UNIVERSITY MULTICULTURAL COMMITTEE ADDS VIDEOS TO THE LIBRARY

The University's Multicultural Committee, chaired by Sr. Leona Misto, recently selected the following videos to assist in broadening our understanding on issues of diversity here on campus. The titles selected are:

• In my own skin: the complexity of living as an Arab in America
  E 184 A65 I569 2001 (16 minutes)

• Multicultural Peoples of North America Series
  • Central Americans
    E184 C34 C46 1993 (30 minutes)
  • Mexican Americans
    E184 M5 M428 1993 (30 minutes)
  • Puerto Ricans
    E184 P85 P84 1993 (30 minutes)

• Multicultural understanding
  E184 A1 M85 2001 (27 minutes)
• Understanding race
  GN269 U53 1999 (52 minutes)

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WIRELESS LAPTOPS AVAILABLE

The McKillop Library has wireless laptops available to lend to students and faculty. They are available on a first come, first serve basis for two hours at a time within the library. Available programs include Access, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, Word, Internet Explorer 6.0, Winzip, Adobe Acrobat Reader, RealOne Player, MS Windows Media, and Quicktime Player. Laptops can be checked out at the Circulation Desk.
A Salve ID Card is required.

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THE CRITERION DVD COLLECTION

The McKillop Library announces the addition of the Criterion DVD Collection to the library. The Criterion Collection consists of over two hundred classic and contemporary films selected from all over the world ranging in time from the silent film era to the last decade. The collection includes the works of such film masters as Godard, Fellini, Bergman, Hitchcock, Kubrick, Lang, Ozu, and many others. Each film is uncut, "in its original aspect ratio, as its maker intended it to be seen." Working with the best copy of the print available the editors produce a definitive edition of a film often with additional materials to enhance the viewing experience. The DVD's are listed in the library catalog and are located in the Media Collection of the first floor of the library. All visual materials circulate for one week. The library will add additional titles from the series as they become available. Visit the Criterion Collection website for more information. View McKillop Library's complete list of videos and DVDs.

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AskHELIN is a virtual reference service offered by the HELIN Library Consortium. Building on HELIN's long tradition of collaboration and resource sharing, librarians at eight of the HELIN libraries are offering the Rhode Island academic community real-time, online reference. Faculty, students, and staff at any of the HELIN universities and colleges may ask questions via the Internet and a librarian will be available to answer instantly.

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CHANGES FOR ERIC DATABASE

The U.S. Department of Education has awarded a five-year, $34.6 million contract to Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) of Rockville, Md., along with its subcontractors, to develop and operate a new database system for the Education Resources Information Center (ERIC). The ERIC database will use the latest search and retrieval methods to cull education literature and give high-quality access to educators, researchers, and the general public.

The ERIC database is the world's largest education database. Begun in 1966, it is composed of more than one million bibliographic records. The goal of the new ERIC is to provide more education materials quicker, and more directly, to audiences through the Internet. With the new ERIC, individuals will be able to go to one Web site to search a comprehensive database of journal articles and document abstracts and descriptions and, for the first time, directly access full text. The database will include as much free full text as possible, and links will be provided to commercial sources so that individuals can purchase journal articles and other full text immediately. Additional information on the changes to ERIC can be found at the U.S. Department of Education press release of Mar. 18, 2002.

ERIC can be accessed through EBSCOhost from the McKillop Library's A-Z database list and click on the letter E.

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EBSCO JOURNAL ALERT SERVICE NOW AVAILABLE

EBSCOhost allows you to create an alert notification via e-mail each time a new issue for a selected title is made available in a specific database. After logging into My EBSCOhost this feature is available from the Publication Overview Screen for the selected title. EBSCOhost will automatically send an e-mail with an updated list of article titles available for that specific journal, to those e-mail recipients specified in the alert. For more information on creating Journal Alerts, please refer to the My EBSCOhost User Guide. McKillop Library Reference librarians can also assist you with setting up this feature.

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NEW JOURNALS, MAGAZINES, and MORE ADDED

The McKillop Library has subscribed to the following journals and magazines. In most cases the most recent issue for these titles is now available in the Current Periodicals Area.

Biblical Archaeology Review Business 2.0 FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin FDA Consumer The Forum: A Journal of Applied Research in Contemporary Politics Historian Hypatia Interpretation: A Journal of Bible & Theology Journal of Advertising Journal of American History

Journal of Biblical Literature Marketing News New Theology Review: An American Catholic Journal OAH Newsletter School Library Journal Science & Spirit Skeptical Inquirer Teaching Theology & Religion Thomas Hardy Society Journal The Way

New Arrivals: Feb. and Mar. 2004

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DATABASE SPOTLIGHT

Wilson Biographies Plus Illustrated
One of the new databases that the McKillop Library has subscribed to is a biographical source. Now you can get all the information you need on the backgrounds of famous and important figures from one place! Wilson Biographies Plus Illustrated contains more than 111,000 biographies and obituaries and more than 32,000 photographs of the subjects. Many of the biographies are enhanced with full text, abstracts, and citations from H. W. Wilson databases. The biographies are searchable by name, profession, title, place of origin, gender, race/ethnicity, titles of works, date of birth, date of death, keyword, and presence of images. You can reach Wilson Biography Plus from the library's A to Z database list by clicking W.

XReferPlus
Also check out XReferPlus a collection of online reference works. XReferPlus consists of 100 reference e-books in numerous subject areas. By logging into the database you can search the content of 100 e-books with one search. XReferPlus will return results of your search from every e-book that has a matching term to your search. You can reach XReferPlus from the library's A to Z database list by clicking X.