University Libraries

CUA Libraries is now providing the database INSPEC as a trial from Thomson Reuters. You can access this trial through the Databases tab from the SearchBox – use the A-Z list or go in through Web of Science.

Please see this document of screen shots for WoS_INSPEC_Trial.

Post expires at 9:21am on Friday April 26th, 2013

The Department of Art presents the first of a semester-long series of Friday afternoon Open Houses, this week featuring a lecture by Daniel Yum, research specialist, lab coordinator, and Apple Genius. Yum will discuss how to use Mac computers, including how they function and how they differ from the Windows operating systems, among other topics. A Q-and A session follows this lecture.

Location: Salve Regina Digital Art Lab, Mullen Library, Room 218.

For more information, contact Kathy Pasternak [pasternak@cua.edu or kathryn.pasternak@gmail.com] or call the art department, 202-319-5282.

Confused by copyright?  You are not alone.  Two newly created research guides will be help you find the answers to your questions.  Copyright and Beyond (Basic Edition) is written with the undergraduate in mind and Copyright and Beyond (Advanced Edition) will be of assistance to graduate students and faculty.

From this Summer, we changed the system behind the “FindIt” button , and have a new page to access our online databases and e-journals. Please see below for the summary:

	Before	Now
FindIt button
The page after clicking “FindIt” button
Articles Databases and More
CU’s e-Journal

We also have a new ticket system set up for you to report the problems related to our online services. We are looking forward to bringing you a better service!

Great News Android Users: you can now access the Naxos Music Library with a convenient app!  Set up is easy and takes only a few moments to complete.  Just follow the instructions below:

1. From any computer, visit http://proxy.aladin.wrlc.org/culogin/naxos/.  If you are off campus, this will require a log in using your student ID and last name.

2. Navigate to the Playlists tab and sign up for a Student/Member Playlist Account. You will receive a confirmation e-mail to the e-mail address you used to sign up. Click the link in the e-mail to confirm your account.

3. Download and login to the Naxos Music Library app for Android.  The login you created for your Student/Member Playlist Account will be your login for the app as well.

4. Any playlist in your personal folder or your institution’s folder will be available, in addition to all of our Naxos-created playlists. You can also browse and stream the full NML–from New Releases and Recent Additions to any recording from any label–anytime, anywhere.

5. Don’t forget to LOG OUT when you are finished so other CUA users may access Naxos.

ARTstor has gone mobile:

“The ARTstor Digital Library is now accessible to registered ARTstor users through the iPad, iPhone, and the iPod Touch, providing read-only features such as searching and browsing, zooming, and viewing saved image groups. We are also introducing the Flashcard View for ARTstor Mobile, which allows users to test their knowledge by viewing the image without textual information, and then flipping the image to reveal the image record. This new view can be found under the “Views” menu as “Flashcard.” ARTstor Mobile is only available through the Safari browser, just go to http://library.artstor.org from your mobile device. For more details, visit our Help page at http://help.artstor.org/wiki/index.php/ARTstor_Mobile.”

ARTstor mobile can be accessed at: mobile.artstor.org

Access the library from your mobile phone! Go to: http://m.wrlc.org

Features include:

• Library Catalog
• MyALADIN (Library Account)
• Notifications
• Maps

We have been receiving complaints recently that students are not
receiving e-mail notices (CLS, ILL, overdues) from the Libraries.
To fix this problem, and to bring the Libraries into compliance
with CUA policy, all student email addresses in MyAladin will be
changed to your official CUA email address (@cardinalmail.cua.edu)
next week. Cardinalmail can be set up to
forward all CUA communications to another email address. For
information, see the Cardinalmail FAQ

Our new search interface Aladin Discovery has undergone a few improvements lately. Most notable is that the default location for search is now Catholic University. If you would like to expand your search to include all WRLC libraries, click on the option for “Show items from all locations“. Alternately you can use the drop-down menu to the right of the search results to select a specific school.

As we now have a CUA specific version of Discovery, we can make modifications that will best suit our students and faculty. Discovery is still in beta, and we will continue to tweak and make changes throughout the semester. Please send us your thoughts and comments to help us improve Discovery.