ENDNOTE WEB

Ramsey Library is very pleased to announce the availability of the bibliographic software package EndNote Web for free use by UNCA students, faculty, and staff. I wanted to let the bibliographically enthused members of our community know of EndNote's availability as soon as I could in case you find yourselves sated with holiday feasting and looking for a project far from the madding crowd.

Provided as a complement to the citation database WEB OF KNOWLEDGE (i.e., WEB OF SCIENCE), EndNote Web is a Web-based reference organizer, and, as the company claims, "It is the ideal, time-saving solution for students and researchers." With EndNote Web you can:

* Search ISI Web of Knowledge, PubMed and hundreds of library OPACs directly
* Import references from hundreds of online bibliographic databases
* Store up to 10,000 records per user account
* Edit reference detail — add notes and keywords, modify any field
* Use over 2,300 publishing styles to format in-text citations and bibliographies
* Cite While You Write™ in Microsoft Word (requires plug-in)
* Format papers in other word processors using RTF (rich text format) files
* Simplify collaboration with colleagues — share EndNote Web folders
* Use EndNote Web toolbars in Microsoft Internet Explorer and Mozilla® to access your reference library in one click, and capture citation data easily (requires plug-in)
* Transfer references between EndNote Web and EndNote X seamlessly (desktop to Web or Web to desktop)

To find more information about
EndNote Web, click on / or follow the EndNote Web link under "Spotlight" on the Library home page
http://bullpup.lib.unca.edu/library/. Be sure to check the "For More Information" block on the right of the page. There you'll find a link to follow to "Learn more via recorded presentations." The 8 minute "Introduction to EndNote Web" is very useful and provides instructions on how to set up your account.

I (Jim) did set up an account so it is possible for the near illiterate. It can be confusing. If trying from on campus:

1. Click on "start using EndNote Web today" under "For more information" on the EndNote Web information page http://www.isiwebofknowledge.com/endnoteweb. That will take you to the ISI Web of Knowledge home page. 2. On the Web of Knowledge home page, look to the RIGHT where you'll find "Please Register for More Features." If you have not registered previously, click on "Sign in to access EndNote Web." 3. The next screen will ask for your full email address (e.g., kuhlman@unca.edu) which become your user name to access EndNote and for you to create an 8 character password. Be sure to click on the rules for password construction. This password must contain at least one of a certain set of characters. 4. That should do it.

If signing up from off campus you must access the ISI Web of Knowledge home page by going through the library page so that the proxy server will recognize that you're an authorized user. If you simply click the link under spotlight, you won't see the part of the page that let's you create an account. try these steps:

1. Go the the library home page, http://bullpup.lib.unca.edu/library/. 2. Click on "Research Databases." 3. On the next screen, click on "Browse the Title List." 4. On the next screen, click on "S-Z". 5. On the next screen, click on "W." 6. On the next screen, finally, click on "Web of Science." 7. From here on out, it's the same as on campus access.

Actually, I hope your holidays are too interesting and too filled with joy for you to bother with this, but . . . .

From all of us at Ramsey Library, the HAPPIEST OF HOLIDAYS!!

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USING HUMANITIES LECTURE HALL
A reminder from the stalwart folks in Media Services – when you book the Humanities Lecture Hall for any kind of a program, please be sure to schedule media tech support with Media Services (media_request@unca.edu) (6996 or 6540). The new equipment requires trained support and your reservation via Will White do not complete the arrangements.

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HISTORY & THE BURGEONING USE OF DIGITAL MAPS

Historian and Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences at U. of Virginia Edward L. Ayers confesses that when he announced that he was going to grad school in history his mom, a 5th grade teacher, asked "What for, honey? We already know what happened.” So you know this guy has to be believed!? Anyway, take a look at Dean Ayers’ article on the use of digital maps and GIS to make historical data more visual. There’s much here for the application of technology and visualization techniques for UNCA.

From the Chronicle dated November 10, 2006

With Digital Maps, Historians Chart a New Way into the Past
A push to make historical data more visual could yield a better understanding of events

“While other disciplines have found ways to represent complex phenomena using illustrations that overlay many types of information, Mr. Ayers says, history has for the most part focused on written narratives, linear stories that set forth an overriding argument. But since life is messy, and the lives of so many individuals are sure to be influenced by a variety of forces in ways that are hard to describe, pictures might prove to be history's next frontier.”

http://chronicle.com/weekly/v53/i12/12a03301.htm

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UNIVERSITY PRESSES SET STANDARD FOR USE OF RECYCLED PAPER

As universities in general, and UNCA in particular, work ever harder to preserve and enhance our environment while serving as exemplars to our wider society, it’s good to note that scholarly publishing is helping to lead the way. This one you might want to share with your students.

From the Chronicle dated October 6, 2006

University Presses Set the Standard in Use of Recycled Paper

University presses are opting for recycled paper in their books, finding that they can do good while doing well.

http://chronicle.com/weekly/v53/i07/07a01901.htm

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NEW REFERENCE SOURCES FROM NC LIVE

You'll recall that Ramsey Library provides access to electronic products paid for by NC LIVE -- a collaboration of UNC system, public, community college, and private college libraries largely funded by the legislature.
These include some mainstays such as WorldCat, InfoTrac, and ABI-Inform and frees funds so that we can buy other materials you and your students need.
NC LIVE recently purchased some additional electronic reference sources which are available via the libraries web site . You'll find some of the titles in the Gale Virtual Reference Library more appropriate for K-12, some may be of particular interest to you or your students. The latest edition of the COLLEGE BLUE BOOK is available in this collection as well as several encyclopedias under "History." You'll also find the 9th edition of the AFRICAN AMERICAN ALMANAC, the 3rd ed. of the ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIOETHICS, and the 2004 ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ISLAM AND THE MUSLIM WORLD. You'll find these and more listed under GALE VIRTUAL REFERENCE LIBRARY at:

http://bullpup.lib.unca.edu/library/eres/erestitle.html

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CQ WEEKLY REPORT ONLINE

Another precious and important gift from our friends at NC LIVE is online, full-text access to the CQ (Congressional Quarterly) WEEKLY REPORT. The paper version and its annual cumulations into the CQ ALMANAC have long offered basic news and insiders' insights into goings on in the federal government. Give the online version a try if you're at all interested in national politics. Don't let your political science buddies use it up!

CQ WEEKLY REPORT: http://library.cqpress.com/index.php

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