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Archive for the 'New Services' Category
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Tuesday, February 27th, 2007Need Help?
Friday, October 13th, 2006Expert Help is only an Instant Message away here in our Library. In addition to face-to-face help at our reference desk, assistance is available by phone, by email and now by Instant Message. Load the library’s Instant Message buddy name onto your YAHOO, AOL or MSN Contact list today. ASK! Us for all the details.
The Library Offers Enhanced “New Books” Component in GT Catalog (GIL)
Monday, March 13th, 2006An 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 locationsâ€
- choose one of four time periods (one, two, three or four months)
- sort by call number, author, or title
The Library has implemented a new way of linking to the “electronic version†of journals in the GT Catalog (GIL).
Monday, December 12th, 2005The new link:
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There is a similar link in most of the Library’s article databases.
Nature titles now available online!
Thursday, July 21st, 2005The Georgia Tech Library is very pleased to announce that the following Nature titles are now available online –
- Biotechnology
- Cell Biology
- Genetics
- Immunology
- Materials
- Medicine
- Neuroscience
- Structural & Molecular Biology
- Nature Reviews, Cancer
- Nature Reviews, Microbiology
In addition, we have purchased the Nature Archive which will provide online access back to 1950. Current access is from 1980 forward and completion of the archive is expected sometime in 2006.
Borrowing books from other libraries has suddenly become a lot easier!
Friday, October 22nd, 2004Georgia Tech students, faculty and staff now have access to over four million books held by the 34 libraries of the University System of Georgia (USG) and the Gwinnett University Center.
The new program, called GIL Express, offers the options of either online or in-person requests for circulating items contained in these collections. GIL Express online requests can be made from the Universal Catalog which can be accessed from the Georgia Tech Library catalog by clicking on “GIL Universal Catalog.”
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Self-booking now available for the Presentation Rehearsal Studio!
Friday, August 27th, 2004Our state-of-the-art Presentation Rehearsal Studio can now be reserved online via Buzzport. For step-by-step booking instructions, and details on both the technology available and the
use policies, visit the Presentation Rehearsal Studio page. Check out this ideal space to practice and put the finishing touches on your classroom presentations!
Two Wiley Encyclopedias now available online!
Thursday, July 1st, 2004The Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology and The Encyclopedia of Polymer Science and Technology are now available online. Access from the Library’s web page using the following path: Search & Locate > Search the Databases > K > Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology or E > Encyclopedia of Polymer Science and Technology.
NEW! Try our trial subscription to the TVNA
Thursday, May 6th, 2004The Library currently has a trial subscription to the Television News Archive collection at Vanderbilt (TVNA). The trial will run through May 31, 2004.
At Last - A Group Rehearsal Space in the Library!
Thursday, February 12th, 2004The presentation rehearsal studio is an ideal space on campus to practice and put the finishing touches on classroom presentations. The technology in the Studio is identical to technology available in Tech classrooms. The studio was built as a result of student and faculty feedback about the critical need for presentation rehearsal space on campus. Two hour reservations are available any hours that the Library is open.


