What's New on This Site Archives March 1997- December 1998
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  December 29, 1998

Employee of the Month -- December 1998. Congratulations!

FIU Digital Library -- present collections include: ancient architecture, decorative art from the Wolfsonian, Latin American history and politics, religion, South Florida flora, and FIU history.

Library Materials Budget -- Salvador Miranda
Exhibits - Maiden Voyages - memorabilia from the collections of Dr. Laurence Miller.
PDF FAQ  |   PDF FAQ(html) : A Brief Introduction to the Portable Document Format -- Gail Clement.
Employee of the Month -- November 1998. Congratulations!

Draft Library Report, SACS Self-Study
Library Mission Statement
Planning and Accountability Report - 1998-2000
INFO-LATINOAMERICA: -- Latin American Information System (1988-present) - formerly known as INFO-SOUTH is the premier source for information on Latin America.
Cataloging Manual -- expanded and updated by Vicki Grahame and Esperanza Garcia-Rubio.

E-Reserves Project -- experimental service that provides online access to course reserve materials for enrolled students -- by Gail Clement.
Intercampus Loan -- updated by Sylvia Pinzon
Literary Criticism Research: A guide to Sources -- updated by Suzanne Stemler.
Psychological and Educational Tests and Measurements: Selected Sources -- updated by Marj. Beary.

Library Dedication -- Press release account.
GIS Laboratory -- Updated, with a new look.
Employee of the Month -- September 1998. Congratulations!
Exhibits -- Art exhibit on the 2nd floor - GL
Journal Subscriptions -- Serial subscriptions FY 1997-98 for University Park and North Campus.

Employee of the Month -- August 1998. Congratulations!
INFO Vol 15, No. 1-- the Libraries newsletter, edited by Andrew Grof.
Health, Medicine and Nursing: Indexes, Abstracts, and Databases--This subject guide has been updated extensively by Marjorie Beary.
Photograph of the North Campus Library -- on our beautiful bay-vista-campus.
Collection Policy Statement on Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Interior Design -- Updated to reflect the new School of Architecture impact on the library collections.
University Park Library Tour and the General Plan of the UP Library -- Take a tour of the new library, courtesy of Marj. Beary, Stephanie Brenenson, David Goldsmith, Mayra Nemeth and Roberto Pacheco.

Alphabetical Listing of Electronic Resources -- electronic resources available for FIU faculty, staff, and students. New look, completely updated, and easier to use. Compiled by Valerie Edwards.
Photograph of the UP Campus -- showing the Library in all its splendor!
Interlibrary Loan Electronic Request Form -- Interlibrary Loan is available only to FIU faculty, staff, and currently enrolled students.
College Scholarships and Financial Aid-- finding information at the library and online. Compiled by Minnie Dunbar.

Library Services Directory -- UP , Library Services Directory -- NM -- alphabetical list of service areas and collections with floor or office number information.
Law and Legal Websites -- Internet Resources-- compiled by Steve Morriss.
Employee of the Month -- Congratulations!

JSTOR -- full-text archives of journals in History, Sociology, Ecology, Mathematics, and more! Approximately 50 titles currently available.
Health Internet Resources-- major update by Marj. Beary

Global NewsBank-- This collection contains full-text comprehensive coverage of news summaries, broadcasts and transcripts from hundreds of international sources.
GaleNet--access to full-text databases, such as Discovering Multicultural America, Peterson's Guide to Undergraduate Colleges and Graduate Colleges, Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism Select (CLC Select) and Dictionary of Literary Biography (DLB).

UP Library Construction is finished! -- Floorplans Overall axonometric view  Second Floor-- design, Mayra Nemeth; graphics, David Goldsmith.
Ask a Librarian request information or quick facts from Susan Weiss. CGI form by David Goldsmith.
How "NEW" WebLUIS Works updated version to reflect the changes in the WebLUIS toolbar, home page, and BASIC screen. Adapted by permission from Rich Bennett's, UFL.

