From January – December 2006, Hopkins researchers downloaded 1,161,063 full text articles from ScienceDirect. So far, for statistics received from January – September 2007, Hopkins researchers have downloaded 867,247 full […]
More Science Videos Online
Earlier this semester, Robin alerted us to SciVee, an where you can find science-related videos online. Via Duke’s Center for Instructional Technology, I was alerted to a couple other science […]
Citing Electronic Resources: Part 1, Using MLA Style
Most of you are familiar with how to cite print books and articles when you’re writing a research paper. But how do you cite information you find on the internet? […]
Save Time – Search Several Databases at Once!
If you’ve ever wanted to save some time and search more than one database at once, then you should try JHsearch. Librarians have created several sets of databases that can […]
Subscribe to Search Alerts (the EBSCO edition)
Depending on the database, you can have the latest table of contents from a particular journal or the latest article citations on a particular topic sent directly to you. Not […]
Digital Critical Edition of Mark Twain
The Mark Twain Papers and Project of the Bancroft Library, the California Digital Library, and University of California Press have launched a beta version of Mark Twain Project Online, a […]
Alexander Street Press Database Maintenance
All Alexander Street Press (ASP) databases will be down for routine maintenance and upgrades on Saturday, November 10, from approximately 7pm-11pm. So if you’re itching to do some late night […]
UPDATE: Proxy Service to Online Resources is Restored
The proxy service for accessing the libraries’ online resources is fully functional again. Thanks for your patience as we worked through this truly puzzling problem. If you have problems with […]
Metasearching, or the 4th law of library science
Believe it or not, but there are 5 laws of library science. Who knew? The one that always resonated with me was #4, Save the time of the reader. Students, […]
Having trouble getting to library resources from off-campus?
The proxy service for accessing the libraries’ online resources is not working for some of our patrons at present. We are aware of the problem and working to resolve it. […]