Friday Featured Database: ComAbstracts
10 February 2012 by Julie Biando Edwards
“The ComAbstracts database contains abstracts of articles and books published in the primary professional literature of the communication(s) field as well as bibliographic records. No other electronic resource provides more comprehensive or better focused coverage of the communication discipline’s first line scholarship. The database is unique in its comprehensive coverage of scholarly books in communication and journalism.” To learn more about this database visit their website.
You can find this database on the A-Z page of the library website. For more information on how to use this database in your teaching or research, please contact Social Sciences Librarian Kimberly Swanson at kimberly.swanson@mso.umt.edu.
Who Am I? African American History Month Quiz.
10 February 2012 by Susanne Caro
I became a NASA astronaut in August 1979, and flew the Challenger during the shuttle’s first night launch and landing. I am a veteran of four space flights, and was a mission specialist on STS-8, STS 61-A, STS-39, and STS-53. Who am I?
Book Citation Index (WoS) trial
9 February 2012 by Barry Brown
The Mansfield Library has a two month trial (through April 6th) of Book Citation Index a new resource within the Web of Science covering over 30,000 books in the Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences, and Sciences. Over 10,000 additional books are expected to be added each year. Books are indexed at the chapter level, resulting in improved searches and deeper discovery of the most relevant book literature and book citation data along with the 12,000 peer-reviewed journals and 150,000 conference proceedings already indexed in Web of Science, enabling users to navigate the links in citations across books, journals and proceedings. This new addition of citation data will particularly benefit those researchers who work primarily in the Arts and Humanities from increased visibility for their works. If you wish to provide feedback about this new resource please contact your Liaison Librarian.
More Info http://wokinfo.com/products_tools/multidisciplinary/bookcitationindex/
http://thomsonreuters.com/content/press_room/science/book-citation-index-launches
Who Am I? African American History Month Quiz
9 February 2012 by Susanne Caro
I was a leader of the American Civil Rights Movement, a minister, and a close associate of Martin Luther King, Jr. in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Following King’s assassination, I took up the leadership of the SCLC Poor People’s Campaign and led the March on Washington, D.C. that had been planned for May 1968.
Think you know the answer? Check out our Library Guide and see if you are right.
The Spring Issue of Snmipnuntn is Available Online
8 February 2012 by Julie Biando Edwards
The Spring Semester issue of Snmipnuntn, the library newsletter, is now online. Click here to access the latest issue, which is full of news and information about library services. In this issue you’ll find information about the library’s mobile website, our new teaching space, our upcoming research workshops and much more. You’ll also find our two standard features: “10 Questions With. . .”, which highlights someone in the library so that the campus community can better get to know the people behind the Mansfield Library, and the Faculty Profile, in which we interview a UM professor about how he or she uses the library in teaching and course development.
Who Am I? African American History Quiz
8 February 2012 by Susanne Caro
I am an American politician and a leader of the Civil Rights movement. I was the first African American elected to the Texas Senate after Reconstruction and the first southern black female elected to the United States House of Representatives. I received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, among numerous other honors. On my death I became the first African-American woman to be buried in the Texas State Cemetery. Who am I?
Find out if you are right at our lib guide.
Eres Maintenance
7 February 2012 by john.greer
Eres will be undergoing maintenance from 1:30AM to 6:30AM on Thursday, 2/9/12. The Eres system may not be available during this time. We are sorry for any inconvenience.
Spring Workshops
7 February 2012 by Kate Zoellner
The Library is offering a series of workshops this semester. Learn about library research and databases in a small group environment. Topics to be covered include Business resources, Copyright, Foundation Center resources, the Literature Review process, and Managing Research with RefWorks. All workshops are open to the entire UM community.
Navigating Copyright for Teaching and Research
Learn about the impacts of copyright law on your instruction and scholarship.
February 7, Tuesday, 3-4pm, or February 17, Friday, 12-1pm
Identifying Funding with the Foundation Directory Online
Learn how to use Foundation Center resources to identify grant and scholarship opportunities. *This workshop is part of the COT’s brown bag faculty series and will be held at the COT in room HB08.
February 14, Tuesday, 12-1pm — Note this is a date change.
Managing Your Research with RefWorks
Hands-on workshop on how to utilize the bibliographic management tool RefWorks to organize your research, store citations, and create bibliographies.
March 6, Tuesday, 3-4pm, or March 16, Friday, 12-1pm
Conducting a Literature Review
Learn the components of and a strategic approach to the literature review process.
April 10, Tuesday, 3-4pm, or April 20, Friday, 12-1pm
Business Series
Business Resources I: Company Information
Hands-on workshop on the best databases for company information using LexisNexis Academic – for larger public companies, Mergent Business Online – for U.S. and International businesses, Reference USA – for small private companies.
February 8, Wednesday, 1:30-2:30pm
Business Resources II: Industry
Hands-on workshop on the best databases for industry information using Standard & Poor’s NetAdvantage – industry analyses and reports, Value Line Research Center, and Business & Company Resource Center.
February 24, Friday, 1:30-2:30pm
Business Resources III: Marketing
Hands-on workshop on the best databases for marketing information. Learn how to use Business & Company Resource Center, Academic Search Complete, and some methods for finding demographics.
March 1, Thursday, 1:30-2:30pm
Business Resources IV: Free Government Information
Learn how to use some of the top government websites for financial reports from public companies, demographic information, public spending and more.
March 15, Thursday, 1:30-2:30pm
RSVP online at http://www.lib.umt.edu/forms/workshops
*Except for the Identifying Funding session all workshops will be held at the Mansfield Library.
Contact Kate Zoellner (kate.zoellner@umontana.edu 243-4421) with questions.
Congratulations to Big Sky Literary Arts Magazines
6 February 2012 by Sue Samson
Aerie Big Sky and Aerie International, Big Sky High School’s nationally award winning literary arts magazines, have again been honored. Read details here.
Resources for African American History Month
3 February 2012 by Susanne Caro
Library of Congress African American History Month
The Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum join in paying tribute to the generations of African Americans who struggled with adversity to achieve full citizenship in American society.
Montana Historical Society: African-Americans in Montana
Census Profile America: Black (African-American) History Month: February 2012
The Government Documents Department of the University of Alabama – University Library has created a web site with a great many resources on the Tuskegee Airmen and African Americans in the military.
For more see our Library Guide
