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Free, yes free…try it now!

e-resources, libguides, reference databases April 11, 2011 Frances Yates, Library Resources fyates 0 Comments

If “free” seems too good to be true, ok, it’s only free for a limited time. But truly, “free trials” offered by publishers and vendors are a great opportunity to navigate through all sorts of interesting resources. And your Campus Library really does want your feedback to find out if these are potentially useful purchases. E-resources librarian Sue McFadden has pulled together these free trials in a handy libguide: http://iue.libguides.com/trials Please peruse and let us know if any of these would help you with your research!

Libguides: reliable research resources ..Trust the Guide!

libguides January 31, 2011 Frances Yates, Library Resources, Website fyates 0 Comments

IU East Campus Library has reached the milestone of 100 published library guides! Since September 2009 IU East has been a member of the “Libguides” Community, which includes 1,857 libraries worldwide, representing 28,000 librarians who have contributed almost 140,000 publicly searchable guides on topics ranging from Art to Zoology. At IU East, our libguides are developed in partnership with faculty to provide a convenient and organized portal of reliable information resources focused on specific courses or general subject areas. Examples are Cost Accounting, Methods of Experimental Psychology, Topics in History: Understanding Vietnam, and Professional Nursing Seminar. Libguides are an online tool for students and faculty to conveniently access reliable content for course assignments and research. Libguides are transforming the collaborative … Continued

Casting Call

drama, libguides, scholarly resources August 9, 2010 Library Resources, Matt Dilworth mdilwort

Would you like to star in a video? The library is producing a music video to promote LibGuides. Libguides are a resource tool for specific subjects and courses. They include links to just about everything you need to do reliable research – books, e-books, articles, videos, websites. You can see samples at http://iue.libguides.com/. So we need actors (and singers!) for the video, which will be viewed on IU East’s YouTube channel. Most of the parts are entirely physical acting – there’s very little dialogue, if you’re nervous about delivering lines. Most of the actors will ‘act out’ using the LibGuides. And you’ll be famous! Our previous library video was viewed more than 1400 times: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IENKivi3pEg. You’ll be fully credited for … Continued