600 Taylor St., Joliet, IL 60435 Vol 2(1), Fall 2011

In this issue… From the Director LibGuides Spotlight on a Student Worker

Your Online Library New Resource: RefWorks Department News

Welcome from the Director

Welcome back! This academic year brings great opportunity and hope for contemplation, focused-research and productivity. What better place to find the perfect atmosphere for your needs than the Brown Library! This past summer, your librarians have been hard at work sharpening the collection offerings in a variety of areas to meet your growing needs. You’ll find more e-journals and texts, and a new video collection of over 8,000 movies and clips provided by Films On Demand. Expect both our physical and virtual collections to continue to grow this year. We’ve recently added new Instruction and Archives librarians to the staff, so be sure schedule meetings to meet these two professionals for individualized or group assistance with your projects. You’ll be introduced to them later in this edition of Seek. A new joint Center for Instructional Delivery and Library open lounge area has just been completed with quieting carpet and comfortable chairs! Look for it on the upper level of the building. Enjoy!

Come see us early and often for a great 2012-2013 academic year!

In spirit and service,

Terry Cottrell, Library Director

USF Library Becomes the LaVerne and Dorothy Brown Library

The USF Library officially became the LaVerne and Dorothy Brown Library on September 25, 2011 at a dedication ceremony attended by President Vinciguerra and a group of invited guests. LaVerne and Dorothy Brown are local residents who have been loyal supporters of USF for almost four decades and have contributed nearly $1 million to the university throughout the years. They were also among the founders of the annual Caritas fundraiser which supports student scholarships and have continually worked on the Caritas committee. LaVerne has served on the university’s Board of Trustees since 1974. It is an honor for the library to be blessed with a name that exemplifies a dedication to education and the university and a commitment to the betterment of the community as a whole.

University of St. Francis, 600 Taylor St., Joliet, IL 60435 Fall 2012: Vol. 3 Issue 1

Need Help Using the Library? Reference Librarians are Here to Assist You

With an extensive and continuously expanding collection of books, journals, online databases, AV materials, computers and much more, walking into the library can be a daunting experience. That is why a reference librarian is available to assist you every hour the library is open. Our goal is to teach you the skills you need to select resources for your assign-ments, share tips for locating the best information and give you a foundation for conducting research that will not only be beneficial during your time at USF but in your career life as well. The library is designed with our students’ and faculty’s needs at the core. Whether you are a new student or a returning one, we are happy to provide clear, step-by-step instructions on how to use our resources. A Reference Librarian is available:

In person at the reference desk located on the library’s main floor By phone: 1-800-726-6500 or 815-740-5041 By email: refdesk@stfrancis.edu By Chat By text: 66746 Code: USF

We look forward to working with you this semester!

Your Online Library h p://library.s rancis.edu

A wealth of information is available on the Brown Library web site and is available to you 24/7 from any device with internet access. As you begin working on assignments, you will find thousands of excellent, scholarly journal articles, books and other materials online for your research. For assistance or any questions you may have, please contact the reference desk. Our librarians always look forward to hearing your comments and improving our resources to best meet your needs. Below is a list of the most popular services and resources provided on our web site:

Activate your library card to borrow library materials and register for interlibrary loan services. Contact a reference librarian via email or Chat (available during library hours). Use a LibGuide for guidance on which resources are best for your topic/major. Find full text journal articles using Online Databases. If you have a citation and want to find the full text, search Citation Linker. Find books and DVDs by using Brown Library’s Online Catalog: BernieCat. To search 70+ additional academic

libraries in Illinois and interlibrary loan materials free of charge search I-Share. Read ebooks on BernieCat (type your subject word ‘and ebooks’). Access your course reserves. Your password is your instructor’s last name. Renew your books (USF owned or an interlibrary loan from I-Share). If an article is not available via an online database or a book is not available via I-Share, use ILLiad to interlibrary loan

the material free of charge. Have a comment or suggestion? Submit a message to the reference desk. Smartphone or web enabled phone users can access a mobile version of the Brown Library’s web

site which has links to a select number of library resources that are designed for use on mobile devises. Opening http://library.stfrancis.edu on your mobile device will automatically route you to the mobile site or use the QR code scanner on your smartphone to scan the barcode at right to be taken to the library’s mobile website.

