CNU Library Blog

A redesigned web interface and 130 newly-indexed journals are in the expanded ERIC database. ERIC is for those researching “education-focused literature” and is available freely online.

For the month of August, NetLibrary is allowing free access to the book called “Competition and Development: The Power of Competitive Markets” by Susan Joekes and Phil Evans. It is available by clicking the link on the right side of the NetLibrary web page.

Our library catalog and off campus access to databases and journals will be unavailable on Friday, July 18 from 3pm - 6pm due to scheduled system maintenance.

If you have any questions or need assistance, please call 594-7132.

For the month of July, NetLibrary is allowing access to the book called, “Britannica Encyclopedia of World Religions” by the editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica and Merriam-Webster. It is available by clicking the link on the right side of the NetLibrary home page.

For those of you of the right age, hurry over to learn how you can win a trip to New York City by submitting a short video about what you’re doing to advance civil rights today. Contest ends July 31st!

More VIVA news: the complete collection of Safari Technical Books Online, more than 5500 titles, is now available. A few well-known publishers include O’Reilly, Sams, Macromedia, Adobe Press, IBM Press, Microsoft Press, and Que.

The big VIVA news this summer is a new full-text, multidisciplinary database provider called EBSCO. Infotrac and Gale resources are going away on June 30th. The new EBSCO databases are already available and will soon be listed individually on the Databases A to Z list.

For the month of June, the free book from NetLibrary is called “What Now?” by Ann Patchett and is based on her commencement address at Sarah Lawrence College. See the link to this book on the right side of NetLibrary’s web site.

On Monday, May 19th, we will begin the process of bringing The Mariners’ Museum Library to the Trible Library. Most of our books will need to be stored offsite temporarily in order to install compact shelving. We expect the General Collection to be available for use after August 15th. There are more details available.

For this week only, download Mendelssohn’s Symphony No.4 in A, op.90 ‘Italian’ from the blog site.  This offer expires on May 22nd.