What's happening at the library and items of interest to the UB community
We’ve mentioned Google Scholar on this blog a couple of times before, but many students haven’t heard of it yet, it’s worth mentioning again. Google Scholar is a specialized search engine that searches the kinds of sources that professors want Continue reading Google Scholar
Langsdale Library is offering 2 workshops to help faculty and students learn more about Zotero. Zotero is a free Firefox extension that allows users to collect, manage, organize and store citations from the web, databases or books. Zotero also has Continue reading Learn Zotero: Free Citation Management Software
Alright, so only some of the titles are spooky. But in the spirit of Halloween, we are highlighting some spooky and not-so-spooky titles from our new Leisure Reading collection. Langsdale’s Leisure Reading collection–featuring popular fiction and non-fiction books–continues to grow, Continue reading Some Spooky New Titles at Langsdale
Published in conjunction with the PEN American Center, Burn This Book explores the meaning of censorship, and the power of literature to inform the way we see the world, and ourselves. Contributors including Toni Morrison, Salman Rushdie, Orhan Pamuk, David Continue reading Burn This Book
Langsdale Library will host a screening of John Waters’ Hairspray on Thursday, October 8th at 7 pm. At 6 pm, join us for a “Best 60’s Themed Costume” contest. The winner will recieve a $25 gift certificate! Stay for the Continue reading The Original “Hairspray” Coming to UB!
Among the many new books at the Langsdale Library, The Book of William: How Shakespeare’s First Folio Conquered the World by Paul Collins, is worthy of note. [Call number: Z8813 .C65 2009] It describes the publishing of the First Folio Continue reading The Book of William
Hello, I know you are very excited to see what’s going on in the library today; Right? Well I know I spoke about E-reserves but I wanted to mention Hard Copy Reserves this week. These are textbooks, videos and other Continue reading Hard Copy Reserves
September 17 is Constitution Day. Find out more about this day and the document it celebrates by taking a look at our Constitution Day Guide: http://langsdale.ubalt.edu/howto/ConstitutionDay_guide.htm If you need help finding information on the Constitution, the Founding Fathers or any Continue reading Happy Constitution Day!
An article in a supplement to the Baltimore Sun featured Langsdale and other area university libraries. The article, published Sunday, September 13, 2009, is entitled College Libraries: Universities provide a new frontier in research. The article highlights new ways libraries Continue reading Langsdale in the News
Hi everyone it’s me again the Student Liaison helping you with all your needs @ Langsdale.I wanted to tell you about something that is very useful. Do you know that the E-reserves are available for you 24/7? Yes, I said Continue reading E-reserves