Access to our Research Databases is currently down while we work on adding a proxy server that will allow for easy off-campus access. You can still get to our EBSCOHost databases, however, by typing http://search.ebscohost.com/ into your web browser. If you are off campus, you will have to enter in a username and password (which librarians will be happy to share with you if you are a faculty or student! Just email me!).
I know it's a nuisance but once the proxy server is in place access will be so improved, you'll forget all about these dark days.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Friday, February 20, 2009
Defective Blogger...and also more upgrades
It's all my fault. I am a busy person, to be sure, but I made a commitment to this blog that I have not kept. We were off a whole month for Christmas Break but this is no excuse as to why I have not blogged SINCE NOVEMBER. I'm a defective blogger and I beg your forgiveness before I resolve to be better in the future.
But on a bright note, I have lots of fun things to tell you. We have made some improvements recently and added some fun stuff that I know you'll want to check out. Here is a rundown of what's been happening at the J.E. Cobb Library since November:
1. New A-Z List and E-Journal Portal -- Our "Research Databases" have a new look. This is a new way of organizing our databases and other electronic resources so that users can conduct a more thorough search of our offerings. E-journals can be searched by title or subject; the databases themselves can still be searched in the traditional manner. One great feature I'm excited about is that the search can be limited to e-books. I never knew we had so many until I played around with this!
2. Scientific American Archive Online -- Although the title of this says it's an Archive, it's actually up-to-date access to Scientific American. You can view the most recent issue or any issue back to 1993. This electronic access has replaced the print version on our shelves. Some may disagree with removing a print journal from our shelves but keep in mind that this is full-text access and you can still read any article you want. Also, it created significant more space on our periodical shelves.
3. American Theological Library Association Historical Monographs Collection (ATLA) -- We've just signed up for a free trial of the BETA version of ATLA's Historical Monographs Archive. This is an archived collection of historical monographs (or books) that is searchable and viewable from any EbscoHost database. This is a beta version so some books might not have full access. We are previewing it right now and if we decide to purchase it; many more items and wider range of copyright dates would be available.
* The collection can be accessed by clicking on "Academic Search Premier" from our A-Z list and looking for the "NEW" star at the very top of the page. It should say "Try our new Historical Digital Archives Beta!"
* Search for a book or monograph by keyword. Once the user clicks on a result, the book will open and a document map will appear that allows for easy navigation. The book itself can also be searched by keyword by clicking on the "Search" feature on the left-hand side of the screen.
* There is also a slider across the top of the toolbar so the image can be manipulated for a larger or smaller font.
I am very excited about all of these improvements. Particularly the new A-Z list. Coming soon is the addition of a proxy server for the library website that should ease the struggles of faculty and students trying to gain off-campus access. Very excited about that!!
But on a bright note, I have lots of fun things to tell you. We have made some improvements recently and added some fun stuff that I know you'll want to check out. Here is a rundown of what's been happening at the J.E. Cobb Library since November:
1. New A-Z List and E-Journal Portal -- Our "Research Databases" have a new look. This is a new way of organizing our databases and other electronic resources so that users can conduct a more thorough search of our offerings. E-journals can be searched by title or subject; the databases themselves can still be searched in the traditional manner. One great feature I'm excited about is that the search can be limited to e-books. I never knew we had so many until I played around with this!
2. Scientific American Archive Online -- Although the title of this says it's an Archive, it's actually up-to-date access to Scientific American. You can view the most recent issue or any issue back to 1993. This electronic access has replaced the print version on our shelves. Some may disagree with removing a print journal from our shelves but keep in mind that this is full-text access and you can still read any article you want. Also, it created significant more space on our periodical shelves.
3. American Theological Library Association Historical Monographs Collection (ATLA) -- We've just signed up for a free trial of the BETA version of ATLA's Historical Monographs Archive. This is an archived collection of historical monographs (or books) that is searchable and viewable from any EbscoHost database. This is a beta version so some books might not have full access. We are previewing it right now and if we decide to purchase it; many more items and wider range of copyright dates would be available.
* The collection can be accessed by clicking on "Academic Search Premier" from our A-Z list and looking for the "NEW" star at the very top of the page. It should say "Try our new Historical Digital Archives Beta!"
* Search for a book or monograph by keyword. Once the user clicks on a result, the book will open and a document map will appear that allows for easy navigation. The book itself can also be searched by keyword by clicking on the "Search" feature on the left-hand side of the screen.
* There is also a slider across the top of the toolbar so the image can be manipulated for a larger or smaller font.
I am very excited about all of these improvements. Particularly the new A-Z list. Coming soon is the addition of a proxy server for the library website that should ease the struggles of faculty and students trying to gain off-campus access. Very excited about that!!
Monday, November 17, 2008
Upgrades
In what is the first of, I hope, many upgrades for the Cobb Library, we've upgraded our offerings on EBSCOHost. Academic Search Elite and Business Source Elite -- two of the best databases offered by EBSCOHost -- have now been upgraded to Academic Search Premier and Business Source Premier.
What does this mean? Well it means that we've added a total combination of about 8,000 journal titles to those databases. It means that our coverage of your topic is going to be more thorough, and comprehensive. It means, hopefully, that you should be able to find whatever you need! Without a doubt, these two databases are some of the best available worldwide and we're happy to bring them to you!
What does this mean? Well it means that we've added a total combination of about 8,000 journal titles to those databases. It means that our coverage of your topic is going to be more thorough, and comprehensive. It means, hopefully, that you should be able to find whatever you need! Without a doubt, these two databases are some of the best available worldwide and we're happy to bring them to you!
