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Summer and Fall Semesters, 2002

Intersession Hours (Posted December 19, 2002)

December 20, 2002 - January 14, 2003:
Monday - Friday 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Saturday/Sunday CLOSED
EXCEPTIONS:
Tuesday, December 24th - Wednesday, December 25th: CLOSED
Wednesday, January 1, 2003: CLOSED

Special Hours at Tisch (Posted December 12, 2002)

Friday, December 13th: 8:00 a.m. - Midnight
Saturday, December 14th: 10:00 a.m. - Midnight
Thursday, December 19th: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Jumbo Sports Exhibit (Posted December 19, 2002)

Since early in the history of Tufts University, sports have played an important role in campus life. Nearly 800 students take part in sports activities at Tufts every year. Though Tufts is not known as a big sports college, our athletes perform in dozens of sports, and have contributed to college sports history. The long legacy of sports at Tufts has left many interesting and obscure facts. A new exhibit at Tisch Library looks at some of the nearly forgotten traditions and trivia of sports at Tufts. The exhibit will be on display in the lobby of Tisch Library from December 13 until mid-March.

New York Times Online (Posted December 5, 2002)

New York Times Historical Archive, 1851-three years before current date
This database includes full-text and full-image articles dating back to the first issue of the NYT in 1851; the collection includes digital reproductions of every page from every issue--cover to cover--in downloadable PDF files.

Late Night Study Until 6 A.M. (Posted December 5, 2002)

December 8, 2002 - December 18, 2002:
Sunday - Thursday 1:00 a.m. - 6:00 a.m.

Friday, December 13 & Saturday, December 14:
Midnight - 6:00 a.m.

Holiday Hours (Posted November 21, 2002)

Wednesday, November 27th: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Thursday, November 28th through Saturday, November 30th: CLOSED

1st Graders Visit Tisch (Posted November 14, 2002)

Children's Book Week Brings Young Visitors to Tisch. Sponsored by the Children's Book Council (http://www.cbcbooks.org/html/book_week.html). Nationally Children's Book Week has been an annual event since 1919, and highlights the importance of reading in a child's life. Children's Book Week, November 18 - 24, 2002, takes place the week before Thanksgiving, and this year's celebration will mark Tisch Library's seventh year of participation. An exhibit in the Tisch Library Lobby, between November 14 and 25, will feature local children's artwork based on the 2002 Children's Book Week Theme, "Book Time." A selection of children's books from the Tisch Library collection will also be on display. I'll bet you didn't know Tisch owned books for children!

Our main event will start at 10:15 am on Thursday, November 21, when President and Mrs. Bacow return to Tisch for their second year of reading stories to first graders visiting from elementary schools in both Somerville and Medford. Join us in celebrating Children's Book Week by reading to little siblings, cousins, nieces and nephews, or other favorite young people over the Thanksgiving holiday!

24/7 Online Reference (Posted November 14, 2002)

The Boston Library Consortium announces a new service for the students, faculty and staff of Tufts and other participating universities. The ASK 24/7 Reference Service offers professional reference librarian assistance 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year in real time via the web. This service can be reached from the Tisch webpage by clicking on ASK 24/7 on the right side of the page.

The BLC ASK 24/7 Service is staffed by professional reference librarians located in the Boston Library Consortium member libraries and by professional reference librarians from around the world. This live Reference Service is available on the web 24 hours/day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. The BLC ASK 24/7 Service offers an educational alternative to the web search engines used by researchers and students working at odd hours of the day or night. Now, professional library research assistance is just a click away, at any time of the day or night!

Founded in 1970, the Boston Library Consortium is a cooperative association of nineteen academic and research libraries. Its purpose is to share human and information resources so that the collective strengths of the group advance the research and learning of the members' constituents. The Consortium supports resource sharing and enhancement of services to users through programs in cooperative collecting, access to electronic resources, access to physical collections, and enhanced interlibrary loan and document delivery. Read more about the BLC at their web site: http://www.blc.org.

