The Lookout

Progess is being made in construction of the new library! Steel is going up to form the new roofline on the current library. Once completed, the mechanical room will be installed, portions of the old library with the current mechanical room will be demolished and the new construction will begin.

Library hours for the Last week of classes, Exam week, and summer have been posted to the Library's hours web page.

Note that for the last week of classes and exam week (April 18th - 28th) the Library is open until 2am each night. On Friday (April 29th), however, the Library will close at 5pm.

The winners of the grand prizes were drawn from all correct entries submitted during the week. The winners are:
Grand Prize - iPod Shuffle: Beth Donahue
Runners up (2) - 128 MB jump drives: Linny Cooke and Joshua Goodwyn

Daily prize winners of $10 Einstein's Gift Certificates are:
Bethany Donahue
Megan Gehlsen
Jennifer Blaylock
Sarah Janeski
Zack Goodwyn
Amanda Collins
Adam Lundquist

Thank you to the many who participated in the National Library Week Trivia Contest.

Imagine: it’s 3a.m., the library is closed, and you need to read an article your professor put on serve for class. What are you going to do? Go to the library web page -

To access electronic reserves:
Click on "Online Catalog". The Search Reserves options are in the upper left corner - you can search by instructor or course number. You'll get a list of items your professor has put on reserve. Those available electronically will say "View or Print". Click on the title of the article you need. To read the whole article you will need to enter your last name and your 10-digit library barcode, then click on "Submit".

Tips:
If you don't have a library barcode sticker on the back of your CNU ID, you need to go to the Circulation Desk in the Smith Library to get one. Also, we recommend using Internet Explorer for electronic reserves.

If you have questions, call the Reference Desk at 594-7132 or email library@cnu.edu.

Stop in the library to fill out an entry form, or email the answer with your name, CNU ID #, and email address to library@cnu.edu.

The librarians have put together subject guides to help you get started on your research. The guides list subject appropriate databases and selected internet links. The subject guides are available under “Resources by Subject” on the library’s web page. Use the Resources by Subject link to answer this question:

The first subscription database listed under Film Studies is ____________ .

If you need an article or book that the Smith Library doesn’t have, you can request it through Interlibrary Loan. The paper request forms are gone and you can now request material from any computer with Internet access, via ILLiad.

In order to use ILLiad, you will need to complete a simple registration form to set up an account. You will find this page by going to the library’s homepage and then to the Interlibrary Loan page or you can find it at http://library.cnu.edu/illiad/logon.html . When you register you will choose a login and password that you will use to log-in to ILLiad from then on. Once logged in to your account, you will be able to:

-check the status of your requests
-view your borrowing history
-see what ILL books you have and when they are due
-renew items that are able to be renewed
-request unfilled items again

If you forget your password, or have questions, email ill@cnu.edu or call the ILL Supervisor at 594-7249.

Stop in the library to fill out an entry form, or email the answer with your name, CNU ID #, and email address to library@cnu.edu.

The library subscribes to a number of databases through Alexander Street Press that provide access to digital copies of diaries, personal accounts, letters, and the full text of poems, plays, and film scripts.

In American Civil War Letters and Diaries (from Alexander Street Press):
Ezra Baker wrote a letter to President Abraham Lincoln on what date?
This letter indicated Mr. Baker was from ___________?

While you can’t print from the internet, the library does have a few computers with printers attached – for printing papers and articles from library databases.

To make up for the loss of the media center computer lab during construction, we have 3 Microsoft Office Workstations. To use these machines, go to the Circulation desk, show your ID, and sign in to get a password. There is NO internet access on these machines – only Word, Excel, Adobe Acrobat Reader, and PowerPoint.

The public workstations with printers include:
4 for researching Proquest, JSTOR, and Facts.com
3 for researching Infotrac databases, Mergent, SIRS, and Newsbank.
1 for Proquest Social Sciences
1 with American Decades, Masterplots, Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Encyclopedia of World Cultures, and the Dictionary of New Testament Theology.

Don’t know what these databases are? They may have information that could help you. Ask at the reference desk for more information or assistance in using these databases.

Stop in the library to fill out an entry form, or email the answer with your name, CNU ID #, and email address to library@cnu.edu.

Newsbank allows you to search newspapers throughout the world, including The Daily Press and Virginian-Pilot. There also are Special Reports on topics of current interest. Use Newsbank to answer:

The Natural Disaster Special Report indicated a “Body Found in Utah Avalanche Recovery”. What is the name of the person recovered?

