Welcome Back, Returning Students!

Welcome back, students!

We know you're relaxed from your summer and working hard to get ready for the fall semester. Here are several services the library offers for you and your peers.

Research Consultations
Librarians are available to meet with you individually for one-on-one research consultation appointments. If you want help broadening or narrowing a topic, finding appropriate sources, or citing sources correctly, please set up an appointment with a librarian. This service has been heavily used by your fellow students in upper level courses in previous semesters.

Course Reserves
Your professor(s) may make supplemental reading materials available to you through the course reserves system, Ares. If you have questions about library reserves, or have issues with Ares, use the Ask Us Anything service to get research help.

We hope you have a great semester, and we look forward to working with you!

We highlighted several other services in our welcome note to new students, if we missed one of your faves, please tweet us @shiplibrary or tweet it yourself and tag #shiplibrary so we can connect!

Welcome New Students!

Wondering what the library can offer you this year? Check these out for starters!

http://library.ship.edu

#TBT in the Archives 3/9/17: Special Collections

At one time or another when searching through the Ezra Lehman Memorial Library catalog for a research project, you may find the book you're looking for but the location may read "Special Collections - Contact specialcollections@ship.edu." What does that mean?

Special Collections books are housed in SU Archives & Special Collections.

Special Collections makes up a substantial portion of the items housed at SU Archives & Special Collections. Most of the volumes in the collection are related to Pennsylvania history. Some of the titles on the shelves include county histories, histories from all eras of Pennsylvania, legislative journals dating to the 1800s, commonwealth legislative and executive documents, histories of Pennsylvania German immigrants, and histories of significant events, like the Johnstown Flood of 1889. Other books include literature and world histories.


Here are some examples of Special Collections holdings:

The Classroom Teacher was a 12 volume set published in Chicago in 1927. The volumes include descriptions of model curriculums for public schools, updates on best practices, and pointers on starting guidance counseling and business education programs. The set must have been useful for Shippensburg education students in the mid-20th century, and is still valuable for studying the history of education.

Report of the Department of Mines, Part 1: Anthracite was published from 1870 through 1930 in Harrisburg and included reports from fifteen mining districts across the state. Similar reports are still printed by the state on the mining activities in Pennsylvania.

This is volume two of The Works of Charles Dickens, a four-volume set that includes the full text of several Dickens novels. This volume includes the classic Great Expectations, and each page includes two columns of text.

Histories of India occupy at least one shelf at Special Collections. This set, History of India, comprises 11 volumes and covers Indian history from the ancient era through the 1800s.

The Story of Johnstown by J.J. McLaurin, published in 1890, is one of at least 15 histories of the flood of 1889 on the shelves at Special Collections. It is richly illustrated with photos of the aftermath.

This is one of several photos included in The Story of Johnstown.

These books don't circulate, meaning you can't check them out. But it's easy to get your hands on them if you need them for a project, or are just curious! Email specialcollections@ship.edu with the call number of the book in question to set up an appointment.


Check out #TBT after Spring Break for some highlights from the Rare Books Room, another great section of SU Archives & Special Collections!

Welcome Back, Returning Students!

Welcome back, students! We know you're relaxed from your sumer and working hard to get ready for the fall semester. Below are several services the library can offer to you and your students.

Research Consultations
Librarians are available to meet with you individually for one-on-one research consultation appointments. If you want help broadening or narrowing a topic, finding appropriate sources, or citing sources correctly, please set up an appointment with a librarian. This service has been heavily used by your fellow students in upper level courses in previous semesters.

Course Reserves
Your professor(s) may make supplemental reading materials available to you through the course reserves system, Ares. If you have questions about library reserves, or have issues with Ares, use the Ask Us Anything service to get research help.

We hope you have a great semester, and we look forward to working with you!

We highlighted several other services in our welcome note to new students, if we missed one fo your faves, please tweet us @shiplibrary or tweet it yourself and tag #shiplibrary so we can connect!

Welcome New Students!

Wondering what the library can offer you this year? Check these out for starters!

http://library.ship.edu

Welcome Back, Students!

Welcome back, students! We know you're relaxed from your sumer and working hard to get ready for the fall semester. Below are several services the library can offer to you and your students.

