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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.

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To get a jump-start on the book-buying, a lot of students want to find out what textbooks are required for their classes at UB. Although Langsdale Library doesn’t keep a list of the textbooks for each class, the UB Bookstore does:

http://www.bkstr.com/CategoryDisplay/10001-9604-10280-1?demoKey=d

Enjoy!

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Several popular search engines have created specialized search engines to help people find scholarly information on the internet. Two of these, Google Scholar and Microsoft's Live Academic Search , have the added bonus of providng links to UB's "Find It" menu. If you are using a computer on campus and find an article through either of these search engines, the results will include a "Find It @ UB" link. Clicking on this link will tell you if the article in question is available through Langsdale's print or database collections. Many times the articles found by these search engines will only lead to abstracts or will require you to purchase an article to view the full text. What they won't normally tell you is if the full text is already available to you through Langsdale. The "Find It @ UB" link is a quick and easy way to find out.

Google Scholar will allow you to get the same results at your home computer. You just need to choose "library preferences" and add the University of Baltimore to the "library links" section.

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John Hodgman, author of The Areas of My Expertise, will conduct a reading at UB on Thursday, Dec. 1 at 7 p.m in Room 003 of the William H. Thumel Sr. Business Center.

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Posted by Michael to ub at 11/25/2005 11:22:00 AM

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Do you use Google Scholar"? Google scholar is an interesting attempt by Google to allow people to search for "Scholarly Content" including books and peer reviewed journals. While not a replacemnent for the online databases available through your library, Google Scholar can be a useful addition to your search.

One of the main drawbacks of Google Scholar is that often it only gives you a citation or abstract, thus forcing you to find the full-text. Now a "Find It @ UB" link is available on Google Scholar to help you get the full-text of article which you may find there.

If you are on campus, "Find It @ UB" will appear automatically. If you are off-campus, you can still get the "Find It @ UB" links by clicking on Scholar Preferences and searching for "Baltimore" in the Library Links Box. If you check the "university of Baltimore" box, you will then see a "Find It @ UB" link with your Google Scholar Results.

How does it work?
When you do a search in Google Scholar, you will get list of results. If Google thinks Langsdale has the result in full text, there will be a link that sayd "Find It @ UB". Without the "Find It @ UB" link in the example below, you could only get an abstract of the article.



If you click on the "Find It @ UB" link, you will get a menu similar to the one you would see if you clicked on the button in one of our databases.



Clicking on either of the top 2 "Go" buttons will give you the full text of the article, coutesy of Langsdale's subscription. If you are on campus, this will happen automatically, but off-campus users will need to log into to the "find it" menu with their library barcode.


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Posted by Michael to langsdale at 11/15/2005 01:53:00 PM

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Langsdale Library of the University of Baltimore is hosting the 2005-2006 teleconference series from the College of DuPage: Soaring to Excellence 2006: Libraries, the Universe & Everything.


November 18, 2005.
12:00 - 1:30 pm
Google and Your Patrons
Speaker: Steven Bell
The myths and realities of Google are explored, along with its unique features and its impact on libraries. This teleconference explores the library worker's role in connecting users to high quality information in the age of "Googleization."

February 3, 2006
12:00 - 1:30 pm
Always a River, Sometimes a Library:
A Reexamination of Library Practice and Patron Service
Speaker: Rick Anderson
Rick Anderson explores the three ways the library profession is broken, and the four ways to fix it. He uses the Mississippi River as a metaphor for patron behavior, and gives us new and useful ways to think about our patrons.

April 7, 2006
12:00 - 1:30 pm
Serving Immigrant Populations: A Library Prototype for Diversity
Speakers: Bill Erbes and panel of experts
This teleconference begins with a look at the history of immigrants and libraries, and examines how to assess the needs of your community's immigrant population, including English as a Second Language materials, legal issues, work issues, and bi-lingual library resources.


Location
All teleconferences will be held at the William H. Thumel Sr. Business Center, University of Baltimore. 11 West Mt. Royal Avenue (southwest corner of Mt. Royal Avenue & North Charles St.) Please feel free to "brown bag" your lunch. Llight snacks will be provided.
Driving, mass transit, and parking information, and a campus map can obtained at: http://business.ubalt.edu/prospectivestudents/location.html#drive


Registration
Space is limited so we urge you to register as soon as possible. To register and for parking tags and information, contact Shawn Wheeler (shwheeler@ubalt.edu; 410.837.4290).
PLEASE NOTE: We will provide drivers with a parking tag. Do not contact the University of Baltimore Public Safety department.

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Posted by Michael to ub at 11/08/2005 01:52:00 PM

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Passager Books, a new press, housed happily at UB, dedicated to the creative life in old age, celebrates with a
POETRY READING
by 86-year-old JEAN L. CONNOR

THURSDAY, October 6, at 7 pm
in UB’s Thumel Business Center, room 003.
A reception and booksigning will follow.

O'Connor's new book of poetry, A Cartography of Peace is available online at www.passagerpress.com

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Posted by Michael to ub at 10/05/2005 12:22:00 PM

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Langsdale Library is honored to be hosting a Memorial Display for Dr. Thomas Jacklin. The display, located on the first floor of Langsdale Library, highlights his life and work here at UB. Dr. Jacklin passed away April 28, 2005 after losing his battle with lung cancer.

He came to UB in 1980 and won the hearts of his students and colleagues. He served on numerous committees, won several teaching awards including a lifetime achievement award, and was Faculty Advisor for Phi Alpha Theta honor society. He worked on projects such as Baltimore Neighborhood Heritage Project, Lessons from the Light Rail, and Saving the Community: Leakin Park and the Pursuit of the Light Rail. He loved UB.

Dr. J as his students so fondly called him also loved trains. He was a docent for The B&O Railroad Museum and wrote extensively on the subject of the railroads. He published many articles in railroad magazines and presented papers for organizations such as: National Railroad Heritage Preservation at Penn State, Preservation and Education Association of Railway Museums, and the Eastern Conference Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania. He was Editorial Advisor for Railroad History in 2004.

History in the Roundhouse http://www.ubalt.edu/lehs/jacklin/roundhouse.html

A Conversation with Parker Lamb
http://www.rlhs.org/rrhistry/rrh189/interview.html

by Stacey Lee, Jacob France Institute

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Posted by Michael to ub at 10/05/2005 12:18:00 PM

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The UB Post reports on problems with plagiarism at UB. The article includes some ideas on how UB could confront the issue.

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Posted by Michael to ub at 10/05/2005 10:37:00 AM

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A new study from Kingsborough Community College provides evidence that Learning Communities can help students succeed in college

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Posted by Michael to ub at 9/30/2005 12:32:00 PM

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A recent article from the Online Journal of Distance Learning Education provides a case study comparing the time it takes to run a class online to that of a face to face class. For the courses studied, the online class required more of the professor's time, mainly due to the increased amount of interaction with the students.

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Posted by Michael to ub at 9/30/2005 12:29:00 PM

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