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New Library Databases

The library has recently subscribed to several new databases and another popular database has changed its interface. The resources below can be found on the Library's A-Z list of databases.

MEDLINE
Previously only available in the free PubMed interface, now it can be accessed using the Ebscohost platform. Covers medical and life sciences literature.

Grove Art Online
Comprises the full text of "The Dictionary of Art" and "The Oxford Companion to Western Art". Includes access to the Bridgeman Library of Art Images.

Grove Music Online
Comprises the full text of "The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians," second edition, "The New Grove Dictionary of Opera," and "The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz". Includes sound files.

PILOTS: Published International Literature On Traumatic Stress
Covers literature on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental-health sequelae of traumatic events.

PsycARTICLES (new interface)
Previously available from ProQuest, now it can be accessed using the Ebscohost platform. Covers the full text of nearly 60 journals published by the American Psychological Association.

7/03/07

Farewell Dean Ralph and Welcome Dean Caballero

The Library bids a fond farewell to Dean Johnnie Ann Ralph, who retired last month after serving as Library Director/Dean since the early nineties. President Karnig and many faculty and staff attended her retirement party on June 14. We wish her a happy, healthy, and fulfilling retirement.

The Library's new dean, Cesar Caballero, started his new position on July 2. Dean Caballero comes to us from Cal State Los Angeles, where he served as Associate University Librarian and Acting University Librarian. He received his BBS (Accounting) from the University of Texas at El Paso, his MLS from the University of Texas at Austin, and his ABD in Higher Education Administration from Texas Tech University. Please join us in welcoming Dean Caballero.

7/2/07

Transition to Coyote ID

Beginning in Summer 2007, CSUSB will distribute new Coyote OneCards (campus ID cards) showing the new Coyote ID number. The Coyote ID number�will eventually replace the old OneCard barcode number for log-in to library online services.

Information as of Thursday, June 28:

During Summer 2007,

If you are a student enrolled in a Summer course:

• Use your Coyote number to log-in to library online services.
• Use your new card to check out library materials.

If you were enrolled in Spring 07, but you are not enrolled for Summer classes:

• Use your old Coyote OneCard barcode number to log-in.
• You may continue using your old card to check out library materials.

If you are faculty or staff:

• You should now be able to use new ID number to log-in. (Faculty not listed as "active" over the Summer, such as some part time faculty, may need to continue using their old barcode number.)
• Although you may continue to use your old ID card to check out books over the summer, we recommend that you get a new one; you will need it by Dec. 10!

Beginning Sept. 20, 2007:� (first day of Fall classes)

• CSUSB Students must use their new Coyote ID number for log-in to all online library services.
• CSUSB Students must�use their new Coyote OneCard to check out library materials.

Beginning Dec. 10, 2007: (first day of Winter break)

• CSUSB Faculty and Staff must use their new�Coyote (Employee)�ID number for log-in to all online library services.
• CSUSB Faculty and Staff must use their new Coyote OneCard to check out library materials.

Our records are currently updated every day at 5 AM. Any changes in your log-in status will not be reflected until the next update.

Questions or problems? Contact the Reference Desk, 909 537 5091.

7/2/07

Did You Know?

The John M. Pfau Library is beginning a regular series of "Did you know?" announcements, highlighting interesting and useful library resources. If you have comments or questions, please contact Stacy Magedanz, magedanz@csusb.edu, x75103.

Library Reminder for Instructors

Library Instruction Sessions
Now is the best time to schedule a library instruction session for your class. The librarians can customize instruction based on your course's research needs. Contact Barbara Quarton (bquarton@csusb.edu or x77553) or use the form on the library's home page under "Faculty Requests."

Library Tutorial (OLLIE) Available Online
Find it at http://www.lib.csusb.edu/ollie/ollie.htm OLLIE is a basic, self-paced introduction to Pfau Library especially appropriate for beginners or for freshman-level courses. Interactive quizzes follow each tutorial module, and a final quiz covers the entire tutorial; students can take all the modules or choose only the ones they want. If you would like to assign OLLIE for credit, contact Bonnie Petry (bpetry@csusb.edu) to arrange for your students' quiz scores to be emailed to you.