Elsevier Science Journals--access to the electronic full-text version of approximately 650 of Elsevier's traditional research journals. These journals are primarily in the scientific, technical and medical disciplines.
Navigation Bar - Image Map -- At the top of this page, instead of the blue separator bar, you'll find a navigation bar imagemap that links you to all the major directories of the library's website. -- image: David Goldsmith; imagemap: Mayra Nemeth.
Search -- the search engine now allows you to search only the library site contents.

Truncation and Acceptable Operators Chart -- explains how to use them in the web-based databases -- by Valerie Edwards.
Nutrition and Culture -- major update of study guide with sources for journal articles and books on topic -- by Marj. Beary

Online Requests -- forms to request library services electronically -- by David Goldsmith
Employee of the Month for April. -- Congratulations!
Math Internet Resources-- compiled by Valerie Edwards
Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO) -- comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs.
Electronic Journals -- revised format plus additional titles -- by David Goldsmith

International Documents Collection -- library resources -- by Mercy Sanchez.
Job Openings Announcement--Interlibrary Loan Librarian--NC; Documents Information Services Librarian--UP; Science Information Services Librarian--UP.
Journal of Neurophysiology
SIAM Journals -- access to 2 new electronic journal sources.

Audiovisual Library Circulation Loan Periods Table -- organized in terms of formats and patron categories -- by Isabel Torres.

Selected Statistical Sources for the Social Sciences -- statistical sources for: United States; International; Education; Crime; and Health -- selected by Marj. Beary.
Suggested Starting Points for Hospitality Law Topics -- updated by Marj. Beary.

Government Documents -- Internet Resources -- compiled by Barbara Carroll.
Theoretical Physics: Space Flight Engineering -- Internet Resources -- compiled by Sylvia Pinzon.

MathSciNet--mathematical reviews on the net - American Mathematical Society.
Electronic Library Alphabetical Index--updated.

Chile Economic Power--access to the electronic journal.
American Institute of Physics -- now allows access to full-text online version of all journals, not just to the ones the library suscribes.
Business Research and Studies-- Updated -- Internet resources compiled by Steve Morris.

Current Contents Connect--Browse current titles from Table of Contents of journals with Current Contents Connect.

Foreign Language Research and Studies -- Library and internet resources to support twelve foreign languages taught at FIU. Compiled by Douglas Hasty

Education --Internet resources - compiled by Patricia Iannuzzi

Information Literacy -- a cooperative, multi-year effort among faculty and professional staff involving changes in the way we teach students and support their learning.

Union Catalogs in Print & Microform-- library resources - compiled by Douglas Hasty

Web of Science/Institute for Scientific Information Citation Databases--Science, Social Science, and Arts/Humanities Citation Indexes, 1992- ) -- Articles on specific topic, person or place of interest, and also articles which cite these works or which use related references.
Geography and Earth Sciences--Internet resources - compiled by Jennifer Fu

LEXIS-NEXIS/Universe--A simplified version of LEXIS-NEXIS, including selected journal and U.S. legal databases.

Zacks Investment Research/Analyst University Watch-- Ticker search, graphs and prices, investing 101, online trading center, mutual fund finder, online banking center, stock and mutual fund screening, earnings surprises, portfolio.
InfoWeb/Newsbank -- Free trial runs until January 21. Full-text access to more than 350 local and regional newspapers and business journals throughout the United States.
Cinema Wednesday-- Spring 1998 schedule, continuing with the "Academy Award Winners".
Electronic Resources Under Consideration-- A list of databases for evaluation.

AccessUN -- access to current and retrospective United Nations documents and publications.
Maya Sources -- Updated -- A collection of internet resources on Maya civilization.

Congressional Compass--The world's most comprehensive access to U.S. legislative information from Congressional Information Service, Inc

American Institute of Physics -- access to full-text online version of journals that the library subscribes to in print, plus ability to browse the table of contents of others.
American Mathematical Society-- access to the electronic journals published by the AMS.
Employee of the Month for November.--check out this triple winner!

