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What’s Shaking Under the [Info]Dome? New and Notable Library Services

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Come check out some of the new, exciting, or lesser know services and resources from the library. This session will give a quick overview of new services such as the bX recommender service, a tool that enhances research by generating scholarly article recommendations; research guides tailored for your classes that can be embedded into Blackboard; LibX, a toolbar for the Firefox web browser that makes accessing library subscription resources easier; and a number of mobile resources to keep you connected to library research on the go!

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What’s Shaking Under the [Info]Dome?

New and Notable Library Services

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bX

• Another way to discover articles on a topic

• Article recommender service• Works like Amazon’s suggestions• Based on usage at scores of institutions

and thousands of users• Recommendations restricted to our

online subscription

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LibX Toolbar

• Carry the library everyway you travel on the web

• Easy add-on to Firefox or IE

• Install from the Help - Library Tools & Widgets

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LibX Toolbar

• Searches• The PAC• Circuit• Link+• Journal List• Google Scholar

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Highlight title and right-click

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Research Guides of All Kinds

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General Research Guides

• All majors and programs

• Embeddable into Blackboard

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Class Guides

• Resources just for your class

• Embeddable into Blackboard

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Special Guides

• By format• Multimedia• Cited Reference Searching

• How To Guides• Citing Your Sources• Blackboard linking

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Tutorials

• Library basics

• Plagiarism

• Research Tutor

• Find more at http://infotutor.sdsu.edu/

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Videos

• Library tour• http://infotutor.sdsu.edu/tour/librarytour.cfm

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New Databases

• Dictionary of Literary Biography

• Something About the Author

• Literature Criticism

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Mobile Services

• Text call numbers

• QR codes

• Search for books and more

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