15 Library databases moving to a new “address”

Written by Jon Ritterbush, E-Resources and Serials Librarian
ritterbushjr@unk.edu

As announced on the library’s blog last month, a number of library databases (listed at bottom) have moved from WilsonWeb to the EBSCOhost interface.  This change follows the acquisition of H.W. Wilson by EBSCO Publishing in Summer 2011.

Please update your bookmarks or course links to use one of the links listed on this document:
http://www.box.com/s/006yybbhqly6qs7ud7bz

After January 31, links to the old WilsonWeb database search screens should temporarily redirect to their EBSCOhost equivalent.  Permalinks to full-text articles within WilsonWeb databases will no longer work after January 31.  For assistance in re-creating these article permalinks within the EBSCOhost interface, please contact the library’s Reference Desk or contact one of our subject liaison librarians.

The following databases are affected by this change:

• Applied Science & Technology Abstracts
• Art Abstracts & Retrospective
• Biography Reference Bank
• Children’s Core Collection
• Education Full Text & Retrospective
• Graphic Novels Core Collection
• Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective
• Index to Legal Periodicals
• Library Literature & Information Science Index
• Middle and Junior High Core Collection
• Non-Book Materials Core Collection
• OmniFile Full Text Select
• Reader’s Guide to Periodical Literature & Retrospective
• Sears List of Subjects
• Senior High Core Collection

PsycBOOKS e-book collection now available

Written by Jon Ritterbush, E-Resources and Serials Librarian
ritterbushjr@unk.edu

The library has recently added a subscription to PsycBOOKS, a searchable collection of over 3,000 scholarly e-books in psychology and behavioral science, including the APA/Oxford University Press Encyclopedia of Psychology and these titles:

• Creating responsible learners: The role of a positive classroom environment
• Helping families and communities recover from disaster: Lessons learned from hurricane Katrina and its aftermath.
• Practicing psychology in rural settings: Hospital privileges and collaborative care
• Protecting human subjects: Departmental subject pools and institutional review boards
• Road rage: Assessment and treatment of the angry, aggressive driver
• Rural behavioral health care: An interdisciplinary guide
• Study strategies for lifelong learning

PsycBOOKS is listed under the alphabetical directory of the library’s “Articles & E-Resources” webpage, as well as under the subjects of Communication Disorders, Family Studies, Psychology and Counseling, and Social Work.   A complete list of titles available in PsycBOOKS is available online, and many of these titles will also appear in library catalog results, as their records are made available.

Library closed January 14-16 for MLK, Jr. holiday

Martin Luther King Day is a federal holiday held on the third Monday of January (this year it falls on January 16). It celebrates the life and achievements of Martin Luther King Jr., an influential American civil rights leader. He is most well-known for his campaigns to end racial segregation on public transport and for racial equality in the United States.

Library databases offer several online biographies covering the life and works of Dr. King:

• Biography Reference Bank – provides online biographies and lists of additional works by or about Dr. King.
• American National Biography Online
• Credo Reference

A number of books, e-books, government documents, and curriculum materials about Dr. King are also listed in the Enhanced Catalog by searching “Martin Luther King, Jr”.  For example:

• African American leaders of the 20th century [videorecording]. (2002). Huntsville, TX: Seth Conway Productions. 
  In Curriculum Collection (Lower Level), Call #: DVD E 185.96 .A47 2000.
• Corporation for National and Community Service (U.S.). (2006). Now is the time: Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service : make it a day on, not a day off. Washington, D.C: Corporation for National and Community Service.
  Online and in Government Documents (2^nd Level), Call #: Gov Doc Y 3.N 21/29:2 N 86
• Feinstein, Stephen. Lee sobre Martin Luther King, Jr.: Read about Martin Luther King, Jr. 
  In Curriculum Collection, (Lower Level), Call #:  +E 185.97 .K5 F4518 2006.
• Howard-Pitney, D. (2004). Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and the civil rights struggle of the 1950s and 1960s: A brief history with documents. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s.  
  In Book Collection, Call #: E185.61 .H85 2004
• Jackson, T., & NetLibrary, Inc. (2008). Becoming King Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Making of a National Leader. Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky.
  An e-book accessible via NetLibrary.
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Day: making of a holiday. 
  A streaming video accessible via Films on Demand.
• Rieder, J., & NetLibrary, Inc. (2008). The Word of the Lord Is Upon Me the Righteous Performance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.  
  An e-book accessible via NetLibrary.

Our 24/7 chat reference service and digital resources (such as e-books, many government documents, and our entire collection of subscription databases) will be available even when the library doors are locked.

Library hours for December/January

Written by Dee Goedert, Head of Access Services
goedertd@unk.edu

With the end of Fall semester just around the corner, we want to remind you that the physical library will observe the hours listed below.  Our 24/7 chat reference service and digital resources (such as e-books, many government documents, and our entire collection of subscription databases) will be available even when the library doors are locked.

	Through December 14, 2011, the library will follow regular semester hours:
	December 12-14	7:30 a.m. – Midnight
	December 15	7:30 a.m. – 10:00 p.m.
	December 16	7:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
	December 17-18	The library will be closed.
	December 19 – 23	7:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
	December 24 – 31	The library will be closed.
In January 2012, the library will observe the following hours:
	January 1 – 2	The library will be closed.
	January 3 – 6	7:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
	January 7 – 8	The library will be closed.
	January 9 – 13	The library is open regular semester hours.
	January 14 – 16	The library will be closed in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
	January 17	The library returns to its regular semester hours.

Regular semester hours and other special dates for Spring 2012 will be posted on the library’s hours page.  Have a safe Winter Break!

Wilson databases moving to EBSCOhost for 2012

Written by Jon Ritterbush, E-Resources and Serials Librarian
ritterbushjr@unk.edu

A number of library databases, listed below, are moving from WilsonWeb to EBSCOhost before year’s end.  This change follows the acquisition of H.W. Wilson by EBSCO Publishing earlier this summer.

Many WilsonWeb databases have already migrated to EBSCOhost during the month of November, with a few yet to be transitioned.  Please note: Links to any of these WilsonWeb databases, and permalinks to full-text articles from WilsonWeb databases will no longer work after January 31, 2012.  For assistance in re-creating these article permalinks within EBSCOhost, please contact the library’s Reference Desk or contact one of our subject liaison librarians.

The following databases are moving from WilsonWeb to EBSCOhost:

• Applied Science & Technology Abstracts
• Art Abstracts & Retrospective
• Biography Reference Bank Select*
• Children’s Core Collection*
• Education Full Text & Retrospective
• Graphic Novels Core Collection*
• Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective
• Index to Legal Periodicals
• Library Literature & Information Science Index
• Middle and Junior High Core Collection*
• Non-Book Materials Core Collection*
• OmniFile Full Text Select*
• Reader’s Guide to Periodical Literature & Retrospective
• Sears List of Subjects
• Senior High Core Collection*

* Not yet transitioned to EBSCOhost as of Dec. 2, 2011