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March 21st, 2016
Welcome to Database of the Week, a feature from the Parrish Library. Each of these weekly snapshots will give you a very brief introduction to the basic features of one of our specialized subscription databases. This week’s database is AGRICOLA from the National Agricultural Library, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Link: http://guides.lib.purdue.edu/businessdatabases is the alphabetical list of the databases specially selected for those in a business program of study. Access the databases off-campus with your Purdue login and password.
Focus: AGRICOLA serves as the catalog and index to the collections of the National Agricultural Library, as well as a primary public source for worldwide access to agricultural information.
Search: AGRICOLA allows you to search using limits such as language, target audience, type of publication, and years of publication. It also offers a Full Text option; be aware that AGRICOLA offers few full test articles. Another useful feature of this database is that you can see your search history and combine searches.
Click here to see the basics of searching AGRICOLA or try our Guide on the Side with this link.
Why you should know this database: ARGICOLA covers materials in all formats and periods, including printed works from as far back as the 15th century. Topics covered by this database include all aspects of agriculture and allied disciplines such as animal and veterinary sciences, entomology, plant sciences, and forestry.
Why students should know this database: The AGRICOLA list of results shows an option to Find Similar for each title. The filters and tools provided by AGRICOLA simplify the search process making it easier for students to find what they need.
Cost: $2807.00 paid annually by the Purdue University Libraries.
Database of the Week comes to you from the Roland G. Parrish Library of Management & Economics. If you would like more information about this database, or if you would like a demonstration of it for a class, contact parrlib@purdue.edu. Also let us know if you know of a colleague who would benefit from this weekly feature.
Since usage statistics are an important barometer when databases are up for renewal, tell us your favorite database, and we will gladly promote it. Send an email to parrlib@purdue.edu
Filed under: collections, database, general, MGMTMarch 17th, 2016
Purdue Libraries links from Google Scholar are currently unavailable. We are actively working on resolving the issue. At this time, we have an estimated resolution date of 3/23/16. In the meantime we suggest using Libraries Search.
Filed under: collections, generalMarch 15th, 2016
As part of the Libraries annual review of databases, AccessEngineering has been recommended for cancellation by the subject specialist librarians. Access will cease April 30, 2016.
Please contact Anna Seiffert, Electronic Resources Manager, with comments.
Filed under: ENGR, generalMarch 15th, 2016
Due to a scheduled outage, there will be no PUID Card Swipe Access to Hicks Undergraduate Library from 5:00 p.m. Friday March 18 through 1:00 p.m. Sunday March 20. Normal hours resume at 1:00 pm Sunday, March 20.
The Libraries hours website has been updated to reflect this change.
Filed under: general, HKRP, UGRLMarch 10th, 2016
| Event Description: Renowned educator, Dr. George Kuh, will be at Purdue (West Lafayette) on April 6th to give a presentation and facilitate a faculty-led round table discussion. The event, Making Learning Relevant: Creating Meaningful Student Engagement, will explore issues surrounding forging tomorrow’s workforce, empowering diverse learners, and fostering student success. Dr. Kuh has written extensively about student engagement, assessment, and institutional improvement. He is the author of High-Impact Practices (2008), Success in College: Creating Conditions That Matter (2005, 2010) and Piecing Together the Student Success Puzzle: Research, Propositions, and Recommendations (2007). Join us to share your experiences and ideas for cultivating student success. |
| Location Information: PMU East and West Faculty Lounges |
Additional Information
Contact Information: http://www.purdue.edu/impact/contact.php
To Register: https://www.eventreg.purdue.edu/conf/CourseListing.aspx?master_id=5008&master_version=1&course_area=1530&course_number=121&course_subtitle=00
Sponsoring Organization: IMPACT
Website Address: http://www.purdue.edu/impact/
March 10th, 2016
The Veterinary Medicine Section of the Medical Library Association will receive the MLA Section Project of the Year award at the 2016 annual meeting May 15-18 for Promoting and Advocating for the Profession: Creating a Multi-Faceted Illustrated History of the Veterinary Medical Libraries Section (VMLS) and Its Impact. Gretchen Stephens, associate professor and veterinary medicine liaison, health & life sciences, Purdue University Libraries, was the section archivist and a collaborator on the project. It is described in the following publication:
L. M. Ray, Vicki F. Croft, Susanne K. Whitaker & Gretchen Stephens. (2015). Impacting Librarianship and Veterinary Medicine: History of the Veterinary Medical Libraries Section of the Medical Library Association from 1974 to 2014. Journal of Agricultural and Food Information 16(3): 252-270. DOI: 10.1080/10496505.2015.1052907
Congratulations to Gretchen and the team on this award-winning project.
March 8th, 2016
Title: Biomedical and Life Sciences Collection (Henry Stewart talks)
PURL: http://purl.lib.purdue.edu/db/hstalks
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Explore over 2,000 lectures by leading world experts in many fields ranging from Agriculture to Pharmaceutical Sciences.
Filed under: collections, general, scholcomm
March 8th, 2016
Purdue University Libraries Resource Spotlight: AccessUN
Title: AccessUN
PURL: http://purl.lib.purdue.edu/db/accessun
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Access UN benefits researchers concerned with international economic, social, cultural and humanitarian issues.
The Readex United Nations Index provides access to current and retrospective United Nations documents and publications. Peace and security, world hunger, human rights, economic development, the environment and atomic energy are among the many topics addressed in depth by the United Nations.
March 4th, 2016
One of the research teams for the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant and the 21st Century Grand Challenges project has just released their initial findings that coincides with the 4-year anniversary of the Southern Indiana tornadoes (March 2-3). Their ongoing research focuses on these communities and how they handled the after-effects of the tornado devastation.
The title of the research project is “Resilient Communities: Strengthening Post-Disaster Recovery by Understanding Interdependent Social and Physical Networks.”
The team conducted its study as part of an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant and the 21st Century Grand Challenges project, an initiative created by President Barack Obama in 2013 to harness science, technology and innovation to solve important national or global problems. The $538,000 grant was issued to Purdue University in March 2014 for a project titled “Catalyzing the Involvement of Humanists and Social Scientists in Grand Challenge Initiatives,” led by Principal Investigator Jim Mullins, dean of libraries and Esther Ellis Norton Professor.
Megan Sapp Nelson, associate professor, Purdue University Libraries is quoted in the article as part of this research team. A link to the article can be found here: http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2016/Q1/purdue-research-team-investigates-disaster-recovery.html.
For more about the Mellon Grand Challenge Exploratory Initiative led by Principal Investigator Jim Mullins, dean of libraries and Esther Ellis Norton Professor, go to: https://www.purdue.edu/research/ppri/research/grants.html.
Filed under: general, press_release, RSRCHMarch 2nd, 2016
Purdue University Libraries is conducting user tests of new designs of the library website and search interface. In the test participants will be asked to complete a set of tasks on the library website and provide feedback. Participation of this user test is voluntary. The user test is expected to take up to 1 hour of time. Participants will receive $10 if they complete the test.
Participant requirements:
If you are interested, please first complete the participant screening survey and we will notify you the test schedule.
Filed under: general