Reminder: Support for Research Port Ending December 31, 2018

Support for the Ort Library’s Research Port database service will be ending December 31, 2018.

All of the Library's current online database and journal subscriptions will continue to be available to students, faculty and staff after December 31.  Please use the following options to access the Library’s online resources:

•  OneSearch:  Use the search box on the Ort Library’s website at https://www.frostburg.edu/lewis-ort-library/ or link directly via http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?profile=eds&custid=frostburg&groupid=main&authtype=ip,guest
•  A-Z Databases List:  http://libguides.frostburg.edu/az.php
•  Journal Search (to browse journals):  http://sfx.umd.edu/fs/journalsearch

Please update any course materials and/or links that reference Research Port.  Please use the links above or the instructions for linking to various library online resources located on the Library Services for Faculty web page at https://www.frostburg.edu/lewis-ort-library/userserv/faculty-services/. 

Please feel free to contact the Library at 301-687-4424 or libref@frostburg.edu if you have any questions or need assistance.

New Library Subscription: The Economist Online

The Ort Library is pleased to provide FSU students, faculty and staff with online access to The Economist, a leading weekly news publication covering international news, politics, business, finance, science and technology.  Online coverage is from July 19, 1997 through the current issue.

The Economist may be accessed via the “A-Z Journals” list on the library’s website.  Articles from The Economist are also linked to relevant citations in OneSearch and the library’s databases.

The library previously subscribed to The Economist in print, and maintains holdings in this format from 1965 through 2016; issues from 1960-1965 are available in microfilm.

If you have any questions or need assistance, please contact a librarian at 301-687-4424, libref@frostburg.edu, or via online chat.

Kanopy Streaming Video Trial

The Ort Library is conducting a trial of Kanopy, an on-demand streaming video service of educational films, from September 12, 2016 through October 15, 2016.  Kanopy’s collection includes more than 26,000 films, including award-winning documentaries, training videos and theatrical releases.

You may access the Kanopy trial at http://goo.gl/9Br1sm.  Off-campus users must login by entering the 14 digit barcode number from their FSU ID card.

The Kanopy collection includes films from many leading producers, such as the Criterion Collection, PBS, Kino Lorber, New Day Films, The Great Courses, Media Education Foundation, and many others. Independent filmmakers are also included.

Films are licensed for educational use and can be easily shared.  Kanopy provides the ability to create clips, create teaching playlists, and embed films into Blackboard.

New online resources are regularly evaluated by the Library.  Your input is a very important factor, along with budgetary and licensing considerations, in helping the Library determine which resources are most useful to FSU students, faculty and staff.  Please feel free to provide your opinions, questions and comments about Kanopy by completing a brief voluntary, anonymous survey at located at https://goo.gl/forms/PYcAnVYSoSNUlckp2.  Your feedback is greatly appreciated.

Additional information about Kanopy may be found at https://www.kanopystreaming.com/about-us.  If you have further questions or would like additional information about Kanopy or this trial, please contact the Ort Library Reference Desk at 301-687-4424 or libref@frostburg.edu.

New Online Resource - Nursing Reference Center

The Ort Library is pleased to announce the addition of Nursing Reference Center to its suite of online resources.  Nursing Reference Center, which is available to FSU students, faculty and staff, is designed specifically for nurses, and provides evidence-based information for point of care, continuing education, nursing research and more.

Nursing Reference Center is accessed via the Library's Databases A-Z webpage.  Off-campus users will be prompted to enter the 14-digit barcode number found on their FSU ID card as well as their last name in order to access the database.

If you have questions or need assistance accessing Nursing Reference Center, please contact the Ort Library Reference Desk at 301-687-4424 or via email or live chat.
 

New Library Online Resources and Database Changes

The Ort Library is pleased to announce access to the following new online resources for students, faculty and staff:

·       Education Research Complete:  This database covers education topics from early childhood to higher education and all educational specialties, such as multilingual education, health education, testing, curriculum, and leadership.  It provides indexing and abstracts for more than 2,100 journals, as well as full text for more than 1,200 journals, and includes full text for nearly 500 books and monographs.  Education Research Complete replaces the Education Journals database that has been offered by the library.  

·       ARTstor Digital Library:  ARTstor is a resource that provides over 1.5 million digital images in the arts, architecture, humanities, and sciences with an accessible suite of software tools for teaching and research.  Community-built collections comprise contributions from international museums, photographers, libraries, scholars, photo archives and artists and artists' estates.

Citations to the content for both Education Research Complete and ARTstor are incorporated into the Library’s OneSearch service.  More information about OneSearch, including user guides and a basic video tutorial, is available on the library’s website.

The databases may also be accessed directly via the library’s website or Research Port.

Subscriptions to the databases Education Journals and Social Science Abstracts will end in early July 2013 and these resources will be removed from OneSearch and Research Port.  As described above, Education Research Complete will replace Education Journals.  Citations from Social Science Abstracts are duplicated in other Library databases and within the OneSearch service.

If you have any questions, please contact a reference librarian via phone (301-687-4424), online, or at the Reference Desk on Floor 2 of the Ort Library.  If you would like to schedule an instruction session for your class, please complete the Library Instruction Request Form.