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Library Research Portal Taking Shape

As we move to our upcoming launch of a new academic research portal for Luther, we now have a functioning “home page” that is open for beta-testing and review by LIS staff and others with an interest...

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Oxford Reference Online

URL: Oxford Reference OnlineBrief Description: This online source provides access to subject and language reference works from Oxford University Press.Full Description: Over 200 titles published by...

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Poole's Index to Periodical Literature

URL: Poole's Index to Periodical LiteratureCoverage:  1802 - 1907 Brief Description: Citations for articles in U.S. and British general interest periodicals published 1802 – 1907. Subject index...

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Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature

URL: Reader's Guide to Periodical LiteratureCoverage:  1890 - 1983 Brief Description: Citations for articles in English language general interest magazines published 1890 – February 1983.Full...

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New York Times

URL: New York Times (1995-Present)Brief Description: Full text of the New York Times (1995 to the present)Full Description: Abstracts for reviews from the New York Times Book Review. Historical Times...

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Newspaper Abstracts

URL: Newspaper AbstractsCoverage:  1989 - present Brief Description: Citations and abstracts for articles from about 50 national and regional newspapers published 1989 – presentFull Description:...

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Newspaper Source

URL: Newspaper SourceBrief Description: Coverage for over 200 regional, national, and international newspapers. Includes The Times (London) and full transcripts from selected newscasts, including Face...

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Wall Street Journal

URL: Wall Street JournalCoverage:  1984 - present Brief Description: Citations for significant articles in the 3-star Eastern Edition of the Wall Street Journal from 1971 – present. Complete full text...

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New Academic Research Site Replaces Library Website

This afternoon, we’ve completed cutting over the old library website to the new one that has been growing over the past several months. The new site is available at http://lis.luther.edu/research. Many...

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LIS Soft Launches Encore

Our new discovery services platform Encore is now (mostly) fully functional and is now our preferred and primary tool for access to our library collections. Encore is the default search tool available...

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Research Pro Federated Searching Now Available (beta)

LIS and our vendor Innovative Interfaces have now made available Research Pro, a federated search tool allowing multiple source searching across nearly 30 different data sources. A portion of this...

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Information Literacy in the Disciplines

Have you ever wondered what students in specific disciplines should be able to know and master when it comes to research and using information resources? Many accrediting agencies and librarian groups...

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Issues Connecting to Licensed Resources

As a result of network address changes, access to licensed database resources currently travels through our campus proxy server. All services are available, and will remain available. Users will just...

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Academic Search Complete, Encore and Research Pro

The Academic Search Complete database is now returning results in both Encore (http://encore.luther.edu/iii/encore/) and Research Pro.

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How to find articles from the new Library Research site

Several people have asked about how to find articles from journals using the new Library Research website. Let me count the ways:1) Using Encore, our new research and discovery tool. The Research page...

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New books and DVDs in the library

For those who are wondering what books and DVDs we have added to the Preus Library collection over the summer the New Books list has been updated to include the 375 items purchased from May through...

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Encyclopedia of Greco-Roman mythology

URL: Encyclopedia of Greco-Roman mythologyBrief Description: Essential myths and legends of Greek and Roman culture.Full Description: Gathers the essential myths and legends of Greek and Roman culture...

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Dictionary of Classical Mythology

URL: Dictionary of Classical MythologyBrief Description: “A fascinating and readable guide to the rich and diverse legends and mythologies of the classical world.”Full Description: “An essential...

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New NITLE Events Scheduled

For a full list of NITLE events, see http://lis.luther.edu/nitleTwo new Workshops To GoCrossing Borders: Multimedia Storytelling for Study Abroad. A special instance of ‘Multimedia Narrative:...

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Virgil.org

URL: Virgil.orgBrief Description: “An eclectic collection of resources and links for the study of Virgil and his influence.”Full Description: “An eclectic collection of resources and links for the...

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Perseus Digital Library

URL: Perseus Digital LibraryBrief Description: Primary and secondary sources for the study of ancient Greece and Rome.Full Description: The collection contains extensive and diverse resources including...

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Preus Library Facebook App Updated

Now you can search Encore from Facebook!The Preus Library QuickSearch Facebook application has been updated to be compatible with the new style of Facebook profile. PreusLQS can be added at this...

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Academia.edu -- Facebook for Higher Education?

A posting to the College Libraries Listserv this week introduced www.academia.edu, a site for members of colleges and universities to post information about themselves, their studies and research...

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NITLE Update - 20 January 2009

From NITLE: Professional Development Events A full list of NITLE events lives at http://www.nitle.org/www/events. Register participants online from the event web page, or send an e-mail to...

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Library Research Help Available Online

The library has collected a number of tools which introduce the research process and provide help in using common library tools. These tools are now conveniently found in the “Library Research Help”...

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Create a Citation in Magnus

Magnus now has the ability to display example citations for many of the books, journals, videos, and music in the Luther Library Collection.When looking at a full item record in Magnus (here’s an...

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Text a Call Number From Magnus

Have you ever found yourself without a piece of paper or a pen after finding a call number in the library catalog?Now, if you are searching in Magnus, you can send a text message to your phone which...

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Credo Reference

URL: Credo ReferenceBrief Description: Credo Reference is an online collection of over 400 full-text reference books from over 60 scholarly publishers.Full Description: Through Credo Reference people...

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John Goodin

Leave/Return Dates: February 28, 2013 - March 6, 2013 Notes:  Out of town, mostly offline John Goodin Position:  Technical Services Librarian, Associate Professor Year Started at Luther:  1994 Photo:...

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History for Music Lovers

The historyteacher’s Channel on YouTube presents a large number of fun and fascinating music videos intended to “make teaching history more fun.” Popular songs with new lyrics are used to illustrate...

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