Friday, November 7, 2008
Just for fun...
I should have put this up last week but I didn't think of it until now. Here's an interesting book in our library about Halloween: Halloween and Satanism by Phil Phillips and Joan Hake Robie; it's found at 133.4 P545h on our shelf. The celebration of Halloween has become quite controversial in the past several years -- read to find out why!
And in the interest of the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday -- check out this book from our library: Thanksgiving : an investigation of a Pauline theme by David Pao (found on our shelf at 227.06 P196t). Here's an excerpt from the product description: "The 'Be thankful' (Colossians 3:15) is a recurring exhortation in the letters of the apostle Paul. No other New Testament writer gives such a sustained emphasis on thanksgiving--and yet, major modern studies of Paul fail to wrestle with it. David Pao aims to rehabilitate this theme in this comprehensive and accessible study, a New Studies in Biblical Theology volume. He shows how, for Paul, thanksgiving is grounded in the covenantal traditions of salvation history. To offer thanks to God is to live a life of worship and to anticipate the future acts of God, all in submission to the lordship of Christ. Ingratitude to God is idolatry. Thanksgiving functions as a link between theology, including eschatology, and ethics. Here Pao provides clear insights into the passion of an apostle who never fails to insist on the significance of both the gospel message and the response this message demands."
As you can see, we are in a festive mood at the library!
And in the interest of the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday -- check out this book from our library: Thanksgiving : an investigation of a Pauline theme by David Pao (found on our shelf at 227.06 P196t). Here's an excerpt from the product description: "The 'Be thankful' (Colossians 3:15) is a recurring exhortation in the letters of the apostle Paul. No other New Testament writer gives such a sustained emphasis on thanksgiving--and yet, major modern studies of Paul fail to wrestle with it. David Pao aims to rehabilitate this theme in this comprehensive and accessible study, a New Studies in Biblical Theology volume. He shows how, for Paul, thanksgiving is grounded in the covenantal traditions of salvation history. To offer thanks to God is to live a life of worship and to anticipate the future acts of God, all in submission to the lordship of Christ. Ingratitude to God is idolatry. Thanksgiving functions as a link between theology, including eschatology, and ethics. Here Pao provides clear insights into the passion of an apostle who never fails to insist on the significance of both the gospel message and the response this message demands."
As you can see, we are in a festive mood at the library!
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
The Nature of things
We don't know if you've noticed, but we -- the CBC Librarians -- are making a concerted effort to increase our online offerings. In some cases this means that we shell out big bucks for online access -- in other cases it means that we take advantage of some relatively cheap or free offerings. Because we are such a small school, we can often get access to electronic resources at a highly reduced rate (this doesn't happen VERY often, but sometimes...if we're very lucky).
One such example of this is our newly-added electronic resource to the science magazine Nature. This is actually provided to us FREE via a library consortia that is too complicated to explain; all you need to know is that we now have it and it's great! We have full text access from 2004 - present and the site includes podcasts, videos and more. The online journal will be available from our Web site under the "Journals" page; or you can click at the above link.
As with most things, it is only available on-campus at this time.
Enjoy!
One such example of this is our newly-added electronic resource to the science magazine Nature. This is actually provided to us FREE via a library consortia that is too complicated to explain; all you need to know is that we now have it and it's great! We have full text access from 2004 - present and the site includes podcasts, videos and more. The online journal will be available from our Web site under the "Journals" page; or you can click at the above link.
As with most things, it is only available on-campus at this time.
Enjoy!
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Six degrees of Andy Warhol
The Arkansas Arts Center has an interesting exhibit on Andy Warhol beginning Oct. 17th and running through Feb. 1st. The show is being produced in collaboration with The Andy Warhol Museum which is a part of the Carnegie Museum of Pittsburgh, PA. I've actually seen to this museum and can tell you that it's fabulous...so this exhibition should be equally so.
Warhol needs no introduction but in case you're interested learning more about him and his art, check out this video from the J.E. Cobb Library: Andy Warhol (Video 700.92 W232z an29). It's a profile of Andy Warhol's life and work since his death in February 1987 and examines a career that spanned painting, film, publishing, rock music and television.
And if you've never had a chance to visit the Arkansas Arts Center (located in downtown Little Rock), take a Saturday afternoon and check it out! You'd be surprised what a great museum it is! The special exhibitions are always well-done and you can tour some of the galleries for free!
Warhol needs no introduction but in case you're interested learning more about him and his art, check out this video from the J.E. Cobb Library: Andy Warhol (Video 700.92 W232z an29). It's a profile of Andy Warhol's life and work since his death in February 1987 and examines a career that spanned painting, film, publishing, rock music and television.
And if you've never had a chance to visit the Arkansas Arts Center (located in downtown Little Rock), take a Saturday afternoon and check it out! You'd be surprised what a great museum it is! The special exhibitions are always well-done and you can tour some of the galleries for free!
More new databases...
The CBC Library has gained access to two new databases from
eHRAF World Cultures: The eHRAF World Cultures is a cross-cultural database that contains information on all aspects of cultural and social life. The annually-growing eHRAF database is unique in that the information is organized by cultures and ethnic groups and the full-text documents are subject-indexed at the paragraph level.
eHRAF Archaeology: eHRAF Archaeology is a cross-cultural database containing information on prehistory. This unique, annually-growing eHRAF database is organized by archaeological traditions and the full-text documents are subject-indexed to the paragraph level.
Both of these databases are produced by the Human Relations Area Files, Inc. (HRAF) at
We've already heard how great the Archaeology one is -- please continue to let us know that you think!
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