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I am pleased to share with you that the Research and Information Services (RAIS) Division is changing our name slightly and re-organizing into three major units. Our new name is Research, Access, and Instructional Services Division. Note that we are able to keep the acronym – RAIS. Subject librarians will report to either Research Services …
For the past few years, the Women's and Children's Hospital has organized reverse trick-or-treating. MU employees are invited to hand out treats to pediatric patients, siblings, and children of adult patients. This year, one of our medical librarians, Taira Meadowcroft, asked for volunteers to go with her this Halloween to participate. This fantastic group put …
There were several compromised accounts being used to access IEEE via the vpn so that a robot could download an excessive amount of articles. Although Library Technology Services and DoIT worked to identify compromised accounts and block them, the compromised access continued. To restore access to users, we needed to stop the unauthorized access that …
The MU Libraries are reviewing discovery tools as our subscription to Summon comes up for renewal, and we are considering the other commercial discovery tools available. A discovery tool provides a single search box for ease of searching many library resources at one time. It includes citations for books, e-books, scholarly journals, magazines, dissertations, DVDs …
Keep Current with Your Latest Research Without the Stress Oct. 17 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. Room 213, Ellis Library Is trying to keep up with new developments in your field stressing you out? We’ll show you some tools that can make keeping up with the latest research easy and painless. Rhonda Whithaus, Electronic Resources Coordinator Registration Preferred. http://tinyurl.com/MULibrariesworkshops …
Thursday, May 29 & Friday, May 30, 2014 REGISTER: To register click on specific workshop: https://libraryguides.missouri.edu/upcomingclassesworkshops Thursday & Friday: All Workshops take place online using Blackboard Collaborate __________________________________ Thursday May 29, 9:00-10:30 AM [ONLINE] · Literature Review & Beyond: Tips & Tricks for Research Learn some of the more sophisticated features of database searching …
Graduation no longer means losing access to the valuable resources of the University of Missouri-Columbia Libraries. A partnership between the MU Libraries and the Mizzou Alumni Association now connects members of the Association with several of the library resources available to students daily. The MU Libraries have created a Library Resources for Alumni Web page, …