The DiMenna-Nyselius Library provides access to many different types of news sources. Here are a few ways to access this content:
- View the list of library databases that contain news sources by selecting
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We are pleased to announce that DigitalCommons@Fairfield has surpassed 500,000 downloads! View the map below to view recent readership activity in real time.
DigitalCommons@Fairfield, an institutional repository service of the DiMenna-Nyselius Library, offers open access to the collected scholarship and creative works of Fairfield University faculty, students and staff. The purpose of DigitalCommons@Fairfield is to increase the visibility of the University's scholarship, maximize its research impact, and provide worldwide access in order to further the University mission of expanding knowledge, deepening human understanding, and sharing expertise.
This map shows recent readership activity for DigitalCommons@Fairfield.
Browse content by author, school/department, or discipline. There are also several journals run through DigitalCommons@Fairfield as well.
Faculty and staff at Fairfield University can submit their work for inclusion in DigitalCommons@Fairfield by sending a copy of their CV or publications list to digitalcommons@fairfield.edu. Library staff will then work on:
- Metadata gathering and copyright checking
- Uploading the permitted version into the repository or linking out to it
- Once content has been contributed to the repository, the library staff will create a Selected Works research page for the author
Faculty, please also consider nominating exceptional student work for inclusion in DigitalCommons.
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Throughout the 2020-21 academic year, the University will be celebrating coeducation and commemorating all the women who have made their mark on the Fairfield community over the past 50 years. The DiMenna-Nyselius Library is pleased to share the following links relating to the 50th Anniversary of Women at Fairfield University.
Online Timelines & Library Exhibit
The timelines (parts 1, 2 and 3) consist of a series of milestones, key players, and notable events that depict some of the more important moments in the history of women at Fairfield. It provides the basis for an exhibit at the DiMenna-Nyselius Library on the lower level that runs through the end of the Spring 2021 semester.
https://librarybestbets.fairfield.edu/exhibits
NEW #ColorOurCollections Coloring Book
Created for the New York Academy of Medicine
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Ahead of Election Day, we posed some questions to our followers on Instagram to gauge how invested that are in the 2020 Election and what issues matter to them most. Here's what we found out:
Have you registered to vote?
Yes: 98%
No: 2%
Are you planning on voting in this year's election?
Yes: 91%
No: 9%
How are you planning to vote?
By Mail/Absentee: 56%
In Person: 44%
Do you have a positive view of corporate news media?
Yes: 22%
No: 78%
Do you feel represented by the political parties/your affiliated political party?
Yes: 53%
No: 47%
Where do you get your news/commentary related to the issues that factor into your vote?
Answers included: CNN, WSJ, NPR, NY Times, BBC, Fox News, and the local news.
What issues matter to you the most in this election?
Answers included (in no particular order): The environment/climate, public health/managing COVID, election fraud, immigration, the economy, gun rights/control, abortion, and equality.
The Library has a number of resources to help you stay informed, however you prefer to do so.
- Complimentary access to the New York Times and Wall Street Journal
- CQ Researcher: Reporting and analysis of domestic and international issues in the news. Reports include background and chronology; tables and maps; and a pro-con debate.
- Issues: Understanding Controversy and Society: Covers hot-button issues and contemporary topics in crime & justice, education, health & medicine, and more. Includes historical background and contemporary perspectives from a variety of primary and secondary sources, as well as images.
- Newspaper Databases: Access current and historical newspapers, local, national, and international.
- Subject Research Guides to help you find scholarly sources on the issues that matter to you.
Be sure to also check out all the great resources on the Stags Vote page.
Related Reading: Countdown to Election Tuesday, The DNL Report, November 5, 2016
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It's National Library Week (April 19-25, 2020) and we thought we would showcase some things you may not know that the DiMenna-Nyselius Library offers VIRTUALLY:
- Free digital subscriptions to the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Chronicle of Higher Education.
- 24/7 chat service. You may have used it but you may not know that after business hours it is staffed by librarians through the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities (AJCU) library consortium. Our librarians also help answer questions that come from other Jesuit University students.
- Support using citation manager tools like RefWorks and Zotero. These are especially helpful for capstone students, grad students, faculty, and anyone trying to organize and cite a lot of sources. Use the tutorial guide (link above) or make a virtual research appointment to get more help.
- Access to old yearbooks, student newspapers, university photos, and other University records in the Fairfield History Online.
- Streaming video platforms that provide access to academic films and documentaries, classics, and indie films.
