CNU Library Blog

Free Amazon Prime Account

Library Staff — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 18:44:10 +0000

News you can use from your friendly CNU Librarians: for college students only – get an Amazon.com Prime Account free for one year ($79 value). Unlimited FREE Two-Day Shipping on textbooks and millions of other items. All you have to do is provide a .EDU email address and major. (http://www.amazon.com/gp/student/signup/info)

Millenium Downtime

Library Staff — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 17:25:34 +0000

System maintenance has been scheduled for the Millennium server for Saturday, June 19, 2010, from 10am until 4pm.

Any journals and databases accessed from off campus and access to the online catalog will be unavailable during this time. We’re sorry for any inconvenience.

Free Music Download

Library Staff — Wed, 12 May 2010 16:26:18 +0000

Alexander Street Press is offering another free classical music download – Saint-Saëns’ Cello Sonata No. 1 in C minor, Op. 32, performed by cellist Daria Hovor and pianist Aleth Lamasse. More information is available on the Press’ music blog. Hurry – this offer is available this week only.

Summer Hours

Library Staff — Tue, 11 May 2010 12:51:32 +0000

Hurray – summer is here! The Library has posted its summer and intersession hours. Notice that the Library will be open on Commencement Sunday, May 16th, from 7am to 3:00pm.

Free Classical Music Download

Library Staff — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 16:14:20 +0000

Beginning today, Alexander Street Press is offering another free music download – Satie’s Caresse, performed by pianist France Clidat. More information is available on the Press’ music blog. Hurry – this offer is available this week only.

New E-Books Available

Library Staff — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 19:17:19 +0000

The Library now has access to American Decades Primary Sources and American Decades (20th century). These are for CNU users only – you will need to login unless you’re on campus!

Exam Hours Posted

Library Staff — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 18:48:34 +0000

Final exams are almost here – and the Library will be open 24/7 beginning Sunday afternoon, April 18th. See the web site for more details.

Celebrate National Library Week

Library Staff — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 18:45:35 +0000

Free access to H.W. Wilson’s Careers database until April 25th.

ProQuest also offers free access to six databases, including African American Heritage, and CultureGrams.

And a widget from Gale with access to five databases:

Free NetLibrary eBook for March

Library Staff — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:26:41 +0000

For the month of March, NetLibrary is offering free access to “J. D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye: Bloom’s Modern Critical Interpretations” edited by Harold Bloom. A link to this book is on the NetLibrary page, in a box on the right side.

More Free Music

Library Staff — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:09:27 +0000

Alexander Street Press is offering another free music download – Schumann’s Piano Sonata No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22,, performed by pianist Abdel Rahman El Bacha. More information is available on the Press’ music blog. Hurry – this offer is available this week only.