Georgia Tech Library News

Because of recent problems with what appeared to be systematic downloading of IEEE and ASCE journal articles that resulted in the temporary interruption of our access, the Library has implemented downloading limits.  We will continue to monitor this situation. Please note that downloading entire collections of data or entire issues of a journal or conference is a violation of copyright law and a violation of Georgia Tech’s licenses with publishers.
For more information refer to our Policy for Use of Online Services.

Tax season is winding down, and we have Georgia instruction booklets & forms as well as 1040 instruction booklets. In addition, we just received a complete set of reproducible IRS forms & instructions, these can be photocopied.  Stop by the Library’s 2nd floor east Services Desk for forms and information.

Our partners at OIT have acquired a new resource for students,  faculty, and staff interested in learning or improving their  skills in design software. This DVD collection includes videos  from the Total Training series and 3d Gnomon Workshop series. Topics include digital design  with Adobe Creative Suite Software and Autodesk Maya and analog design — painting, drawing and sculpting. The collection can be browsed via the list below, through the library catalog, or on the shelf at the Multimedia Studio. Each DVD can be checked out for three days by taking the empty case to the Circulation Desk. Renewals must be done in person with the DVD, at the Circulation Desk.
Multimedia Training DVDs

This collection was funded by a grant written by Joel Linderman to assist students in learning 3D modeling and multimedia software.

An enhanced “New Books” tab is available on the Library’s website (http://www.library.gatech.edu). To access it, link to the GT Catalog (GIL) page in the lefthand frame. Then link to the “New Books” tab on the right. This service enables you to keep track of new books as they are added to the Library’s collections. The collections/locations that can be specified are:

• Architecture
• Archives
• Electronic Resources
• General Collections
• Government Documents
• Popular Reading (1 West)
• Reference Collection (2 West)
• Ready Reference (1 West)

The New Books service provides the ability to customize a new books search as follows. You can:

• choose one of eight locations or “All locations”
• choose one of four time periods (one, two, three or four months)
• sort by call number, author, or title

The Georgia Tech Library & Information Center is very pleased to announce that the Georgia Tech Community now has access to Synthesis: The Digital Library of Engineering and Computer Science, a new electronic resource comprised of 50 to 100 page ‘lectures’ that synthesize an important research or development topic. The Synthesis library and its lectures are organized in a hierarchical structure of disciplines and series. The Synthesis platform provides the user with access to content in both PDF and HTML formats, with live links to references and sophisticated search and personalization functions. Access this collection from the Library’s web page using the following path: Search & Locate > Search the Databases > S > Synthesis: The Digital Library of Engineering and Computer Science