- We have a new coloring book! It can be found on the New York Academy of Medicine's 2020 #ColorOurCollections website along with 100s of other museums and libraries coloring books.
- People from around the world can download faculty scholarship, through our open access Institutional Repository, DigitalCommons@Fairfield
- Browse, read, and monitor scholarly journals across disciplines with BrowZine to make your own digital newsstand.
- We have a Spotify account with study music playlists and some of the library staff have created their own playlists too.
- Statistics are tracked for everything and we even have a Library Assessment committee. Check out some of our data on our online Impact Dashboard
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The Library has partnered once again with the Fairfield University Art Museum to offer a research guide on the newest FUAM exhibition: Archives of Consciousness: Six Cuban Artists. The guide will be useful for faculty and students across disciplines, providing ebook/book and database resources and information on the themes of the exhibit. https://librarybestbets.fairfield.edu/cubanart
Featuring works by internationally renowned artists, this exhibit explores the mythologies of liberation and fulfillment promised by modern life, as well as the peculiar challenges they represent for island Cubans who must navigate Cuba
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The Library has created a research guide for those visiting or studying the Fairfield University Art Museum's two new exhibitions:
RODIN: TRUTH, FORM, LIFE / Selections from the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Collections
On view September 13 - December 21, 2019.
On view October 4 - December 12, 2019.
The Library collaborated with the Museum in the past on past exhibit guides such as The Holy Name: Art of the Ges
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How do you organize your research and citations? Do you save links and pdfs on your computer or keep running lists in Google Docs or Word? Do you have a difficult time creating citation? Have you considered trying a citation management tool to help you?
The Library is offering Citation Tool Workshops this month, which will introduce students, staff, and faculty to two tools, RefWorks and Zotero. There are also online guides for those who would like to set up their accounts and learn how to use them on their own. Research appointments can also be booked with a librarian for one-on-one help.
RefWorks, a ProQuest product, is an online bibliographic management tool that allows you to import citations directly from library databases or websites, create bibliographies in almost any style, and format your bibliography and in-text citations while you write in Microsoft Word or Google Docs. It is web-based and therefore easy to use on multiple devices.
Zotero is a free, open-source research tool that helps you collect, organize, and analyze research and share it in a variety of ways and also integrates with Microsoft Word and Google Docs. Zotero transmits information to and from other web services and applications, and it runs both as a web service and offline on your personal devices.
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The DiMenna-Nyselius Library
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Introducing Virtual Reality to the Fairfield U Campus
In early 2019 the Library purchased Oculus Rift Virtual Reality technology, which was accessible during the Spring semester to students, faculty and staff. Moving forward it is expected that more and more faculty and students will seek out the equipment for curricular use. The Mirror published an article in February sharing that the Film, Television and Media Arts program also has their own Virtual Reality (VR) setup for students enrolled in film courses.
Several classes used the Library's equipment by booking a designated study room. One particular course, Dr. Schwab's Art History 10 classes accessed the Rome Reborn program to help them get a sense of what it was like to walk through ancient Rome and experience the monuments in-situ. Film Professor, Patrick Brooks, engaged a group of faculty and librarians from various disciplines about how VR can be used in the classroom and their own research. There was great interest from all in attendance to incorporate VR into the classroom to help create a more immersive learning environment.
In addition, the Library hosted an Open House for the campus community to test out the equipment with a librarian expert and a "Relax with VR" event where meditational experiences were enjoyed for a quick respite during finals week.
Virtual Reality Student Survey
In April 2019, to choose the May finals week study room winners, the survey topic focused on Virtual Reality. Check out the infographic below to see how Fairfield University students responded.
Every semester the Library offers a VIP Study Room during finals week for 24 hours. There are typically eight days when the Library is open 24 hours so eight winners are selected. How are they selected? Students take a quick survey on a library related topic. The data is helpful to the library staff to understanding services, resources, student interests, trends, etc.
VR Resources
The world of VR and AR (augmented reality) is changing rapidly and predicted to grow rapidly, not only in the classroom but in healthcare, gaming and business arenas. Check out the Library's Virtual Reality guide, which includes a list of resources including a link to a VR market growth dossier (accessible through the Library's Statista database) presenting a range of statistics, facts and forecasts about VR.
Summer Access
Due to summer building renovations at the Library there will not be access to VR. Library staff are dedicated to making it accessible in the Fall 2019 and beyond so that all students
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