Put Library Resources "On Reserve"
If you require all students in your course to consult a specific book or print journal available from Pfau Library, please consider using our Reserves Desk. Placing an item in the Reserves ensures that all students can have access to the book (rather than having the first student who gets there check it out for a month!), and helps prevent theft, loss, and vandalism of library materials. Short items can also be scanned and placed online in our Electronic Reserves module, which students access with their Coyote OneCard. Library reserves must adhere to copyright and fair use guidelines. For more information, contact Sylvia Cardenas, x75090 or x73471. Please allow 3 working days for processing of Reserves items!

Link to Library Online Resources
Many of the library's online articles, journals, and databases can be integrated into your course web pages. The only requirement: the library's "proxy prefix" must be included in the URL so that students can access the information from off-campus. Complete instructions available at http://www.lib.csusb.edu/distlearn/linking.cfm Questions? Contact Stacy Magedanz (magedanz@csusb.edu or x75103).

Education Index Retrospective

You can find historical coverage of the field of education in Education Index Retrospective, now available from Pfau Library. Ed Index Retro covers only older publications, from 1929 to 1983. Thanks to the College of Education for purchasing this "archival" index for the CSUSB campus.

Here's how:

1. Go to Pfau Library's home page at http://www.lib.csusb.edu/
2. Click the link for List of All Databases, then click Education Index Retrospective
3. In the "Find" box, enter keywords for your search. Be sure to link your keywords with "and." Example: principals and leadership
4. Matching articles are listed in chronological order, with the most recent (1983) first.
5. Use the "Search for Full Text" button to determine whether Pfau Library has any copies of the article.
REMEMBER: Because Ed Index Retro covers only older material, very few of the articles will be available online. Most articles that are available from the library will be only in hard copy (print or microforms).

TIPS:
***You can also find Ed Index Retro in the library's list of "Databases by Subject" under the guide for "Education."
***Ed Index Retro access is limited to two simultaneous users. If you get a busy message, try again in a few minutes.

Research the stock performance

You can research the stock performance and financial condition of any publicly traded company using Mergent Online.

1. Go to Pfau Library's "Find Articles & Journals" page at http://www.lib.csusb.edu/article/findarticles.cfm
2. Click the "Mergent Online" link, found under the list of Library Databases. (You can also find Mergent on the PDC library page at http://pdc.csusb.edu/librarycomput.htm)
3. Select either "Company" or "Ticker Symbol," and enter your company, then click "Search."
4. Click the matching company from the list of results.
Click the tabs across the top of the "Company Details" page to display news items, company financials, and other information.

Considering a major purchase?

If you are considering a major purchase, you can get helpful hints and product ratings from Consumer Reports magazine, available online in EBSCOhost Academic Search Premier.

Here's how:

1. Go to Pfau Library's "Find Articles & Journals" page at http://www.lib.csusb.edu/article/findarticles.cfm
2. Click the "EBSCOhost" link, found under the list of Library Databases. (You can also find EBSCOhost on the PDC library page at http://pdc.csusb.edu/librarycomput.htm)
3. In the "Find" box, enter the type of product that interests you. Example: washing machines
4. In the "Journal Title" box, enter: Consumer Reports. (You may have to scroll down to find the Journal Title box.)
5. Hit your enter key or click the "Search" button on the form.
6. To read any of the articles on the results list, click either "HTML Full Text" or "PDF Full Text." (For this magazine, the PDF full text is often the easiest to read.) Note: the most recent 3 months of articles are not available as full text, due to publisher restrictions.

PDF files require the free "Adobe Acrobat Reader" for viewing or printing. If you don't have it, you can download it at http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

Stock Performance and Financial Condition

You can research the stock performance and financial condition of any publicly traded company using Factiva. Information provided includes: 1-year and 3-year highs and lows, percent price change vs. industry, betas, volume, key financial ratios, income statements, and cash flow.

Here's how:

(Technical note: Factiva requires Internet Explorer 5.01 or Netscape 6.01 or higher.)
1. Go to Pfau Library's "Electronic Resources" page at http://www.lib.csusb.edu/database/
2. Click the "Factiva" link, found under the list of Library Databases. (You can also find Factiva on the PDC library page at http://pdc.csusb.edu/librarycomput.htm)
3. Choose the "Companies/Markets" tab.
4. Select either "Symbol" (for ticker symbol), or "Name," and enter your company, then click "Search."
5. Click the matching company from the list of results.
The company information page features recent quotes, news items, and basic facts about the company. For complete financial information, scroll down the page toward the bottom of the page and click the link for "Financial Snapshot plus Profile."

