Plugs in the floor

While rearranging the library, we discovered four electric outlets in the floor! We've put a round table over the outlets. Patrons are now able to plug in their laptop. We have wireless access, too!

Surf the web, check your e-mail, do your research from the comfort of the library.

Finding a needle in a haystack

Looking for just the right book can be difficult. "The OCLC Online Computer Library Center, a nonprofit group, announced this week that it was making available to the public WorldCat’s search engine of library holdings. WorldCat, which is maintained by the library center, is a database of materials from 10,000 libraries worldwide. Previously, only library patrons could gain access to WorldCat’s search tool. Now available through WorldCat.org, the search tool also helps people locate the library nearest them that has the book, article, or video or audio recording they are looking for. "People are starting their searches on the Web rather than in the library, and that’s where we want to be," said Bob Murphy, a spokesman for the library center.—Andrea L. Foster" http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/1480/library-searches-made-easy

Reminding the faculty

This afternoon the librarian will be reminding the faculty of the resources available through the Library at NMTC.


Books- over 5000 at NMTC
...Inter Library Loan
...KSU, SPSU, Georgia Highlands
...All DTAE libraries

Periodicals

Study Carrels
Small Group Study Room

7 computers soon to be 10
Printer
Fax
Copier

Online resources
...NetLibrary – new screen
...GALILEO
...Auto Repair Reference Center
...Garden Literature Index
...Encyclopedia Britannica

New search box for periodicals
http://purl.galileo.usg.edu/demo >
Find Books & Journals >
Journals A-Z & Citation Linker

Web sites added to GALILEO for the programs

Del.icio.us
Blog – View from the Library
http://northmetrotechlibraryatacworth.blogspot.com/

Oh so pretty

The carpet is in, the furniture is rearranged, the books back on the shelves.
The library looks spacious!

Stop by to see what we've done!

Testing, testing

Have you wondered where a journal can be found? Which database has the journal on-line? You could search each database for the publication titles. GALILEO has a new tool in preview:

A preview of the new GALILEO Find It electronic journals list is now available from the GALILEO homepage in the GALILEO demonstration system. The electronic journals list is powered by SFX with authentication support by EZproxy and provides a searchable list of all electronic journals available to your institution via GALILEO. Once the list is in production, linking among GALILEO resources will be implemented so that citations without full-text in one resource can link to full-text available in another.

http://purl.galileo.usg.edu/demo > Find Books & Journals > Journals A-Z & Citation Linker

Try it you'll like it!