• Library Display
  
  
  Grand Hallway: The Lafayette Commission on the Needs of Women has filled the display cases on the first floor with materials that highlight the history and mission of their organization. Several pamphlets are available for distribution, including "Resource Directory for Women and Children."
  
  Stairwell Exhibit: To be announced.
  
  Jefferson Caffery Reading Room: The current exhibit in the Jefferson Caffery Reading Room celebrates Notable Louisiana Women. March is Women’s History Month, and the exhibit includes books and articles on women who contributed to Louisiana’s history from Madeleine Hachard, who chronicled the experiences of the Ursuline nuns who came to Louisiana in 1727, to Kathleen Blanco, the first woman elected governor of the state. Other women were leaders in business, politics, journalism, art or religion, often pioneers in fields not previously considered within a woman’s sphere. This exhibit will remain on view through March 2010. For Jefferson Caffery Reading Room hours call 482-6031.

• eLibrary: The library catalog has a new interface called eLibrary. It features more user options and a sleeker interface with user-friendly navigation. In addition to the standard library holdings, eLibrary content includes the ebook titles listed in netLibrary and other full-text collections.

• Changes in Circulation and Reserve: This semester there are two user-friendly changes in services at the Circulation and Reserve desks in Dupré Library. The Circulation Department now allows graduate students to have 75 items checked out. In the Reserve Department, all materials now have records in the online catalog. Students use their Cajun Card IDs for checkout. Reserve materials are searchable in the catalog. To limit a search to the reserved materials, use Advanced Search and select "Reserve Desk" from the drop-down menu for location. Call numbers for these materials are a combination of the course number and the instructor's name.

• EBSCOHost Mobile: Use your mobile device to access your favorite EBSCOHost resources! This application is tailor-made for the smaller screens of mobile devices, and offers the most important EBSCOHost features and functionality, right in the palm of your hand!

• New Circulation Services: Dupré Library offers two new services for its users. Upgrades to the online library catalog provide electronic options for UL Lafayette faculty, staff, and current students to renew items they have checked out and to place holds on items checked out by others.
  
  To renew items, go to "My Account" in the library catalog and use the "Renew My Materials" link. Be sure to renew materials on or before the date they are due. Overdue materials and materials that other users have placed on hold may not be renewed. Graduate students must have a copy of the Extended Privileges Form (pink slip) on file with the Circulation Department in order to renew materials.
  
  To place a hold on items that are currently checked out by another, go to the detailed record of the item in the library catalog. Use the "Place Hold" link, located to the left of the record. When items on hold become available, the Circulation Department will notify the person who placed the hold. The item(s) will be held for seven days.
  
  For instructions about User ID and PIN, use the "My Account Instructions" link located on the Library Homepage (http://library.louisiana.edu/).
  
  For help with renewals and holds, contact the Circulation Department at 482-6025.

• JazzMan's Cafe and Bakery is open. A Jazzman’s Cafe & Bakery has been completed on the first floor of Edith Garland Dupré Library. The shop features specialty coffees, teas, pastries, salads and sandwiches and is operated by Sodexho/Retail Brands, the company that runs the cafeteria in UL Lafayette’s Student Union. Cafe hours are: Monday - Thursday, 7:30 a.m.-10:00 p.m. and Friday, 7:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. For more information on JazzMan's take a look at their web site.

• SelfCheck System: A SelfCheck System offers users the option of checking out and renewing their own books. The system is easy to use, with step-by step directions displayed in English or Spanish on a touch screen above the scanner. It prints a receipt for each transaction. Using their Cajun Cards, students will be able to check out books 24/7 when the library is open for study purposes during finals week.
  
  Library Circulation Department staff will assist students who need help using this equipment. Beate Kukainis, Head of Technical Services, submitted the grant proposal for the system, which is funded by STEP, the Student Technology Enhancement Program.

• New Look for Home Page: Our Library Home Page now has a new look -- we believe it has a more user-friendly interface! Navigating from the home page is now easier than ever. The home page offers quick access to the iLink online catalog, the new interactive Ask Reference service, and other library services. Check it out at: http://library.louisiana.edu.