Spotlight on a Student Worker: Shaunda King

Name: Shaunda King Hometown: Oak Park, IL Year/Major: Senior/Criminal Justice concentration Politics and Law Career goals: A juvenile parole or probation officer. I really would enjoy working with the youth. Favorite book: All Toni Morrison novels. Favorite movie: Any movie with Idris Elbis in it. I love him so much!! Out of all the movies he played in my favorite would be Takers. Favorite band/music: I love all types of music. However, I am a big fan of R&B. I love John Legend, Alicia Keys and Marsha Ambrosius. Favorite quote: “Nothing is difficult. Everything is a challenge.” Favorite hobbies: I like going to the movie theater, working out, shopping, and spending time with the ones I love. Job duties as a student worker in the library: I check in books and discharge books. I shelve books. I help students or faculty members if they have any questions. I put paper in the printers. If anyone needs any help with anything, I am more than willing to lend a hand. What is the most important thing you’ve learned at USF: The most important thing I learned while being at USF is if there is an opportunity available, then you should go for it. Before transferring here, I was not very active on school campus. Being here has given me the opportunity to challenge myself and explore my surroundings. It never hurts to try new things. What advice would you give to new students: Do not be scared. College opens a new chapter in your life. It will not always be easy but it will be worth it. What is a little known fact about you: I always cry when I watch the Lion King. How can you do that to your family??

LibGuides: An Online Tool that Makes Research Easier than Ever!

LibGuides are online resource subject guides that are created and maintained by USF Librarians and are excellent launching pads for your research. A LibGuide provides links to resources, most of which are readily available online. Find the LibGuide that best matches your topic or major and you will find links for online databases to search for full text journal articles, lists of books that are available at the Brown Library, ebooks, respected web sites and much more. There are also LibGuides for citing resources using MLA and APA formats. LibGuides make research easy, direct you to the best resources and, most importantly, save you time.

Simplify Ci ng Your Resources with

RefWorks is an online research and citation management tool that allows you to collect, store and manage journal articles and other resources. With RefWorks, you can create your own database of references; export references from online databases and from the Web; and generate in-text citations and bibliographies. RefWorks will organize your sources and, essentially, do a majority of the work for you! For more information on this excellent resource, view the RefWorks LibGuide or contact a Reference Librarian. *RefWorks requires a group code for access. Please contact the reference desk for this code.

Check out DVDs for FREE!

The great library collection of DVDs has continued to grow by leaps and bounds and can be checked out for free! It includes many critically acclaimed films, excellent educational documentaries that would be a great addition to any class presentation, and movies that are just plain fun. Some of our newest titles include:

Midnight in Paris – This Woody Allen romantic comedy follows two young people who are engaged to be married to Paris where they learn to see each other in a new way. Won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.

Dalai Lama: The Soul of Tibet – This A&E Biography chronicles the life of the Dalai Lama from his childhood in Tibet to his acceptance of the 1989 Nobel Peace Prize and beyond. It also highlights the ongoing struggle to free Tibet.

How to Train Your Dragon – A great family film, the story tells of the young Viking Hiccup and this fire-breathing friend Toothless. Gene Shalit calls it a “wonderful good-time hit!”

Kudos for Pop Lit!

Our little “public library within the library” continues to be a great place to go for your fun-read. You’ll find current popular books from all of your favorite genres – mysteries, horror, superhero graphic novels – you name it, we’ve got it!

September’s selections include: The Wurst is Yet to Come: A Bed-And-Breakfast Mystery – Amateur sleuth Judith McMonigle Flynn is just trying to

do a good deed when she stumbles across a corpse, right in the middle of the local German polka dancers. Will Oktoberfest ever be the same? (by Mary Daheim)

Odd Apocalypse – Dean Koontz brings us another Odd Thomas novel. This time, a ghostly woman on horseback begs Thomas for help. What horrendous secret is reaching out to him from the Hollywood of the Roaring Twenties? Are you brave enough to find out?

Superman and the Men of Steel – A must read! USA Today says of this new graphic novel, “Believe the hype: Grant Morrison went and wrote the single best issue of Superman these eyes have ever read.”

See lots of good stuff, but not what you want? Feel free to stop by and chat with one of the librarians or send an email to the reference desk. We’d be more than happy to take your suggestions.

Films on Demand: New Streaming Video Database

Films On Demand is a web-based digital video delivery service that allows you to view streaming videos from Films Media Group anytime, anywhere, 24/7! Choose from over 8,000 high-quality educational titles in dozens of subject areas. Special features allow users the ability to organize and bookmark clips, create and share playlists, personalize folders, and manage their entire collection. Films On Demand delivers outstanding digital video ideal for students and faculty. For access to this new resource, visit the database page on the library web site and click on ‘Films on Demand’.

