Changes to E-Resources Display

We've made some changes in the way e-resources are displayed on the Concordia Library website.

Staff members at the Concordia Library manage online access to over 100 licensed electronic resources, including full-text article databases, e-book collections, streaming audio/video collections and much more. To manage access to this increasingly complex digital collection in an efficient manner, the library will be implementing a new e-resource management system later this week.

You will notice some visual changes to the way the library’s e-resources are browsed and displayed. To get a sneak peak at the new e-resource finding interface, visit this page. Every effort has been made to replicate current finding functionality (and add new functionality as well), but we must also work within the new system’s parameters.

We welcome any feedback you may have on this change, please email or call if you have questions or comments:

Dan Mirau Library Director Concordia University College of Alberta
Phone: 780.479.9334 Fax: 780.471.6796 http://library.concordia.ab.ca

The Cataloguer's New Book Picks

Here are a few new books that caught my eye this week:

Froth!: the Science of Beer / Mark Denny
TP 577 D476 2009
This book explains the history, physics and chemistry of how beer is made in a scientifically sound but accessible way.

Manning Up: How the Rise of Women Has Turned Men into Boys / Kay S. Hymowitz
HQ 1090.3 H96 2011
This book examines the way young men have been affected by the social trend of delayed adulthood and an increasingly female-friendly economy.

American Born Chinese / Gene Luen Yang, color by Lark Pien
PZ 7 Y16 A44 2006
This graphic novel brings together the seemingly unrelated stories of Jin Wang (a bullied Chinese-American child), the Monkey King (the fabled ruler of all the monkeys who wants to be hailed as a god) and Danny ( a popular basketball player whose cousin, Chin-Kee, is the ultimate negative Chinese stereotype and is ruining Danny's life).

Russian Fairy Tales / retold by Gillian Avery, with illustrations by Ivan Bilibin
PZ 8 A927 R87 1995
This is a lushly illustrated collection of Russian fairy tales such as Vassilissa the Beautiful and the Witch Baba Yaga and Tsarevich Ivan, the Firebird and the Grey Wolf.

It's a Book / Lane Smith
PZ 7 S399 I87 2010 (Curriculum Library)
In this picture book, a monkey and a mouse explain the features and benefits of a book to a tech savvy jackass.

ebrary adds 16,000 titles

ebrary has added over 16,000 e-books, now offering access to over 70,000 titles. The newly added selection spans all academic subject areas from Amsterdam University Press, Brill Academic Publishers, MIT Press, National Academies Press, Oxford University Press, University of Minnesota Press, World Scientific, and other leading publishers.

Explore the ebrary collection brought to you by Concordia Library.

June 21 is National Aboriginal Day

It's National Aboriginal Day - take a look at the items on display at Concordia Library and celebrate the contribution of Aboriginal Peoples.

Find out more from Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada

SCOPUS introduces iPhone App

For those of you who can't get enough SCOPUS searching from your desktop computer, Elsevier has released a new iPhone app to allow mobile SCOPUS searching. You can grab the App from iTunes here or read about its functionality on the SCOPUS Mobile FAQ page here.

Mobile Access for EBSCO databases

Want to do research from your mobile device?

Try EBSCO's Mobile Access for databases like Academic Search Complete, PsychINFO, ERIC and others.

Just scroll to the bottom of the screen in whatever EBSCO database you are using and click on the New: EBSCOhost iPhone/iPod Touch Application Link then enter your e-mail address to send yourself the instructions, key and a link to the app store.

NEOS Central System Upgrade

The University of Alberta will be upgrading the central NEOS library system software from Thursday, May 5 to Wednesday, May 11, 2011.

While the Concordia Library will be operating in a “business as usual” mode, during the upgrade you will not be able to place holds, renew items or view your "My Account" information.

All other online catalogue functionality, including searching and displaying results, will be unaffected.

Should you experience any problems or have any questions at all please contact Circulation Services staff at 479-9338.

We apologize in advance for any inconvenience this may cause but this upgrade is essential to maintain the smooth operation of the NEOS database which now exceeds 7 million records!

Canadian Politics

Did this week's election spark your interest in Canadian Politics? Take a peek at this list of books or investigate our Political Science Resources to learn more.

Help us improve the library catalogue!

We want your help improving the library catalogue, Concordia WorldCat! Take this short survey to let your voice be heard!

International Day of the Book

In 1995 UNESCO declared April 23rd to be the International Day of the Book, a day to promote reading, publishing and copyright. The connection between the 23rd and books originated in Spain as a way to honour Miguel de Cervantes who died on that day.
Celebrate by reading a book on Saturday, April 23rd!