New e-reference book

We now have access to 21st Century Education: A Reference Handbook. This reference e-book "...offers 100 chapters written by leading experts in the field that highlight the most important topics, issues, questions, and debates facing educators today" (from the Sage website). You can access the item through the Library catalogue.

Open Access Week

What is Open Access?

Open Access is the principle that all research should be freely accessible online, immediately after publication. Open-access (OA) literature is digital, online, free of charge, and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions. What makes it possible is the internet and the consent of the copyright-holder.

Why does Open Access matter?

Open Access encourages the unrestricted sharing of research results with everyone, everywhere, for the advancement of knowledge and benefit to society.

For more information:

• What Faculty can do to promote Open Access
• What Universities and Administrators can do to promote Open Access
• What Research Funders can do to promote Open Access

--from http://www.library.brocku.ca/openaccess.htm

What do I need to know about the Library?

This is the Powerpoint from a session I did for EDUC 5P63, but it is applicable for anyone who wants to know a bit about library research here at Brock. This will also be posted at https://learning.library.brocku.ca/ along with some other great online tutorials. Check them out!

Educ 5P63

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Tours of the Learning Commons

If you are new to Brock or if you have not yet had a look around the new Learning Commons, we are offering tours during the first couple of weeks of classes. Tours of the Matheson Learning Commons and Library will be offered at 11am and 3pm daily Monday-Friday from September 8-11 and September 14-18. Tours begin at the posted sign near the south entrance and last approximately 20 minutes.

Study Carrel Application now available

Calling all graduate students! Applications are now available for study carrels. Application deadline is Sept. 18th, 2009. Apply now.

New Titles for May 2009

A list of new books ordered in May 2009 is available on the Library website.

Some notable titles:

Creating and sustaining online professional learning communities / edited by Joni K. Falk and Brian Drayton ; foreword by Marcia C. Linn.
LB 1731 C692 2009




The qualitative dissertation : a guide for students and faculty / Maria Piantanida, Noreen B. Garman ; foreword by Frances Schoonmaker.
LB 2369 P48 2009




Service-learning and the liberal arts : how and why it works / edited by Craig A. Rimmerman.
LC 220.5 S4554 2009





Ethical practices and implications in distance learning / Ugur Demiray, Ramesh C. Sharma [editors].
LC 5800 E84 2009





Also, be sure to take a look at new titles in the IRC.

Is there a title you would like to see in our collection? Suggest a title using this online form.

Exporting book records from WorldCat to Refworks

It is easy to export book records from WorldCat to Refworks, but you do need to create an account in WorldCat. Once you sign up, you can add books to your list and from there export records to your Refworks account.

Watch this short video to see how it works: Exporting Records from WorldCat to Refworks.

Questions? Contact me for help.