Blackwell Synergy Merging into Wiley InterScience June 19, 2008
Posted by Paul Streby in : FYI , add a commentAs of June 30, 2008, the content of Blackwell Synergy will be available via Wiley InterScience. The Synergy platform will be discontinued, and links to all of its content will redirect to InterScience. In 2009, the InterScience platform will add the best elements of the Synergy platform.
Existing links to Synergy will continue to work, as will digital object identifiers (DOI). (If you don’t know what these are, you probably don’t need to worry about them.) We expect the transition to be smooth, but please contact library webmaster Paul Streby if you encounter any problems with InterScience.
According to the Wiley information website:
- No action is necessary — all active accounts will be migrated automatically. If you already have a Wiley InterScience account your information will be combined. You may be requested to accept new terms and conditions the first time you log in after June 30th.
- Blackwell Synergy will close at the end of June 27th. During the transition weekend of June 28th and 29th Wiley InterScience will be unavailable for a period. Look out for notes on this website nearer the time for more details.
- Journal content pages will look slightly different but you can still find them if you have bookmarked the page. You will be redirected to the equivalent page where it exists on Wiley InterScience or to the journal issues page. Once in Wiley InterScience we would suggest you re-save your bookmarks for your favourite journals.
- Access to articles and most functions will continue uninterrupted, although you will notice small differences in design and terminology. For a short period between 13 June - 1 July it will not be possible to register for new table of contents email alerts or save searches.
More information is available on the Wiley website.
Possible Downtime for Electronic Access on Sunday, June 22 June 17, 2008
Posted by Paul Streby in : Outages, FYI , comments closedDue to scheduled electrical work, most campus buildings south of the river will be closed and locked on Sunday, June 22, 2008. It is possible that the campus website and/or EZProxy (which gives you access to library e-resources from home) will be affected.
If the Thompson Library website or off-campus access to resources is unavailable, and you need online databases, you can use your Michigan driver’s license or Michigan state ID number to login to many online resources through the Michigan eLibrary: http://www.mel.org.
Please contact Paul Streby if you have any questions about online resources during this period.
Dorothy Gae Davis Retires May 23, 2008
Posted by rhoubeck in : Library News , comments closedThe librarians and staff of the Thompson Library invite you to join us from 2-4 p.m., Wednesday, May 28, in 213 Thompson Library, to honor Associate Librarian Dorothy Gae Davis on the occasion of her retirement. Dorothy has served as a professional librarian for 43 years. After receiving her M.L.S. from the University of Oklahoma, she began her career in 1965 at the Mott Community College library, which at that time served also as the collection for the Flint College of the University of Michigan. Dorothy was among the first librarians hired, in 1977, by director David Palmer to staff the newly-established UM-Flint library when the university moved to its present downtown location. Dorothy is an acknowledged expert in U.S. government publications and has helped generations of students, and faculty, navigate through that labyrinth. Come thank her for her service and wish her well on the next steps along her path!
Bob Houbeck
Director, Thompson Library
Spring & Summer Hours May 5, 2008
Posted by Paul Streby in : FYI , add a commentWelcome back to campus! The Thompson Library has new hours for Spring and Summer terms:
Monday-Thursday: 8am-10pm
Friday: 8am-5pm
Saturday: 12pm-4pm
Sunday: Closed
We’re experimenting with moving our Saturday hours up by one hour. We value feedback, so please let us know how this works for you.
American Accounting Association Journals Now Available April 25, 2008
Posted by Paul Streby in : New @ the Library , add a commentThe Thompson Library is pleased to announce the availability of fifteen electronic journals published by the American Accounting Association. Access to these AAA Journals is paid for by the Kresge Business Administration Library on the Ann Arbor campus on behalf of all three campuses. These journals are now available through Journal Finder and Article Linker, as well as on the page of Business & Management Online Resources.
Psychoanalytic Electronic Publishing Now Available at the Thompson Library April 23, 2008
Posted by Paul Streby in : New @ the Library , add a commentThanks to a license negotiated by the University Library on the Ann Arbor campus, the Thompson Library now has access to Psychoanalytic Electronic Publishing, a digital archive of numerous works in the field of psychoanalysis. It includes the full text of 26 journals, 56 books, and the Complete Works of Sigmund Freud. Date coverage is 1871 to 2005 inclusive.
Access to PEP is available at least through December 31, 2008. The University Library has not yet decided whether to subscribe beyond that date, but we will announce their decision when we know it.
Extended Library Hours, April 22-26 April 15, 2008
Posted by Paul Streby in : Library News, FYI , add a commentOnce again, the Thompson Library will have longer hours from Tuesday, April 22, 2008 through Saturday, April 26.
Tuesday: 8 am-12 midnight
Wednesday: 8 am-12 midnight
Thursday: 8 am-12 midnight
Friday: 8 am-8 pm
Saturday: 10 am-5 pm
Take advantage of the longer hours - the Thompson Library, as well as the rest of campus south of the river, will be closed on Sunday, April 27 due to electrical maintenance.
Reference & Digital Services Librarian Opening at UM-Flint April 12, 2008
Posted by Paul Streby in : Library News , add a commentThe Thompson Library is looking for a new librarian! We invite applications for the position of Reference & Digital Services Librarian. The successful candidate will develop innovative and effective methods of organizing and delivering library resources to patrons.
Laptops Available at Circulation Desk March 16, 2008
Posted by Paul Streby in : New @ the Library, FYI , add a commentFour laptop computers are now available for use in the Thompson Library. You can borrow them for four hours at a time (in-house use only, please) with your MCard. Ask at the Circulation Desk (762.3400) for details.
Hemingway’s Nick Adams Stories Chosen for Great Michigan Read March 3, 2008
Posted by Paul Streby in : FYI , add a commentThe Great Michigan Read, sponsored by the Michigan Humanities Council, chose Ernest Hemingway’s The Nick Adams Stories as a book for Michiganders to read and discuss in 2008. As the Great Michigan Read website puts it, the stories “chronicle a young man’s coming of age in a series of linked short stories. As Nick matures, he grapples with the complexities of adulthood, including war, death, marriage, and family” (source).
The Thompson Library owns two copies of The Nick Adams Stories (Main Collection PS 3515.E37 N5). And don’t miss the the Detroit Free Press article about this year’s selection, which quotes UM-Flint’s own Hemingway scholar Frederic Svoboda.
If the Thompson Library’s copies are checked out, you can login to Mirlyn and search Ann Arbor’s catalog for a copy to request via Get This, or check WorldCat.org to find a copy in a public library.