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As we slowly but steadily update our web pages to their new look, we are also adding new resources and content. Our updated subject guide for finding Primary Sources includes links to digital collections such as the Library of Congress’s American Memory historical collections and the Historical New York Times database. Purchased last spring, the…

Wondering what Gusties were up to in the past? Trying to find that great Gustavian article from last year? Look no further! This summer, the library’s Periodicals Department and College Archives spearheaded a project to digitize backfiles of the Gustavian Weekly. You can now search, browse and view issues from 1980-2005 online. To access, click…

Students in the Common Readers First Term Seminar will give brief presentations Wednesday Nov. 29th at 7:30 p.m. on their research into four information ethics issues: music file sharing, surveillance cameras in schools, social networking online, and (an issue that hits close to the pocketbook) the increasing price of textbooks. The presentations will be held…

Ever find yourself with a reference question when you’re miles from the library? Try the library’s new Instant Messenger reference service! Use chat reference for answers to factual questions or to be directed to resources that best address your research question. To use the service, visit the library’s chat reference page. Follow the instructions to…

Every other year the library awards a $1,200 scholarship to a junior or senior student who will work on a project of benefit to the library and the wider Gustavus community. This spring the project will focus on the purpose and outcomes of common reading programs in higher education. Though these “one book, one campus”…

Do a lot of searching? Try using our new Firefox toolbar! Once you install the LibX Gustavus extension, Firefox will have a handy-dandy toolbar, always available on your browser, that allows you to search the MnPALS library catalog, check our Journal Locator, and even drag search terms into it to run a Google Scholar search.…

We now check out journals and magazines overnight, hoping to encourage students to discover and enjoy our print periodical collection. No, Virginia, it’s not all on the Internet. But starting this semester you can take home an issue of Harper’s or New Scientist for a leisurely read.

We now have an ongoing booksale! Take a look at the book cart beside the front entrance – and take a book home for only fifty cents. Proceeds go to our acquisitions budget.

It’s here! After a year of surveys and focus groups, a lot of meetings, and many, many summer e-mails we have launched a new homepage for the library. We wanted to be more standards-compliant, have a look that was closer to the campus style, and include some neat things like a simple catalog search right…

Minnesota’s seasons – winter and construction. We’re almost finished designing a new library home page that should launch before long. By the end of the summer we’ll have some new organization for many second-level pages as well. Social networking software has been getting a lot of attention lately, from Library Thing to the ubiquitous Wikipedia.…