Holiday Hours (Posted November 7, 2002)

On Monday, November 11th, the library will be open from 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 a.m.

What's Your Favorite? (Posted November 7, 2002)

Tisch Library will celebrate national Library Week this spring by mounting a multimedia exhibit consisting of contributions from members of the Tufts community -- like you!

We Have a Winner! (Posted November 7, 2002)

Congratulations to Robert Woo! Robert participated in the usability testing on the Tisch Library website and was the winner in the raffle for the $50 gift certificate to the Tufts University Bookstore.

We would like to thank all of our participants. The information they provided will be invaluable as we improve the organization and navigation of the library website.

In addition, we always welcome feedback on our current or future sites. Please feel free to send comments via the "Feedback & Questions" link, available on each page of Tisch's site.

Library Catalog Down (Posted November 5, 2002)

The library catalog will be down due to network maintenance between 1 and 5 a.m. on Thursday, November 14th. This time was chosen to cause the least inconvenience to users.

Prominent Tufts Alumni (Posted October 31, 2002)

Tufts has many distinguished alumni. A new exhibit in the Tisch Library lobby looks at three who have made important contributions to science and technology: Vannevar Bush, considered by many to be the most influential American engineer of the 20th century; Norbert Wiener, known as the father of cybernetics; and Max Tishler, a chemist know for his contributions to the practical syntheses of many vitamins, sulfa drugs, and antibiotics. The exhibit will run until the beginning of December 2002.

Joseph Hurka Speaks (Posted October 31, 2002)

A Tufts Authors Talk with Joseph Hurka, sponsored by The Friends of the Tufts Libraries, will be held on November 7, 2002, from 3:30pm to 4:45pm in the Austin Conference Room of the Tisch Library. A reception and book signing will follow.
Joseph Hurka is a lecturer in the English Depart whose short stories have been published in various literary quarterlies. Fields of Light, published by Pushcart Press in 2001 and due out in soft cover this March, is the winner of Pushcart's 19th annual Editor's Book Award and of strong reviews in national and international publications.
Hurka's book Fields of Light: A Son Remembers His Heroic Father is the subject of a Tisch Library exhibit that is on display now through January 9, 2003. The story of a son's journey to find his father's hidden past, the memoir recounts the author's journey to the Czech Republic, where his father Josef had once fought in the underground against the Czech Stalinist government.
The exhibit highlights important themes of the book: a country's oppression and revival, a family's endurance, a resistance fighter's heroism, a son's recovery of his father's courageous defense of democracy and his family' moving legacy.

Want a $10 Copy Card? (Posted October 31, 2002)

Help us make progress; help yourself to a $10 copy card! We're looking for three each of FACULTY MEMBERS, UNDERGRADUATES and GRADUATES for usability testing on the Tisch Website on the morning of November 4 and the afternoon of November 5th.
Testers will receive a $10 copy card and will be entered in the raffle for a $50 certificate to the Tufts University Bookstore!
Testing will take between 15 to 30 minutes. Look for the sign-up table in the Tisch Lobby on the morning of November 4th and the afternoon of November 5th. Please note the first original date of October 31st has been moved to November 5th.

Chris Golden Speaks 10/18 (Posted October 17, 2002)

An Author Talk sponsored by The Friends of the Tufts Libraries and Parents Weekend will be held on October 18, 2002 from 3:30 to 4:45PM in the Tisch Library reading Room. A reception and book signing will follow from 5-6PM in Alumni Lounge.

