ETBU Library Blog

As usual there are some additions in databases and other resources as we begin the new academic year. Graduate students and faculty will find the ProQuest Dissertations & Theses - Section A: Humanities & Social Sciences helpful in their research, but upper level undergraduates  may also find it useful, particularly those working on Honors Papers.  It contains indexes and abstracts to master's theses and doctoral dissertations from around the country.  Anyone in the ETBU graduate programs who produces a thesis as part of their degree requirements can have their thesis added.  Anything found in PQDTA that was produced by student's in our master's programs is accessible in full text.  Dissertations and abstracts from outside our campus may be purchased for a fee.  The library will underwrite those fees (up to a certain point) for graduate students and faculty. Newly acquired at the end of the 2014-2015 academic year was the Nursing Collection of F...

As you may have heard, the library embarked on several new adventures this summer including launching our first ever ETBU Library Pinterest account. In the past, the library has participated in social media by attempting to connect with our users through this blog, Twitter, and Facebook. As an obsessive Pinterest user myself, I have wondered in the past what purpose the ETBU library could accomplish by having a Pinterest account, and up until this summer I had been unable to nail down exactly how we could best utilize it to reach or users in a meaningful way. That was until inspiration struck while listening to a LASIR (Liberal Arts Section Information Rounds) Lightening Talk this past June at the 2014 Association of Christian Librarians Conference held at Huntington University . During this particular Lightning Talk (a series of very short presentations given in a single period by different speakers), a colleague, Robbie Bolton -- Library Director, Spring Arbor University,...

Welcome back to all our returning students, and big first time welcome to our new students, both freshmen and transfers. Several new things are now found at Jarrett Library, so let's jump right in and tell you about it. ID Card Reader for Front Door A card reader for your ETBU ID card is now found at the Jarrett Library front door - at least the one to the right as you are entering the building.  This is for added security, and you will your ID to enter the library from 6:00 PM - Midnight (well, 11:50 PM) Monday - Thursday, and all day on Saturday (Noon - 4:50 PM) and Sunday 4:00 PM - 11:50 PM). Because of this we no longer require that you show us your ID card as you enter the building, even during the day.  However, don't forget that if we do request to see your ID card you must present it to any member of the library staff who asks to see it. If for some reason you forget your card it will be up to the staff member on duty to determine whether you can have...