New website coming soon!

As you may have noticed, the ULM.edu website has been changing to a new format, and sometime after the end of the semester the ULM Library will too.

It will have the same resources you've been used to, but with a new look!

ACM Digital Library now off-campus

At this time, ALL of the ULM Library databases which we are able to use off-campus do work off-campus!
The ACM Digital Library (Association for Computing Machinery) database now works off-campus like the others.

The exceptions is College Source Online which we don't have an off-campus subscription to.

More resources off-campus!

Several ULM Library databases which have never been available off-campus before can now be accessed anywhere!

• IEEE Digital Library 
• Annual Reviews  
• Web of Knowledge 
• Naxos Music Library

Also, "Web of Knowledge" used to be called "ISI Web of Knowledge," so it's now alphabetized as "W" and not "I."

Upcoming changes to the ARTstor Digital Library

ARTSTOR should now be working on the ULM Library's new EZproxy server. You don't need to create an account to use it off-campus-- although, accounts are still useful for saving bookmarked items.

ARTSTOR will also do some upgrades soon:

Upcoming changes to the ARTstor Digital Library

Please be advised that we will be performing an upgrade to the ARTstor Digital Library on Tuesday, April 16th between 6:00 AM and 1:00 PM EST. During this time, users will be able to access the Digital Library but may experience some slowness. This upgrade will eliminate the need for Java in the ARTstor Digital Library and single image downloads will be delivered in Zip files.

Many versions of Windows come equipped with a built in zip program, but if you need to install a program on your PC, ARTstor recommends 7-Zip, available free at 7-zip.org . Mac users will not need to install software to handle zip files as it is already built into OS X. If you experience any difficulties, please clear the cache on your Web browser  http://lyris.artstor.org:81/t/3459/3105525/571/15/ and restart the browser. If you continue to experience difficulties, please do not hesitate to contact User Services at userservices@artstor.org.

Kind regards,
ARTstor User Services Team

New and improved Off-Campus Access!

EDIT: May 2013

At this time, ALL of the ULM Library databases which we are able to use off-campus do work off-campus!
(with the exception of College Source Online which we don't have an off-campus subscription to.)

We are thrilled to announce that we have changed the way off-campus access works, with a new "EZproxy" server for authenticating users. But don't worry-- The login you use will remain exactly the same.

This should improve how you use databases from off-campus, and we may be able to expand some resources which have never been available off-campus before.

But there are some temporary issues to be aware of:

• If you have saved or copied old direct links to databases, they might not work anymore. Visit the Databases By Name to get the latest links.
• ARTSTOR  Will temporarily be accessible off-campus only with user accounts created on-campus first. Contact reference if you can't come to campus and need help making one. We will make it accessible with the same login as the others soon.  (now working normally)
  
• Can't find the "special" links to Communication & Mass Media Complete and Medline® with Full Text? They now work as part of EBSCOhost and don't need special links.
• New EBSCO folder accounts will work on and off campus with the new server. However, if you created an EBSCO folder off-campus before that, you may not be able to access it now. If you're having that problem, have a look at this page to learn how to get your citations back.

Do let us know straight away if you're having trouble with off-campus access (or anything else)!

Library to close at 10pm on Thurs.

On Thurs. Mar. 28th, the library will close at 10:00pm.
Have a happy and safe Spring Break!

Here are the complete Spring Holiday Hours:

Fri Mar 29—Mon Mar 1: CLOSED
Tues-Thurs, Apr 2-4: 7:30am – 5:30pm
Fri Apr 5:  7:30am – 4:30pm
Sat Apr 6: CLOSED
Sun Apr 7: 12pm – 2am

New Special Collections newsletter

There's a new isssue of the ULM Library Special Collections newsletter, for Fall 2012 and Spring 2013. You can read it here:

http://www.ulm.edu/library/archives/newsletter/lsc-fall12-spring13.pdf

Naxos Music Library

Good news!
The ULM Library has aquired a new music database resource:

Naxos Music Library

Currently this is only available on campus, but off campus access is coming soon. Now working off-campus!

ERIC Documents access issue

Many ERIC PDF documents are not available right now due to issues with the files. Here's a statement from the Education Resources Information Center website: http://www.eric.ed.gov/pdf_availability.html

Dear ERIC Community,

We have currently disabled access to many ERIC full-text PDFs due to the discovery of personally identifiable information in some documents. A team is in place to check each PDF to see if it contains personally identifiable information. Due to the quality of many of the documents, a large portion of the search has to be done by hand. This will take several weeks, but our primary concern is to protect the privacy of individuals.

