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Journal Cancellations 2014

News

Every year the library reviews its current periodical subscriptions and, based on a number of factors, decides which periodicals to renew and which periodicals to cancel. The following lists the possible print journal cancellations for the year of 2014. If you have any questions or concerns about this list, please contact Nicole LeBoeuf.

American Music Teacher
Athletic Management
Black Enterprise
CPA Journal
Choral Journal
Clearing House
Counselor : The Magazine For Addiction Professionals
Delta Kappa Gamma Bulletin
Education Around the World
Educational Horizons
Familyfun (Disney Family Fun)
HR Focus
Instructor
Journal Of Abnormal Psychology
Journal Of Accounting Auditing & Finance
Journal Of Basic Writing
Journal Of Counseling Psychology
Kappa Delta Pi Record
Music And The Teacher
Personnel Psychology
Psychotherapy Networker
Reading Improvement
Ski
Tennis Magazine

New Tabbed Search

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If you’ve visited the library’s website recently you may have noticed our new tabbed search box. This is just one of the many exciting changes coming to the Nielsen Library’s website.

The tabbed search box lets you search our most popular resources directly from the library’s home page. The Books tab searches the Nielsen Library Catalog for books, eBooks, audio books, and more. The Articles tab searches Academic Search Complete, our most popular multidisciplinary database. The eBooks tab searches ebrary, a collection of more than 80,000 scholarly eBooks.

We’re also busy working on other improvements to the library’s website, including better navigation and updated tutorials. You may see some minor changes over the course of the summer and we’re hoping to roll out the new and improved version of the site shortly before the beginning of fall semester.

Introducing EZproxy!

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Nielsen Library has recently purchased the EZproxy service from OCLC. With this new service, users will be able to log into all library databases using their Adams State username and password.  If you have any questions about using databases off-campus, please contact the reference desk at 719-587-7879.

New Trials from EBSCO!

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In an effort to expand their current offerings, EBSCO has released five new databases containing thousands of new journals and a substantial collection of ebooks.  Click on one of the subjects below to have a look:

Applied Science & Technology Source
Covers Computer Science, Chemistry, Energy, Engineering, Food Technology, Geology, and Physics.  More information.

Legal Source
Covers Business Law, Criminal Law, Estate Planning, Commercial Law, Sports & Entertainment Law, Tax Law, and others. More information.

Education Source
Covers administration, social issues, student counseling, teaching, distance learning, and adult education.  More information.

Library & Information Science Source
Covers circulation, copyright, indexing, library equipment, preservation, publishing, and reference.  More information.

Humanities Source  
Covers archaeology, art, classics, dance, film, history, journalism, literature, music, philosophy, and religion.  More information.

New Books for a New Semester

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Welcome to the 2012 Fall Semester!  There was a flurry of book buying during the summer, and a lot of exciting things have been added to the collection.  Highlights include:

Runner’s World Performance Nutrition for Runners (TX361.R86 F58)
How nutrition can help you improve your running performance.
The Rise of Gridiron University (GV959.5 .I64 2012)
Examines the uneasy relationship between college football and academia.
Women in the Ancient World (HQ1127 .N45 2011)
A cross-cultural examination of women in Ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome.
A Journalist’s Education in the Classroom (LB1623.5 .A95 2011)
A journalist-turned-teacher writes about his experience in the classroom and places it into the wider context of education reform in America.

All these books can be found in the New Books section of the library, right by the entrance.  For a list of more new library books, click here.

Journal Cancellations 2013

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Every year the library reviews its current periodical subscriptions and, based on a number of factors, decides which periodicals to renew and which periodicals to cancel. The following lists the possible print journal cancellations for the year of 2013. If you have any questions or concerns about this list, please contact Nicole LeBoeuf.

Title

Academy Of Management Review
Aviation Week & Space Technology
Broadcasting & Cable
Criticism
Education & Treatment Of Children
Frontiers : A Journal Of Women Studies
International Affairs
Journal Of Experimental Psychology : General
Journal Of Higher Education
Journal Of Small Business Management
Law & Society Review
Policy & Practice
Psychological Bulletin

Films on Demand

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For the month of June, Adams State is trialing the database Films on Demand.  Films on Demand is a multimedia platform that streams thousands of education videos and documentaries straight to your computer or tablet.  Videos include Ken Burn’s Baseball, PBS’s King Lear, and TED’s 5 Dangerous Things You Should Let Your Kids Do.  On-campus users can link to the database from the Articles webpage; off-campus users should go first to the passwords page and then login using the username and password provided.

The Journal of Chemical Education – Now Online!

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The library has just purchased online access to The Journal of Chemical Education, an important monthly publication published by the American Chemical Society.  This peer-reviewed resource covers both secondary and university education, and includes articles such as “ChemPoker”, “JCE Classroom Activity #111: Redox Reactions in Three Representations”, and “Beer as a Teaching Aid in the Classroom and Laboratory”.  Many of these articles are sponsored and can be accessed for free from your computers at home, however, anything that is not sponsored must be used on-campus for complete full-text access.  Enjoy searching the full archive from 1924-current!