Learn how to organize your research and never type a bibliography again with RefWorks. MLA, APA and other styles supported. Open to faculty, staff, and students in all disciplines.
When? Nov. 5 & 12
4:00-5:00pm
Where: Driscoll Hall, Room 221
MUST BRING YOUR OWN LAPTOP!
Contact: Barbara Quintiliano, Instructional Design Librarian (telephone: ext.95207)
ENROLLMENT LIMITED TO 20 PERSONS. PLEASE CONTACT BARBARA IF YOU PLAN TO ATTEND.
Falvey now offers the University community online access to the Chronicle of Higher Education, “the No. 1 source of news, information, and jobs for college and university faculty members and administrators.” Widely valued for the timeliness and credibility of its news coverage, the Chronicle has won numerous awards for its coverage of political issues with impact on higher education. (more…)
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http://cshprotocols.cshlp.org/
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Available until June 30, 2009
Please send comments to Barbara Quintiliano (x95207)
barbara.quintiliano@villanova.edu
Take advantage of Falvey’s trial subscription to the Cold Spring Harbor Protocols,a definitive, interactive source of new and classic research techniques. The database is fully searchable by keyword and subject, and it has many novel features—such as discussion forums and personal folders—made possible by online publication. Its coverage includes
Protocols are presented step-by-step and edited in the style that has made Molecular Cloning, Antibodies, Cells and many other CSH manuals essential to the work of scientists worldwide. Protocols will be continuously expanded, updated, and annotated by the originators and users of the techniques.
Civil Engineering students and faculty will be pleased to have electronic access to a collection of the International Code Council’s reference works. E-Codes Premium include the full text of the most recent versions of the International Building Code, International Energy Conservation Code, International Mechanical Code, International Plumbing Code as well as pertinent titles from the Code of Federal Regulations. With this new resource you can do simple keyword searches, browse the table of contents, print and make notes in the text. You can link to this resource from the Engineering subject page, E-Reference Resources and the library catalog.
Dissertations & Theses Full Text (ProQuest) (1861- ; Full Text 1997 - )
A comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses with over 2.4 million dissertations and theses included from around the world. Each dissertation published since July 1980 includes a 350-word abstract written by the author. Master’s theses published since 1988 include 150-word abstracts. Bibliographic citations are available for dissertations dating from 1637, and more than 65,000 new citations are added to the database every year. Where available, PQDT provides 24 Page Previews of dissertations and theses. In addition, nearly one million are available for download in PDF format. (Digital dissertations and theses are archived as submitted by the degree-granting institution. Some will be Native PDF, some PDF Image).
