The Good News: Google Scholar, which is the part of Google that indexes scholarly literature, includes some citations to books as well as to journal articles. The Bad News: If […]
How E-Books Work
Attend E-books for Academics , a library workshop held on Wednesday, October 5, 4:30-5:30PM, on Q level of the library (in the CER, past Cafe Q, last door on your left). […]
New Things To Read and More Ways To Read Them
The world of online reading is exploding with new kinds of content (as well as new business models to generate revenue for the publishers and authors). Here are some of […]
Finding Foreign Films – Encore!
I’m sure you diehard Blog readers remember my post last March on how to find foreign-language films at the library, right? Well, with the launch of Catalyst, our new online catalog, […]
August in Catalyst
It’s August, so I’m thinking about August. Part of thinking about August is remembering all of the things to do to prepare for the upcoming semester, including playing with the […]
Smartphone Book Apps
If you’ve been following our Apps blog category, then you already know that there are some pretty cool academic resources out there. We’re still loving WorldCat Mobile and RedLaser! With countless […]
E-book Subject Guide
Did you know that there are more than 850,000 e-books in the library’s catalog? A new e-book guide has been published which will help you to search, find, and download […]
Google’s Advanced Search will Save You Time
For those pulling consecutive all-nighters to complete that last term paper, we’ve got a Google timesaving tip that will make life easier. Advanced search is your friend. To supplement the […]
LibQual: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly, Part I
Remember LibQual? That’s the survey we invited you to take back in October to rate our services. Well, we’ve gotten the results back and, with apologies to Sergio Leone, they’re good, bad, and […]
Oh, Catalyst. What can’t you do?!
Are you using Catalyst yet? It’s the Hopkins Libraries’ spiffy new catalog interface. Check out this video on how easy it is to find ebooks in Catalyst… This post comes to […]