• Comments Form: The library provides a form for comments. It is available for anyone to provide input, suggestions, criticisms, etc. Responses will be given if appropriate.

• Ask Reference Service:
  Dupré Library's Ask Reference Service Offers Live Chat!
  Dupré Library's Real-Time Reference Service is a way for users to Instant Message (IM) questions to reference librarians without having to download and install IM software. Now you can contact a librarian for help, using Instant Messaging, even if you have never used IM before!
  
  This service uses a website called Meebo that enables instant messaging between librarians and users of any of the major IM systems. It requires no downloading and it is accessible from anywhere. The URL is: http://library.louisiana.edu/Ref/askref.shtml

• Library Interactive Map: Need more information about the first floor services of the library? Want to know exactly where the Reference Online Center is? Now you can pinpoint this information with a new interactive map of the library's first floor. An easy to use Flash application displays the different locations and provides details about the different services. Lance Chance, BI/Distance Learning Librarian, created the design. Check it out at http://library.louisiana.edu/General/graphics/interactive_map1.swf

• Social Networking websites: Check out the MySpace and Facebook pages for the library! The Facebook username is Edith Garland Dupre.

• WebFeat: Check out the new search engine that simultaneously searches many of the library's databases. WebFeat combines searches in the library catalog and in multiple library databases. WebFeat allows you to search on your desired topic for books and for articles in magazines, newspapers, and scholarly journals -- all at the same time. Access WebFeat from the Reference Online Center at http://library.louisiana.edu/Ref/Databases/.

• Tax Forms: Dupré Library participates in the Tax Forms Outlet Program, offering selected federal and state forms, with instruction booklets. The library is a distribution center for basic forms, schedules, and instructions, including 1040 NR and 1040 NR EZ. These items are located in the alcove off of the main hall in the library, behind the Bibliographic Instruction Lab.
  
  Copies of Publication 17, Your Federal Income Tax, and Publication 1194, volume 1 of the reproducible Taxpayer Information Publications, are available at the Reference Desk for use in the library.

• New Databases:
  
  African American Newspapers, 1827-1998, from Readex--papers from Los Angeles, New Orleans, Chicago, New York and others.
  Louisiana Historical Newspapers from Readex--includes mostly nineteenth-century New Orleans newspapers such as the Times Picayune, one paper from St. Francisville and three from Alexandria.
  Gale Virtual Reference Library--138 select full-text titles. A database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.
  African American Studies Center (AASC). The AASC provides students and scholars with online access to the finest reference resources in African American studies. Includes over 7500 articles from authoritative reference sources produced by Oxford University Press.
  COS Community of Science A leading global resource for research across all disciplines. Researchers can now find funding, identify collaborators, and promote their research with just a few clicks.
  CQ Researcher. Offers full-text, in-depth, non-biased coverage of today's most important issues. Each report is on a single topic-more than 12,000 words of text and extensive bibliographies. The database goes back to 1923 and also affords immediate access to the newest CQ Researcher reports as they are published.
  Credo Reference: Provides online access to around one hundred full-text reference titles. with links to images, dynamic tables, voice pronunciations, an interactive atlas, and concept maps.
  GreenFILE. Covers all aspects of human impact to the environment. Scholarly, government, and general-interest titles include content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more.
  Grove Music Online. Includes the full text of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, with recent updates.
  IEEE Expert Now and IEEE Draft Standards Online. Access to over 70 engaging and highly interactive one-hour online learning courses from IEEE, covering the fields of aerospace, circuits & devices, communications, computing, optics, power and energy, professional development and more. Also full-text access to all IEEE draft standards listed in the IEEE Xplore digital library.
  Learning Express Library. A comprehensive, interactive online learning platform of practice tests and tutorial course series designed to help users succeed on academic or licensing tests. Offers immediate scoring, complete answer explanations, and an individualized analysis of results. Purchased by LOUIS.
  Oxford Art Online. Formerly known as Grove Art Online. The most comprehensive online reference resource for all aspects of the visual arts worldwide from prehistory to the present day. New enhanced searching. Expanded content includes the full text of The Dictionary of Art and The Oxford Companion to Western Art, with recent updates.
  Oxford Reference Online: Premium Collection. Find a wealth of facts, figures, definitions, and translations from 170+ Oxford reference titles, including more than 50,000 additional in-depth, scholarly articles from titles in the acclaimed Oxford Companions series, plus all 20,000 quotations from the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations.
  ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source. Offers full-text information from leading nursing, allied health, and related publications.
  Teacher Reference Center (TRC). Provides indexing and abstracts, plus some full text, for more than 270 of the most popular teacher and administrator journals and magazines.
  World Book Complete. New subscription from LOUIS includes L'Encyclopédie Découverte, World Book Advanced, World Book Discover, World Book Kids, World Book Online Reference Center, World Book Spanish Student Discovery Encyclopedia.
  Access these databases from http://library.louisiana.edu/Ref/Databases/.

