Elihu Burritt Library

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Cheryl Cianci: The Calligraphy of Branches on Display through May

This exhibit is the culmination of an Independent Study taken under Ron Todd, Professor of Art at CCSU. What started out as an effort to combine the mediums of photography and watercolor painting evolved into the study of examining shapes and forms of branches in nature. Cheryl explored how these visual writings of Mother Nature resembled those found in the art of calligraphy. Her main focus was to bring attention to the smaller parts of the whole. What appear to be black & white images, upon close examination reveal hints of organic colors found in nature. Minimalistic Zen like photographic images might best describe Cheryl’s final artwork.

Library Announces Research Award Winners

The library awarded its 2nd annual prizes for excellence in undergraduate research papers/projects and demonstration of skills and creativity in the application of library services, resources and collections. Two monetary awards were given to Jean Messersmith (Senior, History major), who wrote the paper "The Good American Citizen: The Americanization During the World War I Era", and Amanda Johnson (Senior, Elementary Education/English), for her honors thesis "Reading Instruction and Political Agendas". Susan Slaga, awards committee chair, stated "both students did a tremendous job and it was a very hard decision for the award committee to make since there were so many excellent submissions." Ms. Slaga will present the awards to Jean and Amanda at URCAD on April 4, 2008.

CONSULS RSS Feed Now Available

The library is pleased to offer an RSS feed of items recently added to our collection. The feed is updated daily. To subscribe, visit the following URL (http://feeds.feedburner.com/NewTitlesAtCcsu). Content from the feed is also available on the New Books page.

Library Adds Over 700 ScienceDirect Journals

Over 700 journals published by Elsevier and affiliated publishers are now available on the ScienceDirect platform. Most titles have a backfile that extends to 1995. The library was able to augment its holdings by converting existing print subscriptions to online and joining a ScienceDirect licensing consortium with other academic libraries in New England. Links to ScienceDirect are included in our database listings (the link will take you to a browse page that lists subscribed titles). Individual titles are accessible through the FindIT@CCSU service and the E-Journal locator. Additionally, the journals will be accessible through the CONSULS catalog within the next month.

Introductory RefWorks Workshop

An introductory Refworks workshop will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2007 from 4:30-5:30pm in the 3rd Floor library classroom. RefWorks is an online research management, writing and collaboration tool that is designed to help researchers easily gather, manage, store and share all types of information, as well as generate citations and bibliographies.

This session will cover all the basics-- creating a RefWorks account, importing data, organizing your database and generating a bibliography. It is open to all students, faculty and staff, but will be particularly useful to graduate students and faculty doing advanced research.

Lattes with Librarians

EBL's Reference Dept. will host its 2nd annual "Lattes with Librarians" event on Tuesday, November 27, 2007 from 4:30-6:30 pm. This event is co-sponsored with Jazzman's Cafe, located on the Main Level of the library. Come sample free lattes, coffee drinks and cookies with your friendly Librarians! They will also be available to help you find books and articles for papers.

Newsletter Fall Issue

The latest issue of the Elihu Burritt Library Newsletter is now available on our website. This issue features new resources (Web of Science and GeoScience World) and services (IM reference and a podcast tour) as well as other exciting library happenings.

Take a Podcast Tour of the Library

We are pleased to offer a self-guided podcast tour of the library. The tour, which is available as a free download from the Burritt Library website, may be listened to on mp3 players or computers. The 10 minute tour will take you around to the various stations of the library designated by the blue number signs. Additionally, one mp3 player will be available for check-out at the Circulation Desk (main level). The first 20 students who complete the tour and full out a survey will win a prize. If you have any questions, please contact Susan Slaga (slagas@ccsu.edu or 832-2095) or Debbie Herman (hermand@ccsu.edu or 832-2084).

Library Subscribes to Oxford African American Studies Center

The African American Studies Center includes full-text content from authoritative reference works published by Oxford University Press. In addition to 8,000 articles written by top scholars in the field, the database contains primary sources, maps, timelines and links to external websites. Links to the AASC are included with our database listings.

