See what's new at the library!
July 2008
PBS Videos now online!
Through the library's membership in VIVA, the Virtual Library of Virginia, a collection of 498 PBS documentary videos is now available online through the library's catalog. These are presented as streaming video, not downloaded files, and can only be viewed from computers on the campus network. Do a keyword search in the Books/Films/Music search for "pbs streaming" to see a complete list. Or, search for a favorite PBS series by title or director.
*Special Note: To view these films you must have QuickTime Player or QuickTime Player Lite loaded on your computer. There is a link to QuickTime Player Lite in the entry for all the PBS videos. We also strongly recommend that you use the Firefox browser when viewing these videos. They load much faster in Firefox than in Internet Explorer. You can download Firefox here.
Say hello to EBSCOhost and farewell to Gale.
VIVA, the Virtual Library of Virginia, has signed a new licensing agreement for delivery of a full-text multidisciplinary periodical database with EBSCOhost. The following is an excerpt of the announcement e-mailed on May 22, 2008:
VIVA is pleased to announce that EBSCO Information Services has been awarded the contract for the full-text multidisciplinary periodical databases for VIVA libraries. The databases included as part of this contract are most of EBSCO's major "Complete" packages:
- Academic Source Complete
- Business Source Complete
- Communication & Mass Media Complete
- Computers & Applied Science Complete
- Consumer Health Complete
- Education Research Complete
- Environment Complete
- Hospitality & Tourism Complete
- Humanities International Complete
as well as the following databases:
- Alt Health Watch
- Associates Programs Source
- Economia y Negocios
- Fuente Academica
- Health Source: Consumer Edition
- Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
- Legal Collection
- MasterFILE Premier
- MedicLatina
- Military & Government Collection
- Newspaper Source Plus
- Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection
- Regional Business News
- Religion & Philosophy Collection
- Salud en Espanol
- Vente et Gestion
- Women's Studies International
For the Lynchburg College community, this means a great increase in the number of indexed periodicals and full-text articles in a wide range of subjects. It also means that several very familiar online resources,
Expanded Academic ASAP,
Academic OneFile, and the
Gale Virtual Reference Library, will no longer be available. Other Gale products, such as the
Gale Literature Resource Center and the
MLA International Bibliography will continue as before. If you have questions regarding these changes, please contact us at
refdesk@lynchburg.edu or call us at 544-8575.
February 2008
ARTstor is here! View high quality digital reproductions of artwork from museums and galleries around the world.
Grove Music Online is also now available. It provides the same authoritative articles that appear in the renowned New Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians.
January 2008
The library's website has been redesigned to help make your search for information more efficient and effective. Let us know what you think about it.
For more information about the Library or its services, contact Chris Millson-Martula at millsonmartula@lynchburg.edu.