Research Consultations
Librarians are available to meet with you individually for one-on-one research consultation appointments. If you want help broadening or narrowing a topic, finding appropriate sources, or citing sources correctly, please set up an appointment with a librarian. This service has been heavily used by your fellow students in upper level courses in previous semesters.

Course Reserves
Your professor(s) may make supplemental reading materials available to you through the course reserves system, Ares. If you have questions about library reserves, or have issues with Ares, use the Ask Us Anything service to get research help.

We hope you have a great semester, and we look forward to working with you!

We highlighted several other services in our welcome note to new students, if we missed one fo your faves, please tweet us @shiplibrary or tweet it yourself and tag #shiplibrary so we can connect!

Welcome New Students!

Wondering what the library can offer you this year? Check these out for starters!

Banned Books Week Read Out

The American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom held a Banned Books Read Out in Las Vegas this past summer. Over 100 banned books were read out and posted to the Banned Books Read Out YouTube Channel. Elvis loaded up and read out In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak.
Yours Truly, Shippensburg Librarian Aaron Dobbs, read out Caleb & Kate by William Steig:

What a great preview-shot for my video *shrug* :)

Catalog Software Offline

The Library Catalog Software (Pilot) will be offline for maintenance Monday, April 16, 2012 from 5:30 am to approximately 12 noon. If you would like to find a book or a video in our physical collections during that time please use http://vufind.klnpa.org. 

Please check with a librarian if you have difficulties. Thank you for your patience.

New Popular Titles Collection

YOU GOT BOOKS!

Thanks to SU’s STUDENT SENATE you got books! 

The NEW POPULAR TITLES COLLECTION is on the Lower Level in our lovely refurbished study area.  

Check it out.  And CHECK BOOKS Out!

Free Citation Management Programs

Doug Cook

The Library will not be re-subscribing to RefWorks in the fall. We have been able to track its use and far fewer students and faculty are using the product than we imagined. Other PASSHE libraries have similar low statistics, and have also decided not to renew. Our subscription is paid for by student Tech Fees. Canceling will allow the monies to be used more prudently.

Zotero

The good news is that there are two free alternatives which work very well. Those of you who have RefWorks citation databases will be able to move them to the free software we will be supporting.

One very popular citation manager is Zotero. It is a Firefox add on which uses an MS Word add on to allow reference lists to be created from within Word. An article may be attached to its citation in Zotero making it easy to manage your research. Zotero also allows you to access your citations from multiple computers by synching with a web account.

Mendeley

Another popular alternative is Mendeley, which is a downloadable program. Mendeley works with any browser. It has much the same functionality as Zotero, including the ability to synchronize databases between computers. This software is best at organizing a folder of articles in pdf format.

Personally I am finding Zotero easier to use with more flexibility than Mendeley. Mendeley requires that you download all articles in pdf format to a file on your computer before it really is useful. Zotero, on the other hand, allowed me to create my own workflow as I researched. I will be using both products with EBSCOHOST and will post the results.

iPhone and Android Users - Search for Books

Go to http://shiplibrary.worldcat.org/m on your iPhone or Android phone to search for a Library book.

WorldCat has released new search software for the iPhone and the Android. No apps to download, no prompting to update the latest app each time you go to the app store...it just "works" when you use the browser of your phone. And the experience is similar to the browser on your "big" screen.

(Other smartphone browsers such as Blackberry and Windows 7 Mobile--as well as feature phone support--are in the works for future releases.)

Ask Us Anything

WorldCat - New Software to Find Books

Finding BOOKS at Ship and other US libraries just got easier with WorldCat. To find a book...

1. Go to Ship Library's webpage and type your topic into the WorldCat Quick Start Box.

2. WorldCat displays books we own.

3. WorldCat tells where the book is in the Library.

4. Click on ‘Cite/Export’ to find the citation in MLA, APA, Chicago, etc. for your Ref. List.

5. If Ship doesn’t have the book, click on ‘Request via Interlibrary Loan’ to order it online.

“WorldCat is so easy. I just love it!”

(Actual quote from an actual Librarian)

Ask Us Anything