Fields of Light: A Book Exhibit and Tufts Author Talk with Joseph Hurka (Posted October 17, 2002)

Tufts author Joseph Hurka's book Fields of Light: A Son Remembers His Heroic Father will be the subject of a Tisch library exhibit from October 21 through January 9. The story of a son's journey to find his father's hidden past, the memoir recounts the author's journey to the Czech Republic, where his father Josef had once fought in the underground war against the Czech Stalinist government.
The exhibit will highlight important themes of the book: a country's oppression and revival, a family's endurance, a resistance fighter's heroism, a son's recovery of his father's courageous defense of democracy and his family's moving legacy.
Joseph Hurka is a lecturer in the English Department whose short stories have been published in various literary quarterlies. Fields of Light, published by Pushcart Press in 2001 and due out in soft cover this March, is the winner of Pushcart's 19th annual Editor's Book Award and of strong reviews in national and international publications.
A Tufts Authors Talk with Joseph Hurka, sponsored by The Friends of the Tufts Libraries, will be held on November 7, 2002 from 3:30 to 4:45 in the Austin Conference Room of Tisch Library. A reception and book signing will follow.

Times (London) Digital Archive (Posted October 17, 2002)

Researchers can search through the complete digital edition of The Times (London), to retrieve full facsimile images of either a specific article or a complete page. The entire newspaper is captured, with all articles, advertisements and illustrations/photos divided into categories to facilitate searching. Data will be added monthly until the entire period of 1785-1985 is available in late 2003.

Shadows on the Hill: Author Talk with Christopher Golden, A89 (Posted October 10, 2002)

Award winning author and alumni Christopher Golden will be featured in the Tisch Library Exhibit now through October 20, 2002. He has won awards for such novels as Strangewood and The Ferryman, and is probably best known for his books based on the hit television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer. His mystery series Body of Evidence is set on a fictional version of the Tufts campus. He is currently working on a new novel entitled The Boys Are Back in Town, as well as Doctor Fate, a comic book series for DC Comics.
The exhibit will present items from his undergraduate years at Tufts, and feature the Body of Evidence series and Buffy the Vampire Slayer series.
An Author Talk sponsored by The Friends of the Tufts Libraries and Parents Weekend will be held on October 18, 2002 from 3:30 to 4:45 in the Tisch Library Reading Room. A reception and book signing will follow from 5-6pm in Alumni Lounge.

Participation Welcome! (Posted October 10, 2002)

Tisch Library will celebrate National Library Week this spring by mounting a multimedia exhibit consisting of contributions from members of the Tufts community -- like you!

Holiday Hours (Posted October 10, 2002)

Monday, October 14th, 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Did You Know... (Posted October 3, 2002)

Did you know that the Tisch Library subscribes to about 500 electronic databases and over 13,000 electronic journals? These resources are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week from anywhere in the world. In order to access these resources, you must go through the Tisch Library home page. Simply click on http://www.library.tufts.edu/tisch/Subject/alpha.htm for Databases A-Z and http://www.library.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/liblicense.pl?LOCATION=TDnet for Electronic Journals. These resources are available only to the Tufts community and provide scholarly resources that cannot be found for free on the internet.

Interactive Tisch Tutorial (Posted September 26, 2002)

The Tisch Library Tutorial (TILT) is an educational website designed to teach the basics of research sources and skills.
TILT is an interactive tool to teach the basics of conducting research at an undergraduate level. Use it whether you're a beginner researcher or brushing up on your skills to learn how to:
TILT is made up of three modules: selecting source material, searching sources and evaluating sources. The modules can be completed in any order, though there is something to be said for starting at the beginning! Each module should take about 30 minutes and can be stopped and restarted at any time as many times as necessary. Many interactive activities and quizzes are built into TILT in order to evaluate success. The quiz results can be sent to instructors to be used with other data to assess student success.
NOTE: TILT should only be used with Internet Explorer. For more information about TILT, contact Laurie Sabol via e-mail or phone at 627-5167.

Evaluating Web Docs (Posted September 19, 2002)

The new Tisch guide: How to Evaluate Web Sources offers standard criteria for making all-important decisions on the validity of materials you find on the web. Bookmark and use it whenever you're unsure. For more help on this topic, attend the library resources workshop, How to Find and Evaluate <Great!> Web Resources, on Wednesday, October 2, noon-1 pm in the Electronic Resources Center, Tisch 223. For more information on the workshop, or to sign up, contact the reference desk (627-3460 or tischref@tufts.edu).

