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February 2012
Greetings & Happy Spring Semester!
If you're teaching a course with a research component and are concerned about your students' skills, let me know. I'd be happy to teach a research session or create a LibGuide specifically for your students.
On another note, we will be trialing Cambridge Histories Online this spring; if you are interested in this database, please email me at sharonv@mailbox.sc.edu and I'll let you know when and how you can access the trial.
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This Alexander Street Press database includes poetry, fiction, and plays written in Spanish and English by authors of various Latino backgrounds living in the United States. The groups most heavily represented are Chicano, Puerto Rican, and Cuban. Aside from the full text of the works, the database also includes supplementary materials such as photographs, playbills, flyers, and book jackets. Click here to access the database.
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Check out an iPad
Student Government has partnered with Thomas Cooper Library to make 20 iPads available for checkout to students, staff and faculty. For more information about checkout click here.
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ILL offers new online feature
Have you ever thought that a book you requested through ILL would make a good addition to our library collection?  Now USC faculty who ask to borrow a book or other item fromanother institution through Interlibrary Loan (ILL) have the option to request that the item be purchased and added to the Libraries' collection. Find out how easy it is to request a purchase.
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Are you getting the most out of 
"My Account"?
All faculty members have access to the library through "My Account". "My Account" allows you to:
1) view and renew checked out materials
2) save "preferred searches" in the catalog and receive alerts when new materials are added that match your search
3) keep a record of the materials you have borrowed (optional).
You can do all of this without coming into the library! "My Account" is linked on the library's homepage and within the library's Catalog. Click here for help topics on using "My Account."
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The results are in!In the last newsletter we asked about your use of ebooks. The results are listed below. for pleasure reading 31% for research 0% for both 23% not at all 46% Thanks to everyone who participated in our poll.
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