Monthly Archives: April 2008
Paper Due Tomorrow? Here’s Where to Start
You’re a Hopkins student, which means you’re smart, savvy, and over worked … especially this time of year. There are exams to study for, projects due, and papers to write. It’s easy to fall behind. Occasionally, all of your good … Continue reading
Johns Hopkins Awards Student Book Collectors
Open to all undergraduate or graduate students enrolled in a degree program at Johns Hopkins, the 2008 Betty and Edgar Sweren Student Book Collecting Contest attracted 26 entries from six academic divisions. Participants wrote essays describing how and why the … Continue reading
Library of Congress Research Orientations
Sticking around the Baltimore area this sumer? Doing research in the Humanities or Social Sciences? The Humanities and Social Sciences Division of the Library of Congress is offering an orientation to researching their collections. Dates and Times: Morning orientations will … Continue reading
Save a Tree, Opt for Double-Sided Printing
Do your bit to help mother nature. Next time you print in MSEL, use both sides of the paper. 1. When you’re ready to print, select the Print Preview button on the browser toolbar. 2. From the preview window, select … Continue reading
Image Is Everything: ARTstor Can Help Illustrate Your Point
Need a specific image for your term paper? Want to explore a topic in a visual way? Try ARTstor, a research database containing over 500,000 images of art and cultural objects. The collection, which the Libraries subscribe to, documents artistic … Continue reading
Google (Scholar) Guide
Do you Google? If so, you might know that characters like quotation marks, asterisks, and other operators can customize, even refine, your search. Google Guide offers a wealth of such tips and tricks for searching Google, including a cheat sheet. … Continue reading
HUT Closed for Spring Fair
The HUT will close at noon on Friday, April 25 and reopen at 8:30 am on Monday, April 28. Gilman Hall is locked for the weekend of Spring Fair, which means the HUT has to close as well. Enjoy the … Continue reading
Library Toolbar for Firefox and Internet Explorer
The JHU LibX Library Toolbar is now available for both Firefox and Internet Explorer! New to the toolbar? Download it in order to: Search the JHU Libraries Catalog, Google Scholar, and our e-journal service FindIt right from Firefox or Internet … Continue reading
JSTOR statistics (and my iPod)
You may have read our prior updates on JSTOR, a journal archive database that includes fulltext PDFs of journals (minus the most recent 2-5 years). I recently investigated our 2007 JSTOR usage statistics and found some interesting tidbits on just … Continue reading
Web of Science is problematic
Good Monday Morning! Web of Science, which includes Science Citation Index, Social Science Citation Index, Arts & Humanities Citation Index, Essential Science Indicators, and Journal Citation Reports, is acting a bit oddly right now (9:45 am). Our Serials Department is … Continue reading