your Blackboard class account.  Are you a faculty member interested in having the library create a Course Guide for your class?  Email us at library@lmu.edu or contact your Library Subject Liaison directly.  

 

 

Answers to Frequently Asked Questions

Have a non-research related question?  If you have technical, directional, resource, or service-specific questions, search our Frequently Asked Questions page located on the same Get Help page as our LibGuides.  Type your question into the search box or select a category from the Popular Topics dropdown box below.  If you’re not finding the answer you’re looking for, you can submit your question to us with the form on the right hand side of your search results.  We’ll email you with the answer. 

 

We are committed to providing you with the services and research assistance you need anytime, anywhere. Our Get Help page is the perfect place to start. 

 

 

SpringerLink migration and your individual account

The publisher Springer has created a new platform on which their e-journals will be housed, and on November 26, 2012 they will migrate us to the new system. If you've got your favorite SpringerLink e-journals bookmarked, no worries, as they will automatically redirect to the new platform (http://link.springer.com). Unfortunately no individual accounts - My SpringerLink - will be migrated. If you have set up an account on the current platform it will be lost. You will need to set up a new profile/account there.

View a PowerPoint about the new platform, or watch a recorded WebEx session about the new platform.

Meet ILLiad: a new way to use Interlibrary Loan.

We are pleased to announce the launch of ILLiad, a new system for our users to place and manage Interlibrary Loan requests.  Once you Create an ILLiad account, you can submit new ILL book and article requests, view the status of pending orders, request renewals and much more in a easier, streamlined way.

ILLiad is the perfect complement to LINK+. If you can’t find your book through LINK+, ILLiad is the way to go! 

Get started with ILLiad now! 

 

Please direct questions about this new service to Orlando Penetrante in Document Delivery Services.

310-338-7683

openetra@lmu.edu

What are you searching for?

Find it, and discover more, with OneSearch+.

We are delighted to announce the release of a new, improved OneSearch.

OneSearch+ is a simple, powerful tool for searching the library’s articles, books, and collections, all through a single search box. Try it now, or ask a librarian for a demo next time you’re in the Information Commons.

For more information, check out the OneSearch+ FAQ.