Purdue Libraries and School of Information Studies News

November 28th, 2012

November 12th, 2012

On Monday, November 26th, SpringerLink will be migrating to a new platform. Please note that individual accounts from the old SpringerLink will NOT be migrated. Users with accounts will need to go to link.springer.com and set up a new profile/account. Users will need to this while within the institution’s IP range as they will then more…

September 25th, 2012

August 27th, 2012

Purdue University Libraries now will offer late-night study areas in Hicks Undergraduate Library and Roland G. Parrish Library. The newly renovated Hicks Undergraduate Library will have a space open 24 hours, seven days a week. The expanded extended hours section includes UnderGrounds along with a classroom-sized area and additional space. The Roland G. Parrish Library more…

August 22nd, 2012

ScienceDirect and Scopus will be unavailable this weekend from Saturday (August 25th) at 7:30AM to Sunday (August 26) at 2:30AM for maintenance and platform improvements. We are sorry for any inconvenience.

August 1st, 2012

The late J. Kirby Risk II called himself “a small-town businessman from the banks of the Wabash.” In her newest book, Kirby’s Way: How Kirby and Caroline Risk Built their Company on Kitchen-Table Values, author Angie Klink details the compelling story of  Kirby and the creation of the Kirby Risk Corporation. The book also highlights more…

July 27th, 2012

July 27th, 2012

July 25th, 2012

Starting this fall semester, Purdue Libraries will offer a text message reference service, in addition to email and chat services. Get a brief answer to your simple question. TEXT Purduelib to 66746 to get started! Purdue Libraries’ reference service has many options available, whether the physical library is open or not. In fact, Libraries is more…

July 24th, 2012

A new tool, Databib, has been developed to help researchers identify and locate repositories of research data on the Internet. Its development was led by the Purdue University Libraries with collaborators from Penn State University and the support of the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Many funding agencies like the National Science Foundation require more…