The Library is here to help you do your best during finals week. Check out all of the ways we’ll help you stay focused, calm, and awake during finals week....
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We have a new Best Bets for Starting Your Research guide specifically for Islamic Studies.
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A new Best Bets study guide has been created to help navigate the complicated world of legally and ethically using images and media in academic papers, projects, and presentations.
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Cabell's Journals Directories has offered publishing information for business, education, , and psychology journals. Includes: contact information, manuscript guidelines, journal acceptance rates, number of reviewers, circulation, price, type of readership, and more. Now you can also find this information for journals in the areas of computer science, nursing, and health administration.
You may also be interested in our newly revamped Guide for Publishing, Tenure Review and Promotion.
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The DiMenna-Nyselius Library is pleased to support Fairfield University's year of diversity through Global Citizenship by presenting a research guide to help students and faculty find the information they need on global issues!
Check out the Best Bets Guide for Global Citizenship today for assistance in finding background sources, books, journal articles, websites, newspapers, news, blogs and more covering global topics!
Best Bets Guide for Starting Your Research in Global Citizenship @ http://librarybestbets.fairfield.edu/global
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We are pleased to announce that we have been able to reinstate 24/7 chat help. Now you can chat with a librarian, even after the reference desk has closed. You can access this service from our Ask a Librarian page.
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from the Chronicle of Higher Education:
Learn more about how the Library of Congress's statement of new exemptions to the anti-circumvention provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act can be applied in teaching and research.
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A recent article on U.S. News and World Report online has some suggestions for writing your research papers. What were our favorite tips?
Many up-to-date research materials are now available electronically. The best place to start is not with Google, Bing, or Wikipedia but with E-reserves that the professor has listed. These are found at your school library's Web page (or, sometimes, the course Web page) and have been carefully selected for relevance, level of depth, and general appropriateness for your particular course. Next stop: the electronic resources (or E-resources) at the library Web page.Check out the rest of the article here.
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We have added several new reference e-book titles to our collection, including the Dartmouth Medal award winner!
The Berkshire Encyclopedia of China
This extensive work contains over 800 articles on environmental, issues, global economics, online communications, and the latest political developments.
Encyclopedia of Contemporary LGBTQ Literature in the United States
Contains more than 600 alphabetically arranged entries on literature and the arts, associations and organizations, individuals, law and public policy concerns, health and relationships, sexual issues, and numerous other topics.
The Berkshire Encyclopedia of China
This extensive work contains over 800 articles on environmental, issues, global economics, online communications, and the latest political developments.
Encyclopedia of Contemporary LGBTQ Literature in the United States
Contains more than 600 alphabetically arranged entries on literature and the arts, associations and organizations, individuals, law and public policy concerns, health and relationships, sexual issues, and numerous other topics.
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Since the sixth edition of the APA Style Guide was published in July, faculty and librarians noticed pages of errors and inconsistencies. Most errors appear in the sample papers and citations. APA recently changed its position that it would not replace copies of the first printing with copies of the corrected second printing. If you, or your students, have purchased a paperback copy of the first printing, APA will send you, free of charge, a copy of the second printing. Contact the APA’s service center (customerservice@apa.org ) to submit your request between November 2 and December 15.
If you want to view corrected copies, just stop by the library – we have manually corrected copies on reserve and at the reference desk. Our online style guide for APA, http://www.fairfield.edu/library/libgd_apacitations.html, is also correct. To view the corrected pages online, visit http://www.apastyle.org/ and click on “Corrections to the First Printing.”
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RefWorks will now be offered to Alumni as a standard feature of RefWorks, providing lifelong access to users. Alumni will have access to this bibliographic software, allowing them to continue using their personal research databases for future professional and academic endeavors.
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September 15-October 15 is Hispanic Heritage Month. If you are doing any research about the Americas , or are just interested in finding out more about history of Hispanic culture, we have the perfect resource for you: The Latino American Experience.
The Latino American Experience is a full-text resource which explores the history and culture of U.S. Latinos. Content spans from the pre-Columbian Indigenous civilizations of the Americas, through the Spanish and Mexican settlement of much of what is now the United States, to the triumphs and challenges facing the present-day U.S. Latinos.
You may also be interested in a recent ebook we've added: Voices of the U.S. Latino Experience. This three volume set contains a variety of primary and secondary resources that would help any research project dealing with Latin American history and culture.
The Library has many resources on Latin American history and culture. Stop by the reference desk for more information, or contact us via text message, IM, or email.
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Did you know that both APA and MLA published new editions of their style guides this past summer? The new editions make changes to documentation style, especially for digital information. Here are some resources to help you navigate the changes.
APA, 6th Edition
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Every Wednesday at 2:00 pm during the Fall semester the Library will be holding RefWorks workshops. Learn this fabulous citation software program. You'll be glad you did!
No reservation required. Just come down to Lab 114 on the lower level. FYE credit is given - all years welcome.
Learn to Cite the Easy Way!
For more information, contact Curtis Ferree at cferree@fairfield.edu.