Do you need a break from all the academic literature and textbooks you’re reading? The library can help! We have a browsing collection where you can check out the latest novels by authors such as John Grisham or Danielle Steele, or popular non-fiction books like:

High Adventure: True story of the first ascent of Everest
Money Book for the Young, Fabulous and Broke by Suze Orman
Pay It Down: From debt to wealth on $10 a day by Jean Chatzky
What Not to Wear
Colonial Williamsburg Tavern Cookbook
Biographies by Sean Astin, Jane Pauley, Michael J. Fox, and the (Monty) Pythons

Search the library catalog or browse the shelves. The Browsing Collection is right by the sofas near the Circulation desk. You can check out up to 3 Browsing Books for 30 days.

Stop in the library to fill out an entry form, or email the answer with your name, CNU ID #, and email address to library@cnu.edu.

Daily Life Online lets you learn what people ate, drank, wore, how they lived, etc. in different time periods from ancient to modern times.

Use Daily Life Online to answer:
In Material Life in the 17th and 18th centuries, according to the Material Life Introduction, what “was only widely adopted in Europe in the 18th century.”?

If you need help focusing your topic, identifying and evaluating resources, or searching library databases effectively, the library can help!

Come to the library and fill out a Paper Trace Request with specifics of the assignment. A librarian will contact you to set up an appointment to provide you with personal, individualized assistance. Based on the assignment description you provide, a librarian will be able to direct you to appropriate databases and resources where you can find the information needed to write a successful report or term paper.

If you have any questions, call 594-7132 or email library@cnu.edu.

Stop in the library to fill out an entry form, or email the answer with
your name, CNU ID #, and email address to library@cnu.edu.

The Literature Resource Center provides information on authors, and
critiques of and articles about their work.

Use the Literature Resource Center to find:
Who is author Jodi Picoult married to?

This blog is designed to keep you up to date with what's going on in the Library.
Check back here often to get the latest on library construction, learn about new databases, and library news, such as changes in hours.

Stop in the library to fill out an entry form, or email the answer with your name, CNU ID #, and email address to library@cnu.edu.

The titles of all our databases don’t fit in the blue “Quick Links” column on the library’s web page. So, we list the rest alphabetically on a separate page. Get there by clicking on Online Resources or More Online Resources in the blue column to answer this question -

The American Poetry Database includes 40,356 poems by how many poets?

Stop in the library to fill out an entry form, or email the answer with your name, CNU ID #, and email address to library@cnu.edu.

The Periodicals Listings on the library web page gives an alphabetical listing of all the journals the Smith Library has access to and where to find them. If just a date is listed, the journal is on the shelf. Or you may find the name of a database where you can search the journal electronically. Use the Periodical Listing to determine –

What is the earliest year of Virginia Magazine of History and Biography that the library has?
What database can you get the electronic version from?



National Library Week Trivia Contest Rules
- One entry per person per day
- Entries must have your name, CNU ID#, and email.
- Only correct entries will be entered in the drawing.
- Winners will be notified by email and must pick up their prizes at the library.
- Winners will be announced on the library blog, The Lookout, on Monday April 18, 2005.

Each day one winner will be drawn to win a $10 Gift Certificate to Einstein's Cafe. On Monday, April 18, the 1st and 2nd place winners of jump drives and Grand Prize winner of an iPod Shuffle will be drawn from all eligible entries submitted during National Library Week. Enter every day for 7 chances to win.

In honor of National Library Week, Thomson Gale is offering free, unlimited access to two dozen databases that cover a variety of information topics, including those for students who need help with homework or who need to conduct research for assignments; history, biography and literature databases that provide access to the people, events and voices that have shaped today's world, and tomorrow's; business, organization and legal databases; as well as general knowledge, Spanish-language and health databases.

To access the free databases, go to www.gale.com during the week of April 10-16, 2005.

National Library Week is April 10-16. This year’s theme is “Something for everyone @ your library.” Is there something for you at the Captain John Smith Library? YES! We hope you stop by to rediscover the library and the resources we have to offer.

Each day of our celebration we'll highlight one of our services or resources. There will be daily trivia contests with drawings for prizes. The questions won't be difficult, but will require use of our resources. GRAND PRIZE - iPOD Shuffle, 1st and 2nd prizes - jump drives, 7 daily prizes - $10 Gift Certificates to Einstein's.

Can't make it in to the library? You can still participate. The daily tidbit and trivia question will be posted here on the library blog. If you have questions, email library@cnu.edu.