The Lookout

Library hours for the last week of classes & exam week (November 29th - December 12th) are as follows:

Monday - Friday (11/29-12/3): 8 am - 2 am
Saturday (12/4): 9 am - 2 am
Sunday (12/5): 1 pm - 2 am
Monday - Thursday (12/6-12/9): 8 am - 2 am
Friday (12/10): 8 am - 5 pm
Saturday & Sunday (12/11 & 12/12): CLOSED

Check back for our holiday and winter intersession library hours or view the complete list on the library webpage.

Thanksgiving Holiday Hours
Tuesday, Nov. 23 8am-7pm
Wednesday, Nov. 24 - Saturday, Nov. 27 CLOSED
Sunday, Nov. 28 6pm-Midnight

Check back for upcoming exceptions to the library hours or view the complete list on the library webpage.

Let us know what you think. Email your opinion to doyle@cnu.edu.

Daily Life Online (thru 12/15/04)
A collection of primary documents, reference works, monographs, images, maps, illustrations, and time lines depicting essential activities of daily life across the globe and throughout history.

To access go to: dailylife.greenwood.com, click on “Log In” in the top right corner.
Username: christophernewport
Password: library

Literature Resource Center (thru 12/31/04)*
Full-text database that includes biographical, bibliographical, and critical information on some 2,500 literary writers and their works. Identifiers include ethnicity, nationality, literary period, genre, theme and literary/historical timeline.

To access go to: http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/viva
Password: viva

*The Literature Resource Center has already been purchased by VIVA, but the licensed version will not be available until December. Until then, please use the trial to access the LRC.

As of November 14, you will see 2 new buttons/tabs in Proquest.

Set up alert - allows you to be notified via email when the latest matching articles for your favorite searches (Search Alerts) or the latest issues of your favorite publications (Publication Alerts) are available on ProQuest.

My Research Summary - email an HTML file of your selected articles and search history, complete with links back to the content in ProQuest. Now you don't have to repeat your searches all over again to access the articles you found - just link right to them from an email you send to yourself.

Remember, the Marked List feature allows you to print or email your bibliography in the citation style your specify (MLA, APA, etc.) and email full text articles.

Questions on how you can make the most of these new features? Ask at the Reference Desk, email library@cnu.edu, or call 594-7132.

The ProQuest database will be unavailable between 10pm Saturday November 13, 2004 and 10am Sunday November 14, 2004 for scheduled maintenance to install new features.

If you need to research between these times you might try Infotrac Expanded Academic, another general information database, accessible under the Quick Links list on the Library homepage.

Looking for a definition, translation, quick fact, brief overview of a topic?
Try Oxford Reference Online (ORO), a collection of over 100 language and subject dictionaries and reference books, including an encyclopedia and the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations and the Oxford Companions Series. The benefit - one search finds results anywhere in the ORO collection, or limit your search by one of 28 subject divisions or by book.

In addition to extensive English language sources, it also has dictionaries for French, German, Spanish, or Italian. Subjects covered include language, literature, history, mythology and folklore, science-technology, medicine, health, accounting, finance, law, art & architecture, classics & the ancient world, performing arts, religion & philosophy and politics & social sciences.

ORO may be accessed from the Quick Link List on the Library's home page.

Most demolition needed to make way for the new library construction has been completed.

Now, the second floor is being reinforced to hold the Machine Room for the new library.

Please pardon our appearance during the construction phase. Our collections are still accessible and an increasing amount of material is available thru our electronic databases. If you have questions on accessing databases, please call the Reference Desk at 594-7132.

The Captain John Smith Library welcomes our newest employee, Fern Anderson, as the Stacks Maintenance Supervisor. She has previously worked at the Hampton University Library.