Banned Books Week 2002 (Posted September 19, 2002)

A "Banned Books Week" exhibit is on display in the Tisch Library from September 23 through September 30. This event is sponsored by the American Library Association, among other organizations. "Banned Books Week 2002 is the twenty-second annual celebration of the freedom to read. This freedom, not only to choose what we read but also to select from a full array of possibilities, is firmly rooted in the First Amendment to the U. S. Constitution, which guarantees freedom of speech and freedom of press." (From the ALA Banned Books Week site.)
Again this year, the Tisch Library joins in celebrating this freedom. The exhibit in the library's lobby identifies an "American Top 10" list of novels by American authors that have been banned or challenged.

Oxford Reference Online (Posted September 19, 2002)

Provides web access to 100 major Oxford University Press dictionaries, encyclopedias, and other reference works in the humanities, social sciences, foreign languages, science, technology and medicine, the performing arts, and religion. Works can be searched separately or across the entire database. Includes over 1.5 million entries.

Fall Newsletter (Posted September 12, 2002)

Reference CD-ROM Availability (Posted September 5, 2002)

The Tisch Library reference collection of CD-ROMs has been made directly accessible from the CD-ROM machines located in the main reference area. It is no longer necessary to request these CDs at the reference desk. Consequently, these sources may be used whenever the library is open.

Humanities Texts Online (Posted September 5, 2002)

Several full-text primary source online databases were purchased this summer as a result of a concerted effort by Tisch bibliographers to build up electronic resources in the humanities and the arts. A focus group with faculty in these disciplines was held to explore interest in this material. Faculty expressed the desire to have access to electronic primary source databases so that they could incorporate them into their teaching and their students' research. As a result, the Tisch Library recently purchased the following titles, which are available from the A-Z list on the Tisch webpage:
Acta Sanctorum: Collection of documents examining the lives of saints that constitutes a principal source for research into the societies and cultures of early Christian and medieval Europe from the beginning of the Christian era to the end of the 16th century.
Early Encounters in North America: An expanding source of letters, diaries and other accounts of early encounters between Europeans and native Americans from the mid-1600's through the mid 1800's. This resource is fully indexed and can be searched in a wide variety of ways, and should be of interest to historians, anthropologists and environmental scientists.
Early English Books Online: All the extant books, pamphlets, and broadsides published in the English language from 1475-1700 in electronic format.
Patrologia Latina: Works of the Latin Fathers in a fully searchable electronic format. It includes 221 volumes ranging in date from 200 to 1216.
Thesaurus Linguae Graecae: Virtually all ancient Greek texts surviving from the period between Homer (8th century B.C.E.) and 600 C.E. and a large number of texts from between 600 and 1453.

Extended Hours Pilot (Posted August 29, 2002)

September 3, 2002 - December 19, 2002:
Monday - Thursday, 8:00AM - 1:00AM
Friday, 8:00AM - 9:00PM
Saturday, 10:00AM - 9:00PM
Sunday, 10:00AM - 1:00AM
Late Night Study:
September 3, 2002 - December 7, 2002:
Sunday - Thursday, 1:00AM - 3:00AM
Fridays and Saturdays 9:00PM - Midnight

Tisch Tours (Posted August 22, 2002)

20 minute tours of the Tisch Library will be offered every week day (except Labor Day) from Tuesday, August 27 through Friday, September 6. The tours begin at noon in the lobby. No registration necessary. Take a tour, get a fabulous Tisch Library mug!

New Music Library Hours (Posted August 22, 2002)

Monday - Thursday 9:00AM - 10:00PM
Friday 9:00AM - 6:00PM
Saturday 12:00PM - 5:00PM
Sunday 12:00PM - 10:00PM
This is an extension of hours on Friday evening by one hour, and opening earlier on Sunday by two hours. We will be closed Saturday mornings until 12 noon.

