Purdue Libraries and School of Information Studies News

May 7th, 2010

Ask a Librarian chat service will not be available during the summer, May 9-August 22. Patrons can still submit questions via email using the chat widget on library webpages, or by visiting http://www.lib.purdue.edu/askalib/email.html and submitting the email form. For more information on Purdue Libraries’ Ask a Librarian service, visit http://www.lib.purdue.edu/askalib/.

December 9th, 2009

The Libraries catalog search engine now has two options for searching  — “Search Classic” or “Search Beta.” The beta version of the catalog search, made available to the public last week, offers faceted searching, or options for users to narrow their searches by format, author, or even library, among other categories. This brings the catalog more…

August 21st, 2009

Welcome to this feature from the Management & Economics Library (MEL).  These database snapshots will give you basic information about our most relevant and beneficial online resources.  This week our hint leads you to a specific database but we are really featuring a quicker way of getting to our databases. Tool name: MyMEL toolbar; from more…

August 14th, 2009

Welcome to Database of the Week — a new feature from the Management & Economics Library (MEL).  These weekly database snapshots will give you basic information about our most relevant and beneficial online resources. Database name: PressDisplay; from NewspaperDirect. Link: www.lib.purdue.edu/mel, in the pull down Quick Access to Business Databases alpha list right below our more…

August 7th, 2009

Welcome to Database of the Week — a new feature from the Management & Economics Library (MEL).  These weekly database snapshots will give you basic information about our most relevant and beneficial online resources. Database name: Global Market Information Database, aka GMID; from Euromonitor International. Link: www.lib.purdue.edu/mel, in the pull down Quick Access to Business more…