Word of the Year for 2007: w00t

Merriam-Webster recently held a contest for the 2007 word of the year. And the gamers’ expression of joy: “w00t!” won the contest. Runners-up included some other new words like sardoodledom […]


Will ScienceDirect Go Beyond a Million Downloads Again this Year?

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 […]


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 […]


New: Reserve a Group Study Room

In response to student requests, we’re piloting a reservable group study room beginning today! You can find the room on A-Level just south of the Government Publications, Maps, and Law […]


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 […]


Browsing for Movies

The question I’m asked most often is, “How do I browse for movies owned by MSEL?”It’s a good question. MSEL’s DVDs and videos are shelved in a secure area in […]


Our Online Services will be out briefly

This weekend (Nov 17-18) we’ll be moving all of our computer servers to another building. Trust me, this is a good thing. The computers will be very happy in their […]