Hi all,
We’ve (or at least I”ve) got a puzzle. A patron wanted to access a title from the above online collection. He was using one of the guest access workstations, which I thought would allow him access to our online resources while here in the library. He was able to bring up the specific title and conduct a search for keywords, but then unable to bring up any of the page images. It seems like access to the content/images was blocked. I suggested he get a guest ID from upstairs and try that. It worked!
I guess my question is: how do we know which resources are restricted? Is it a case by case thing? I thought the catalogue and all online resources could be accessed by guests on one of the three guest stations….
Thanks.
Celia

Now interfiled to GN33 I…

Heads up – You will likely start seeing students from Anth 323 (Archaeological Foundations of Mesoamerican Civilizations) at the desk over the next two weeks. They are working on an assignment in which they have to select two similar articles, one popular and one scholarly, on a topic in Mesoamerican archaeology and compare the two.
The assignment guidelines, including partial lists of scholarly and popular journals with Mesoamerican content are linked from the online course page, where you’ll also find links to suggested databases.

If you take a close look at the bottom of this blog entry, you’ll notice a new feature. I’ve added a bit of code that will allow us to email blog entries. Just click the link that says “email this to a friend”, fill in the details, and off it goes!
This may be useful for emailing time-sensitive postings such as new assignments or hot topics at the desk to the HSS-desk listserv, for folks who don’t check the blog regularly. We’ll have the benefit of a quick, wide-reaching email plus an archived posting to refer to at the desk.

Hi all,
Can someone remind me what the procedure is for reporting problems with indexes and databases? A student called this afternoon because she was unable to access the OECD Education Database from home–it didn’t work from the ref desk either. So far I’ve just been filling out the eResources comments/suggestions page when things like this come up. Is there anything else I can suggest for the student when indexes or ejournals don’t cooperate?
Karine

Hi all
A request for help in finding this item came through HSS email yesterday. Thought I would share.
Sex and Vigor in Populus Science 17 September 1948 108: 302-303.
Do we have it? Hint… punctuation counts in citations!

From Paul…
Thanks to Tracey and the magic of Sytems(TM), we can now print to the public print station from the reference desk (or any other) computer.
To do so, you will have to set up a new printer in the traditional manner.
Follow this path:
Control Panel/Printers and Faxes/Add printer/../Network Printer/
When asked for the network name, type
\\gamma\HUMANITIES-P1 Public Printer
(it will appear in a drop down list as soon as you finish typing “\\gamma\”
After that, you’ll be able to select that printer in the normal manner.
When you print to the print station, you will bypass all the payment controls, etc, and the job will print out immediately. So it’s best to have a look and make sure there’s not a huge queue of people waiting to print, just in case your job gets mixed in with someone else’s.

Movable Type was upgraded over the holidays, and now supports the use of tags. So feel free to put posts in categories, and try out the tag option as well. More information here.
But… I still can’t figure out how to make the tags display!
On the downside, the upgrade seems to have lost the posted by ‘name’.
Cheers, Ellen

From Lynne Gamache on Friday January 5th:
“Yesterday we completed the E’s. This point represents 33% of the collection consisting of Koerner books, Koerner bound journals, and IKBLC books. To get there, we have used 31.2% of the available shelving. Well done, Kerry, Erin, David and the student moving crew. Thanks, too, to Lincoln for his help over the past couple of weeks.”

Hi all, just a reminder that we have a large collection of governmental CDROMs that may be useful to you. They are easy to overlook. If you go to GovInfo and select “Format type” CDROM, you will see a complete list.
Some of the interesting titles include: