Your Library Blog: March 2007

Your Library Blog

The library needs your feedback! (3/22/07)

The library premiered its new website at the end of May in 2006 and now we need your feedback. Please click on the link below to complete this short online survey. Identify areas where the website can be improved to meet your needs.

Library Website Survey: http://www.tntech.edu/library/survey.html

Thank you!

New trial database - Xreferplus (3/21/07)

Database Name: Xreferplus (Online Reference Library)
Trial Dates: March 21, 2007 to April 15, 2007
Database Type: reference titles
Subjects: reference
Publisher/Vendor: Xrefer

Link to Database: http://www.xreferplus.com/ (only available on TTU campus)
Username: ttulib
Password: cqpress

Database Content/Information:
The Online Reference Library, Xreferplus, is a database that contains 234 full-text reference titles . The database offers interactive features such as a dynamic table functionality for world state, and county statistics, an interactive world atlas, and a concept map. Xrefer also contains 66,000 images, 180,000 audio pronunciations, and a citation creator in APA, MLA and Chicago formats.

New trial database - OneSource Business Browser International Module ()

Database Name: International Business Module
Trial Dates: March 21, 2007 to April 3, 2007
Database Type: business profiles
Subjects: business/company information
Publisher/Vendor: infoUSA, Inc.

Instructions for access:

Click on this link: http://ezproxy.tntech.edu:2048/login?url=http://www.referenceusa.com
On the ReferenceUSA page, click on the tiny "sm" to the right of the "A" in the ReferenceSUA logo at the top left of the page. You will then have a new page to log into.
Ask a librarian (phone: 931-372-3326 or email: refdesk@tntech.edu) for the username and password.

Database Content/Information:

infoUSA, Inc. is excited to announce the addition of their new International Business module to ReferenceUSA, containing 3 million global companies and 5 million global executives. This module offers:

Company profiles
Business and trade articles
Financials on public and private organizations
Five years historical financials for 34,000 global public companies
One-click currency conversion between Dollars, Euros or Pounds
EDGAR (SEC) filings since 1994
Annual reports for global public companies
Comprehensive corporate family structures
Advanced executive screening with results linked to biographies, colleagues and firms Basic (Boolean) and Precision (Taxonomic) searching against a ten year trade journal archive
Source attribution to the field level when profiles are integrated

The database combines “facts and figures” with news and articles, prelinked across almost three million global companies.

Festival of Short Films Screening ()

All students, faculty and staff are invited to attend the 3rd Annual Varsity Festival of Short Films screening on Friday, March 23, 7:00 pm at the Backdoor Playhouse. This is a free event hosted by the Media Center.

For additional information contact Pat McGee, Media Center Coordinator, at 372-3544 or email: pmcgee@tntech.edu.

New trial database - CQ Researcher (3/13/07)

Trial Dates: March 13, 2007 to April 15, 2007
Database Type: reports
Subjects: political & social issues
Publisher/Vendor: CQ Press
Coverage: 1991 - current

Link to Database: http://library.cqpress.com/trials
Username: ttulib
Password: cqpress

Database Content/Information:
The CQ Researcher online is a database with 12,000-word reports written by experienced journalists on political and social issues. The database also covers regular reports on topics in health, international affairs, education, the environment, technology and the U.S. economy. The CQ Researcher can be broken into sections which includes:

Background and chronology.
An assessment of the current situation.
Tables and maps.
Pro/con statements from representatives of opposing positions.
Bibliographies of key sources.

Deadline approaching for Festival of Short Films (3/1/07)

March 12, 2007 is the deadline for entries in the 3rd Annual Varsity Festival of Short Films. Entries are to be submitted to the Media Center at the Angelo & Jennette Volpe Library.

March 23, 2007 is the screening date for the entries. The screening will be at 7:00pm at the Backdoor Playhouse.

For additional information contact Pat McGee at 372-3544.

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