Hot off the presses!!! Langsdale Library now has the brand new (7th) edition of the Turabian Manual, a.k.a. A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations.

Where? We have two copies

• Stacks (3rd floor) LB2369 .T8 2007 - this copy you can check out
  
• Reference (1st floor) LB2369 .T8 2007 - this copy will always stay in the library
  

Why is this such great news? The Turabian Manual is one of the most popular citation or style manuals on campus, but the last edition was published way back in 1996... and didn't include decent information on how to cite Internet sources. The world has changed quit a bit since then.

Great news! The New York Times recently announced that it will give free access to Times Select, including their archives (back to 1851) to people with a .edu e-mail address.

Here's the press release (via the ACRLog):

Beginning on March 13, subscriptions to TimesSelect will be available for free to all registered college students and faculty with a .edu in their e-mail addresses. TimesSelect is NYTimes.com's paid offering that provides exclusive access to 22 columnists of The Times and the International Herald Tribune as well as an array of other services, including access to The Times's archives, advance previews of various sections and tools for tracking and storing news and information. Current student subscribers will receive pro-rated refunds for their previously paid subscriptions. College students interested in registering for free TimesSelect subscriptions should go to www.nytimes.com/university for more information.

This should be wonderful for students and faculty members in History--easy access to primary sources (newspaper articles) online. It also gives you access to the op/ed pieces which are not available on the public side of the New York Times website.

You have to register directly with the New York Times to access this (it doesn't go through Research Port), but it's fairly painless.

In the past, libraries would have to pay thousands of dollars a year for this type of online access to the Times. Now, you can get it for free. Go out and try it!

Update 4/3/07: The free account with TimeSelect no longer includes articles from before 1981.

Please note: your complimentary university subscription to TimesSelect does not provide access to articles published before 1981. You may be able to access this material through your university intranet or library.

For older articles, the library has microfilm of the New York Times. Many of the public libraries in the area also have subscriptions to ProQuest Historical Newspapers, which will provide access to the New York Times back to 1851. It's not free, but your public library is footing the bill.

Labels: news, NewYorkTimes, primary_sources, resources

Update:
Thanks to President Bogomolmy, Provost Wiewel and everyone who came to our renovation event!



As first reported in the Langsdale Link, the event to celebrate the Langsdale Library renovation has been rescheduled for April 4. From 2 to 4 p.m. we will hold a reception with food and beverages to show off our new look. That's right, free food in the library!

At 2:30 we will have words of greeting from President Bogomolny, Provost Wiewel, and Library Director Steve LaBash. We will also let you know about our future plans to make the library even more pleasant and user-friendly.

If you have not seen Langsdale's new look yet, stop by anytime to visit. And if you can't make here in person, you can check out the renovation photos as well as some new floorplans to get an idea of the changes.

In celebration of Women's History Month, Langsdale Library is highlighting works that touch on this year's theme: "Generations of Women Moving History Forward." We have also highlighted some other works by or about women that may be of interest.

Here's a link to the page: http://langsdale.ubalt.edu/howto/whm_guide.htm

For more resources, please see our Women's Studies Guide.

You can get to these guides and many others by looking under the gray Use It menu on the library's homepage, then click on Research Help by Discipline.

Labels: history, resources, UB, women's history month

Langsdale may not be the name of a beach in Florida. Nor does MTV appear to have plans to film in the library. However, if you want a place to catch up on your class work, find some interesting reading material or do library research, Langsdale will be open regular hours during spring break, including Saturday and Sunday.

Labels: hours, langsdale

Tax forms for the 2006 filing year are now available at the following locations:

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