Lartz Memorial Library at Penn State Shenango

Hours

2009-12-21T09:05:00.003-05:00

The library hours this week are:
Monday, Dec. 21 - 8 to 5
Tuesday, Dec. 22 - 8 to 5
Wednesday, Dec. 23 - 8 to 5
Thursday, Dec. 24 to Sunday, Jan. 3 - closed

Visit http://www.libraries.psu.edu/psul/shenango/hours.html for a detailed listing of the January hours.

Citing Sources

2009-12-14T15:40:00.002-05:00

See http://www.libraries.psu.edu/psul/researchguides/matbytype/citationstyles.html for guides to MLA, APA, and other citation styles.

APA guidelines for the reference list call for the inclusion of a DOI, or digital object identifier, when it is available. You can check to see if a journal article has a DOI at http://www.crossref.org/guestquery/ .

Break Hours

2009-11-23T08:30:00.000-05:00

The hours over the holiday break will be:
Monday, Nov. 23 - 8 to 5
Tuesday, Nov. 24 - 8 to 5
Wednesday, Nov. 25 - 8 to 5
Thursday-Sunday, Nov. 26-29 - closed

Normal hours will resume on Monday, Nov. 30.

New Titles on the Holocaust

2009-05-27T09:18:00.005-04:00

We Remember with Reverence and Love, by Hasia R. Diner

The Shame of Survival: Working Through a Nazi Childhood, by Ursula Mahlendorf

Flight from the Reich: Refugee Jews, 1933-1946, by Deborah Dwork and Robert Jan Van Pelt

LinkedIn Tutorial

2009-05-13T09:28:00.002-04:00

Also from BNet: How to Get Started with LinkedIn, a step-by-step guide to the professional networking site.

Management Advice

2009-05-13T09:15:00.001-04:00

From BNet: Managers: Learn to Do One Thing Right

New Hours

2009-05-08T16:24:00.003-04:00

Please see the library website for the schedule for Intersession and Summer Semester.

Wired to Care

2009-05-06T15:39:00.002-04:00

The BNet blog has a review of the book Wired to Care by Dev Patnaik. This book is in The CAT (HD58.9.P38 2009) with a Google Preview link for browsing.

Savvy Searching in The CAT

2009-05-04T16:49:00.003-04:00

Here's a one-page guide that can help you when searching the library catalog. You can also get a print copy of this guide at the library's front desk on campus.

How to Analyze the News

2009-05-04T16:40:00.005-04:00

From Suite 101.com, an article about using the COPS method to analyze media reports.

Business Library Database Comparison Chart

2009-04-29T10:31:00.005-04:00

The Schreyer Business Library of the University Libraries provides a Database Comparison Chart for the business databases here in the Penn State Libraries. The chart lists all the business databases available, with details on type of information is available in each one.

Free Stuff (and More) Online through PC World

2009-04-29T08:56:00.008-04:00

The latest issue of PC World has some great articles:

"Ten New Ways to Search the Web," pp. 14-16.

"Find the Right Online Backup Service," p. 32.

"The Best Free Stuff You've Never Heard Of," pp. 60-70.

PC World can be found online in the University Libraries, by using the Citation Linker, or by searching for PC World in the E-Journal List or in The CAT. The issue for the articles above is Vol. 27, Iss. 5. Simply type in the article title, the journal title, the year (2009), the volume and issue numbers, and the page numbers, and you will be directed to a PDF of the article.

U.N.'s World Digital Library Online

2009-04-27T16:36:00.005-04:00

From the Penn State Abington library blog, here's news of a digital library of museum-worthy materials. Maps, drawings, manuscripts -- a great resource for study and just browsing.

New Social Work Titles at the Library

2009-04-22T14:36:00.012-04:00

A Guide to Ethical Conduct for the Helping Professions

Ethics in Social Work: A Context of Caring

Challenging Social Work: The Context of Practice

Reduce Your Stress

2009-04-22T14:32:00.004-04:00

Manage Your Time to Reduce Your Stress by Rita Emmett is a quick read that can help you find time for the important things in your life.

High-achieving Harvard students get low-down on failure - The Boston Globe

2009-04-22T13:56:00.002-04:00

High-achieving Harvard students get low-down on failure - The Boston Globe

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Penn State Shenango Students Donate Spring Break to Rebuild Gulf Coast

2009-04-20T16:35:00.004-04:00

Sunday's Herald had an article about students and staff from the Penn State Shenango campus who traveled to Mississippi to help rebuild houses damaged by Hurricane Katrina. One of the group was the library's own Maria Ashby.

Presentation Skills

2009-04-20T16:02:00.004-04:00

From BNET: How to Give a Killer Presentation. This article is aimed at business executives, but the information is useful for anyone who has to give a presentation, including students.

MLA Update

2009-04-17T16:26:00.002-04:00

News of the recent updated edition of MLA style, with interesting comments from professors, students, and librarians about the formats the handbook is available in.

Primary and Secondary Sources

2009-04-17T16:12:00.003-04:00

From the Ithaca College Library, here's an article about the differences between Primary and Secondary sources.

How to Understand a Journal Article

2009-04-17T15:57:00.004-04:00

Here's a great essay from About.com on How to Read (and Understand) a Psychology Journal Article. While it's written for Psychology articles, the information can be applied to journal articles in many other disciplines.

Mystery Donors to Education

2009-04-17T15:40:00.001-04:00

Here's a story about some amazing gifts to higher education -- including a Penn State campus.

Understanding Research

2009-04-15T12:26:00.003-04:00

Having trouble understanding journal articles, especially those in the medical or scientific fields? Here's a book that can help: Reading and Understanding Research. This book covers evaluating research reports, organizing your research, understanding the different types of research, and learning the sections of a typical research report. The authors encourage you not to give up when you face unfamiliar language -- it's something we all struggle through.

Reading and Understanding Research (Q180.A1L63 2004) is available through the Penn State Harrisburg campus. The CAT also has a link for the Google preview of the book. Here you can view the table of contents online and read selections.

Turabian Style

2009-04-15T09:21:00.005-04:00

Here's a great guide to Turabian style: Turabian and Chicago Styles Citations from the University of California Berkeley Libraries. Note that the call numbers at the end of the guide are for the UC Berkeley library. We have both guides available here on the Shenango campus:

A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations by Kate L. Turabian
LB2369.T8 1996

The Chicago Manual of Style by the University of Chicago Press
Z253.C5701 15th.ed.
Z253.C5701 14th.ed.

(Thanks to instructor Joy Perrine for the UC Berkeley link.)