Cool Tool of the Week: Email Citations and Documents from Databases

Did you know that most online databases allow you to email citations and full text documents to yourself? You can compile a list of citations or send full text documents to yourself using the "email" feature.

In some databases, you can click on a button that says "Email" to send your self the citation.

Here are examples of "Email" buttons:


In others, you must first "save" the citations you like, and then email them.

Examples of "Save" buttons:

Please contact the Reference Department at reference@kzoo.edu or 337-7152 if you have any questions about emailing citations and documents.

Cool Tools of the Week: TinyURL and LookLeap

Ever receive an email from someone with a long and complicated URL? Ever have that URL break because it appears on two lines and you have to cut and paste it back together? Try TinyURL or LookLeap. These tools help you manage long and unwieldy URLs, turning them into short, friendly URLs.

• TinyURL will create a URL that never expires, and you can put a shortcut on your toolbar.

• LookLeap creates a short URL that includes the link host's name. So if you're making a small URL from a Google Maps site, it might look like this: http://lookleap.com/maps.google.com/a5.

Library Book Due Dates for Senior SIPs

If you are a student working on your SIP and have books checked out from Upjohn Library Commons, you may extend their due dates. This applies to books from our collection only (not MeLCat or ILL books). Please contact Mary Griswold via e-mail or phone: griswold@kzoo.edu or 5731.

Talk on Japanese novelist Nagai Kafu at WMU

The Soga Japan Center at WMU is pleased to announce a talk on Nagai Kafu by Dr. Rachel Hutchison, Assistant Professor of Japanese Studies at Colgate University, New York.

The talk will deal with the famous Japanese novelist Nagai Kafu, who lived in Kalamazoo in 1905 while studying at Kalamazoo College. He wrote part of his American Stories, a major classic of modern Japanese literature, while living on Elm Street in the Stuart neighborhood.

Monday, January 22nd, 2:00 pm
Friedman Hall 3301 (Political Science Library)
Meiji Occidentalism: Nagai Kafu's travels to the "West"
by Dr. Rachel Hutchison
Assistant Professor of Japanese Studies
Colgate University, New York

Refreshments will be served.

Noise Reduction Headsets Available for Quiet Study

There are three pair of noise reduction headsets now available in the Library for students who find Upjohn Library Commons a bit noisy for quiet study. Just ask for them at the circulation desk, and you can check them out for four hours!

Please be courteous to your fellow students! Library policies on unacceptable behavior (including loud conversations that disturb others) are available on the Library website:

http://www.kzoo.edu/is/library/policies/index.html

Library Hours for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Upjohn Library Commons is open regular hours on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Monday January 15th.

Hours: 8:00 am until 2:00 am

Copyright Myths Debunked

Not just for bloggers! Kathy Biehl's article "Bloggers Beware: Debunking Nine Copyright Myths of the Online World" at LLRX.com (http://www.llrx.com/features/bloggersbeware.htm) gives an excellent summary of myths surrounding copyright and fair use. This information isn't just helpful to bloggers or those who use digital information -- everyone can benefit from this quick read.

Rare Book Room Exhibit: Ornithological Works of John Gould

The A.M. Todd Rare Book Room is offering an exhibit entitled "Gould's Passion: The Ornithological Works of John Gould." This exhibit showcases some of the most interesting and beautiful works in the Rare Book Room.

Hours are Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday from 1 PM to 3 PM until March 8; other times by appointment. Visit more than once, as the plates displayed will change over time. For more information, contact Paul Smithson (smithson@kzoo.edu or 337-7147).

Encyclopaedia Judaica Now Available Online

The Gale Virtual Reference Library now includes an online version of the Encyclopaedia Judaica, 2007 edition. The updated edition of this work features more than 21,000 entries on Jewish life, culture, history, and religion, written by Israeli, American and European subject specialists.

The Library also has the 2007 edition in print, which supercedes the 1972 edition of this set.

• Search the online 2007 edition of the Encyclopaedia Judaica here.
• Search other titles in the Gale Virtual Reference Library here.
  

If you have questions, please contact a Reference Librarian at reference@kzoo.edu or 337-7152.