Purdue Libraries and School of Information Studies News

October 1st, 2013

The Purdue University Libraries will continue the Library Scholars Grant Program this year with a focus on supporting access to unique collections of information around the country and the world. Awards of up to $5,000will be made for this purpose to untenured tenure-track members of the Purdue faculty, and to associate professors tenured effective July more…

September 30th, 2013

WEST LAFAYETTE, IN — Purdue Libraries is now sponsoring BrowZine, a new tablet application that allows users to browse, read and monitor many of the Libraries’ scholarly journals, all in a format optimized for iPads, Android tablets, and Kindle Fire HDs. Users can mark journals to follow and will receive push notifications when new issues more…

September 9th, 2013

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue University Libraries on Sept. 13 will celebrate the Hicks Undergraduate Library’s ground floor renovation with live music, refreshments and games. The “Hicks Renovation Celebration” will take place 4-7 p.m. in Hicks Undergraduate Library ground floor level.  Purdue Libraries will also launch a video contest, “Why I love Purdue Libraries,” during more…

July 19th, 2013

Starting Aug. 1, a group of 500 articles will become read-only with no print feature and will be clearly marked as such. This list is available on the Libraries’ website here:  HBR_list_of_500 . These articles tend to be the most widely used, and the list is subject to change. Also, Purdue’s Lynda.com subscription will expire more…

May 16th, 2013

Purdue University Libraries has launched a new library management system, Alma to replace both Voyager and SFX. This includes functions associated with an integrated library system (ILS) and an electronic resources management system (ERM). The benefits of Alma will include: · Streamlined workflows resulting in efficient and effective processes. · Elimination of silos between print more…

May 13th, 2013

Have you heard of PURR but want to find out more information on the key functions of this Purdue University Libraries repository? Check out PURR’s latest video, which has also been launched on YouTube and learn the four main ways the Purdue University Research Repository (PURR) can help you manage your data and research: https://purr.purdue.edu/

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…

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.

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…

August 18th, 2010

The Libraries’ updated catalog search interface recently came out of beta and is now the default search option for searching the Libraries catalog. To see the new catalog search, visit http://catalog.lib.purdue.edu. The updated catalog search interface offers faceted searching, or options for users to narrow their searches by format, author, or even library, among other more…