In this issue, lots of news bytes! 1) new library location now open! 2) AskTheBRAIN extends hours until 10pm! 3) CBCA online database now easier to use! 4) online reference databases for you to try out!
1) New library location now open…the e-Library, where it’s @
The e-Library in the new IT Centre at Fennell is now open! This newest library location features fifty computer work stations, a fireplace to warm you, a cafe to wake you, a waterfall to relax you and library help from 10am until 9pm Monday through Thursday and 10am until 4:30pm on Fridays (to inspire you!). More info and photos (click the thumbnails to enlarge photos.)
2) The AskTheBRAIN live reference service extends hours until 10pm
Now you can get online help in real time from library staff until 10 o’clock at night! The online service that lets you ask questions using chat software while library staff demonstrate searches and push web pages and documents to you through your browser, is now available from 10am – 10pm Monday through Thursday and 10am until 5pm on Friday. Stuck on a research query late at night? Log on and get help! Select the AskTheBRAIN link from the left side of the BRAIN to access.
3) CBCA (Canadian Business and Current Affairs) database now easier to use!
The CBCA database, which indexes thousands of Canadian news and trade magazines, journals, transcripts and newspapers is now available in a new, easy-to-use interface. Access popular titles such as Canadian Business, Canadian Art, Maclean’s, transcripts of The National, Canada AM, and more. Some publications have a 10 year or more backfile. The same great database, in a much more user-friendly package! Access this database by selecting “CBCA” from the BRAIN’s Databases page.
4) Online reference databases for you to try out!
The Library is always on the look-out for great new resources for your research! Check out three online databases that we are currently investigating and let us know what you think! Xrefer Plus is a superb collection of encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri, books of quotations as well as subject-based titles…an excellent aid to research! ITPRO Business and Finance contains recently published ebooks in the, you guessed it…business and finance subject areas. New books are added weekly to this database. CPI.Q. stands for Canadian Periodical Index Quarterly and contains a vast collection of mainly Canadian magazines, journals and reference books. You’ll need a password to access ITPRO and CPI.Q. so just ask your friendly neighbourhood Mohawk library staff member if you are interested in trying these. (No password needed for Xrefer Plus.) Have some feedback? Please…drop us a line! To access these databases, scroll down to the bottom of the list of databases on the Databases web page.
