Milne’s new GLOCAT catalog search is live! https://www.geneseo.edu/library
For additional information and updates, please go to https://go.geneseo.edu/
Please note that access to GLOCAT Classic and IDS Search is no longer available.
If you need any assistance with GLOCAT, please email a library staff member at [email protected]
Looking for a fun way to do science in summer? How about “The great Iced-Tea Debate” to keep nurturing the researcher in you and celebrate #nationalicedteaday (June 10)! Use our Quicksearch or browse our A to Z Database List from the comfort of your home, and search for #icedtea or any subject you like. #milnelibrary #sunygeneseo #librariansrock #loveyourlibrary #geneseo #summerposts
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We are seeking student participants for a usability study of Milne Library’s new website. Each study will take approximately an hour and your participation will help us improve the website’s design and navigation. Each participant will receive a $20 gift card!
Two openings available on Wednesday, April 18:
10-11am and 11am-12pm
Apply online at: http://tinyurl.com/Milne418
Photo by Flickr user JFINGAS
On March 28th, the New York Times implemented a new subscription plan for consumers of its online newspaper. Readers who enjoy visiting the Times’ website will now have limits imposed on their free access to content of the site. Visitors will be able to read 20 free articles from the Times’ website per month, but on the 21st attempt, they will directed to a page asking the user to subscribe to one of three digital subscription options for the website, mobile app or tablet app. Subscriptions start at $15 for four-week access to content on the New York Times website.
Students, faculty and staff still have full access to the New York Times current content through several Milne Library databases:
• From 1980-present in: Lexis Nexis Academic and ProQuest National Newspapers
• From 1985-present in: Academic OneFile, Opposing Viewpoints in Context, Gale General One File, InfoTrac Newsstand, and Newspaper Source Plus
• From 6 months ago-present we have a print newspaper subscription; today’s copy resides in Books’n’Bytes café
For those students and faculty who use the New York Times Article Archive, the articles previously available from pre-1923 and post-1986 on the New York Times website will be subject to the 20 article per month limit. Milne Library owns the microfilm of the entire run of the New York Times back to 1857 for those interested in articles pre-1923.
Photo by: Flickr user sjsharktank
At this time, there is no site license available for an institution-wide subscription to the digital content of the New York Times website, but the publisher indicated they are working on a licensing model for institutions such as colleges and libraries, to be introduced in the near future.
Readers who use search engines such as Google or Yahoo and are directed to content on the New York Times website will be limited to reading 5 free articles per day, but if you are in Facebook, on Twitter or visiting other social media sites such as blogs, you will be able to view and read articles for free. These will not count toward the monthly limit.
For more information, visit the New York Times’ blog, “The Learning Network” and read their post about the new digital subscription plans: http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/17/a-note-to-our-readers-about-digital-subscriptions/.
The new SUNY Geneseo mobile website
SUNY Geneseo recently announced a new mobile website. Now you have easy access to a wide variety of campus information from your mobile device:
And don’t forget the Milne Library mobile site, with easy access to library hours, staff contact information, and mobile versions of some of your favorite research databases!
Several Milne Librarians interested in using mobile technology for the Library took part in this year’s Handheld Librarian II Online Conference February 17th and 18th.
Topics ranged from trends and “social reference” (and how libraries fit into it) to “iPhone/Mobile Applications for Digital Library” to building a mobile site to mobile tagging, including QR codes and were included in topic tracks for Mobile Reference Service, E-readers, Mobile Apps, Marketing, Websites, and Content for Library Mobile Sites.
You can see what some other schools and organizations are doing with their mobile sites, including Duke University, Northwestern University, International Children’s Digital Library (ICDL), and London’s National Gallery.
Currently Milne offers very basic access through our Milne Library Mobile page. Have you used the mobile page? What was your experience like? If Milne were to offer extended mobile services, would you use them? If so, what would be the kinds of information and services you’d like to have access to through your cell phone? Tell us in the comments!
Our research guides are now easier to use, with more resources and multimedia content.
Milne librarians have been working over the intersession to implement a new system for connecting users to important resources: LibGuides. The new system allows for easy creation of subject and class-related guides. It also allows librarians to incorporate a wider array of content than our previous system, including images, video and RSS feeds to provide subject-specific news and research headlines.
LibGuides pages replace the Resources by Subject pages previously used to help identify scholarly materials.
Users can browse the guides by subject or guide title, or search the guides for specific resources.
On some pages, users can provide feedback or suggest possible links for inclusion into guides.
Importantly, the system allows the librarians check links and to track which guides and links are being used. This helps us keep the guides up to date with content that users actually need.
Have a look at our new guides for Citing Sources and the topical guide about Haiti and the recent earthquake.
The main search box on the library homepage has been updated to make use of a new Beta Catalog developed by libraries in the IDS project.
This search engine allows users to search for books and media here in Milne, in IDS Project libraries (these items can be delivered in less than 3 days) or in libraries around the world (these books may take 7 to 10 business days to arrive).
New and improved features include:
Our new Catalog is still in a Beta testing phase, so please provide us with any feedback about your searches.
The Quicksearch box on the library home page now uses WorldCat Local. This search tool quickly finds books, articles, and materials held in Milne Library and in other libraries across the country.
Unlike Google which searches billions of web sites of unknown authority, WorldCat Local (containing 55 million articles) provides items from reputable databases that the library subscribes to. Search results can be narrowed to specific databases and refined by author, format, year, language, and content. Items not available in Milne or online are easily obtainable using Get Text/IDS service.
Post written by Rich Dreifuss.
Milne Library is now pleased to provide library hours, contact information and a few search tools to cell phone and smart phone users.
Mobile users can point their browsers to
Users can access contact information for the reference desk or library office, or get information to contact a subject librarian via email or phone.
A few mobile search tools are available:
Of course, iPhone or Smartphone users also access the main library webpage from their phones at
Search EVERYTHING with GLOCAT!
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