In honor of Veteran’s Day, the library will be closed all day November 11. This includes the computers in the library.
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The Library has a new interlibrary loan service called ILLIAD available for you and your students to use starting immediately. This service allows you to make requests and track your request status online through a web page. ILLIAD also reduces the amount of typing you need to do if you locate something in the EBSCO database that we don’t own. By choosing the Article Linker option on the EBSCO record the bibliographic information will be input into the correct ILLIAD fields automatically. To use the features of ILLIAD you will need to create a user account. Set up of an account may be accomplished by following this link http://illiad.library.umaine.edu/illiad/UPQ/FirstTime.html. If you have any questions about this new service please don’t hesitate to contact Nancy Fletcher at X9595 or nancy.fletcher@umpi.edu
We have added RSS feeds from other URSUS libraries that currently have blogs. We will add others as additional blogs appear.
The Library staff, in conjunction with the IT Dept staff, have created a collaboration area on the first floor of the Library. Located near the conference room the area includes seating, a computer with dual monitors, a vcr/tv, laserdisc player, and dvd player included in the computer. If you need to collaborate on a project, watch a dvd, or create a group presentation, try out the new area. We hope you find it useful. If you would like additional areas like this let us know.
We have several new databases available for you to use in your research this year, a description of each follows.
Facts On File World News Digest @ FACTS.com presents the full text of Facts On File World News Digest since 1940, plus a live newsfeed from Reuters® and thousands of in-depth features, images, charts, and primary documents.
ProQuest has partnered with MyFamily.com to create Ancestry® Library Edition, one of the most important genealogical collections available today. It has unparalleled coverage of the United States and the United Kingdom, including census, vital, church, court, and immigration records, as well as record collections from Canada and other areas. This collection, with thousands of databases and billions of names, is essential to having a broad genealogy collection, and its valuable content is a strong complement to HeritageQuest™ Online. The Ancestry Library Edition collection has approximately 4,000 databases including key collections such as U.S. Federal Census images and indexes from 1790 to 1930; the Map Center containing more than 1,000 historical maps; American Genealogical Biographical Index (over 200 volumes); Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage (over 150 volumes); The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1630; Social Security Death Index (updated monthly); WWI Draft Registration Cards; Federal Slave Narratives; and a strong Civil War collection. Ancestry Library Edition updates continually, with more indexes and original images added all the time.
The Electronic Tax, Payroll & Accounting Library is designed for community colleges and small universities who need financial management and reporting research for their undergraduate and graduate Accounting programs. You’ll find information including: * Financial Management on Checkpoint where information and tools are provided to help you drive continuous process improvements at the corporate and departmental levels. * Controllership, the comprehensive Web-based resource designed specifically for controllers. Get solutions concerning management as well as accounting. * GAAP Compliance on Checkpoint, where you’ll find concise analysis and useful examples for every GAAP requirement. * Internal Auditing on Checkpoint, including analysis on critical auditing concerns and today’s best ideas and guidance. * SEC Compliance on Checkpoint is the place to find sample disclosures of all SEC accounting, auditing & financial reporting requirements in a usable, easy-to-understand format. * Payroll Compliance: Payroll Guide is a comprehensive and coherent payroll reference and research tool. It provides detailed explanation and analysis of Federal, State, and local income tax withholding
You may access these databases from the library home page by choosing the databases link. If you have quesitons please don’t hesitate to ask one of the staff for assistance.
Welcome to the start of the semester at the University of Maine at Presque Isle. The library staff is here to assist you in your research endevours. If you have any questions on how to search, where to look, or need assistance in citing material you have located don’t hesitate to ask one of the staff for help. We hope you have a good semester.
Elizabeth “Betsy” Sholl will be at the Turner Memorial Library Friday, May 23, at 6pm. This is a chance to hear and meet Ms. Sholl. Opening poetry reading is by Melissa Crowe of the UMPI English Deptartment.
You may have noticed that we’ve moved to a new blog space. We were running the blog at Blogger, but have found that our new home suites our needs better. We’ve also changed to a new name Library News. We continue to bring information about changes to the UMPI Library and items of interest about libraries from around Aroostook County.
We’ve been asked to bring back the Gardening Exhibit from earlier this spring. Here’s what we said about it earlier. Hope everyone enjoys the reprise of the exhibit.
Just in time for spring greening and Earth Day, Master Gardeners Alice Sheppard and Karen Colburn have created an exhibit about Gardening with Nature. Gardening with nature is philosophy and practice that supports gardening as stewardship of our natural resources. Gardening with nature examples include: building healthy soil using composting techniques rather than commercial fertilizers, limiting chemical pest control, selecting the right plant for the right place, and enhancing habitat for wildlife. The Library exhibit features resources on the ecology of gardening, soil science, landscaping for wildlife, and plant identification. Anyone can garden with nature, and there are many publications and web sites to guide the novice or the expert gardener.
The Gardening with Nature exhibit is part of the ongoing efforts of the University of Maine-Presque Isle Green Campus Action Committee. The Green Campus Action Committee is charged with promoting strategies that limit negative environmental impacts on campus, and maximize benefits to the environment.
The Library exhibit theme was chosen to tie in with our University Day theme, Building Global Respect: Our Environment and Ourselves. University Day, April 16, highlights student projects and campus research. For a schedule of events, go to http://www.umpi.maine.edu/.
Several individuals have asked for a listing of recently received items at the library. We’ve added a link on our homepage, in the Find Books and More section, to a listing of material recently added to the collection. We hope it proves useful and enjoyable.
