Google Listed as Verb in OED

Google is listed as a verb in a draft of June 15, 2006 additions for the venerable Oxford English Dictionary http://www.oed.com/help/updates/latest-additions.html

Read more about it in the ResourceShelf blog--

http://www.resourceshelf.com/2006/06/29/dictionaries-the-june-issue-of-the-oxford-english-dictionary-newsletter-is-now-online-google-as-a-verb-now-in-oxford-english-dictionary/

Web of Knowledge Subscription Enhanced

Last year in the LibQUAL+ Users Survey, we had a request for additional backfiles for the Web of Science database which includes access to the Science Citation Index, the Social Sciences Citation Index and the Arts and Humanities Citation Index. In response to the survey, the library added five years of additional content. With the new subscription, the library’s subscription now covers the dates, 1990 – current.

New Databases-2006

JSTOR-Biological Science Collection

The College of Charleston community can now access the following titles in the JSTOR Biological Sciences Collection:

AIBS Bulletin
American Fern Journal
Avian Diseases
Biological Bulletin
BioScience
Bulletin of the Cooper Ornithological Club
Cell Stress & Chaperones
Chesapeake Science
Colonial Waterbirds
Condor
Copeia
Estuaries
Freshwater Invertebrate Biology
Herpetological Monographs
Invertebrate Biology
Journal of Biophysical and Biochemical Cytology
Journal of Cell Biology
Journal of Crustacean Biology
Journal of Herpetology
Journal of Mammalogy
Journal of Paleontology
Journal of Parasitology
Journal of the North American Benthological Society
Journal of the Ohio Herpetological Society
Journal of Vegetation Science
Memoir (The Paleontological Society)
Micropaleontologist
Micropaleontology
Novon
Paleontological Monograph
Proceedings of the American Microscopical Society
Proceedings of the American Society of Microscopists
Proceedings of the Colonial Waterbird Group
Taxon
Transactions of the American Microscopical Society
Trimonthly Report. Ohio Herpetological Society
Waterbirds: The International Journal of Waterbird Biology
Zoological Bulletin

All titles go back to the first issue of publication and provide full text and advanced searching options.

Literature Online

Literature Online is a fully searchable library of more than 350,000 works of English and American poetry, drama and prose, 175 full-text literature journals, and other key criticism and reference resources.

National Newspapers

This database includes the full text of the New York Times (1980 to present), Washington Post (1987 to present), Los Angeles Times (1985 to present), Wall Street Journal (1984 to present) and Christian Science Monitor (1988 to present).

Newspapers of the World

This database contains full-text of 225 newspapers from 55 countries for the past 60 days only. Newspapers are searchable by country of origin.

Wall Street Journal 1889-1987

The library now has access to the entire run and backfiles of the Wall Street Journal

Times (London) 1986-Present

Times (London) Digital Archive 1785-1985

Researchers can search through the complete digital edition of The Times (London), using keyword searching and hit-term highlighting to retrieve full facsimile images of either a specific article or a complete page. The entire newspaper is captured, with all articles, advertisements and illustrations/photos divided into categories to facilitate searching.

Who Else Can Use the Library?

It goes without saying that persons who are taking College of Charleston courses, faculty and staff and participants in most academic programs may use the building and borrow books from the library. However, we often receive queries about who else can use the library, and there are many answers to this question. First of all, the library is a public building and everyone is welcome to come in and use materials in the building. As far as borrowing books, all borrowers must be at least eighteen years of age. Here is a rundown on groups that are eligible for borrowing:

● Persons with a current identification card from one of the following Charleston Academic Library Consortium institutions can borrow up to 5 books for a two week period:

Charleston School of Law
Charleston Southern University
The Citadel
The Medical University of South Carolina
Trident Technical College

● South Carolina state residents who are over 65 may borrow books free of charge

● Alumni who have paid their current annual dues or who have a lifetime membership may borrow books without charge.

● Persons not covered by these categories who are 18 years or older may become a Friend of the Library for $40.00 per year. Friends of the library may borrow up to 5 books for a two week borrowing period.

Summer Reading—Check It Out

The library now has a new Browsing Books area that is full of new and interesting books ready to be checked out. The browsing books located on the main floor on carts between the reference and computing area.

The browsing collection contains books for easy reading. Here is a sampling of some of the titles:

Jeffrey Archer. False Impression

John Martin Taylor. Hoppin' John's lowcountry cooking: recipes and ruminations from Charleston & the Carolina coastal plain

Malcolm Gladwell. Blink: the power of thinking without thinking

Philip Roth. Everyman

Stephen King. Cell: a novel

John Feinstein. Last dance: behind the scenes at the Final Four

Jason Annan & Pamela Gabriel. The great Cooper River Bridge

Thomas Friedman. The world is flat: a brief history of the twenty-first century

Before you leave for vacation or for the beach, stop by the browsing area and check out the selections.

Kristen DeVoe Joins Library Staff

Kristen DeVoe is the newest new face at the library. She works primarily in technical services as the Systems and Electronic Resources Librarian overseeing the library's access to electronic resources. But she also spends time serving patrons at the reference desk.

Kristen was born in Cincinnati but was raised and honed to perfection in New Orleans and east Tennessee. She received her undergraduate in history at the College of Charleston with a specialization in Asian studies. She received her graduate degree in Library and Information Science from the University of South Carolina last year and now calls Charleston her home. When she is not holding the Addlestone Library together electronically, Kristen greatly enjoys sewing and making things. She is especially fond of wielding a glue stick to great effect in her many creations.