Because of the traffic congestion and disruptions anticipated in and around the Loop during the NATO summit, the Loop Campus library will be closed from Friday, May 18, through Monday, May 21.  DePaul’s Loop Campus will be completely closed--there will be no access to offices, labs or classrooms in the Loop on those days. The Loop Campus is scheduled to reopen and regular library hours are to resume on Tuesday, May 22.

The Richardson Library at the Lincoln Park Campus will retain its regular schedule. For a full list of hours, visit http://library.depaul.edu/About/hours.aspx. 

Sports will be front and center over the next few months as London prepares to host the 2012 Summer Olympic Games beginning in July.  Whet your appetite for the competitions by reading one of the many sports-related books in the DePaul Libraries. The following three titles are recent additions to the Loop Library.

Jimmy Sanderson is a communication scholar and lifelong sports fan. Both passions are evident as he explores the intersection of sports and social media in It’s a Whole New Ballgame: How Social Media is Changing Sports.  Sanderson opens with the LeBron James free agency story in 2010 and his use of Twitter to more closely connect with his fans as he announced his decision to leave the Cleveland Cavaliers.  Throughout the rest of the text, Sanderson adeptly blends research and analysis with many real examples to present an accessible discussion of the ways in which social media has changed sports media, sports organizations, and the interactions between athletes and their fans.  (Loop Library, Call Number: 070.449796 S2165I)

Conspiracy of Silence: Sportswriters and the Long Campaign to Desegregate Baseball investigates the role that media (newspapers) played in sports during a significant time in U.S. history.  In the early 1930s, most white Americans were not even aware that there was a color line in baseball because the mainstream newspapers did not write about it. But beginning in 1933, a persistent effort by black newspapers (including the Chicago Defender) paid off and baseball officials had to begin to deal with the issue of integration, ultimately leading to the signing of Jackie Robinson by the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1945.  Chris Lamb, also a communication scholar and a lifelong baseball fan, spent close to two decades researching the campaign by black newspapers to desegregate baseball.  (Loop Library, Call Number:796.3570973 L2182C)

If you have been frustrated by the American-centric coverage of past Olympics and wished for a broader understanding of the Games, the essays in Watching the Olympics: Politics, Power and Representation will be a good starting point. The essays in this work are written by scholars in sport studies, and their analyses focus on a variety of issues and topics that get to the heart of “what the Olympics actually means, what sustains the Games, and what ideological purposes the Olympic phenomenon serves” (p. xii).  Examples of the topics addressed are the bidding process, multicultural diversity of London 2012, doping, sports journalism in the context of the Olympics, gender testing, Paralympics, the role of the official Olympic Documentary, and the lesson of the 2008 Torch Relay in Beijing for London 2012. (Loop Library, Call Number:796.48 W3242)

Special Collections and Archives will be hosting several upcoming events but will remain open for business.  Our 3rd floor space will be used for the Prejean reception on Monday May 14 and again for a reception for University Librarian, Scott Walter, on Tuesday May 15; but we will be providing service to our patrons in Room 417, directly upstairs.

Click here for more about the Prejean exhibit, "In Deeds & Words: The Prejean Ministry Against the Death Penalty"

Find the Hunger Games in the library on our Nooks (collection 1) at the front desk of the Lincoln Park Library.  

The game selection at the DePaul Loop library is growing, and with a list of new titles including Battlefield, Dark Souls, and the award winning Batman Arkham City, just try and find an excuse to not grab one of these popular games from the shelf.  

Deus Ex, Human Revolution
Ever needed an upgrade?  Well, welcome to the world of Deus Ex, where any human can upgrade their bodies and their brains with ease, and where the video gamer has their choice on just how they will play the game.  Trigger happy, then feel free to unleash chaos with ample bullets, but if stealth is more your style, Deus Ex has designed the game for multiple styles of play.  Take back control of your virtual world and grab Deus Ex for Xbox next time you're in the library.
(Loop Media, Call Number: 794.8 D486sXbox360 Game)

Metroid Prime 3, Corruption
After a long wait, Metroid is back, and on Wii it's better than ever before. Plug in and start blasting away at space pirates and unfriendlies as one of video games' most iconic characters, female bounty hunter Samus Aran. Changes to this classic franchise include significant design details, numerous landing zones and three dimensional maps, as well as a whole new handful of bosses to take on as well as the occasional friend which, is something Samus has rarely seen before.
(Loop Media, Call Number: 794.8 M5942n3Wii Game)

Uncharted 3, Drakes Deception
Explorer Nathan Drake is up to his old tricks in PS3's Uncharted 3 (nominated for Game of The Year) and looking for the fabled "Atlantis of the Sands."  Included in this chapter are new locations and better fighting graphics; however the point of the game hasn't changed.  As Nathan Drake, players will have to dissect puzzles and avoid numerous enemies, which include a number of complex chases sequences, as you travel from one exotic location to the next. Pick it up today at the DePaul Center library and see what all the commotion is about.
(Loop Media, 794.8 U546sPS3)

Exhibit Opening: Monday, May 7 at 5:30-7:30pm
John T. Richardson Library, Haber Lounge 1st floor

Join us for an opening program and reception to welcome Speak Peace: American Voices Respond to Vietnamese Children's Paintings, an exhibit featuring original poems written by American children, veterans, and established poets in response to Vietnamese children's paintings on peace and war collected over the last 10 years by the War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam. The exhibit will be on display in the Haber Lounge at the John T. Richardson Library during the month of May. 

The library databases are now available off-campus as as of 5pm Saturday May 5.  Thanks for your patience during the outage today.

