Carlson Library Blog

Looking for a Job? New Library tool can help!

Wade — Wed, 05 May 2010 16:37:45 +0000

For new graduates and other job seekers, help has arrived! Job & Career Accelerator, a comprehensive online job search system, is now available to help graduates from the University of Toledo launch a new career. This innovative online resource provides UT job seekers everything needed to find career enhancing jobs, all in one easy-to-use application. The online program is a new feature in LearningExpress Library and is available to all Ohioans at no charge. Job & Career Accelerator™ can be accessed for three months after graduation from any Internet-enabled computer by going to http://www.utoledo.edu/library/ and searching our library catalog for LearningExpressLibrary.com.

The Job and Career Accelerator provides an opportunity for job seekers to:

Explore over 1,000 occupations and match those that fit job interests
Search available jobs from over 5 million job postings
Create professional resumes and cover letters
Get tips and advice on how to improve your search each step of the way
Organize and track your job search progress

The Job & Career Accelerator™ is paid for through a federal Institute of Museum and Library Services LSTA grant awarded by the State Library of Ohio.

New Exam Prep tool for Med Students

Wade — Tue, 04 May 2010 20:14:56 +0000

(Cross-posted from the Mulford Library blog)

USMLEasy – part of AccessMedicine – is now available to UT Students. USMLEasy is a test preparation tool to help prepare for the United States Medical Licensing Examination Step 1, Step 2CK, and Step3. USMLEasy includes thousands of online questions covering all the disciplines and organ systems covered on the exam – along with customization features that allow users to focus on the topics they need to master and bypass what they already know. USMLEasy is accessible on both campuses, and remotely as well.

Click here for more information.

Three New Health-related Databases!

Wade — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 19:03:06 +0000

We now have access to three new databases in the health sciences!

DynaMed is an evidence-based clinical reference tool designed for use at “point of care.” It has summaries derived from peer-reviewed journals and systematic evidence review databases for 3,000+ topics on diseases, disorders, and symptoms. Summaries include information on etiology, associated conditions, history and research findings, differential diagnosis and diagnostic testing, prognosis, treatment and prevention, as well as links to patient information.

The Nursing Reference Center is a clinical point-of-care resource intended for staff nurses, nurse administrators, nursing students, nurse faculty, and hospital librarians. Full text content from leading publishers includes information on diseases, disorders, diagnostic tests, and drugs; patient education resources; and best practice guidelines. Also includes continuing education modules, legal cases, and the latest medical news and drug updates. Full-text reference books include:

Davis’s comprehensive handbook of laboratory and diagnostic tests,
Davis’s drug guide for nurses,
Taber’s cyclopedic medical dictionary, and
Diseases and disorders: a nursing therapeutics manual.

And finally, HAPI (Health And Psychosocial Instruments) provides ready access to information on measurement instruments (i.e., questionnaires, interview schedules, checklists, index measures, coding schemes/manuals, rating scales, projective techniques, vignettes/scenarios, tests) in the health fields, psychosocial sciences, organizational behavior, and library and information science. This database is limited to 5 users at a time.

Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

Wade — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 15:31:58 +0000

Get a head start on Asian Pacific American Heritage Month at your University Libraries. Traditionally celebrated in May each year, the University of Toledo got started a little early so that we could celebrate the heritage of people of Asian or Pacific Island ancestry before the end of the semester. Stop by the exhibit table in Carlson Library to see what books and DVDs we have that explore the cultures of both the largest and smallest continents and the islands of the largest ocean, as well as the experiences of Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

Asian & Pacific Islander American Experiences:

DVDs:

Children’s and Young Adult books:

Arts & Literature:

Business & Economics:

Online Databases

CIAO – Columbia International Affairs Online
Index of full-text documents and references for theory and research in international affairs.
Global Road Warrior
Provides international travelers with information on 175 countries.
Passport Global Market Information Database
Demographic, economic and marketing statistics for 205 countries worldwide.
ViewsWire
Delivers timely analysis on key economic, political and business developments around the world.

