University Library News

The publisher of Columbia Journalism Review has decided not to renew its license agreement with LexisNexis effective 1/2/09. However, there are other sources for accessing...

I was reading an issue of Library Journal today which included an editorial by John Berry confessing that he hates reading and would rather see...

The library now subscribes to Ageline, Philosopher’s Index and Social Work Abstracts through EBSCOhost.  We previously subscribed to these via the Ovid SP interface.  Access...

This publication by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, “Lives Saved in 2007 by Restraint Use and Minimum Drinking Age Laws,” indicates that the 21-year-old minimum...

This publication addresses specific harms that result from spectator-related conflicts occurring within an directly outside stadiums.  This guide include questions that help law enforcement analyze the...

This issue highlight Project Safe Childhood’s media campaign to raise awareness of online child exploitation.  Also provided is  information on OJJDP’s court coordination program, FY 2008...

This issue includes articles about reducing the fear of crime, using crime mapping to address drunk driving, the challenges of recruiting the millennial generation, and how...

Hello all,  The Spring 2009 schedule for the Write Right tutoring service has been finalized: Monday and Wednesday from 1PM – 6PM Tuesday and Thursday...

EndNote X2 users can install the update by using the EndNote menu (Help->EndNote Program Updates). From the EndNote website:  “The update is available to EndNote...

  A few days ago I wrote about a pigeon who wandered into the library which made me think about animals in libraries. The Lilian Jackson...