Database Trials for TryIt Illinois Until End of November

The TryIt Illinois database trials are ongoing until the end of November. Many databases are available for searching, and can be accessed at the TryIt Illinois website. Please stop by or contact the library for login information.

eHRAF Workshop Cancelled

The eHRAF Brown Bag Workshop scheduled for Friday, October 5th at noon has been cancelled. Stay tuned for another eHRAF Workshop in the spring semester.

eHRAF Brown Bag Workshop on October 5th

Christiane Cunnar will present a webinar demonstrating the basics of using eHRAF World Cultures, an online cross-cultural database that contains information on all aspects of cultural and social life. This ethnographic database includes a variety of source documents (books, articles, and dissertations) that have been indexed and organized according to HRAF's comprehensive culture and subject classification systems.

When: Friday, October 5th, noon-1pm
Where: Room 504

Zotero Workshops - Basic and Advanced

Two brown bag workshops for basic Zotero and one workshop for advanced Zotero will take place on the following dates:

Zotero Basic Workshop - Thursday, September 27th, noon-1pm, Room 335
Zotero Advanced Workshop - Friday, September 28th, noon-1pm, Room 504
Zotero Basic Workshop - Thursday, October 4th, noon-1pm, Room 335

The basic workshop is intended to show how to install and use Zotero in order to create bibliographies and footnotes, while the advanced workshop will cover advanced search features and settings, as well as advanced features of the word processor add-on.
The advanced workshop is intended for those who have some experience using Zotero as an add-on to Firefox and with the word processor integration; if you would like a refresher on Zotero, or need assistance in installing any of the Zotero add-ons, please come to the basic workshop.

CRRA Symposium Hosted by DePaul University - Invitation and Call for Posters

A symposium co-sponsored by the Catholic Research Resources Alliance and DePaul University will be held at DePaul University's Lincoln Park Campus in Chicago on October 15-16, 2012. The theme will be:  Nurturing the ‘Spirit of Perfect Charity’: Libraries and Archives at the Intersection of Service and Scholarship in Catholic Social Justice Studies. 

 CRRA sponsored symposiums aim to bring together scholars, librarians and archivists to engage in topics within the broad sphere of Catholic Studies. Registration is open until September 14th, and proposals for poster sessions will be accepted until September 19th.

Library Summer Hours

Library hours for July and August are as follows:

Monday - Friday : 9am - 4pm
Closed Saturdays and Sundays

The library will be closed September 1st - 3rd. Regular hours will resume Tuesday, September 4th.

Project Muse E-books on Philosophy and Religion Added to Library Collection

The library has expanded access to Project Muse's collections on philosophy and religion by adding access to e-books as well as e-journals. Project Muse provides access to both e-journals and e-books published by numerous university presses and other academic publishers, such as the Franciscan Institute. When browsing or searching this collection, a green check mark will indicated items that are available to CTU.