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Original Message:Campus Connection down-databases only available on campus

The library article databases, which use campus connection credentials to access from off campus, are currently unavailable for use from off-campus. We  believe this is because of the Campus Connection maintenance starting at 7:00 a.m. on Saturday May 5th, ending at noon on Sunday, May 6th,

Multiple library staff have reported the issue to IS and will update this blog when we get more information.  We know you rely on the library databases for research and understand many of you are working with some very strict deadlines.  While we wait for the situation to improve, please visit the university libraries, where you will still be able to access the library databases.

We apologize for any inconvenience and appreciate your patience.

Here's some great news for all DePaul chemistry students, faculty & staff.

From May 1st 2012, our SciFinder access privileges have just been upgraded to 'unlimited' simultaneous users (DePaul was previously restricted to two simultaneous users or 'seats').

The providers of SciFinder, CAS, guarantee a 95% SciFinder connection success rate–so if you find yourself in that remaining 5%, just try again in a few minutes (contact the Chemistry librarian if the problem persists).   In addition, CAS continue to ask for notification when you plan to hold a hands-on SciFinder class or group training session, in order to avoid any possible user overload issues.

Meanwhile, please note that all users must still have their own individual SciFinder account (click here for setup instructions), and that SciFinder sessions are still subject to timeout after 20 minutes of inactivity.

Here also are some significant new enhancements to SciFinder that I'd like to pass on:

1.    Structure Searching: Drawing molecules can be fun, but if you want to dedicate more time to your searches, you can now add specific molecules directly to the structure editor by entering the appropriate CAS Registry Number using the "Add to Editor" function.

2.    Property Search: No, you won't find any nice homes in SciFinder, but you can now search for substances by their experimental or predicted properties (you can specify particular values or value ranges).

3.    Quick View Tool: When you hover over one of the results from your substance searches, a magnifying glass will appear that you can click to see additional 'quick' information about that substance. Similarly, you can get 'quick view' information using the magnifying glass that appears when hovering over article references and citations.

4.    Bioactivity and Target Indicator 'Analyze' Options:  Allow you to narrow your answer sets to substances with bioactivity or target indicator information and to see which terms are most prevalent (we announced this enhancement previously, but it seemed worth a second mention!

For more information, and to keep up to date with SciFinder enhancements and features, see: "What's New in the Web Version of SciFinder"

For any questions relating to SciFinder or other Chemistry resources, see the Chemistry Research Guide', or email the Chemistry Subject Librarian, Chris Parker.

On Thursday May 3, the celebrated poet Campbell McGrath reads at 6 p.m. in Rosati Room 300 of the John T. Richardson Library.

Campbell is the author of nine books, including Spring Comes to Chicago and the recently released In the Kingdom of the Sea Monkeys. His work has received many of America's most significant literary honors, including the Kingsley Tufts Award and fellowships from the MacArthur and Guggenheim Foundations. Originally from Chicago, he teaches at Florida International University, in Miami, where he is the Philip and Patricia Frost Professor of Creative Writing.

"There is hope for poetry in this country, in this century, when poems as intellectually provocative as these are brave enough to take an occasional detour through the heart," the Miami Herald once wrote of Campbell's work. To find out more about that work--and about the poet's literary roots in Chicago--check out this online interview:

http://poems.com/special_features/prose/essay_mcgrath.php

Campbell is a wonderful guy and dynamic reader. He's one of my favorite poets and one of my favorite people. Please make time in your week for this even

Hope to see you there,

Miles Harvey

Coordinator, Visiting Writers Series

[repost of Miles Harvey's original announcement for event]

 

In the library, we are continually working to expand and adapt our collection to better support student and faculty research. To this end, we recently added the following new resources to our collection:

Irish Newspaper Archives
Irish Newspaper Archives is a digital archive project dedicated to the complete digitization of Ireland's newspaper heritage. The intent of this project is to render titles such as the Irish Independent (1905 - current), Sunday Independent, The Freeman's Journal, the Nation and many of Ireland's leading regional newspapers fully word searchable.

Digital microfilm for three major US newspapers
In addition to our existing access to Chicago Tribune, we now have digital microfilm access to the Washington Post, New York Times, Barron's and the Wall Street Journal. This access extends from the beginning of 2008 until three months from the present. These collections can be viewed exactly like normal microfilm, but can be accessed online.

ReferenceUSA
This vast business directory of U.S. and Canadian companies allows user to identify potential employers by location and/or industry, research executives and track down addresses and phone numbers. It allows users to research new business opportunities and to profile a neighborhood, city or state. 

Nursing & Allied Health Source
This database provides access to scholarly research literature, evidence-based information, reports, dissertations, electronic book chapters, reference sources and skils training in streaming video across a broad range of nursing, health, and wellness-related topics. 

Cochrane Library
This resource provides high quality, independent evidence-based health care information (protocols, methods, trials, evaluations and assessments) from six different Cochrane Library databases, including The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR), a comprehensive collection of peer-reviewed systematic reviews produced by the Review Group of The Cochrane Collaboration.

ProQuest: Upgrade to full Social Sciences Package  
We recently upgraded our ProQuest subscription to include access to their full Social Science package. While we initially targeted this collection due to its strong coverage of Political Science content, this collection also provides us with access to a wealth of additional content. 

The package includes:
•    ProQuest Political Science (includes Worldwide Political Science Abstracts)
•    ProQuest Sociology
•    International Bibliography of the Social Sciences
•    ProQuest Criminal Justice
•    Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts
•    Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts

More information on the Social Sciences package, and all of its individual databases, can be located here: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/feature03_package.shtml