ScienceDirect Freedom Collection Available through December

ScienceDirect Freedom Collection (2002 to present) contains most of the journal titles offered by Elsevier.  Enjoy while it is available until December 31, 2007.

More Podcasts Are Posted!

Are you looking for a job? Listen to Nick Freed’s student-to-student podcast about working for Pius Library.

In addition to Nick’s latest podcast, a new series of podcasts designed for faculty and staff have been posted. “Just For Faculty,” hosted by reference assistant Phil Barron, offers tips and suggestions on how library services can be used in the classroom.

In order to help us plan future podcasts, a feedback form has been posted. Please leave your comments and suggestions.

To listen to all of the podcasts and view the redesigned podcasts website, please visit http://www.slu.edu/libraries/pius/podcasts/index.html.

Writing Center Opens New Location in Pius Library

The Saint Louis University Libraries and Student Educational Services are pleased to announce the opening of SLU’s new Writing Center Satellite location within the Pius XII Memorial Library. Formerly located on the fourth floor of Pius Library, the Writing Center Satellite is now located on the third floor of the Anheuser-Busch wing of the Library. “This new space is more easily accessible for undergrads,” says Gail M. Staines, Ph.D., Assistant Provost of University Libraries.

“We’re excited about this partnership; the Library is a great place for us to be,” says Writing Center Coordinator Sue Mendelsohn. “When students are tackling their research, we’ll be right there to answer their questions about writing.”

The Writing Center will be open on Tuesday, September ^4th.  Center hours will be: Sunday, 4pm – 8pm; Monday – Thursday, 10am – 8pm, and Friday, 10am – 3pm.

A grand opening will be scheduled for later in the fall semester.

For more information on the Center, please contact Sue Mendelsohn at 977-2930 or writingcenter@slu.edu.

For more information on the Saint Louis University Libraries, please go to http://slulink.slu.edu.

A New Student-to-Student Podcast Is Posted

Just in time for the fall semester, Nick Freed, the student voice of Pius Library, highlights how the library can help ease the transition into college life for incoming freshmen.

You can access this and other podcasts at http://www.slu.edu/libraries/pius/podcasts/student/index.html.

Stay tuned! In the next few weeks we will be introducing a podcast series designed for faculty and staff, as well as an exciting “Conversations” series hosted by Gail Staines, Assistant Provost for University Libraries.

Try SCOPUS Until October 31

The database SCOPUS from Elsiever is on trial until October 31. SCOPUS indexes and abstracts over 15,000 peer-reviewed journals from over 4,000 publishers, 1,000 Open Access journals, 500 conference proceedings, 600 trade publications, patents, and quality web sources. Covers primarily the science, technology, and medical literature. Updated daily. Search by keyword, author, title and many other options. Refine by author, journal, subject, author’s location. Each article also provides a list of articles citing it.