Cole Library Links to Google Scholar

The Cole Library's electronic resources are now linked to Google Scholar (http://scholar.google.com) through SFX.  From on campus, you'll see the SFX @ RPI link in text as it appears here.  From off campus, use Google Scholar Preferences to search and select "Rensselaer Hartford Campus" in order to make the links appear.  You will still need to authenticate to view full text of articles available in our subscription databases.

For those new to Google Scholar, it is a service that meta-searches freely available citations of scholarly articles and returns results based on relevance.  It can be helpful as a supplement to the Cole Library's subscription databases.  For more information on Google Scholar and its strengths and limitations, please visit this page from the UCLA Library at http://www2.library.ucla.edu/googlescholar/index.cfm.

Farewell from Cecilia

Today is my last day at the Cole Library.  You will still be able to get expert assistance from Mary Dixey (Library Director) and Carol Flynn (Interlibrary Loan Librarian) and our evening and weekend staff.

 

Working with you, whether you are Rensselaer's students, faculty, or staff, has been a wonderful experience for me.  I will miss you all and I wish you the best in your studies and future endeavors.

Thomson Gale Scheduled Maintenance

Thomson Gale will be performing network maintenance and upgrades on Sunday February 25th, 2007 between 5:00am - 11:00am. (Eastern) During this window you may experience intermittent disruptions in accessing your online subscriptions.  A system outage is not anticipated for the duration of this maintenance. 

If you have questions please contact Thomson Gale's Technical Support department at 800-877-4253 (option 4), or by email at gale.technicalsupport@thomson.com.

Presidents' Day

The Cole Library will be closed for Presidents' Day on Monday, February 19. We will be open our normal hours the rest of the weekend.

From our Registrar: Monday, February 19, there will be no classes and our facilities are closed. Classes will resume on Tuesday, February 20.

!!!!!!PLEASE FOLLOW MONDAY'S CLASS SCHEDULE. NO TUESDAY CLASSES THIS WEEK!!!!!

ProQuest maintenance 2/16-17/07

ProQuest will be taking a maintenance window to install infrastructure upgrades ensuring continued reliable performance. The 12-hour maintenance window will begin on Saturday February 17, 2007 at 22:00 EST (03:00 UTC/GMT) and run until Sunday February 18, 2007 10:00 EST (15:00 UTC/GMT).