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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Very Smart but Very Forgetful: A Grad Student Refresher to the Library
As grad students, we are bombarded with information about the library and other campus services when we first arrive in Baltimore. But the semester quickly gets under way, and we […]
Browsing for Movies
The question I’m asked most often is, “How do I browse for movies owned by MSEL?â€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 […]