Learn to research better at our workshops!

The ULM Library Reference dept. is now offering workshops to help you learn better ways to do your research, whether Student, Faculty, or Staff! We will be holding them in Sept-Nov, covering research methods, databases, and more. See our workshop page to see what we're doing and when:

ulm.edu/library/workshops.html

New Annual Report

A new ULM Library Annual Report for 2012-2013 has been released; you can find it on our About the Library page here:

http://www.ulm.edu/library/about.html

We are now in Google Scholar!

If you like searching in Google Scholar but don't like playing the what-has-full-text guessing game, we have good news: You can now see ULM Library Links in Google Scholar! Visit our Google Scholar page to learn how. It's easy.
http://www.ulm.edu/library/googlescholar.html

Fall Library Schedule now available

Happy new semester! The Library's Fall Schedule is now available on our website:
http://www.ulm.edu/library/hours.html 
(subject to change)

Starting on Monday the 19th, the library will begin its Fall hours:
Mon – Thurs: 7:30am – 2 am
Fri:  7:30 am – 4:30 pm
Sat: 10 am – 4 pm
Sun:  12 pm – 2 am

Summer Intersession returns

Starting at 5:30pm on Tues. Aug. 6th, the library will return to Intersession hours, until Aug.18th:

Mon, Aug 5 7am – 10pm
Tues Aug 6 7am – 5:30pm
Wed - Thurs 7:30 am – 5:30 pm
Fri 7:30 am – 4:30pm
Sat & Sun CLOSED
Full Schedule & Hours

No water tonight

The water system to the University Library will be under maintenance, Monday Aug. 5th at 5:00 pm to about 7:00pm. Please be prepared if you plan to be in the library around this time.

ARTstor maintenance tomorrow

Dear ARTstor User Support and Technical Contacts, Please be advised that the maintenance originally scheduled for earlier this morning has been rescheduled for Friday, August 2nd between 6:00 and 9:00 AM EDT. Access to the ARTstor Digital Library will be temporarily suspended during this time, and institutions using Shared Shelf to manage their local image collections will be unable to use the system. We do not anticipate any extension of this downtime, but we will send an update if there are any changes to the schedule. -ARTstor User Services Questions? Please don't hesitate to contact us. ARTstor email and phone support is available Monday to Friday 9:30AM – 5:30PM EDT

New resource: Import Genius

The ULM now has access to a new database for International trade, Import Genius.

Import Genius supplies import and export data from U.S. Customs and other sources. You can use it to see what companies are shipping, how much, and to where. ULM students and employees can use it on campus through the link below (this resource is not available off-campus at this time). You should see a login screen where you can make a free account.

https://www.importgenius.com/edu/ulm

For more information about Import Genius, visit http://www.importgenius.com/.

New ULM Library Website

Have you seen the new ULM Library website? http://www.ulm.edu/library/

Come check it out!
It looks very different, but all your favorite databases and services are still there, and new content is soon to come also. If you're having trouble finding what you need or have other issues, don't hesitate to contact us!

Finally, a farewell look at our old page:

Library Closed Memorial Day

Just a reminder: The library will be closed on Mon. May 27th for Memorial Day.
 After that normal Summer Intersession hours resume.

May 27	CLOSED	Memorial Day
May 28 – June 2	7:30 am – 5:30 pm, Monday – Thursday 7:30 am – 4:30 pm, Friday CLOSED, Weekends	Summer Intersession

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