Memorial Day

The library will be closed May 29, Memorial Day. Regular hours will resume Tuesday, May 30th.

Have a great holiday!

Find the cure for the bibliography blues.

Don't write another paper until you've checked out Refworks.

RefWorks is a citation management service (It helps you cite!) that allows you to import citations from online databases, (It creates works cited lists - automatically!) organize and manage these references, automatically format them within your papers and create instant bibliographies in a variety of styles. (Footnotes? Takes care of 'em!)

Did we mention it helps you cite?

www.utdallas.edu/library/collections/refworks

For help or questions, email Carol Oshel at carol.oshel@utdallas.edu

Library Help and Instruction

Work with information experts.

McDermott Library offers individual instruction sessions for students, faculty, and staff. Get personalized instruction on how to do research for assignments and class projects. Individual instruction sessions are tailored to your needs and at your pace. Sessions are conducted by Librarians, smart people with expertise and practical experience in locating and evaluating information.

To schedule an appointment, contact Loreen
Phillips

loreen.phillips@utdallas.edu or
972-883-2126.
www.utdallas.edu/library

Searching in WorldCat now available in Arabic

Users of OCLC’s FirstSearch may now navigate the service using a new Arabic language interface. This is OCLC’s most recent response to the growing number of international users using the FirstSearch service in their native languages. The Arabic language interface allows Arabic-capable users to navigate the series of search and retrieval screens in the FirstSearch service. WorldCat, OCLC’s cooperative catalogue, has more than 350,000 bibliographic records referring to Arabic materials held by OCLC member libraries. Users may now search in Arabic script and display the results in the language of the bibliographic record. Translations of online Help are also available. To optimally view the Arabic interface, users will need to have Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5 or higher, or Netscape version 6 or higher.

The database, WorldCat, contains the catalog records of thousands of libraries worldwide and provides information on millions of books, newspapers, maps, periodicals, government documents, etc. One of the most important resources for determining which library owns a particular work.

Campus Power Outage - Library Closing

Due to electrical equipment upgrades on Campus, the Library will close Friday, May 12, at 5pm and reopen Monday, May 15 at 8am. Access to the Library's electronic resources should not be affected. However, it is possible there may be temporary interruptions in service.

We apologize for any inconvenience.

New Library Hours During Intersession

Library Intersession Hours (972-883-2955)
Mon, May 1, 2006 Tues-Fri, May 2-5, 2006 Sat, May 6, 2006 Sun, May 7, 2006 Mon, May 8, 2006 Tues-Thu, May 9-11, 2006 Fri, May 12, 2006 Sat, May 13, 2006 Sun, May 14 2006 Mon, May 15, 2006	Close at 9 p.m. 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. CLOSED CLOSED 9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. CLOSED CLOSED Regular hours resume

Due to electrical equipment upgrades on Campus, the Library will close Friday, May 12, at 5pm and reopen Monday, May 15 at 8am. Access to the Library's electronic resources should not be affected. However, it is possible there may be temporary interruptions in service.

Possible Service Disruption

Please be aware that you may experience some service disruptions when accessing the database, Project Muse during the weekend of May 5-7, 2006. This is due to a planned power outage to faciliate electrical work on the Johns Hopkins University campus, which is responsible for Project Muse.

Project Muse provides full-text access to more than 200 scholarly journals in arts and humanities, social sciences and mathematics.

We apologize for any inconvenience.