Hours Extended at Jazzman's Cafe

The Burritt Library's own Jazzman's Cafe, located in the Main Level vestibule, is back! The hours for the fall semester are Monday-Thursday, 9am - 9:30 pm, and Friday, 9am-3pm. Jazzman's offers a variety of coffees as well as smoothies, gourmet sandwiches and salads. Library visitors can now enjoy meals and beverages on the Main Level patio, which offers a lovely view of the campus.

Student Printing Credit at the Library

We are delighted to announce that students may now use their BlueChip monthly printing credit in the Burritt Library. The $10.00 credit, which is applied at the beginning of each month, may be used to pay for print jobs at the Marcus White Computer Lab and Burritt Library locations.

Library Offers IM Service

Our Ask-A-Librarian service has been expanded just in time for the fall semester with the addition of IM (or instant messaging). The new service makes it possible for students, faculty and staff to get research help from CCSU librarians via IM. We can also answer any questions about the using the library and our services. If none of the librarians listed are online, you can use the InfoAnytime Service, which is not staffed by CCSU librarians, but can assist with general research inquiries. For more information, see our Ask-A-Librarian page.

ACM Digital Library Added

The library has augmented its E-journal collections with the addition of the ACM Digital Library and Master SIG (Special Interest Group) Package. This package includes the full text of every article ever published by the ACM with coverage of ACM journals, magazines, transactions, proceedings, newsletters, special interest groups and publications by affiliated organizations.

JSTOR Arts & Sciences IV Collection Added

We are pleased to make available the JSTOR Arts & Sciences IV Collection. This collection, which serves as complement to the other JSTOR collections, contains over one hundred journal titles in the areas of education, law, psychology, public policy and administration. A complete list of titles is available from the following link.

RefWorks Citation Management Utility Now Available

Burritt Library is pleased to offer RefWorks to the CCSU community. Refworks is an online research management, writing and collaboration tool designed to help researchers easily gather, manage, store and share all types of information, as well as generate citations and bibliographies in a variety of documentation systems (MLA, APA, Chicago, and many others). Users must create an account to store citations, etc. We plan to offer workshops on using RefWorks in the near future.

Spring Issue of the EBL Newsletter Available

The 2007 spring issue features the winners of the Library Undergraduate Research Award, new library faculty, Safari IT E-books, and more!

Burritt Library Presents Its First Undergraduate Research Awards

We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2007 Library Undergraduate Research Award. They are: Laura L. Jensen, a senior anthropology major, who wrote a senior thesis titled The Mischaracterization of the American Colonization Society and Its Role in Antebellum Century North America; and, Jean Van Bourgondien, a sophomore history major, who wrote a paper titled, Workingmen of Bridgeport, Maintain the Status Quo!

Both students did a tremendous amount of research and utilized a variety of library resources. They were awarded a certificate and a prize of $300 at the CCSU Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement Day (URCAD) on Thursday, April 5, 2007.

Please stay tuned for more details about the 2008 Elihu Burritt Library Undergraduate Research Award. It will be presented next spring for undergraduate student papers written during the spring, summer, and fall 2007 semesters. Information about the current award can be found at http://library.ccsu.edu/about/award/

Library Expands Tutorial Offerings

Over the winter, Burritt Library reference staff expanded its popular series of short, Flash-based tutorials to include ones covering various library services as well as individual databases such as Academic Search Premier and JSTOR. The entire list may be found at the following URL: http://library.ccsu.edu/help/tutorials/

The Burritt Library is pleased to announce the purchase of the following new research databases, which are available on our website:

Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science) provides access to current and retrospective bibliographic information, author abstracts, and cited references found in approximately 5,900 of the world's leading scholarly science and technical journals covering more than 150 disciplines.

Subjects covered include, but are not limited to: Agriculture, Astronomy, Biochemistry, Biology, Biotechnology, Chemistry, Computer science, Dentistry, Ecology, Engineering, Environmental sciences, Geography, Geology, Materials science, Mathematics, Medicine, Neuroscience, Oncology, Pediatrics, Pharmacology, Physics, Plant sciences, Psychiatry, Psychology, Veterinary sciences, and Zoology. Coverage is 1991-present.

American Periodicals Series Online (Proquest) is a collection of 1,100 periodicals that began publishing between 1740 and 1900, including special interest and general magazines, literary and professional journals, and children's and women's magazines. Each journal is indexed in its entirely and includes full page images.