Help us celebrate the release of UMBC Professor, Associate Dean, and Poet Dr. Robert H. Deluty's latest book of poetry When Silence is Not an Option.

Now it's your turn to be the poet.  Post a 3-10 line poem about your UMBC experience on the UMBC Bookstore Facebook wall. Dr. Deluty will select a winner to receive a copy of his latest book and a $30 UMBC Bookstore gift card.  5 first prize winners will receive i-Ecko earbuds.

Poems may be in any form or style.  Judging will be based on creativity and the integration of your UMBC experience.

When: 12:00 - 1:00 pm; Friday, February 18th, 2011
Where: Library, room 259
What: Explore the Library building and website
Learn about resources and services you need
Identify expert assistance
Q & A

To register, please e-mail or call:
Shu Qian
qian@umbc.edu
410-455-1783

All public photocopying in the Library now defaults to duplex (two-sided) copying. Patrons may change to simplex (one-sided) photocopying by following instructions posted at the photocopiers.

All printing in the Library now defaults to duplex (two-sided) printing. Patrons may change to simplex (one-sided) printing before they send their documents to the printer by following instructions posted here: http://aok.lib.umbc.edu/services/printing.php and at Library workstations.

Based on requests and expressed interest in new or alternate products, the MDL has arranged trial access to the following databases. For off-campus access, please login via VPN first (http://vpn.umbc.edu). Then follow the link under "News & Events" on the library homepage. For more info on remote access, see http://aok.lib.umbc.edu/services/remoteaccess.php

URLs and log-in information, where needed, are as follows:

EBSCO
Academic Search Complete
Business Source Complete
Communication & Mass Media Complete
Criminal Justice Abstracts
Log-in Information

Additional EBSCO Trials - no log in required
Art & Architecture Complete
Film & Television Literature Index, with Full Text

ProQuest (no login necessary) good thru 2/18
ProQuest Newsstand

Oxford Bibliographies Online
www.oxfordbibliographiesonline.com
Log-in Information

Bio One 2 (Active for subscribers to BioOne 1, no login necessary)
http://www.bioone.org/search

Past Masters
good thru 2/25
Log-in Information

SAGE good thru 2/28
Criminology and Nursing/Health Science
Log-in Information

H.W. Wilson (no login needed)
WilsonWeb Readers’ Guide Retrospective good thru 2/28

Gale (no login needed)
GREENR - Global Reference on the Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources
http://www.galetrials.com/default.aspx?TrialID=8463;ContactID=27220
(if the above link doesn't work, please copy and paste into your browser)

Please let us know what you think.

UMBC's trial access to Oxford Bibliographies Online has been renewed. The trial runs through February 21, 2011.

Oxford Bibliographies Online (OBO) is a library of disciplined-based subject modules. In each subject module, leading scholars have produced a literary guide to the most important and significant sources in an area of study they know best. The guides feature a selective list of bibliographic citations supported by direct recommendations about which sources to consult. Each topic has a unique editorial commentary to show how the cited sources are interrelated. The citations promote discoverability as they link out to the sources via your library collection or through Google books and more.

For off-campus access, please login via VPN first (http://vpn.umbc.edu). Then follow the link under "News & Events" on the library homepage. For more info on remote access, see http://aok.lib.umbc.edu/services/remoteaccess.php

Please let us know what you think. Leave a comment or send your comments to Drew Alfgren at alfgren@umbc.edu.