McQuade Library Updates

News, Views, and Happenings at McQuade Library, Merrimack College

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DVDs at McQuade

September 8th, 2009 · No Comments

There are more than books on the shelves at McQuade–stop by and take a look at our selection of DVDs, for class or for fun!

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LibGuides

August 27th, 2009 · No Comments

A great new way to find out what we have and how we can help–check out McQuade LibGuides.

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Send book information via Text Message!

October 31st, 2008 · No Comments

You’ve searched McQuade Library’s online catalog and you’ve found a book you’re interested in reading. Instead of printing out the record, or writing down on scrap paper all the information you need, you can now text this information to your cell phone or BlackBerry!
Here’s how to do it:

Click on the “Send via Text Message” button [...]

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RefWorks Training

February 12th, 2008 · Comments Off

RefWorks is an online research management tool that allows researchers to create a personal database in which they can gather, manage and store all kinds of bibliographic information. Citation information for articles, books and many other types of sources can be automatically imported from most of McQuade Library’s subscription databases. You can also create citations [...]

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RefWorks Training

November 28th, 2007 · No Comments

RefWorks is an online research management tool now available to the Merrimack College community. For students with end-of-semester research papers due, or for faculty planning to conduct research over the winter break, this tool will help you gather, manage, and store all kinds of information. You can also create citations and bibliographies within RefWorks using [...]

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Instant Message a Librarian

November 13th, 2007 · 1 Comment

Need help? Instant Message a Librarian.
Our reference librarians can offer you quick research assistance in real time.
Add us to your buddy list!
Screen name: mcquaderef
The service is staffed by reference librarians and is available during reference desk hours:
For more information:
http://www.noblenet.org/merrimack/IMus.htm

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RefWorks Training

October 22nd, 2007 · No Comments

What is RefWorks? It is an online research management tool now available to the Merrimack College community. It allows researchers to create a personal database (accessible online from anywhere) in which they can gather, manage and store all kinds of information. Bibliographic information for articles, books and many other kinds of sources can be automatically [...]

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New Business Searching Interface

July 24th, 2007 · No Comments

Try Ebsco’s new Business Searching Interface (BSI) to search in Business Source Premier. The Enhanced Business Searching Interface allows you to go directly to the company or industry profiles, market research reports, or country reports. Let us know what you think!

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Wikipedia – Researchers Beware!

March 22nd, 2007 · No Comments

Have you Googled a topic lately and found a Wikipedia entry on it? Are you wondering whether to use Wikipedia in your scholarly research? Are you interested in learning more about this free encyclopedia that anyone can edit? Check out our new webpage entitled:Wikipedia – Researchers Beware!

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Instant Message Us!

September 5th, 2006 · No Comments

Have a quick question? You can now use your favorite Instant Messaging service (AOL, Yahoo, MSN, or Google Talk) to talk live with a McQuade Librarian. Just add our screen name (mcquaderef) to your contact list to get started. To learn more about this new service, please visit our help page at http://www.noblenet.org/merrimack/IMus.htm

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