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Jim Poston presenting on Locomotive 169 this Wednesday

November 4, 2013EventsNielsen Library

Nielsen Library will host Jim Poston speaking on the history of Locomotive 169, the train under the pavilion at Cole Park in Alamosa, Colo. The event will begin at noon on Wednesday, Nov. 6, in the Nielsen Library second floor lounge. The event is free and open to the public and light refreshments will be provided.

Poston is a longtime volunteer with the Friends of the 169, a local group dedicated to preserving locomotive 169 and, eventually, restoring it to operating condition. He is originally from Rhode Island and worked for NASA until 2000 and now resides in the San Luis Valley.

New Books This Week

October 28, 2013New BooksNielsen Library

Here’s what’s new for the week of October 28:

Volcanic eruptions of 1980 at Mount St. Helens : the first 100 days
Just one evil act
Spiritual questions for the twenty-first century : essays in honor of Joan D. Chittister
Slaughterhouse-five, or, The children’s crusade : a duty-dance with death
The ACS style guide : effective communication of scientific information
Innocent victims in the global war on terror
Alien life imagined : communicating the science and culture of Astrobiology
No place like home : a new beginning with the dogs of Afghanistan
Grating spectroscopes and how to use them
Deep-sky wonders
Astronomical spectroscopy for amateurs
Scientific astrophotography : how amateurs can generate and use professional imaging data
Comets : visitors from deep space
Assessment and student success in a differentiated classroom
National Geographic global atlas : [a comprehensive picture of today with more than 300 new maps, infographics, and illustrations
Global climate change
Stars and their spectra : an introduction to the spectral sequence
Discovery and classification in astronomy : controversy and consensus
The exoplanet handbook
An introduction to the solar system
The so-called historical Jesus and the historic, Biblical Christ
Basketry : a world guide to traditional techniques
The jewels of the Madonna : opera in three acts on Neapolitan life

October 21 – 27 is Open Access Week

October 22, 2013ResourcesNielsen Library

What is Open Access?

Open Access is the free, immediate, online availability of journal and research articles, and grants researchers the right to re-use the results of other scholars.

Why does Open Access matter?

Most scholarly research is publicly funded, but can’t be accessed without paying hefty journal subscription fees. Open Access seeks to make research results widely available in order to increase their exposure and advance scholarship.

How does Open Access affect me?

Subscription journal databases are one of the most expensive resources the Nielsen Library offers. Before we subscribe to a database we have to carefully consider how beneficial it will be to our students and faculty in order to determine how to best allocate our budget. Open Access drastically increases the number of resources we can provide to meet your research needs.

Where can I learn more about Open Access?

International Open Access Week – The website for the annual Open Access Week campaign

Open Access: Six Myths to Put to Rest – A recent article from The Guardian explaining common misconceptions about Open Access

Directory of Open Access Journals – A large collection of Open Access journals

Open Access Explained – A high quality YouTube video that provides a fantastic introduction to Open Access

Sentinel in Sight now available at Nielsen Library

October 21, 2013New BooksNielsen Library

Adams State’s own Michael Rael recently published a book, Sentinel In Sight, which is now available at the Nielsen Library. The book features Michael’s photographs of San Antonio Mountain, said to be the largest free-standing mountain in the continental United States. Selected photographs can be viewed at http://sentinel-in-sight.com.

Check the library catalog for availability. Sentinel In Sight is also available for purchase on Amazon.

New Books This Week

October 21, 2013New BooksNielsen Library

Here’s what’s new for the week of October 21:

Almost home : helping kids move from homelessness to hope
Sentinel in sight
The furies
The song of the bird
Martin Luther’s basic theological writings

Find a Journal Article Cited in a News Report

October 15, 2013ServicesNielsen Library

Hey Psych students! Do you need to find a journal article based on a news report? Our latest guide will walk you through the process step-by-step:

http://libguides.adams.edu/findajournalarticlecitedinanewsreport

New Books This Week

October 14, 2013New BooksNielsen Library

Here’s what’s new for the week of October 14:

Foreign influence : a thriller
The face
Bad blood
Fang : a Maximum Ride novel
Cross fire
Hell’s corner
The inner circle
Falcon seven
In the name of honor : a novel
The girl with the dragon tattoo
The confessor
The fleece & fiber sourcebook : more than 200 fibers from animal to spun yarn
Rage of eagles
American assassin : a thriller
Jackpot Ridge
Rogue warrior : seize the day
Unequal childhoods : class, race, and family life
Simple dreams : a musical memoir
Shady characters : the secret life of punctuation, symbols, & other typographical marks
Someone
The handbook of astronomical image processing
Photoshop astronomy : includes full res tutorial images on DVD
Celestial harvest : 300-plus showpieces of the heavens for telescope viewing and contemplation
The night sky observers guide
Chuck Close : work

Government Shutdown Special – Oxford Reference

October 9, 2013ResourcesNielsen Library

Oxford Reference is home to a vareity of encyclopedias, dictionaries, and other reference material covering all academic topics. Because of the government shutdown Oxford is providing free access to this database until the 22nd of October. Simply go to http://www.oxfordreference.com and log in with the following username and password:

Username: tryoxfordreference
Password: govshutdown

SciFinder Database Trial

October 8, 2013Resourcesdatabase, scifinderNielsen Library

science

SciFinder is an excellent resource for chemistry research and can be used to search for substances, reactions, and patent and journal references.

SciFinder provides unlimited access to the world’s largest and most reliable collection of chemistry information and is available to Adams State students, faculty and staff for the remainder of 2013.

Each SciFinder user must register individually, using this link. Once you’ve registered your account, go to SciFinder’s sign in page to log in. If you need help registering, view the End User Registration Guide or email Nicole LeBoeuf for assistance.