NY Times: Opening the Archive, or, It's All About the $$$

NY Times has found that they can make more from advertising than online subscriptions. This means you can access some of their archival articles and all of their current stuff for free. But don't worry, you'll still be usuing the library's subscription to historical NYT for much of the content. From the website:

Times to Stop Charging for Parts of Its Web Site
By RICHARD PEREZ-PENA

The New York Times will stop charging for access to parts of its Web site, effective at midnight Tuesday night.
The move comes two years to the day after The Times began the subscription program, TimesSelect, which has charged $49.95 a year, or $7.95 a month, for online access to the work of its columnists and to the newspaper's archives. TimesSelect has been free to print subscribers to The Times and to some students and educators.
In addition to opening the entire site to all readers, The Times will also make available its archives from 1987 to the present without charge, as well as those from 1851 to 1922, which are in the public domain. There will be charges for some material from the period 1923 to 1986, and some will be free. Copyright 2007 New York Times

Free Music?

The library subscribes to several databases that you might not have explored. Did you, for example, know that you could stream a whole lotta good classical, jazz, world, folk, etc. music through some of our databases?

Interested? Classical Music Library, DRAM (Database of Recorded American Music), NAXOS Music Library (Classical & Jazz), and Smithsonian Global Sound (World & Folk) are listed in the music subject guide. If you're off campus, you'll be prompted to login with username and password.

As a little bonus, Classical Music Library is offering a free download (fortnightly) to all subscribing institutions. Check out their blog.

And, finally, where Lila goes to feed her need for something a little more Ruckus. Ruckus offers free and legal downloads for college students. Put up with some crazy advertising and you'll have streaming access to over 2.5 Million tracks of rock 'n' roll, country, christian, pop, rap, etc.

Need Convo Credit?

There’s more to the library than just books! Learn more at these workshops. All workshops will be held in MC 305, 10:00am-10:50

Google for Scholars
Monday, Sept. 10
Since when can I use Google for research? Google offers a host of specialized search engines (Google Scholar, Google Books, Google Uncle Sam, etc.) and products for the serious researcher. Come and learn how they interact with library subscription resources to create an exciting research landscape!

Are you living in your own Wikiality?
Monday, Sept. 17
Wikipedia and other Free Web sources: Use at your own risk!

ILLiad: Take control of your interlibrary loans!
Monday, Sept. 24
Set up your own account in ILLiad, our new interlibrary loan system. Make requests, check their status, download your articles, and more!

Primary Research: It’s Not What You Think
Monday, Oct. 1
What does your professor mean when he/she tells you to use primary sources for your research? Where can you find such things? This workshop will explain what primary sources are, and guide you to finding them in the library and online.

Building a Bibliography Online
Monday, Oct. 8
Need to keep track of that list of sources? Working in several different places? Don’t know how to cite your source properly? These websites can help. Online bibliography tools allow you to cite sources correctly and access your list of sources from anywhere with internet access. Come learn about these handy new web tools.

For more information:
Jenny Rushing, Reference Librarian
rushingj@mail.belmont.edu
460-5498

Fall Faculty Brown Bag Series

Bring your lunch and join us for a series of library workshops just for faculty. All workshops meet in the Frist Lab from 12:00pm-12:50

Thursday, Sept. 13
Library Services for Faculty
Dawn Stephen, Collection Management Librarian
Need a book for your research or for class? Do you want the library to subscribe to your favorite journal? Want to reserve some resources for your students? Learn about the library’s acquisitions and reserves processes and how we can help you get the resources that you need.

Friday, Sep. 21
Library Resources Online
Courtney Stephens, Electronic Resources and Education Librarian
The library has a plethora of resources available online, from anywhere you can get on the Internet. Come learn more about accessing these resources and how to get the most out of them.

Thursday, Sept. 27
Desperately Seeking Effective Library Assignments?
Judy Williams and Jenny Rushing, Reference Librarians
Frustrated with your students’ research skills? Are your students frustrated? Want an alternative to the research paper? Learn some tips for integrating library resources into research assignments and some assignment pitfalls to avoid.

Thursday, Oct. 4
Mastering Library Catalog Searching (in Under an Hour)
Dawn Stephen, Collection Management Librarian
What can I help you find? Books? Music? Journals? Electronic resources? In this workshop, you will learn search strategies for finding all of these resources in CUBCat, Belmont’s online library catalog. We will practice using these strategies, so bring along those “hard-to-find” topics, and let’s get searching! This class is intended for all skill levels, from novice to veteran searchers.

Friday, Oct. 19
Social Bookmarking
Courtney Stephens, Electronic Resources and Education Librarian
What is social bookmarking? How can I use it to share links and other information with my students? Come to this informative workshop to learn the basics of social bookmarking using sites such as del.icio.us, ma.gnolia, digg.com and others.

Thursday, Oct. 25
RSS (Really Simple Syndication)
Rachel Scott, Reference Librarian
RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is a way to have various sources of web-based information (from news sites, blogs, and other regularly updated web sites) delivered to one convenient place. RSS feeds can help you stay current in your discipline and stay on top of the news. Stop by and learn how to put RSS to work for you.

Fall Semester Hours

Regular Hours

Sunday 2:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m
Monday - Thursday 7:30 a.m. - 11:00 p.m.
Friday 7:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Saturday 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

For a really long list of exceptions, check the library's hours page.

2007-2008 Common Book...Curious?

You should be! This year all of Belmont will be reading: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon. Read the book! Lila loved it, and you will too. To find out more about the book, read reviews, or get some background info, check out the library guide to the book.

New Faculty? Read on...

Welcome to Belmont! The library offers several services to facilitate your instruction, including reserves, information literacy instruction, and ordering materials. We are eager to work with you. You can read about our services here: http://library.belmont.edu/Reference/instruction.html and read about Integrating Information Literacy into your classroom here: http://bunchlibrary.pbwiki.com/Information+Literacy+Across+the+Curriculum