Gale Virtual Reference Library

The library is in the process of acquiring new e-books for African-American studies from Cengage Learning.

The materials will be accessed through Gale's Virtual Reference Library:

http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/lln_agsu?db=GVRL

Black Short Fiction

The library has acquired another database from Alexander Street Press.

Black Short Fiction is a comprehensive collection yet created of stories from Africa and the African Diaspora. It offers more than 8,000 short stories and folktales, ranging thematically from oral traditions that date back many hundreds of years to contemporary tales of modern life.

http://blfi.alexanderstreet.com/

Credo Reference Enhanced Platform

Credo Reference announces today's launch of its enhanced platform. New features include:

FILTER and NARROW--Improved searching. See your results using our new faceted browsing. Limit results by subject, type of entry, person, publication date or only those entries that have images, audio or video.
MULTILINGUAL interface
New, vastly improved CONCEPT MAP -- invaluable for visual learners and mind mappers.
SAVED RESULTS & CITATION MANAGEMENT -- export to your tool of choice -- RefWorks, EndNote and others. BOOKMARK in your favorite site - Del.icio.us, Facebook and many more.
EXPLORE each title by quickly locating people and places cited, images, and contributors. Hover mouse over index for article preview.
BROWSE for books not only by subject, title or type but now by Dewey or Library of Congress classifications.

Network Issues

Some of the network issues have been resolved, but there are still a few computers that aren't able to access the Internet. The computer technicians think it is a configuration problem. They believe they can solve this problem very soon.

Network Problems

There has been a problem with the student computers on the library's internal network. Our technician is working hard to remedy the situation. In computer troubleshooting it is a process of elimination. First you have to troubleshoot the hardware, and then look at the software. Mr. Reitzhammer of GIS has spent several days looking at computer setups all over the library to find the problem. He has worked with ITC without any luck. Each day he gathers more and more data but so far nothing we have done has worked to changed the situation.

Please be patient with us as we attempt to solve the problem.

Learning Express

Learning Express has been made available to us by the Louisiana Library Network consortium. The link will be added soon to our web page on GSU and on TigerNet. In the meantime if you are on campus, you can use this URL:
http://www.learningexpresslibrary.com

It's Here!

The EBSCOhost 2.0 interface has replaced the previous version. I'd love to hear your opinions about it. Please feel free to leave your comments after you try some searches.