Need a Break?

Visit the student lounge on the lower level of the library to purchase drinks and snacks from the vending machines. Visit with friends at one of the comfortable booths.

Library Computers

The library has over 40 computers for students to use for online classes, research, word processing, email, and for working on assignments. Login to a computer with your MY USF portal information. Additionally, the library is a WiFi Zone and you can use your own laptop anywhere in the library. The library also has laptops that you can borrow to use in the library for up to two hours. More information on borrowing a laptop is available at the circulation desk.

Prin ng and Copying at the Library

Each student receives a $10.00 print/copy credit per semester. Students can use this copy credit at the library. Each black and white page that is printed costs $.06. The amount will automatically be deducted from your account when printing. A color print out is $.25 per page. To print in color, select the color printer from the drop down box on the print screen. Your color print out will print from the copy machine. The library acquired a new copy machine and you can now make copies in color in addition to black and white. To use the copier, you will enter your portal information on the screen. The cost for copies is the same as printing and will automatically be deducted from your printing/copying account.

Group Study/Presenta on Rooms

The library has group study rooms equipped with computers, TVs/DVDs, screens, projectors, conference tables and comfortable chairs for students to use for group work. The rooms are available on a first come basis and can be signed out at the circulation desk.

Where Can I Find....?: Three Levels of Informa on With a book collection that tops 125,000 volumes, thousands of DVDs and CDs, hundreds of current print journals with thousands of back issues, the USF Library is your place for extensive research. Materials are located on three levels:

Lower Level: General stacks, call numbers 000-399 Juvenile and Curriculum Materials Special Education Assistance Technology Lab (SEAT) Main Level:

Audiovisual materials Circulation and reference desks Computers Health science collection Periodicals and newspapers Reference books Reserve materials (behind circulation desk) Pop Lit Collection Upper Level: General stacks, call numbers 400-999 Archives and John L. Raymond (JLR) Collection

Tech Services Update By Gail Gawlik, Head of Technical Services

We have had another busy year back in Tech Services. Here are some of the exciting developments: Spanish language materials for juvenile collection: As part of the outreach to the growing Hispanic population

in Joliet and surrounding areas, these titles are intended to support the work of the USF education majors as they go out to these area schools. Included in this collection are:

Spanish translations of English classics, such as Silbale a Willie. This translation of Whistle for Willie by Ezra Keats allows the Spanish-speaking student to enjoy this classic tale.

Bilingual books, such as Uno, Dos, Tres – One, Two, Three. In this simple story about two sisters buying birthday presents for their mother, the reader is taught how to count to ten in both English and Spanish. (by Pat Mora)

Non-fiction books in Spanish, such as Mi Primer Larousse de los Dinosaurious, gives basic information about dinosaurs. Additions to the “Heartwood Ethics Curriculum Collection”: This excellent collection of books about ethical behavior for children has been expanded. It is now available two ways: as a boxed set in the curriculum collection or individually in the juvenile literature stacks. Examples of these titles and the ethical values that they illustrate are: for courage – Very Last First Time by Jan Andrews; for respect – Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney; and for love – The Rag Coat by Lauren Mills. Donated journals: We are very excited about the donated journals we have received from North Park University Library. So far we have received 70 volumes, and these volumes have allowed us to replace partial volumes or fill in the missing volumes for many of our print journal titles. Thank you, North Park! We are also happy to welcome a new staff member to Tech Services. Jennifer Ho has accepted the position of Archives Librarian. Jenn hails from San Diego and has an extensive background in digital preservation, archival activities that facilitate access to the special collections, and general library processes. Welcome, Jenn! Meanwhile Linnea Knapp has left us to pursue new endeavors at the University of Illinois at Chicago, plus a lovely week in London attending the Olympics. Linnea, we wish you well!

Library Archives By Jennifer Ho, Archives Librarian

Hello! My name is Jennifer Ho, and I am USF’s new Archives Librarian. It is my pleasure to serve the USF community by collecting, organizing and preserving all of its valuable documents and information. If there is anything I can do for you, please let me know.

Check out the Library Archives page when you get a chance. There, you will find detailed information about what can be found in each of our collections, as well as links to some online exhibits that document the long and interesting history of USF and its people. As Archives Librarian, my goals include continued digitization of materials, creating more online exhibits, and helping staff, faculty and students gain access to historical resources when needed. If you have any research needs, questions and comments, or just want to check out the University Archives’ beautiful reading room, stop by for a visit! We are on the second floor of the Brown Library, or you can contact me.

