The Library has implemented a login requirement for most of the desktop computers in Mullen.  CUA students, faculty and staff will need to enter their CUA network username and password (also used for your CUA email) to use the computers.  Please remember to logout when you finish, so that your information is secure.  The computers in the first floor lobby will remain available for anyone to use to quickly check email, look up a book, etc. They will not require a login.

Academic Success Workshop: Save Time! Cite Sources using RefWorks & Zotero.

Tuesday, September 29 2009 2 – 5 p.m., Mullen Library (MERIC classroom)

Every half hour there will be a 30 minute instruction session about how to create a bibliography or works cited page using online resources. *No appointment necessary.

Questions? Contact rodrigum[at]cua.edu

ProQuest, one of our major databases companies, is going to be releasing new software this weekend. In preparation, they must take all databases down from 10:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 26 until 10:00 a.m. on Sunday the 27th.

Among the databases that will be affected:

• ABI/Inform
• ArchivesUSA
• Career and Technical Education
• Dissertation Abstracts (and Dissertations from CUA)
• Historical Newspapers
• International Index to Music Periodicals
• Library and Information Science Abstracts
• Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts
• Patrologia Latina Database
• PILOTS – Index to PTSD
• ProQuest (Periodical Abstracts)
• Social Services Abstracts
• Sociological Abstracts
• Worldwide Political Science

In addition, online journals published by Chadwyck-Healey, a subsidiary of ProQuest, will also be unavailable.

We regret any inconvenience this may cause.

Hours for the Labor Day weekend are:

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The Orientation 2009 issue of CUA Libraries Online is now available! Read it to learn the latest news and get familiar with library services and resources.

• Message from the Editors
• Welcome from the Associate Provost, Kim Kelley
• Goodbye and Good Luck Class of 2009 GLP’s
• Research Guides Get a Makeover
• Library Services and Resources
  • Access Services
  • Reference and Instructional Services
  • Special Collections and Branch Libraries
  • Library Facilities
• Orientation Events Calendar

The CUA Libraries, in collaboration with our partner libraries in the Washington Research Libraries Consortium (WRLC) are launching a new search interface for the Libraries resources this semester.

Aladin Discovery offers an intuitive search interface and has new features, such as faceted browsing, edition clustering, and improved relevance ranking.

Please give it a try, give us your feedback, and expect a few glitches as it is still a pilot. We are excited to provide this opportunity and a new, enhanced search capability.

Welcome! Fall semester hours for Mullen Library and the campus libraries begin Monday, August 31st.

Mullen Library regular hours:

Campus libraries hours:

For holiday hours please see Mullen Library Hours and Campus Library Hours.

Download the 2009-2010 schedule

The lobby elevator in Mullen Library has been repaired, inspected and put back in service. We appreciate your patience during the past few weeks.

The freight elevator in the South sections of the Stacks has been returned to service. The lobby elevator is still undergoing repairs and is expected to be out of service through August 7th.

The lobby elevator and Stacks freight elevator in Mullen Library are currently out of service.  According to Facilities Maintenance and Operations repairs are complete. We are awaiting verification by the DC inspector.

If you have questions on how this may effect library services, please contact our information desk at 202-319-5070 or http://libraries.cua.edu/about/ask.html.