Hege Library tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-1810010 2010-06-04T15:18:49-04:00 TypePad guilfordcollege/blog/libraryhttp://feedburner.google.com Testing and Education Reference Center tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a010535df6053970c013483363f9a970c 2010-06-04T15:18:49-04:00 2010-06-04T15:18:49-04:00 View this resource for practice tests for GRE, MCAT, LSAT and others. Information on hundreds of colleges and universities. x Leah McGinnis Dunn <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">View this resource for practice tests for GRE, MCAT, LSAT and others.&nbsp; Information on hundreds of colleges and universities. <script language = 'Javascript' src = 'http://access.gale.com/widgets/terc/widgets.js'></script><div id = 'terc_widget' style = 'height:85px;width:180px;'>x</div><script>getWidget('21537__ncliveguilc','terc','TERC','','85','180','','','Arial','FFFFFF','050B14','','1','3')</script></div> GREENR - a new online resource on sustainability issues tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a010535df6053970c0133f00d231e970b 2010-06-04T15:15:58-04:00 2010-06-04T15:15:58-04:00 x Leah McGinnis Dunn
New Popular Materials Section in Carnegie Room tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a010535df6053970c01287761c6e2970c 2010-02-04T09:19:59-05:00 2010-02-11T15:35:27-05:00 Planning to Study abroad? Want to kick back with a good book, magazine, or movie? Check out the library’s new Popular Materials section. In the Carnegie Room, you will now find a special corner devoted to our more popular materials: Travel guides (Rough Guides, Lonely Planet, and others) Popular DVDs and magazines and recent, popular books Pull up a chair or check them out! Leah McGinnis Dunn

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Planning to Study abroad? Want to kick back with a good book, magazine, or movie? Check out the library’s new Popular Materials section.

In the Carnegie Room, you will now find a special corner devoted to our more popular materials:
  • Travel guides (Rough Guides, Lonely Planet, and others)
  • Popular DVDs and magazines
  • and recent, popular books
Pull up a chair or check them out!


 Open Access Week, Oct. 19-23, 2009 tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a010535df6053970c0120a64cf420970c 2009-10-19T13:44:20-04:00 2009-10-19T13:42:57-04:00 It's Open Access Week! Open Access is the principle that all research should be freely accessible online, immediately after publication. Open-access (OA) literature is digital, online, free of charge, and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions. Why should you care about Open Access? As an author You will have a larger potential audience than any subscriber-restricted journal can give you, even the most prestigious. Open access can increase the impact of your work, shorten the delay between acceptance and publication, and make your articles more effective by making them easier to find and use. Your work will be visible... Guilford College <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.openaccessweek.org/" onclick="window.open(this.href,'_blank','scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false" style="display: inline;"><img alt="Open Access Week logo" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a010535df6053970c0120a64cf9e2970c image-full " src="http://blogs.guilford.edu/.a/6a010535df6053970c0120a64cf9e2970c-800wi" title="Open Access Week logo" border="0" /></a> <br></span></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span>It's <a href="http://www.openaccessweek.org/about-the-oa-movement/" title="Link to information about Open Access Week">Open Access Week</a>!</p> <p>Open Access is the principle that all research should be freely accessible online, immediately after publication. Open-access (OA) literature is digital, online, free of charge, and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.</p> <p>Why should you care about Open Access?</p> <p><strong>As an author</strong><br> You will have a larger potential audience than any subscriber-restricted journal can give you, even the most prestigious. Open access can increase the impact of your work, shorten the delay between acceptance and publication, and make your articles more effective by making them easier to find and use. Your work will be visible to every search and retrieval tool.</p> <p><strong>As a reader</strong><br> You will have free online access to the literature necessary for your research.</p> <p><strong>As a teacher</strong><br> You will know that your students have convenient access to the information they need. With Open Access literature, the author or copyright holder has given permission in advance for making and distributing copies. No more delays, doubts, or fees. No more fair-use judgment calls, fear of liability, and painful decisions to err on the side of caution and non-use.</p> <p>Learn more about <a href="http://www.arl.org/sparc/bm%7Edoc/OpenAccess.pdf" title="Link to an Association of College and Research Libraries document on Open Access">Open Access</a>.</p></div> Library Centennial Fun Facts tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a010535df6053970c0120a5af1cde970b 2009-09-30T20:04:32-04:00 2009-09-30T20:04:32-04:00 Questions to a variety of historical tidbits from the library's history are featured in the Guilford Buzz throughout the month of October. Test your knowledge each day. Many of the answers can be found in the "My How Times Have Changed: The Library Turns 100" exhibit in the main hallway. Gwen Erickson

Questions to a variety of historical tidbits from the library's history are featured in the Guilford Buzz throughout the month of October.  Test your knowledge each day.  Many of the answers can be found in the "My How Times Have Changed: The Library Turns 100" exhibit in the main hallway.