Departments

Welcome to Our New Chat Program!!! By Shannon Pohrte, Head of Public Services

During the summer, we upgraded our chat software which gives more benefits to students. The chat window is located on the home page now. Just click the “Chat With Us” box.

Now when we chat with you, we can send you a transcript of the conversation for your records. The web chat is available all the times that the library is open. So please feel free to contact us either by phone 815-740-5041, by email at refdesk@stfrancis.edu, or by chat. We look forward to helping you!

Did You Know? Brown Library Provides Research Help to Faculty and Students! By Brigi e Bell, Instruc on Librarian

Faculty members, do you have a research component in any of your fall classes? Students, do you feel you need a little extra help navigating library resources? If you answered “yes” to either of these questions, a USF instruction librarian will be able to help! Our library instruction sessions can be tailored to fit specific classes so that instructors can better help their students to develop research skills. Instruction sessions teach students how to evaluate information they find in their research, and also explain how to use this information effectively and ethically in their papers. If you’d like a USF Librarian to come speak with your class, please email the instruction librarian, or visit http://library.stfrancis.edu/instructreq.html. Students can schedule personal or group consultations with an instruction librarian as well, either via email or through the student consultation request form. As in past years, library instruction sessions will focus on basic information literacy skills, with an increased emphasis on advanced search strategies and proper citation format. If there are specific topics you would like covered during your instruction session, please let the instruction librarian know so she can include this information in her presentation. The library also encourages faculty and students to take advantage of our online resources, such as our Video Tutorials, which give detailed instructions on how to use specific library resources, and our Subject Guides, which provide a variety of reliable information sources on a given course or particular subject area. These resources will be updated with new material throughout the year, so be sure to check them out! Have questions? Please don’t be shy… Stop by to see us any time! We look forward to serving you this year.

Please Welcome Our New Staff Members

Brigitte Bell, Brown Library’s new Instruction Librarian, received her B.A. in English from Dominican University in 2010, and her MLIS in 2012. She has been working in libraries for nearly six years as a reference assistant at Dominican and paraprofessional positions in the reference departments at the public libraries in West Chicago and Plainfield. In her free time she enjoys reading, writing, and travel. She also loves to cook and bake. “If I had not been able to fulfill my dream of becoming a librarian, I would have loved to become a traveling food writer….Literature has always been my greatest love; my goal for the next year is to plan a weekend road trip visiting famous literary sites based

on Greg Holden’s book, The Booklover’s Guide to the Midwest.”

Carol Boban returns to Brown Library’s reference department after a 10 year hiatus. Carol graduated from Southern Illinois University, worked as Children's Librarian at Laraway School, as the Learning Center Coordinator at Commonwealth Edison, and also at Joliet and Lockport Public Libraries. “It is nice to be back to see some familiar faces and learn some new library knowledge...I enjoy working with the students at USF; USF is a great university--we have come a long way!...I really like the way the campus looks and the way Donovan Hall has been remodeled with the Bistro.”

Joyce Drzal is a part time librarian in the reference department. Joyce retired from UIC after 29 years as the Instructional Materials Specialist. In her free time, she is the volunteer coordinator for Will County Humane Society and has been affiliated with them since 1997. An interesting fact about Joyce is that she went to the Academy Awards in 1989. “A friend worked at the Margaret Herrick Library in Los Angeles, a world-renowned, non-circulating film library, where employees receive 2 tickets every year in the nose bleed section, and that year I was lucky enough to be asked to join her...It pays to know librarians.”

Jennifer Ho is USF’s new Archives Librarian. Her degrees include a B.A. in Literature & Writing Studies from California State University San Marcos and an MLIS from San Jose State University. She previously worked in the archives of the San Diego Air & Space Museum and the San Diego History Center. An interesting fact about Jenn is that she has “eaten guinea pig in Peru and freshly-slaughtered goat in Namibia, but am now vegetarian.” Her favorite books are multicultural/ethnic-American fiction and non-fiction. Her favorite book is The Color of Water by James McBride.

Contact Us Circula on Desk 740‐3690 Reference Desk 740‐5041 Toll free 1‐800‐726‐6500 Email Ask‐a‐Librarian: refdesk@s rancis.edu

Ac vate Your Library Account Use the online form or visit the circula on desk.

Hours Please visit the library web site for our hours. library.s rancis.edu

Research is crea ng new knowledge.

—Neil Armstrong