BarnardRefDesk

Dear Colleagues,

You are invited to view the new Avery Classics (Rare Book) Collection web page at: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/avery/classics/index.html

Thanks to Kitty Chibnik and Gerald Beasley at Avery and Joanna DiPasquale in Digital Programs for their assistance with this.

Claudia Funke

Labels: avery, rare books

"The new platform will provide more tools and capabilities for JSTOR users and enhanced navigation and ease of use. The new system will also provide a more flexible foundation for future development, allowing us to more easily add new features and a greater array of scholarly content."

New Features

• A new look and feel
• A single, improved format of PDF files, to simplify printing and expand accessibility
• Personalized account functionality, called "MyJSTOR"
  
• You can store your user information and your saved citations
• You can select one-time acceptance of JSTOR's Terms and Conditions for PDF access
• More efficient navigation throughout the site
• Ability to search within result sets
• Thumbnail views of article pages: see full articles at a glance
• Limit by discipline on basic search form
• Select Recent Search
• Additional new features and information on training and support
  

Training
Register for a webinar

Additional training materials:
Recorded Webinar
Using the JSTOR Interface (PowerPoint)
New JSTOR Features (PowerPoint)
Search Tutorial (wmv)
MyJSTOR Tutorial (wmv)

So, prepare yourself, if you get a chance!

Labels: databases, jstor

Esther updated Adobe and Firefox and attended to some other issues cited on our shared document. Yay!

Labels: ghost

Esther updated Adobe and Firefox and attended to some other issues cited on our shared document. Yay!

Labels: ghost

I lent out yesterday's Wall Street Journal (March 6) to a student who seemed just desperate for it. She'll return it Monday.

Labels: loans of reference materials, newspapers

The oversize Q-Zs are now on the second floor along with the oversize Ps (on the shelf to the right of the card catalogs, which are to the right of our mailboxes).

Unfortunately they are not yet represented on our website or location guides, a problem we hope to correct soon.

Labels: oversize, stacks