September 29, 2006

--JSTOR BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES COLLECTION*
--EXPANSION OF REFERENCE WORKS ONLINE*
--LTS HELP DESK WEB PAGE BLOG*
--ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGIES IN LTS*
--GOOGLE'S NEW CALENDAR FEATURE*
--LIBRARY HOURS*

JSTOR BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES COLLECTION Lehigh now has access to JSTOR's Biological Sciences collection. The JSTOR initiative provides backfile coverage for a large number of scholarly journals. The biology collection supplements Lehigh's already extensive JSTOR coverage, which includes Arts and Sciences collections and a Health and General Sciences collection. According to JSTOR, by 2007 the Biological Sciences collection will have one hundred or more titles. As they appear, the journals will be included in the ASA catalog and in the Electronic Journals list. A list of the currently available journals in this JSTOR collection is at:
http://www.jstor.org/about/biosci_content.html Look on this list for a wide ranging list of journals of interest not just to biologists but also earth scientists.

EXPANSION OF REFERENCE WORKS ONLINE
In ur attempt to continually meet user needs Library & Technology Services has added several full text online reference works: titles created from the Oxford University Press award-winning print scholarly reference sets plus two technical encyclopedias from Wiley. These e-reference resources are fully searchable with remote access available anytime, anywhere to Lehigh patrons. Examples include
The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation
The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Children's Literature
The Encyclopedia of Medical Devices and Instrumentation
The Encyclopedia of Polymer Science and Technology
Medical Devices
Both Wiley titles can be searched by keyword or browsed by title or subject category; articles are cross-linked and include URLs for the extensive bibliographies. Sections can be printed, saved as PDF files, or bookmarked, making them conveniently available.



LTS HELP DESK WEB PAGE BLOG
The LTS Help Desk Web page now has an integrated blog which will be used to highlight news and goings-on that are of interest to users, such as new seminars, virus or spyware alerts, minor issues and problem reports, help desk "hot topics", etc. Find out the scoop from the folks who hear it all! http://www.lehigh.edu/helpdesk



ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGIES IN LTS
LTS and Academic Support Services are working to expand and strengthen services to students who need special support (e.g., low vision students, students with learning disabilities, etc.). Click here to see a list of some of the new offerings:
http://www.lehigh.edu/lts/help/faq/qa/disability.htm



GOOGLE'S NEW CALENDAR FEATURE
Google's gmail has been a popular Webmail service because it provides 2.5 gigabytes of disk space for email (note: it is not backed up!). Recently, Google has introduced new FREE tools available to gmail account holders, including full-featured calendar, spreadsheet and word processing software, photo albums, maps and I/M talk. These tools offer support for collaboration and sharing. LTS is testing the new Google tools and has done some test-migrations of portal calendar events into Gmail with success. Basic instructions importing from portal calendar to
Google's calendar are at:
http://www.lehigh.edu/~inlts/help/faq/qa/googlecal.htm




LIBRARY HOURS
Regular Semester Hours Begin Monday, September 11
Monday - Thursday open 7:30 am - 2:00am
Friday open 7:30 am-10:00 pm
Saturday open 10:00 am - 10:00 pm
Sunday open 10:00am - 2:00 am

Four O'clock Quizzes Hours:
Open 24 hours
The library will open Tuesday, October 3 at 7:30 am and will remain open until closing early Friday morning, October 6 at 2:00 am.