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New Source for Two History Databases

Thursday, November 15th, 2007

Two history databases have shifted from the OhioLINK Osearch interface the the EBSCOhost interface. America: History and Life and Historical Abstracts are now available as EBSCOhost databases.

New Display in Special Collections

Monday, October 22nd, 2007

“Recipes, Household Hints, and Revelations: An Evolution of Women’s Magazines” is currently on display in Special Collections, The College of Wooster Libraries. This exhibit highlights British and American women’s magazines from the mid-19th century to the present and demonstrates the way the popular press has encouraged middle-class white women to redefine themselves to meet the […]

Iraq War Update

Wednesday, September 12th, 2007

General Patraeus and Ambassador Crocker have updated Congress on the progress of the “Surge” strategy in Iraq.  You can find Gen. Patraeus’ prepared statement on the House web site.  Additionally you can find the charts that accompany his testimony on the Defene Dept. site.  You can also access The Report of the Independent Commission on […]

New Pick-up Location for CONSORT, OhioLINK, and ILL Materials

Monday, September 3rd, 2007

The Libraries have moved ALL HOLDS to the Gault Reserves Desk in the main library. Now everyone can pick up their Andrews/Gault Library PRINT RESERVES, CONSORT HOLDS, OhioLINK HOLDS, and ILLiad Interlibrary Loan HOLDS (replaces WebZap) all at the same place.
Faculty dropping off their COURSE RESERVE items are asked to continue to drop them off […]

New eBook Collection

Monday, September 3rd, 2007

The College of Wooster Libraries is subscribing to a collection of ca. 30,000 academic titles through ebrary. The titles in this collection are available to multiple simultaneous users and do not require any kind of ‘checkout’ process. The titles are fully cataloged in CONSORT: to see a full list of titles available, search […]

Introducing ILLiad Interlibrary Loan Services

Monday, August 13th, 2007

If the books you need are not available through CONSORT or OhioLINK, or if the journal articles you need are not accessible in our Libraries or electronically on campus, you can now request those materials through the Libraries’ new ILLiad interlibrary loan system. To do so, go to the Libraries home page and connect to […]

Changes for OhioLINK and CONSORT Media

Monday, July 23rd, 2007

Media (videos/DVDs) requested through OhioLINK and CONSORT can now be picked up and returned at the Gault Library Circulation desk rather than the Media Library Circulation Desk.

WebZap Change is in the Works

Wednesday, June 27th, 2007

The libraries are in the process of changing from the WebZap interlibrary loan system to one called Illiad. During the transition period, users clicking on the link for WebZap will be taken to an ILL form on the College’s secure web server. This will require users to log in using the Novell username […]

National Countnerintelligence Strategy of the U.S. for 2007 Available

Friday, March 30th, 2007

“The National Counterintelligence Strategy of the United States, 2007″ can be found at — http://www.ncix.gov/publications/policy/CIStrategy.pdf According to their website, “The National Counterintelligence Strategy of the United States of America elaborates the fundamental responsibility for US intelligence to warn of and help prevent terrorist attacks against the homeland, engage other asymmetric threats, and provide reliable […]

New Features in JSTOR

Friday, March 30th, 2007

JSTOR has announced the following new features:
Improved Article PDF Files
A new PDF format for downloading and printing articles has replaced the previous High Quality PDF format. This new format enables JSTOR users to “search” or “find” words and phrases within the PDF version of JSTOR articles, as well as copy and paste portions of text […]


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