You can use any library online resource at home! All you need is a Coyote OneCard and an active library account. Absolutely no setup of your home computer is required. (Regular student accounts are automatically activated, but faculty and staff must activate their accounts at the library's Circulation Desk, if they have never checked out a book.)

Course catalogs

You can view course catalogs from colleges and universities around the country and the world in CollegeSource. Many catalogs are archived back to the mid 1990's. (CollegeSource's "Advanced Search" also allows you to search for schools based on criteria such as major, degree level, enrollment, location, affiliation, and cost.)

Here's how to find a course catalog:

1. Go to Pfau Library's "Find Articles & Journals" page at http://www.lib.csusb.edu/article/findarticles.cfm
2. Click the "CollegeSource" link, found under the list of Library Databases. (You can also find CollegeSource on the PDC library page at http://pdc.csusb.edu/librarycomput.htm)
3. Under "Search for a College by Name," type the name of the school you are seeking. Example: University of Nebraska
4. From the list of results, choose a school/campus. Click on the small "PDF" icon to view a list of available catalogs for that school.
5. Click on any title to display the catalog.
6. The complete catalog will display in Adobe Acrobat Reader.* Navigate using the bookmarks at the left side of the screen. Items in the catalog's table of contents and index pages are also hot-linked. Or, use Acrobat Reader's "Find" option to search for any word in the text.

*PDF files require the free "Adobe Acrobat Reader" for viewing or printing. If you don't have it, you can download it at http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

You can use any library online resource at home! All you need is a Coyote OneCard and an active library account. Absolutely no setup of your home computer is required. (Student accounts are automatically activated, but faculty and staff must activate their accounts at the library's Circulation Desk, if they have never checked out a book.)

Looking for a break during the long summer days? Stretch your legs and your mind! Stroll over to Pfau Library and peruse our "Featured New Books" section, found on the "Z" shelf, between the Circulation Desk and the old elevators on the library's first floor.

This summer's theme for the "Featured New Books" section is Current Controversies, with titles on politics and politicians, terrorism, and the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.

"Featured New Books" check out for 14 days and may be renewed twice in person at the Circulation Desk, but not online. You will need your Coyote OneCard to check out library books.

And for even more mental exercise, take a turn through the main section of New Books, shelved by the windows in the addition side of the library. This area features books that are newly published or newly added to the library.

Computer Books

You can find a variety of computer books in Safari Tech Books Online. This new service offers 378 titles from well-known computer publishers, including O'Reilly, New Riders, and Que. Access to Safari is funded centrally by the CSU system and provided for all CSU campuses.

1. Go to Pfau Library's home page at http://www.lib.csusb.edu/
2. Click the Ebooks link, then choose Safari Tech Books Online (You can also find Safari on the PDC library page at http://pdc.csusb.edu/librarycomput.htm)
3. Type a keyword to search the available books (example: XML) or browse the subject categories.
4. Click on a book cover to select the book, then choose any section from the table of contents at the left side of the screen.

More computer tech books can be found in NetLibrary, also found on Pfau Library's Ebooks page.

Photos and News-Related Graphics

You can find news photos and news-related graphics in AccuNet/AP. This new database offers an archive of photographs from the Associated Press news wire service. Although AccuNet/AP's focus is news, it also offers photos of many "non-news" subjects. (Thanks to CEL/Distributed Learning for funding access to AccuNet/AP.)

Here's how to find photographs:

1. From the Pfau Library home page at http://www.lib.csusb.edu click on Find Other Resources, then click on AccuNet/AP (You can also find AccuNet/AP on the PDC library page at http://pdc.csusb.edu/librarycomput.htm)
2. Type some search terms into the box labeled "What." Example: Lyndon Johnson and John F. Kennedy
3. Results are displayed 12 at a time. Click on any thumbnail to view a larger version of the photograph as well as its caption and date.
4. To save a photo, click "Download" and follow the instructions on the screen. All photos are in jpg format.

The "When" and "Where" searches can be used alone or in combination with "What."
Example:
for When: 09/11/2001
for Where: Washington DC
(Please see AccuNet's "Tips" for hints about formats for dates and places.)

New York Times or the Los Angeles Times?

