Did you get a haircut? Something looks different...

Actually, we tore down some walls and removed some vacant offices on the first floor. McIntyre Library is transitioning from a traditional quick-answer reference desk model to a Research Center layout that facilitates more in-depth collaborative and consultative interactions between librarians and students. 

As part of that transition, walls were removed, making librarian offices more accessible and opening up prime space overlooking the campus mall for student study space. 

Stay tuned as the space and the library service continue evolving this fall.

Images for Academic Publishing in Artstor

Paul Klee, The Man Under the Pear Tree
Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Initiated by The Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2007, Images for Academic Publishing (IAP) provides free print-quality images for use in scholarly publications.

Scholars at institutions that subscribe to Artstor can access these images through the Digital Library.

Simply add IAP to your search criteria; the eligible results will feature the IAP icon beneath the thumbnail image. 

Spotlight on Delivery

You can get library materials delivered to your office. So if you're in the weeds and don't have time to visit McIntyre, you can request items via library search.

1.  Make sure you are signed into Library Search.
2.  Find the item you would like to have delivered.
3.  Click "Get It" for the item you are requesting.
4.  Under "Pickup Location" select "Work Address"
   
   

Please try to limit your requests to 5 at a time.  Materials are delivered in the mornings, M-F.  You can expect to receive items within 48 hours of requesting them.  This delivery program excludes Interlibrary Loan and bulk materials.

And when you are done with them, you can use this form to schedule pickup.  

Voter registration at McIntyre

Encourage your students to register to vote. In keeping with the university’s mission to foster active citizenship, McIntyre Library will again be registering voters this year. Several library faculty/staff members are certified Special Registration Deputies (SRDs), and can register voters who reside in the city of Eau Claire. Students (and others) can stop by the McIntyre Library Research Center (Library 1001) to register during the following dates:

·         Feb. 17-Mar. 9

·         April 6-July 13

·         August 10-Oct. 12

ScienceDirect Freedom Collection

The UW System was able to renegotiate our contract with Elsevier, making the complete ScienceDirect Freedom Collection available on our campus for the first time.  The Freedom Collection, with over 1,850 active journal titles from 1995 to the current year, offers extensive coverage in science, engineering and medicine. It also contains many core journals in business, social sciences and humanities.  Articles and journals in the Freedom Collection will be accessible through Library Search and the Journal Titles list.

Library Search Tutorial

We now offer a standalone tutorial for Library Search. Using the Guide on the Side platform, this tutorial allows users to use Library Search in the main window while they proceed through the guide on the left hand side.  The guide covers identifying keywords, formulating a search, and narrowing and revising a search, as well as requesting items and emailing results.

There are two versions of the Library Search tutorial.

• A version with a quiz that can be printed or emailed is available using this URL: http://lib02.uwec.edu/Guide/tutorial/library-search The version is accessible from the Search box on the library home page.
• A version without the quiz is available in the Library Search box on the home page.

Mini-conferences: April 11-15; 18-22

Our mini-conferences during the Fall Semester were such a success, we've decided to expand our offerings to two weeks. Just like last semester, students will be able to pick a time-slot, sign-up and receive a reminder of their appointment. But students certainly don't have to wait until the mini-conference period to get individualized help from a librarian:

• Students can drop by the Research Center to work with a librarian or Peer Research Consultant
• Or they can make an appointment with a librarian at any time.  

And faculty encouragement is the most effective way to get to students to seek research help, so refer them to us, early and often.

Films on Demand in your D2L course

Many faculty assign content from Films on Demand for viewing outside of class. Thanks to LTS, there is now a handy guide on how to give students access to specific titles within your Course Content section in D2L.