Library Lost & Found

Please stop by the Library Lost & Found at the Circulation Desk
to see if your misplaced item is here! There are many items in the Lost & Found, including jackets, coffee mugs, notebooks, eyeglasses, and more. We have cell phones and flash drives as well.

All items in the Library Lost and Found will be discarded
after Finals Week.

Need LAC Credits? Try a DVD!

Students short of the required 25 LACs may watch LAC approved DVDs. They must then write a two-page, double-spaced paper on the DVD. More information on LACs are available on the LAC Website.

Approved DVDs are located in the library. You can locate them by:

• Clicking here
  
• Searching by SERIES and typing in "LAC-eligible program"
• Searching by KEYWORD and typing in "LAC-eligible program"

More information on LACs are available on the LAC Website.

Free Trial to 17th-19th Century British & American Newspapers

The Library is pleased to offer a free trial of Historical American
and British Newspapers from Gale until June 5, 2009. This trial
does not require a password to access articles.

This collection of fully searchable historical American and British newspapers includes digital facsimile images of both full pages and clipped articles for hundreds of British and U.S. newspapers.
For each issue, the newspaper is captured from cover-to-cover, providing access to every article, advertisement and illustration.

Your feedback is important to us! Please let us know your
comments and questions about this trial.
Contact Reference at reference@kzoo.edu or 337-7152.

Free Trial to America's Historical Newspapers

The Library is pleased to offer a free trial of America's Historical Newspapers from NewsBank until June 5, 2009. This trial does not require a password to access articles.

This growing collection of fully searchable historical American and Hispanic American newspapers is the most extensive resource of its kind. With nearly 2,000 titles from all 50 states, America’s Historical Newspapers provides an unparalleled record of the topics, people, issues and events that have shaped America for nearly three centuries.

Your feedback is important to us! Please let us know your comments and questions about this trial Contact Reference at reference@kzoo.edu or 337-7152.

MeLCat Update

Kalamazoo College students, faculty, and staff now can place multiple MeLCat requests without having to re-enter their home library, user name, and password each time. You will see a message instructing you to logoff when done. It is important to remember to do this when using MeLCat at a public computer. The system will automatically end your session if it's been inactive for 7 minutes.

Free Trial to IOP Science

The Library is pleased to offer a free trial of IOP Science from the Institute of Physics until May 31st, 2009. This trial does not require a password to access articles.

This resource includes:

• Regular peer-reviewed content from IOP Publishing journals
• Over 300,000 journal articles
• articles from 1874 to the present day
  
• Latest and most popular article listings
• Links to related articles, references and citations
  
• News delivered from IOP community websites
• pre-prints from eprintweb.org alongside regular search results

Access IOP Science

Your feedback is important to us! Please let us know your comments and questions about this trial Contact Reference at reference@kzoo.edu or 337-7152.