Featured Online Resource: A Google A Day

Would you like to try a fun and challenging game that also helps you improve your Google searching skills?    A Google A Day is an online puzzle that issues a new set of questions every day.

View your first question, and use Google to find the answer.  It's not always straightforward, so you may need to be creative with your searches!  If needed, you can click on "Hint" for a suggested keyword or "Clue" to get a sneak peek at part of the correct answer.  It's also helpful to click on "Tips and Tricks" to learn of special search tricks which can lead you to better results!

Successfully answering one question will unlock the next.  There is also a more competitive version of the game available on Google+ Games.  (However, note the message that Google+ Games will not be available after June 30, 2013.)

Have fun, and remember to use those same searching tricks when you're doing your own research!

Every week, the Ort Library brings you a new and outstanding resource from the Web or from one of the library's databases. To get an archive of all FOR entries, click here. Also, you can suggest a website that provides well-organized access to useful info.

Library Summer Hours Start May 20th

The Ort Library's Summer Hours Begin Monday May 20.  The schedule is listed below.  If you have any questions, please contact the Circulation Desk at 301-687-4395.

**REGULAR SUMMER HOURS**        May 20 through August 8          Monday – Thursday 7:30 am to 6:00 pm Friday 7:30 am to 5:00 pm Saturday CLOSED Sunday 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm Exceptions to regular summer hours Sunday, May 26 CLOSED Monday , Memorial Day, May 27 CLOSED Saturday, Summer Preview I, June 15 10: 00 am to 2:00 pm Saturday, Summer Preview II, June 22 10:00  am to 2:00 pm Thursday, 4th of July, July 4 CLOSED **POST SUMMER SESSION HOURS**        August 9 through September 2          Monday – Friday 8:00 am to 5:00 pm Saturday & Sunday CLOSED Exceptions to post summer session hours Monday, Labor Day, September 2 CLOSED **Regular Fall Hours Will Resume Tuesday, September 3, 2013.**

Three New Library Displays for May

The Ort Library is pleased to present three new displays for May.

The first display, titled "Watergate: The Burglary and Cover-up That Brought down a President" is available on the 3rd floor (main entrance).  The display highlights 40^th Anniversary of the Senate Watergate Hearings in May 1973.  Books from the Ort Library and other USMAI Libraries are highlighted.  It also provides information on some of the central figures of the Watergate scandal.  Finally, the display includes copies of some headlines about the scandal from newspapers, including The Washington Post.

The second display, also located on the 3rd floor (located between the 4 stand-up PCs), celebrates National Bike Month.  The display highlights the changes in the design of bicycles from their invention during the early 19^th century.  An early bike design, called the Velocipede or “Bone Shaker” got its name because when you rode the bike over cobblestones, your bones would shake.

The last display is located on the 5th floor and celebrates Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month.  This display highlights some data from the Census regarding those of Asian and Pacific American Heritage, including that the Asian, alone or in combination, population grew by 46% between the 2000 and 2010 census, the largest increase of any group.  It also highlights some famous Asian-Pacific Americans, including Duke Kahamamoku and Amy Tan.

The displays will be up through the month of May. 

If you have any questions about the displays, please contact Theresa Mastrodonato at ext. 4425 or tmmastrodonato@frostburg.edu or MaryJo Price at ext. 4889 or mprice@frostburg.edu.

Extended Hours Start Friday May 3rd

Extended hours at the library for the end of classes and for exams begin Friday May 3rd and continue through Friday May 17th.

HOURS FOR END OF CLASSES & EXAM WEEK
Friday	May 3	7:30 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Saturday	May 4	11:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Sunday	May 5	1:00 p.m. - 2:00 a.m.
Monday - Thursday	May 6 - 9	7:00 a.m. - 2:00 a.m.
Friday	May 10	7:00 a.m. - Midnight
Saturday	May 11	9:00 a.m. - Midnight
Sunday	May 12	10:00 a.m. - 2:00 a.m.
Monday - Thursday	May 13 - 16	7:00 a.m. - 2:00 a.m.
Friday	May 17	7:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

If you have any questions, please contact the Circulation Desk at 301-687-4395.

Featured Online Resource: Google Scholar

Did you know you can easily search the library's research databases for full-text articles through a familiar user-friendly search engine interface? Google Scholar, this week's Featured Online Resource, indexes full-text scholarly literature across many disciplines and publishing formats.

As you use Google Scholar, "FindIt@Frostburg" links to the Ort Library's full-text content from up to 60 research databases will appear in the right margin of the search results page. Access is easy and automatic to our database articles via Google Scholar when you are on campus, but off campus, you have to take an extra step to get to this password-protected research material: Log in to your FSU library user account or Research Port first, and then start using Google Scholar. You will stay logged in for full access to the library's research articles as long as you keep your Internet browser open.

Even if you find an article listed in Google Scholar that is not available from our library, you can still read its abstract and request it through Interlibrary Loan as a Frostburg State University student, faculty or staff member.

Other things you can do with Google Scholar: 

• Explore related works, citations, authors, and publications
• Keep up with recent developments in your area of research
• If you're an author, you can check who's citing your publications and create a public author profile 

If you aren't a student, faculty or staff member at Frostburg State University but are affiliated with another college or university, explore how Google Scholar interacts with your academic library environment!

Three New Library Displays for April

The Ort Library is pleased to present three new displays for April.

To celebrate National Library Week, held April 14 – 20, 2013, the first display, titled "Highlighting the Variety of Resources in the Library" is available on the 3rd floor (main entrance).  The display highlights the many varieties of resources the library offers: books, DVDs, CDs, records, e-books, and much more. 

Did you know that the phrases "Makes your hair stand on end", "So-so", and "In a pickle" were all coined by Shakespeare?  The second display, also located on the 3rd floor (located between the 4 stand-up PCs), was created by Emily Zumbrun.  This display showcases Shakespeare and highlights the many phrases that are now common in the English Language all thanks to Shakespeare. 

The last display is located on the 5th floor and celebrates Maryland Archaeology Month.  This year's theme for Maryland Archaeology Month is "Points in Time: Formal Biface Typology in Maryland".  The display highlights some of the projectile points that have been recovered from different Maryland archaeological sites.

The displays will be up through the month of April.

If you have any questions about the displays, please contact Theresa Mastrodonato at ext. 4425 or tmmastrodonato@frostburg.edu or MaryJo Price at ext. 4889 or mprice@frostburg.edu.

Featured Online Resource: Crocodoc

This week’s Featured Online Resource is Crocodoc (http://personal.crocodoc.com) which allows users to view PDFs, MS Office documents, and images all from within the Crocodoc website.  Additionally, the website allows you to add comments, highlights, and drawings to any document or image, including PDFs.  It allows a group to collaborate in real-time to comment on a document.  This website is free to sign up and according to the website it helps to alleviate the “need to e-mail attachments back and forth, print, and pass around hard copies” (About Us, 2011, para. 1).

 

Every week, the Ort Library brings you a new and outstanding resource from the Web or from one of the library's databases. To get an archive of all FOR entries, click here. Also, you can suggest a website that provides well-organized access to useful info.

Reference:

About us (2011).  Retrieved March 27, 2013 from http://personal.crocodoc.com/about/