Shadows on the Hill: Author Talk with Christopher Golden, A89 (Posted August 15, 2002)

Award winning author and alumni Christopher Golden will be featured in the Tisch Library exhibit from August 26th through October 20, 2002. He has won awards for such novels as Strangewood and The Ferryman, and is probably best known for his books based on the hit television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer. His mystery series Body of Evidence is set on a fictional version of the Tufts campus. He is currently working on a new novel entitled The Boys Are Back in Town, as well as Doctor Fate, a comic book series for DC Comics.
The exhibit will present items from his undergraduate years at Tufts, and feature the Body of Evidence series and Buffy the Vampire Slayer series.
An Author Talk sponsored by The Friends of the Tufts Libraries and Parents Weekend will be held on October 18, 2002, from 3:30 to 4:45 in the Tisch Library Reading Room. A reception and book signing will follow from 5-6pm in Alumni Lounge.

Intersession Hours (Posted August 8, 2002)

Intersession hours take place August 10 - September 2.
Monday - Friday: 9:00AM - 5:00PM
Saturday/Sunday: Closed
Exception: Closed Monday, September 2 (Labor Day)

Botany Best Sellers (Posted July 25, 2002)

Here is a list of the Yankee Book Peddler best sellers in Botany/Zoology for June 2002 - July 2002.

LexisNexis' New Look (Posted July 18, 2002)

LexisNexis, one of our most popular and useful all-purpose databases, is undergoing a big design change. The new look will be revealed in mid-August. See the LexisNexis press release for more information. If you would like a librarian to meet with you, your class, or your study group for a personalized introduction to LexisNexis, please contact Laurie Sabol via e-mail or phone (617-627-5167).

BLC Virtual Catalog (Posted July 11, 2002)

The BLC Virtual Catalog will be unavailable all day Friday, July 12 for hardware upgrades.

Intersession Hours (Posted June 26, 2002)

From June 29th - July 1st, 2002
Saturday/Sunday - June 29/30 CLOSED
Monday, July 1st - 9:00AM - 5:00PM

Session II Hours (Posted June 26, 2002)

From July 2 - August 9, 2002
Monday - Thursday 9:00AM - 10:00PM
Friday - 9:00AM - 5:00PM
Saturday - 10:00AM - 4:00PM
Sunday - 2:00PM - 10:00PM
Exception:
Thursday, July 4th (Independence Day) CLOSED

Student Jobs (Posted June 26, 2002)

Geology Best Sellers (Posted May 30, 2002)

Best Sellers In Geology, May 2001-2002. Compiled by Yankee Book Peddler

Computer Science Best Sellers (Posted May 30, 2002)

Compiled and provided by Yankee Book Peddler based on sales to North American academic libraries from April 2001 to March 2002.

Tisch Summer Hours (Posted May 23, 2002)

Session 1 (May 22 - June 28) hours at Tisch Library:
Monday - Thursday 9:00 am - 10:00pm
Friday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Saturday 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Sunday 2:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Holiday Hours (Posted May 23, 2002)

Special Memorial Day weekend hours at Tisch Library:
Saturday/Sunday May 25-26 CLOSED for campus-wide power upgrade
Monday, May 27 (Memorial Day) CLOSED

Electrical Shutdown (Posted May 23, 2002)

Due to required annual electrical maintenance, the Tisch Library web resources and catalog will be unavailable from 7:00 pm on Friday, May 24, until 5:00 pm on Saturday, May 25. If it rains on Saturday, the maintenance will be performed on Sunday, and the resources will be unavailable from 7:00 pm on Saturday to 5:00 pm on Sunday. Tufts University has chosen Memorial Day weekend to perform this annual maintenance so as to cause the least inconvenience possible.
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