New Service: Request Articles at Western Michigan University through ILLiad

The Library is pleased to announce that current students, faculty, and staff may now request articles owned by Western Michigan University through ILLiad, our interlibrary loan system!

What has changed?

In the past, when interlibrary loan systems relied heavily on the mail, the K College Library would not request articles from WMU due to the cost of postage and the relative proximity of WMU to our campus. Kalamazoo College students, faculty, and staff had to go to Western in person to get these materials. However, now these materials can be delivered through ILLiad as PDF files with no postage involved, so we will request articles owned by WMU through ILLiad.

What about books?

WMU books should be requested through MeLCat, and will be delivered to the Kalamazoo College Library circulation desk.

Can I request articles from electronic journals WMU owns?

Kalamazoo College students, faculty, and staff still must go to WMU in person in order to use their electronic resources (databases and electronic journals).

If you have questions, please contact the Kalamazoo College Library Interlibrary Loan department at 337-1748 or ill@kzoo.edu or Reference at 337-7152 or reference@kzoo.edu.

New York Times offers free access to New York Times Online

Beginning immediately, The New York Times has stopped charging readers to access parts of its website. Additionally, access to the archives from 1987-present and 1851-1922 is also available to all users. The archives from 1923-1986 will be available, but some content requires a payment fee.

While the Kalamazoo College community already has free use of The New York Times, both current and archival issues, through the library's online databases, this new access will be useful to those accessing the newspaper directly through its website, The New York Times.

For more information, please see Times to Stop Charging for Parts of Its Web Site.

Reminders: Bye Bye Barcode and MLA, PsycInfo, & RILM interface change

Say Goodbye to Memorizing your Barcode Number!

Current Kalamazoo College students, faculty, and staff no longer need to use their name and 14-digit barcode number to use features of Ariadne, log in to research databases from off campus, or to request materials from MeLCat. Users now will be prompted for their K College username and password!

This affects:

• logging in to research databases from off campus
• requesting books and other materials from MeLCat
  
• requesting items from storage (in Ariadne)
  
• logging into Your Ariadne Account to see your patron record
  (view fines, checked out items, etc.)

In MeLCat, the system will ask you for your:

• Campus ID# (this is your K College USERNAME)
• Password (this is your K College PASSWORD)
  

MLA, PsycInfo, and RILM have a New Interface: CSA Illumina

On July 1, 2007 three of our databases (MLA International Bibliography, PsycInfo, and RILM) moved to the CSA Illumina platform from FirstSearch. This means these databases will look and search a little differently, but the content remains the same.

Why is this happening?

The Kalamazoo College Library subscribes to these three databases through the Michigan Library Consortium (MLC), which negotiates licensing and price. This year the price of the FirstSearch platform to these databases was significantly higher than for CSA Illumina, so MLC will be licensing them through CSA. In an effort to maintain our current FirstSearch platform, Kalamazoo College Librarians investigated the cost of keeping these databases with FirstSearch, but the 69% increase in subscription price over last year's price made the CSA platform the only affordable option.

Tutorial for CSA Illumina

CSA offers an online tutorial on using their advanced search here:

http://www.csa.com/tutorials/advsearch.html

CSA Illumina Database Guides:

MLA
http://www.csa.com/factsheets/mla-set-c.php
http://www.csa.com/factsheets/supplements/MLAguide.pdf

PsycInfo
http://www.csa.com/factsheets/psycinfo-set-c.php

RILM
http://www.csa.com/factsheets/rilm-set-c.php

If you have any questions about these changes, please contact Reference at 337-7152 or reference@kzoo.edu.

New Database: Oxford African American Studies Center

The Library is pleased to announce its subscription to the Oxford African American Studies Center!

The Oxford African American Studies Center provides online access to several reference resources in African American studies. It includes Africana, an account of the African and African American experience. The Encyclopedia of African American History, 1619-1895 documents the African American experience from the arrival of the black explorer, Esteban, who arrived with the Spanish in 1527, to the death of Frederick Douglass. The Encyclopedia of African American History, 1896 to the Present presents African American history into the twenty-first century. The contribution of African American women is illuminated by Black Women in America, Second Edition. And finally, the African American National Biography presents African American history through the lives of its people, ultimately offering over 6,000 biographies. Over 1,000 images, primary sources with specially written commentaries, and over 100 maps have been collected to enhance this reference content.

Find out more about Oxford African American Studies Center

Access the Oxford African American Studies Center

If you have questions, please contact a Reference Librarian at
269 337 7152 or reference@kzoo.edu

New Database: L'Année Philologique for Classical Studies

The Library is pleased to announce its subscription to
L'Année Philologique!

This index provides citations to publications related to the history, language, literature and civilization of ancient Greece and Rome. Publications indexed include periodical articles as well as articles in collections and conference papers in classics and classical studies. L'Année Philologique covers Greek and Latin linguistics and literature, including early Christian texts and patristics, and Greek and Roman history, archaeology, mythology, religion, papyrology, epigraphy, numismatics and palaeography, philosophy, art, archaeology, religion, mythology, music, science, and all aspects of the ancient Mediterranean world.

Please note that L'Année Philologique does not provide the full text of articles.

Find out more about L'Année Philologique

Search L'Année Philologique

If you have questions, please contact a Reference Librarian at
269 337 7152 or reference@kzoo.edu