To minimize the burden on our users, we will prioritize searching the PDFs that users request. If you would like to request a PDF to be returned online, please fill out this form, which requires only the document’s ERIC record number and your email address. Full-text PDFs will be returned on a rolling basis. We will be posting the list of newly released documents here.
We are sorry for the inconvenience and want to thank you for bearing with us through this unexpected delay.

The ERIC Team

If you need helping find the EBSCO citation, talk to us at Reference! http://www.ulm.edu/library/contact.html

ARTstor upgrade Jan. 23

We recently received this message from ARTstor about maintenance on their site tomorrow:

Dear ARTstor User Support and Primary Contacts,

Please be advised that ARTstor will be performing an upgrade to our systems on Wednesday, January 23 between 9:00 AM and 1:00 PM EST. During this time, users will still be able to access the ARTstor Digital Library but may experience some slowness. If you do experience any difficulties, please clear the cache on your browser and restart your web browser. If you continue to experience difficulties, please do not hesitate to contact User Services at userservices@artstor.org.

Kind regards,

ARTstor User Services Team

Library open during weather closing

Today due to inclement weather classes have been canceled and most ULM offices are closed. But not all of them. The library will be open from 12pm - 5pm Tuesday.

We'll be open on Wednesday, Jan 16th from 10am - 6pm.

Here is ULM's news statement and a list of other open departments:
http://www.ulm.edu/alerts/index.html

PrivCo database trial

 Starting today and ending on Feb. 4th ULM has trial access to PrivCo, a business database that specializes in private companies.  Here is a PDF brochure.

To get access, email reference(at)ulm.edu or use Ask A Librarian to ask for the password and login.

Counseling & Therapy in Video now off campus

The Counseling and Therapy in Video database is now available off-campus! It was added to our collections some weeks ago for on-campus use, and now it can be used anywhere.

Overview
Award-winning Counseling and Therapy in Video Volume I contains more than 400 hours of training videos, reenactments, and footage of actual therapy sessions conducted by renowned counselors, psychiatrists, psychologists, and social workers. This classic collection of videos filmed from 1985‒2010 provides an invaluable firsthand look at the realities of working with clients and the challenges associated with putting theoretical concepts into practice.

Content
The collection features prominent therapists such as Jon Carlson, Sue Johnson, Allen Ivey, Insoo Kim Berg, Derald Wing Sue, and many others, as they demonstrate their methods. With a true grounding in multiculturalism and dozens of therapeutic methods and diagnoses, this collection is essential for counseling and therapy programs across the curriculum—in psychology, social work, education, nursing, divinity studies, health, and medicine.

MarketLine now available off-campus

The MarketLine Advantage business database introduced earlier in the semester is now available off-campus. You can log in using the usual library off-campus access CWIN + PIN login.

It's previous version, Datamonitor 360, has been removed from the site.

Annual Report 2011-2012

The new library Annual Report is now available. (PDF)

New database! Counseling and Therapy in Video

 Good news-- We have a new video database!  Counseling and Therapy in Video (CTIV) from Alexander Street Press was bought with money from a Board of Regents Traditional Enhancement grant awarded this year. The publisher describes it as:

Counseling and Therapy in Video, Volume I provides the largest and richest online collection of video available for the study of counseling, social work, psychotherapy, psychology, and psychiatric counseling. The wealth of video and multiplicity of perspectives in these collections allow students and scholars to see, experience, and study counseling in ways never before possible.

Off campus access may or may not be available. If we can provide it, we'll let you all know.

Datamonitor 360 --> MarketLine Advantage

Good news, The Datamonitor 360 database we subscribe to will be improved in about 2 weeks or less; It will be replaced by a new platform called "MarketLine Advantage" by Sept. 1st. or earlier. It has the same information, but with a new interface and name.

If you'd like a look at it now, you can see MarketLine Advantage here:
http://advantage.marketline.com/
(no off-campus access yet; we're working on it)

Hours extended to 2 am!

The library schedule has been changed again to include new extended hours to 2am Sunday-Thursday!

You can see the full schedule here:
http://www.ulm.edu/library/hours.pdf

Classical Music Library down

It appears that one of our databases, Classical Music Library, is not working on campus or off campus. We are investiagating the problem, and we apologize for the inconvenience.

Happy New Semester!

Students and Faculty and starting to come back! Great to see you!

Our Fall 2012 Schedule is available here.

In general, but not all the time, our hours will be:

Mon–Thurs 7:30am – 12am
Friday 7:30am –4:30pm
Saturday 10 am – 4 pm
Sunday 12pm – 12am