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SciFinder Scholar (Chemical Abstracts database) is now available via the web and no longer requires downloading of client software. USU students and faculty members may register for an account. The client version of SciFinder will be discontinued on June 26, 2009.

To register for an account:
1) It is necessary that you connect to the registration form from a university computer (i.e., the computer must have an i.p. address in the range specified for USU in order to authenticate database users as members of the USU community).
2) Be sure to provide your USU email address on the registration form, as this is key for CAS to authenticate you as eligible to use the USU subscription to the database (e.g., firstname.lastname@usu.edu, or @aggiemail.usu.edu).

USU has additional concurrent access until June 26,2009 to facilitate registration for web accounts; on June 27 USU will return to a single-user subscription.

When you sign up for an account, you’ll receive email that spells out the usual terms and conditions about protecting your username and password, not systematically downloading data, using SciFinder only for your personal research, and not using the database for other people. After you have an account, SciFinder is accessible from http://scifinder.cas.org

Please call or write to Flora Shrode (797-8033) or Trevor Alvord (797-0668) with any questions.

Students may get assistance with research papers, projects, or presentations from librarians and writing center tutors at Write Now!

6:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
April 13 - 16 and April 20 - 23

Merill-Cazier Library, Room 122

Need help with your English 2010 essay for the Voices contest? Writing Center tutors will be in the library (room 122) tonight, March 24, from 6 - 8:30 pm for drop-in help.

Business librarians and library peer mentors will be available for individual and group consultations with students and faculty to assist with research. The Library Resource Hotspot is located next to the Programs and Advising Center on the third floor of the Business building. Assistance is available in the business building during the following hours:

Monday
10:00-11:30 am
2:00-4:00 pm

Tuesday
10:00-11:30 am
1:00-3:00 pm

Wednesday
10:00-11:30 am

Thursday
10:00-11:30 am
1:00-3:00 pm

Friday
10:00-11:30 am
2:00-4:00 pm

The library will be open limited hours during spring break while the university is on furlough:
Mar 7-8 (Sat-Sun) — Closed
Mar 9-13 (Mon-Fri) — 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
March 14 (Sat) — 1 p.m. - 5 p.m.
March 15 (Sun) — 6 p.m. - 12 Midnight

Tax forms are available in the Merrill-Cazier Library, room 108, from February 6 to April 15, 2009. You may also meet with a student tax assistant who can help you choose the correct forms, during scheduled hours beginning February 17 through April 15. Tax forms will be available during the regular hours of the library. For more information, see the library’s tax page (http://library.usu.edu/ref/tax.php).

Did you know you can search Herald Journal back issues for full-text of articles? This database is available via the Utah State Library at the site: http://pioneer.utah.gov/. Click the NewsBank link to search the Herald Journal, among other newspapers. Note: you will need to get a password from your local public library. This database is not available via the USU Library site or via the USU VPN access.

Subject librarians at Merrill-Cazier and Quinney Libraries are available to help students with research assignments. Instructors may arrange for one or more class sessions with a librarian to introduce students to research tools and to help with individual search needs. Your subject librarian can help you develop research assignments, particularly for breadth, depth, capstone, or seminar courses. Librarians can create LibGuides, customized web pages to highlight the relevant databases for a course or discipline.

Besides formal classroom instruction, students and faculty may visit the Library’s Information Desk or make an appointment with their subject librarian for one-on-one assistance.

The Merrill-Cazier Library now has ongoing access to the newly released first module of the British State Papers Online. This database includes fully digitized and searchable correspondence, reports, memoranda, and parliamentary drafts from ambassadors, civil servants and provincial administrators from the Tudor period (1509-1603). Off-campus access requires authentication.

The Merrill-Cazier Library has purchased ongoing electronic access to the Everett D. Graff Collection, originally housed at the Newberry Library in Chicago. The Graff Collection of the American West includes original manuscripts, maps, ephemeral material and rare printed sources documenting the US West. Off-campus access requires authentication.