Faculty Senate Library Committee-- minutes of the November, 1997 meeting

New version of the Libraries' Top Page
STAT-USA/Internet -- A collection of business and trade information, such as the NTDB, via the WWW.

  October 23, 1997

Business Research and Studies--Internet resources compiled by Steve Morris.

  October 17, 1997

Employee of the Month for October.--another double winner!
Updated Library Directory - NC
Updated Library Directory - UP

The Astrophysical Journal--internet access to the foremost research journal in the world devoted to recent developments, discoveries, and theories in astronomy and astrophysics.
Job Opening Announcement--Electronic Reference Services Coordinator

  September 30, 1997

New WebLUIS--a new, easier way to search LUIS
Internet Access Policy--draft policy.

  September 24, 1997

Employee of the Month for September.
Cybersites--Interesting sites collected while surfing for our users edification.

Disclosure Global Access-- access to a powerful integrated research tool designed to broaden the scope and increase the speed of financial, corporate and legal research.

  August 28, 1997

Everglades Online--access to a database of information resources about the South Florida environment.

  August 25, 1997

Cambridge Scientific Abstracts-- access to over 40 bioscience and engineering databases.

  August 20, 1997

Cinema Wednesday-- Fall 1997 schedule,"Academy Award Winners".

  August 14, 1997

Encyclopedia Britannica--consists of a fully searchable and browsable collection of authoritative references, an article database, Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, the Britannica Book of the Year, and thousands of links to other World Wide Web sites.
Mission, Organization, Trends and Goals -- the Libraries' goals and objectives with their outcomes; plus new 1997-98 goals.

  August 4, 1997

EI Engineering Information Village--access to information and services, including Compendex*Plus and 150 Other Databases.

  July 31, 1997

Geographic Information System/Remote Sensing Analysis Laboratory--state-of-the-art laboratory and research center.
RLG/Eureka on the Web--a direct link to Eureka, providing access to several indexes, abstracts, and full text databases.
About the Libraries --a new look to the page, includes the Fall 1997 Library Schedule.
Employee of the Month for August.

  July 17, 1997

INFO - Summer 1997 Vol. 14 No. 2 -- latest issue of the library's newsletter.
Internet Resources for "East Asia-Pacific Studies" -- links added.
Library FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) -- updated.

  July 9, 1997

Librarian's Index to the Internet-- Link to the Digital Library SunSITE, Berkeley -- is a searchable, annotated, subject directory of close to 3,000 Internet resources.
Employee of the Month Awards-- past and present awardees, introduction, and policies and procedures.

  June 17, 1997

FirstSearch -- an online information service for searching resources on a desired topic.
Collection Policy Statements on Statistics, Occupational Therapy, Dietetics and Nutrition.

  June 11, 1997

Collection Policy Statements on Physics, Mathematics, Health Information Management, Medical Laboratory Science and Physical Therapy.

  June 6, 1997

The following subject guides and user aids:
Accounting Bibliography
Business Reference Sources
Databases of Business Interest
Psychological and Educational Tests and Measurements

  May 30, 1997

Maya Sources -- A collection of internet resources on Maya civilization.

  May 29, 1997

Search -- A link to the search engine that will allow you to search the contents of many of the available WWW documents at FIU, including the library.

  May 27, 1997

Dialog@CARL -- A collection of over 200 databases, some full-text. Trial until June 21, 1997.

  May 12, 1997

STAT-USA/Internet -- A collection of business and trade information, such as the NTDB, via the WWW. Subscription valid until June 30, 1997.

  May 2, 1997

Aerial view of Green Library tower
Floor by floor view of collections

  April 1997

Institute of Physics Journals-- A collection of electronic journals.
Gay and Lesbian Research Studies -- A collection of internet and library resources.
GPO Access -- United States Government Printing Office: keeping America informed
INFO Libraries Newsletters

  March 1997

Outline of the Library of Congress Classification System

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