Elihu Burritt Library

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Campus Research Now Available

Campus Research is a comprehensive collection of news and business information and law-related resources, including state and federal laws, regulations, cases, and law reviews. This database is available to the CCSU community courtesy of iCONN, the Connecticut Digital Library.

EBSCOHost 2.0 Preview

EBSCO has released a beta version of its new interface, EBSCOHost 2.0., scheduled to launch in July. To preview the new version, select the "New Features" link from the database search page.

Texting from CONSULS

Lose the scrap paper and short pencils! This new feature allows you to send information about a library item to your phone. The text message will contain the location, call number, and title of the item. Carrier charges may apply, so use this feature only if you have a text messaging plan for your phone.

North American Immigrant Letters, Diaries, and Oral Histories Now Available

The library has subscribed to North American Immigrant Letters, Diaries and Oral Histories produced by Alexander Street Press. This resource compliments other subscribed collections of primary sources such as Women and Social Movements and Oral History Online. The collection includes 2,162 authors and approximately 100,000 pages of information that provide a unique and personal view of what it meant to immigrate to America and Canada between 1800 and 1950.

Library Announces Research Award Winners

The library awarded its 2nd annual prizes for excellence in undergraduate research papers/projects and demonstration of skills and creativity in the application of library services, resources and collections. Two monetary awards were given to Jean Messersmith (Senior, History major), who wrote the paper "The Good American Citizen: The Americanization During the World War I Era", and Amanda Johnson (Senior, Elementary Education/English), for her honors thesis "Reading Instruction and Political Agendas". Susan Slaga, awards committee chair, stated "both students did a tremendous job and it was a very hard decision for the award committee to make since there were so many excellent submissions." Ms. Slaga will present the awards to Jean and Amanda at URCAD on April 4, 2008.

CONSULS RSS Feed Now Available

The library is pleased to offer an RSS feed of items recently added to our collection. The feed is updated daily. To subscribe, visit the following URL (http://feeds.feedburner.com/NewTitlesAtCcsu). Content from the feed is also available on the New Books page.

Library Adds Over 700 ScienceDirect Journals

Over 700 journals published by Elsevier and affiliated publishers are now available on the ScienceDirect platform. Most titles have a backfile that extends to 1995. The library was able to augment its holdings by converting existing print subscriptions to online and joining a ScienceDirect licensing consortium with other academic libraries in New England. Links to ScienceDirect are included in our database listings (the link will take you to a browse page that lists subscribed titles). Individual titles are accessible through the FindIT@CCSU service and the E-Journal locator. Additionally, the journals will be accessible through the CONSULS catalog within the next month.