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Due to the inclement weather, Kutztown University is closed today.
Need materials from the library to get some extra studying done? Check out our Articles and Databases, Digital Collections and our E-Reserves. We will be open tomorrow (if the weather permits of course!) so check out our Library Catalog to find materials to pick up when the roads and walkways are a little less icy!
Enjoy your snow day!
On January 27th, 1888, the National Geographic Society was founded in Washington D.C. Nine years after its creation, the society began publishing the now-famous National Geographic magazine, which has been in print ever since!
Celebrate the occasion by checking out the National Geographic website. Learn more about the society’s mission, view photos, and check out videos.
For extensive geographical resources, check out our Geographical Articles and Databases.
By Robert Flatley, Coordinator of Electronic Resources, Interlibrary Loan, and Periodicals
The Rohrbach Library is pleased to announce the acquisition of Grove Music Online.
Grove Music Online is the leading online resource for music research, an excellent compendium of music scholarship offering the full texts of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2nd Edition (2001), The New Grove Dictionary of Opera (1992), and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, 2nd Edition (2001), The Oxford Companion to Music, and the Oxford Dictionary of Musicians well as all subsequent updates and emendations. Includes over 50,000 signed articles and 28,000 biographies contributed by over 6,000 scholars from around the world, Grove Music Online is the unsurpassed authority on all aspects of music.
You can view all of the library’s electronic research databases at http://www.kutztown.edu/library/er/index.asp.
For those of you who were unable to watch Barack Obama’s Inauguration Speech, here it is!
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Head over to the Rohrbach Library to watch Barack Obama’s Inauguration. We have several televisions set up so students, faculty and staff can participate in the historical events of this day.
An announcement was posted early this morning on Barack Obama’s Official Website that his inauguration can be watched LIVE online here, beginning at 11 am.
Watch history in the making as Barack Obama is sworn in as the 44th President of the United States of America.
Below is the full version of Martin Luther King Jr’s “I Have A Dream” speech. Please watch in remembrance of this great man’s contribution to our society.
By Robert Flatley
Coordinator of Electronic Resources, Interlibrary Loan, and Periodicals
The library is pleased to announce that it is now a subscriber to the world’s premier citation database. Web of Science provides researchers, administrators, faculty, and students with quick, powerful access to the world’s leading citation databases. Authoritative, multidisciplinary content covers over 10,000 of the highest impact journals worldwide. This tool allows authors to determine the significance of their work in terms of how often other authors are citing it. It also allows researchers to determine which articles are the most significant in a given field based on how often its been cited. The Web of Science covers over 200 fields. The Institute for Scientific Information, the publisher of Web of Science, invented the concept of citation analysis and is the gold standard. The library is very proud to offer this service to our faculty and students. This product is normally only available to researchers at major research institutions like Penn State or Columbia. This is a major step forward for researchers at Kutztown University. No longer will our faculty and students have to travel to other campuses to access this tool.
Our subscription includes:
Science Citation Index, 1975 – current
Social Sci Citation Index, 1975 – current
Arts and Humanities Citation Index, 1975 – current
You can access all 3 databases at the library’s database page by clicking on “W” for Web of Science.
The library will be setting up training for faculty this semester.
For more information contact Bob Flatley, Electronic Resources Librarian, at flatley@kutztown.edu or 610-683-4168.
Born on January 14th, 1886, Hugh Lofting was a British author who created the now-famous Dr. Dolittle character.
Stop by and check out some of his famous titles in our Curriculum Materials Center Collection:
Dr. Dolittle and the Green Canary, Call Number F Lof Doc
Dr. Dolittle’s Post Office, Call Number F Lof Doc
Story of Dr. Dolittle, Call Number F Lof Sto
Voyages of Dr. Dolittle, Call Number F Lof Voy
Happy Birthday, Mr. Lofting. We thank you for your contribution to the world of literature!
Because it’s a new semester, we know that some of you may have trouble with email accounts, Blackboard, and accessing our articles and databases. Here are some links to get you started.
To activate your email account if you are having difficulty logging in:
https://secure.kutztown.edu/authentication
Need Blackboard support? See this website for assistance:
http://d2.parature.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=809
Do you just need a little bit of refresher course on how to use the Blackboard features? See the Learning Technologies Center’s Blackboard Quickstart Guide:
Need help accessing our databases? If you are on-campus, all you need to do is go to the library website and select Articles and Databases. From there, you can access all of our on-line collections.
Off-campus access requires your student identification number and an activated library account. If you have never checked out a library book, this means that your account may not be activated. Please see a staff member at our Circulation Desk to activate your account.
We wish you all the best in this new semester. Remember, if you need assistance, don’t hesitate to ask!