You can browse the New York Times or the Los Angeles Times online via the library. Using this method, the NY Times is available from 1999 to the present, and the LA Times from 1997 to the present.

Here's how:

1. Go to Pfau Library's home page at http://www.lib.csusb.edu/
2. Click the link for List of All Databases
3. Scroll down the alphabetical list to Los Angeles Times or New York Times, then click on the link.
4. From the date listing, click on the date you wish to view.
5. The list of articles from that date will appear. Click on Full Text to read any article.
6. For easier browsing, change the sort order from "Sort by Article Title" to "Sort by Page Number."

TIP: To search for a specific article, don't use the date listing. Instead, click the tab labeled "Search Within Publication."

Look up Definitions, Word Histories, and Word Usage

You can look up definitions, word histories, and word usage in the Oxford English Dictionary.

Here's how:

1. Go to Pfau Library's home page at http://www.lib.csusb.edu/
2. Click on the link for Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, etc., then click Oxford English Dictionary
3. In the box at the upper right, type a word. Example: rick
4. If your word has several forms (noun, verb, etc.) then choose one from the list.
5. The definition will appear. To display the derivation of the word, click the button labeled Etymology.
6. In blue, below the definition, the OED offers quotes demonstrating how a word was actually used throughout its history.

Specialized Encyclopedias and Reference Books

You can look up a topic in a variety of specialized encyclopedias and reference books in NetLibrary Reference Center.

Here's how:

1. Go to Pfau Library's home page at http://www.lib.csusb.edu/
2. Click on the link for Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, etc., then click NetLibrary Reference Center
3. In the "Entry" box near the top of the page, type a general subject. Example: feminism
4. Results are listed by book. To jump directly to the relevant article, click one of the links labeled Entry
5. If you prefer to look through the entire book, click View this ebook or click on the book cover.

Tip: for a quick dictionary or thesaurus search, use the special "Dictionary and Thesaurus Entry" option at the bottom of the Reference Center search form.

Political, Economic, and Cultural Information

You can find political, economic, and cultural information about countries around the world in CountryWatch.

Here's how:

1. Go to Pfau Library's home page at http://www.lib.csusb.edu/
2. Click the link for List of All Databases
3. Scroll down the alphabetical list to CountryWatch
4. Click on the pop-up menu at the upper right corner to select a specific country.
5. The main country page features a map, a current news feed, and basic information about the country, including links to government and media web sites.
6. Scroll down the left-hand column for links to the "Country Review" document, featuring political, economic, social, and environmental overviews.

Google Scholar

The new Google Scholar database (http://scholar.google.com) indexes a subset of scholarly literature, including books, articles, and research reports in a variety of fields. Its references come from databases open to Google "crawling" (including free and some commercial sources) and from scholarship published online. For more details, see http://www.scholar.google.com/scholar/about.html Its coverage is generally better for natural sciences and technology than for social sciences or humanities.

Article references from Google Scholar sometimes have links to full text, and sometimes have only a citation and/or abstract. When links to full text are available, this content may be free or may be subscription-based.
* If you use Google Scholar on campus and find links to a full-text service Pfau Library subscribes to, you would be able to retrieve the full article. If the library does not subscribe, you would either be denied access or asked to pay the service's fee.
* Away from campus, use the library's proxied link to Google Scholar for access to any library-subscribed content. Go to the library's home page at http://www.lib.csusb.edu, choose "List of All Databases," then choose Google Scholar from the list.
Unfortunately, many of the citation-only article references are incomplete, lacking page numbers and volume/issue information. To determine whether the library has a particular cited journal, look up the journal title in the Pfau Library Catalog. See our guide, "Finding a Copy of an Article When You Have the Citation" at http://www.lib.csusb.edu/help/Article.pdf (PDF, requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

Book references often include the option for a "Library Search," using OCLC's WorldCat, to help you locate copies of the book. This option will usually indicate whether Pfau Library owns a book, but will not provide the call number, floor location, or circulation status. Look up the book in the Pfau Library Catalog to find that information. See "Finding Books in the Library Catalog" at http://www.lib.csusb.edu/help/Find%20Books.pdf

Another scholarly web search engine of interest is Elsevier's Scirus, http://www.scirus.com, for sciences only. It includes links to article content from ScienceDirect, a Pfau Library database.