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Todd Gilman, writing in The Chronicle of Higher Education, has an interesting article on the difference between computer literacy and research literacy, and what that means in terms of pedagogy. He suggests that there is often a disconnect for students between these two skill sets, and he suggests how we might address this: both in the classroom, and in library instruction sessions. One way? Integrate the library instruction session into the classroom with an assignment:
Reinforce the lesson with an assignment. Devise a for-credit assignment that echoes what you and the librarian have shown the students. It should emphasize key distinctions that they often forget, such as the need to search the online catalog for books but library databases for articles. You might also incorporate a component that challenges students to evaluate the quality of information they find, such as comparing the top results returned by a keyword search in Google with those returned in Academic Search Premier with the peer-reviewed box checked. Which results are more authoritative, and how can students tell?Check out the article
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More than a dozen countries, in partnership with the United Nations, have put some of their oldest texts online in the World Digital Library. This resource, as it continues to grow, will be an invaluable resource to historians, international studies scholars, lovers of rare documents, and anyone looking for interesting, hard to find primary sources. You can check out the library here, and a story about it
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The Chronicle of Higher Education's March 6, 2009 edition includes the article "A New Push to Unlock University-Based Research"
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02/05/2009
The New York Times has an excellent example of primary source documents accompanying a story on Nazi War Criminal Aribert Heim.
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01/30/2009
Need help organizing your research? Want to be able to easily create bibliographies in any citation style? Then come to the library to learn how RefWorks can change your life. RefWorks is a bibliographic management tool freely available to all Fairfield students, faculty, and staff which will keep track of all your research materials, and help you generate bibliographies and in-text citations. Come to our workshop to learn all about it on Februrary 3rd, from 6:00 -7:00 PM in Rm 114. Freshman can earn FYE credit!
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We have a new reference e-book available for you: The Encyclopedia of Social Work. Co-published by the National Association of Social Workers and Oxford University Press, the
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Do you ever struggle writing a bibliography or works cited page? Are you looking for a way to become more organized with your research? If so, come to the Library to learn RefWorks.
RefWorks is an online bibliographic management tool that allows you to export references directly from a database, automatically print a bibliography in ALA, MLA or Chicago styles, and even automatically insert parenthetical citations into your Word document.
The workshop is open to all faculty, students and staff. Freshman can receive FYE credit for attending.
What: RefWorks workshop
When: Wednesday, Oct. 8, 6 - 7 pm or Tuesday, Oct. 14,
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We have added two new resources to help you with your research: Cambridge Histories Online, and Reference Universe.
Cambridge Histories Online allows instant access to the texts of the Cambridge Histories series, which covers American and British History, General History, Language and Linguistics, Literary Studies, Music, Philosophy, Political and Social Theory, Religious Studies, and Theatre and Performing Arts.
Reference Universe allows you to search the indexes of our print and electronic reference holdings online.
Both of these resources provide and excellent starting point for your research, and both are accessible from our database page.
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Listen to a podcast of Larri Mazon, Director of Multicultural Relations, discuss the books and films which have affected him.
Also, visit the Library webpage Black History Month to learn more about resources online and in the library that can help with your research
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Need help with a bibliography? Have a research paper coming up? Then come to the RefWorks workshop at the library, Wednesday, Jan 30th or Thursday, January 31st, 5:00 PM -6:00 PM, room 114, and learn how RefWorks can make your life a whole lot easier.
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We're big fans of Google Scholar here at the Library.
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12/05/2007
The Library has some terrific online guides to help you with documenting sources. You can see all 4 guides at http://www.fairfield.edu/x7976.html.
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11/28/2007
Try the Research Guides created by Library staff at http://www.fairfield.edu/x7980.html. Not sure where to begin?
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11/27/2007
The library has posted a new Best Bets guide for Taxation that will get you started with the best print and electronic sources for your taxation research. Need help with a taxation project? Contact Jackie Kremer at jkremer@mail.fairfield.edu or at extension 2587.
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10/04/2007
View our Digital Archives: http://digital.fairfield.edu/
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08/02/2007
Can't find what you need? Ask a Librarian or try MultiSearch *
*With Multisearch, you can choose to search multiple library databases or just specific databases. You can also include the library catalog in your search.
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05/02/2007
The links below point to brief informational guides. For more complete information, consult the original books (see call numbers below).
APA Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th ed. Ref. BF 76.7.P83 2010 For supplemental material, please visit www.apastyle.org APA Style Guide to Electronic References Ebook Chicago The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th ed. Ref. Z 253.U69 2003 Chicago Quick Guides: Chicago Citations: Author-Date System Chicago Citations: Notes-Bibliography Style MLA MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 7th ed. Ref. LB 2359.G53 2009 IEEE 
IEEE Standards Style Manual (Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers)
RefWorks RefWorks is an online bibliographic management utility. The program requires creating a personal account, but the information you keep in your account can be organized into numerous folders, allowing you to work on various projects simultaneously. RefWorks interfaces with many of our subscription databases to allow you to import citations; create bibliographies and citation lists in various formats; and export the information to your word processor in any of over 100 styles, including APA, Chicago, and MLA. In addition, with "Write-N-Cite" (a free RefWorks plug-in), you can use your information for textual citations within the body of your paper as you go.
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02/10/2006
Recently updated to include more databases and fewer steps, the "RefWorks Import and Export Guide" provides step-by-step directions to help you move citations into RefWorks, a Web-based bibliographic management service that allows you to create your own personal database of references. If you haven't used RefWorks and would like to try it, but don't want to use the system's tutorials, call (203) 254-4000 ext. 2178 to arrange for a personal appointment and one of the Reference Librarians will work with you individually (or in a small group) to introduce you to this powerful research tool.
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