CTU Students - Enter Raffle to Win Gift Card in October!

Open Access Week is October 19-25th. To celebrate Theological Libraries Month, the library is offering a $50 gift card to the Seminary Co-op Bookstore to honor Open Access Week.

CTU students are eligible to enter the raffle by answering the question about open access on the entry form. The deadline to enter is Wednesday, October 14th at 3pm.Students may enter the raffle in person in the library until the drawing at 4pm on October 14th.

Database Trials Through Try-It Illinois Available Until November 30th

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

Zotero Workshop October 12th

Would you like to learn more about using Zotero to manage your citations and make bibliographies? This workshop will cover the basics of installing Zotero for Firefox, how to save citations to Zotero, and how to create citations in appropriate citation styles. You may bring your lunch, and bring your laptop if you wish; additional help will be available after the workshop if you need assistance in installing Zotero. Please install the Firefox browser on your laptop before attending the workshop.

When: Monday, October 12th, noon-1pm
Where: Room 504

Theological Libraries Month Open House on October 14th

Stop by the library on Wednesday, October 14th from 3pm to 5pm for an open house to celebrate Theological Libraries Month. Cake and coffee will be served.

Upcoming Chicago Manual of Style Workshop

This workshop will cover the basics of the Chicago Manual of Style: Documentation I System as used at CTU. We will review the CTU Writing Handbook for Chicago Manual of Style tips, the basic outline of key topics in the Chicago Manual of Style, and the Chicago Manual of Style Online. You may bring your lunch, and bring your laptop if you wish.

When: Monday, September 28th, noon-1pm
Where: Room 504

Fall Zotero Workshops

Would you like to learn more about using Zotero to manage your citations and make bibliographies? This workshop will cover the basics of installing Zotero for Firefox, how to save citations to Zotero, and how to create citations in appropriate citation styles. You may bring your lunch, and bring your laptop if you wish; additional help will be available after the workshop if you need assistance in installing Zotero. Please install the Firefox browser on your laptop before attending the workshop.

When: Thursday, September 24th, noon-1pm
Where: Room 504

When: Tuesday, September 29th, noon-1pm
Where: Room 504

Trial Available for CTU Alums for CPLI

The library currently has trial access for to Catholic Periodical Literature Index (CPLI) for CTU gradutes. This access is included with regular alumni access to the ATLAS database. If you are a CTU alum and do not already have username/password information for ATLAS for Alums, please contact Lisa Gonzalez at lgonzalez@ctu.edu for login information.