An Evening with Neil Gaiman Webcast

Wade — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 12:56:57 +0000

To celebrate National Library Week, come to the library to watch author Neil Gaiman speak from the University of Minnesota via webcast.

April 12, 6-8 p.m.

Carlson Library Room 1025

As Honorary Chair of National Library Week and 2009 Newbery Medal winner for The Graveyard Book, Slide 1

Neil Gaiman will be speaking about his lifelong love of libraries and the role they play in a democratic society by supporting intellectual freedom and privacy.

Slide 1

The program will conclude with a question and answer session. Submit your questions ahead of time at www.surveymonkey.com/s/BQ9CZVX

Neil Gaiman (used by permission Jessamine County Public Library)

This webcast is sponsored by the American Library Association, HarperCollins Children’s Books, Internet2, the University of Minnesota, and the Jessamine County Public Library.

UT Authors & Artist Exhibit: March 29 – April 30

Wade — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 15:50:54 +0000

The 2010 University of Toledo Authors and Artists Exhibit will be displayed March 29 through April 30 in the Ward M. Canaday Center for Special Collections on the fifth floor of Carlson Library.

The exhibit will feature the works of nearly 200 UT faculty who have published books, journal articles or conference papers or have produced creative works in the past two years. Begun in the 1950s, this annual exhibit allows the community a chance to see a large portion of the scholarly and creative output of our university faculty in one place.

International Book Club

Wade — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 19:59:48 +0000

Where great books meet great conversation!

Friday April 16, 2 p.m. – 5 p.m. : Discuss the Book in Depth

Carlson Library Room 1025

The International Book Club events focus on selected international authors and their books to discuss them with fresh new ideas and perspectives. The events attempt to create a community around the books that have made an impact on us, and allow us to think of ways to use the lessons we take from these books in support of learning.

Click on the cover below to request a copy from OhioLINK.

Swallows of Kabul by Yasmina Khadra

The British are Here! on DVD

Wade — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 17:14:05 +0000

Carlson Library is currently displaying some well-known British literary works which have been adapted for film and television on DVD. Also included are a number of British television series on DVD. The theme is “The British are Coming Here,” to demonstrate the increasing influence of British television and movies on American culture. It is located near the Information Desk and will run through the end of March. DVDs are located in the Microform & Multimedia Department on the 3rd floor of the library.

Some of the DVDs available are:

The Charles Dickens Masterworks Collection: Bleak House, Great Expectations, Little Dorrit, Oliver Twist, The Old Curiosity Shop
The Jane Austen Collection – including Pride & Prejudice, Sense & Sensibility, Persuasion, Emma, Northanger Abbey, and Mansfield Park.
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Harry Potter – all titles
I, Claudius
Sherlock Holmes. The complete Granada television series

Television series:

Doctor Who: Series 1-4 and Lost in Time
French and Saunders
Jeeves & Wooster– The Complete Series
A touch of Frost. Seasons 1-12
Vicar of Dibley

And others:

University Libraries Spring Survey

Wade — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:34:32 +0000

The University of Toledo Libraries are conducting a short survey to find if we are meeting the information needs of UT faculty, staff and students. We would greatly appreciate you taking the time to complete our 5 minute survey. We welcome your feedback!

Spring Break Building Hours

Wade — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:45:18 +0000

During Spring Break, Carlson Library will be open from

8 a.m. through 12 midnight, Monday – Thursday,
8 a.m. through 8 p.m. on Friday
9 a.m. through 8 p.m. on Saturday
and 12 noon through 12 midnight on Sunday.

(These are the regular hours of the upper floors, except that we open at 8 a.m. instead of 7:30 a.m.)

Not all service and information desks will be open their regular hours during spring break, however, so service levels may be reduced in some collections.