December 2007 - Posts

Monday, December 17, 2007 9:44 AM

LibGuides are Coming

What are LibGuides?

LibGuides can be subject guides, info portals, class guides, community guides, research tips, or useful resources on any other topic.

In January of 2008, LibGuides will be replacing the Subject Resource Guides with better-organized, more dynamic and flexible collections of links, book lists, research help, multimedia, RSS feeds, search results, and other information useful to faculty and students alike.

The LibGuides system combines the best features of social networks, wikis, bookmarks and blogs to help librarians share knowledge and promote library resources to the community.

LibGuides also integrates with Facebook, where information is instantly available via the LibGuides app!

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Monday, December 10, 2007 2:41 PM

Library Hours During Finals Week

Dec. 8 (Saturday)

  • Irwin: 10 a.m. - 9 p.m.;
  • Science: 10 a.m. - 9 p.m.

Dec. 9 (Sunday)

  • Irwin: 10 a.m. - 2 a.m.
  • Science: 10 a.m. - 1 a.m.

Dec. 10 -13 (Monday through Thursday)

  • Irwin: 7 a.m. - 2 a.m.
  • Science: 8 a.m. - 1 a.m.

Dec. 14 (Friday)

  • Irwin: 7:30 a.m. - 7 p.m.
  • Science: 8 a.m. - 8 p.m.

Dec. 15 (Saturday)

  • Irwin: 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
  • Science: 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Dec. 16 (Sunday)

  • Irwin and Science: Closed
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Wednesday, December 05, 2007 3:13 PM

Library on your Google Toolbar

Do you use the Google toolbar in your web browser?

Would you like a button to add that takes you right to the library catalog?

Now you can have one! Just click this link to add our new Google toolbar button. It will give you a confirmation pop-up, explaining that there's a privacy concern--namely, that your search results will be sent to hickory.palni.edu, but that's just where our catalog is located, so no worries.

(If you need the Google Toolbar, here's a link.)
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Monday, December 03, 2007 6:39 PM

Creating a Works Cited List

We're quickly approaching the end of the Fall semester and due dates for papers and projects. This is the time of the year when people are finishing papers and suddenly needing to know how to reference their sources for the "Works Cited" page at the end of those papers. Fortunately, the Butler Libraries have provided some guides to help you get everything in the right order and formatted correctly.

Just visit http://www.butler.edu/library/?pg=544 and pick the style you need. Whether MLA, APA, Chicago, Turabian, or other more specialized formatting styles, we've got them all, complete with examples for books, articles, electronic sources, and other types of media.

You can also get to the Citation Guides by going to the main Library webpage, http://www.butler.edu/library, and clicking on Citation Style Guides (listed in the Research column).

If you need more detailed examples than what are provided on our website, stop by the Reference Desk and grab the complete manual. You're also welcome to Ask a Librarian for assistance with citations.
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