Need an answer to a question but you are not in Burke Library? Unsure which database is best for your topic? Soon you will be able to send a question from your Google, MSN, Yahoo, or AIM account directly to one of the Librarians. Look for shcref in the near future.

Starting Friday, Arpil 28 users of the Library's online catalog will see big changes. The process is not complete but concerns of accuracy have prompted staff to put the new version up now. Starting next week additional information will appear. When available item records will include Tables of content, publisher's blurbs, reviews, and dust jackets will be include on the page. Before school starts in the Fall, the system will be upgraded so that new and returning will be able to check their own accounts, determine outstanding library fines, make books recommendations and renew books online.

Literature Online, commonly known as LION, makes its debut on the Spring Hill College Library Web Site. Considered to be one of the premier resources for the study of literature, LION contains the full text of over 350,000 resources and a vast collection of criticisms and references. Click this link for a complete blurb about LION, from ProQuest.
One of the unique features of LION is the growing collection, currently over 265, poets online reading poems: their own and other works. Access to LION is made possible with the financial support of the Friends of Spring Hill College Library.

Going Global Career Guides are the ultimate international job seeker's guide! Updated continually, this massive research tool contains more than 10,000 resources for finding employment at home and abroad. Developed by a worldwide team of career specialists, each country covers:

• Job search resources
• Employment opportunities and trends
• Industry-specific trade and professional
• Business resources and networking groups
• Work permits and visa regulations
• Cost of living and compensation information
• Resume/CV writing guidelines
• Cultural and interviewing advice
• Embassy listings

--Text from the Going Global Web Site--

With the implementation of EZproxy at Burke Library current students, staff, and faculty now have access to licensed Library resources without the hassle of proxy setup issues. EZproxy handles the necessary steps for quick access to needed resources. A user name and password are all that is needed; the same user name and password used for Spring Hill College email.

When you select a licensed resource, such as a database or full text journal, a window will appear on your screen requesting a username and password. Your user name is generally the first initial of your first name and your full family name. For example, Jane Jackson's user name would be jjackson. and Brian Owen White's user name would be bwhite. Occasionally there are variations to the user names. For example, if 'bwhite' had already been assigned when Brian arrived at Spring Hill College he might then be assigned the username bowhite. Usernames and passwords are assigned at registration so check with the IT Help Desk if you have questions.

The annual Boyle Literary Lecture will take place on October 19, 2005 at 7:30 p.m. in the Gautrelet Room. The speaker will be Charles J. Boyle, Archivist of Spring Hill College. When asked to give the Boyle Lecture his reaction was to say, "Sounds like in-breeding to me." His subject will be "Life at SHC During the 1800's," to contribute to the 175 year anniversary celebration.

The Boyle Literary Lecture Series began in 1996, after a request from the English faculty to "honor someone while he is still alive" was approved by Father President William J. Rewak, S.J." The first speaker was Fred Chappell. Among eight subsequent authors was Diane McWhorter (2002) who later that same year was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for her book "Carry Me Home."

The custom of selling and signing books written by the speaker will continue this year.

In cooperation with the Libraries of the of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities Burke Library announces two new databases. Either can be accessed from the E-resources page and each uses the familiar EBSCO interface. Neither include full text but links to to full text in other Library databases is automatic when the the text is available.

Old Testament Abstracts Online is produced through a partnership between ATLA and the Catholic Biblical Association. According to EBSCO, the OTA features indexing and abstracts for journal articles, monographs, multi-author works, and software related to Old Testament studies. Topics covered include antiquities, archaeology, biblical theology, philology and much more.

New Testament Abstracts is produced through a partnership between ATLA and the Weston Jesuit School of Theology. Ebsco says the database contains more than 33,000 article abstracts, 1,200 review abstracts, 12,600 book abstracts, and 50 software abstracts with article coverage back to 1985.

The staff of Librarians' Index to the Internet have gathered over thirty resources related to Hurricane Katrina. Linked sites offer information on a wide range of hurricane related issues from obtaining financial support and repairing you property to sites dedicated to understanding the causes of extent of the damage caused by this storm. Librarians' Index to the Internet, located in California, provides well-organized, reliable librarian-selected resources on a wide variety of subjects.

Spring Hill College has been listed again as a top regional school in US News and World Report. We think that's good but what does it really mean? As an institution of higher learning, grounded in Jesuit traditions, we focus on every student as a whole person: mind, body, and spirit. Do the numerous school rankings measure that effort? For another perspective on college rankings take a look at the September issue of Washington Monthly for the first Annual College Guide. The authors state that "while other guides ask what colleges can do for students", they "ask what colleges can do for the country." Linked with permission.

To meet the educational and research mission of Spring Hill College, Burke Library both licenses, and participates in collective agreements, to have available an extensive selection of support materials. If you are a current student, faculty, or staff member of Spring Hill College, you may access most of the licensed electronic resources from any personal computer if you know your username and password and if you can set the computer to point to the library's proxy server.

If your browser is Internet Explorer or Firefox the process of setting up this proxy is quite simple. For help and the proxy address, visit our Proxy Page for directions. If you have trouble or need advice, call the IT Help desk. Remember! when you're finished, unclick the use proxy address box to go straight to the Internet rather than through the proxy. You will note that the proxy url is grayed out but there and ready for your next visit to the library resources.

The Southeastern Sirsi Usersgroup Conference meets at Spring Hill College for a two day seminar. In addition to the organizations' annual meetings, representatives from Sirsi will introduce and review several new products and various presenters will focus on aspect of the Sirsi Integrated Library system.

Members of the Spring Hill College community will now be abel to access the full text of the Journal of Wildlife Management through our subscription to BioOne. For additional titles in the BioOne Database link to BioOne and click on the Browse file tab. Published by the Wildlife Society, which was founded in 1937, Journal of Wildlife Management contains information from original research that contributes to the scientific foundations of wildlife management.

Bryan Lowry, Evening Supervisor at Burke has decide to return to school full time to complete his education degree and will be moving to the University of Alabama Birmingham. We wish them both the best of luck in the future endeavors.