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Save the Date!

Memorial Library Information Fair

Friday, Sept 26^th

11 AM – 2 PM

Find out how the library is more than just a library!

Free snacks (sponsored by ASC)

Win a GPS unit!

Come see how we can help you:

• Design your online courses
• Create a research poster
• Detect Plagiarism
• Create multimedia projects
• Provide real-time online writing instruction in your classes
• Connect you with the resources you need for your research
• Teach students how to use library resources to improve their research strategy
• Design a service learning component to your coursework
• Help your students decide on their career path and transition into college
• Get a great cup of coffee

For more information: contact Lorraine Melita, Education and Outreach Librarian (Lorraine.melita@cortland.edu / x4009)

Memorial Library has many great databases – but did you know you can get more for free?

The New York State Library and the New York Public Library can help you with your research. A card can get you access to thousands of articles from your home or office, saving you time and gas.

Databases available: Project Muse, AnthroSource, Sanborn Maps, Proquest Historical Newspapers (including the New York Times), Civil War: A Newspaper Perspective, and more. Check here for a list of databases, and here for a list of journals.

Get a card: Write nyslcirc@mail.nysed.gov and ask for a state employee borrower’s card. An application will be mailed to you. Send it back with a photocopied pay stub and a copy of your Cortland ID.

New York Public Library

Databases available: Columbia Granger’s World of Poetry, African American History Online, Chinese E-Journal Collection, and more here

Get a card: Any NY resident or student is eligible. Start on their website here. Under the picture of the “Branch Libraries – Circulating Collections” card, click on “Apply for a library card”.

Don’t forget to ask a librarian at Memorial Library if you need any help with your research!

Dan Harms
Coordinator of Instruction Librarian
SUNY Cortland Memorial Library
P. O. Box 2000 Cortland, NY13045
(607) 753-4042

The library is closed on September 1st for Labor Day. The library will re-open for regular hours on September 2nd.

WHO? Discussion Leader, Nicola Morris, SUNY Cortland English Department

WHEN? All discussions will be held on Wednesday evenings at 7:00 PM on the following dates:

            A Contract With God on August 27, 2008

            The Complete Maus on September 24, 2008

            Julius Knipl on October 15, 2008

            The Quitter on November 12, 2008

            The Rabbi’s Cat on December 3, 2008

WHERE? Teaching Materials Center, Memorial Library, SUNY Cortland

Books and other materials will be provided to participants at the Memorial Library Circulation Desk.

For more information, call Ellen McCabe at 753-4051

These discussions are free and open to the public.

Refreshments provided by funding from Friends of the Library at SUNY Cortland.

This program is made possible by a grant from the American Library Association and Nextbook.

Coming in the fall to Memorial Library!

Let’s Talk About It will be back in the fall with more book discussions on Jewish literature. This year we will be looking at Modern Marvels, a series of graphic novels, including A Contract With God by Will Eisner; The Complete Maus: A Survivor’s Tale by Art Spiegelman; Julius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer: Stories by Ben Katchor; The Quitter by Harvey Pekar; The Rabbi’s Cat by Joann Sfar. Once again, sessions will be conducted by Nicky Morris of the English Department and held in the Reading Area of the Teaching Materials Center at Memorial Library. Projected dates for the discussions are: August 27, 2008, September 24, 2008, October 15, 2008, November 12, 2008 and December 3, 2008; all at 7:00 P.M. Refreshments will be served. Please join us!

For more information please contact Ellen McCabe (753-4051; mccabe@cortland.edu ).

This program is made possible by a grant from the American Library Association and Nextbook

Ebsco, the publishers of most of the Memorial Library databases, have introduced a new interface.

With this new look, you will find:

• Ability to preview the abstract when you mouseover the title.
• Additional search options.
• Improved results list.
• Enhanced visuals including charts, graphs, photos, etc.

They have provided a flash demonstration of the new features. Additional help can be found on the support site or by contacting the library.

Jennifer Hoover

Electronic Resources Librarian

SUNY Cortland Memorial Library

PO Box 2000

Cortland, NY 13045

(607) 753-2528

From 05:30 EDT on Saturday August 2, to 01:30 EDT on Sunday August 3 (09:30 UTC to August 3, 05:30 UTC), ScienceDirect and Scopus will be unavailable due to an upgrade of the administrative system that will improve the access and entitlements process to both platforms.
As a consequence, Email alerts and RSS feeds for ScienceDirect and Scopus will not be sent from 11:30 EDT on August 1 (15:30 UTC) until the downtime has finished. Email alerts and RSS feeds can still be created until 05:30 EDT on August 2 (09:30 UTC), but they will not be sent until after the upgrade is completed.

NEW STUDENTS: Your NetID username is:firstname.yourlastname
FOR CONTINUING-RETURNING CORTLAND STUDENTS:

Please make note. Starting July 21, 2008, you will need your NetID username to gain access to webmail and any computers in our labs on campus. In the past, your NetID was your C#, now your NetID will be , in most cases, firstname.lastname , if you would like to see your NetID please log into https://bannerweb.cortland.edu and view the message. Your password will not change, nor will your email address

FOR FACULTY:

Your NetID will not be changing.
What is my NetID for?

A NetID is your online identity at SUNY Cortland, and will enable you to access most online resources at SUNY Cortland. You will need your NetID to logon to computers in any of our labs on campus, webmail, eLearning (webct), and BannerWeb (coming soon).

* Security of your NetID is YOUR responsibility, do not share it with anyone! If you think your NetID has been compromised, or if your NetID is not functioning properly, please call the Technology Help Center at 607-753-2500.

Memorial Library will close on Friday, August 1, 2008 at 5:00 PM. The library will be closed on Saturday, August 2. The library will re-open on Monday August 4 at regular hours.

Access to library databases off campus are experiencing connectivity issues.   You may time out before reaching the databases.    We are working to resolve the issue.

update 6/11/08 -  Access to library databases from off campus has been restored