• Free Trials:
  LOUIS Trials. Access to current trials from the LOUIS consortium. These include Art & Architecture Complete, Wilson Art Suite and Global Road Warrior, which offers country-by-country information on 175 nations and territories. Password is available from the Reference Online Center.
  Plunkett Research Online. Plunkett Research Online takes you directly to industry-specific research portals for the most important business sectors, from energy to e-commerce and retailing to banking. On-campus access only.
  Access these databases from the Reference Online Center at http://library.louisiana.edu/Ref/Databases/.

• Databases not renewed or already cancelled: Unfortunately, due to financial reasons, the library is unable to renew several databases. After the budget crisis the library will reassess these databases. So far these include:
• Criminal Justice Periodicals (expires end of June)
• College Source (expires end of May)
• Digital Dissertations (A and B)
• Historical Abstracts
• Hoover's Company Records
• Literature Online (expires end of Jan.)
• Philosopher's Index
• Proquest CSA Illustrata
• Reference USA (expires end of Feb.)
• Ulrich's USA

• Databases reinstated: The Dean of Libraries has been able to reinstate all Proquest databases except CSA Illustrata.

• Databases with new features:
  
  Historical Abstracts and America: History and Life: These databases now link to commercial full-text providers that are subscribed to by Dupre Library. Searchable cited references are also available for both databases.
  netLibrary: New interface.
  Enhancement of ISI Web of Knowledge: Offers a new easy-to-use tabular format for selecting databases. The multi-database search recognizes specialized subject terms from each database. More search filters for refining your search are offered, helping pinpoint the data needed. Citation results are clearly highlighted. The search results also lists related records to help find a wider variety of relevant articles. Coming soon on the platform: Zoological Record.
  Major upgrades to JSTOR and GroveArt: New features to JSTOR include enhancements to basic and advanced searches, simplified printing and viewing of PDF files, citation management via MyJSTOR accounts, and the ability to search within results. Links on the JSTOR homepage currently include "Information about the New JSTOR Platform" and "Sandbox," where users may register for webinars and access PowerPoint training programs. Grove Art Online is now Oxford Art Online. It also has a new platform that includes a new search interface and more content. See above description.
  EBSCO offers New Support Site and Shared Folders: EBSCO now includes the EBSCOhost 2.0 Support Center, completely devoted to all things Web 2.0. Go to http://support.epnet.com to access the Center. Shared Folders enable EBSCOhost users to store and share items with other users.
  Rating and Review Features on WorldCat: Full-featured ratings and reviews are now available on WorldCat.org. Web users who use WorldCat to find materials in libraries near them and around the world can quickly rate an item on a five-star scale and write their own review of the item. Reviews from additional sources will be available on WorldCat soon.
  The new "Citations View" for a WorldCat list allows users to display citations of listed items in their choice of five common styles: APA, Chicago, Harvard, MLA or Turabian.
  Access these databases from the Reference Online Center at http://library.louisiana.edu/Ref/Databases/.

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