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PsycINFO on PsycNET
Until February 28, 2012
We currently access PsycINFO on the ProQuest platform through the OCUL consortium. Some schools are unhappy with this interface (introduced just last summer) and the group is considering switching to the PsycNET platform. We have a 60-day trial. This option does not allow us to simultaneously search other databases, besides any we purchase from APA. Please send comments on your preferences. Update: Since we received no feedback on this option, we've informed OCUL that we'll follow the majority.
MLA Bibliography from GALE
Until January 8, 2012
We have subscribed to the MLA Bibliography from EBSCO for many years. GALE offers a version of the same database that integrates with our recently-acquired Literature Resource Centre. One search finds information from all sources and organizes it nicely with tabs. Please tell us which interface you prefer by January 11. UPDATE: We made the switch to GALE in January.
PsycTESTS and PsycTHERAPY Until December 8, 2011
PsycTESTS™ is a research database that provides access to psychological tests, measures, scales, surveys, and other assessments as well as descriptive information about the test and its development and administration.
PsycTHERAPY™ is a database containing more than 300 videos featuring therapy demonstrations showing clinicians working with individuals, couples, and families. UPDATE: since no feedback was received, no further action is being taken.
Book Citation Index in Web of Science
Until November 30, 2011
The Book Citation Index allows you to search for books (series and non-series) and book chapters using all of the fields and features available in Web of Science. Two new indexes have been added to our existing Web of Knowledge searches:
Book Citation Index– Science (BKCI-S) -- 2005-present, and
Book Citation Index– Social Sciences & Humanities (BKCI-SSH) -- 2005-present.
Now authors and researchers can analyze the citation network between books and the wider world of scholarly research. UPDATE: since no feedback was received, no further action is being taken.
Cancellations
We're considering cancelling the following products due to low usage and budget restraints. Please send your comments.
Faculty are granted extended loans; the loan period is for the term. Items can be recalled after two weeks if another library patron places a "hold" on them. Overdue fine rates on recalled items are $2.00 per day.
Renewal dates for extended loans are January 15, May 15, and September 15 each year. Books can only be renewed three times, and online renewal only works if you have no overdue items or outstanding fines.
To have items added to the Reserve collection for your course, use the corresponding online form for the type of material. These forms are accessible only to those with a Novell account and require a login to the proxy server for access. If you have trouble using them, please contact Reserves.
The RefShare feature of RefWorks allows you to create an online reading list for students by sharing folders of citations. The link to the folder can be sent by email, printed in a syllabus, or posted in a course in myLearningSystem. Citations include links for full-text retrieval.
A resource to help you select titles for acquisition.
The Internet version of the print magazine CHOICE: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries. Begun in 1964, CHOICE is published in printed magazine format monthly. CHOICE reviews significant current books and electronic resources of interest to those in higher education. Each year CHOICE publishes more than 6,500 reviews by subject experts. See the Help guide.
A resource to help you locate titles for acquisition.
The world’s premier unbiased bibliographic database featuring more than 12.5 million in-print, out-of-print, and forthcoming books, audio books, and videos from more than 40 countries, including: the U.S., U.K., Canada,Australia, New Zealand and more than a half million Spanish-language titles from Spain, Central and South America. See the Help guide.
The library has a single-user license for this resource, allowing only one simultaneous user. If you get an error message indicating the number of users is surpassed, try again later.
The ISI database that allows you to evaluate and compare journals based on impact and immediacy factors. Once connected, click on "Information for New Users".
Read this if you aren't familiar with RACER yet. You can register and login from here. RACER is the Interlibrary Loans system used by all Ontario University libraries.
Information on our website about finding, booking, borrowing, and viewing media.
Purchasing Media
Media includes videos, DVDs, and any other audio-visual materials. These items are purchased through departmental library coordinators, the same as other library material. Media that is regularly used in teaching should be purchased by the library, whenever possible.
Please read the section on Copyright & Licencing. Media requires a public performance rights (PPR) licence if it is shown in class. Many films are covered by one of our site licences, in which case individual PPR are not necessary.
Check to see if a film is covered by one of these licences. Search individual films at:
Watch hundreds of films, anytime, anywhere, for free. The National Film Board of Canada is proud to launch this
new online Screening Room, featuring over 800 films, clips
and trailers. The library purchased a subscription which allows public viewing rights for all films, so they can be viewed via the website in a classroom. Requests for films to be added to the collection can be sent via the website.
A new unit has been created in the library: Learning & Liaison. Every subject area at Trent has a Learning & Liaison Librarian who will work with them on instruction and with library resources.
The Library Skills Program is an online course designed to teach students the most basic skills they need to use a library effectively. The page provides information about the program for course instructors.
See feedback from the Summer 2005 program for new students. This was a program to introduce new students to the library resources and scholarly articles.
Workshops on basic library skills are offered to anyone at the beginning of the year. They are usually very poorly attended, although they take a good deal of our time to organize and present. You can encourage your students to attend.
Read about the skills we're teaching and why we need to teach them. The ACRL (Association of College and Research Libraries) is a professional association of academic librarians and the largest division of the American Library Association, the accreditation institution of North American libraries.
This sample rubric was based upon the Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education (2000) developed by the Association of College and Research Libraries.
The RefShare feature of RefWorks allows you to create an online reading list for students by sharing folders of citations. The link to the folder can be sent by email, printed in a syllabus, or posted in a course in myLearningSystem. Citations include links for full-text retrieval.
Media (also known as "moving images" or "audiovisual material") include films, DVDs, and videos. All titles owned by Trent are included in TOPCAT (the Library catalogue).
For information on booking a video for classroom use please see Borrowing Media.
The Library maintains a database of previous examinations in digital form. Loading exams into the database is optional and self-serve by faculty or departmental staff.
Connect to the library catalogue. There are no restrictions on access to TOPCAT; anyone can search it anytime. It provides information about ALL library holdings, whether online, in print, or any other format.
Lists of indexes and resources by subject. We welcome your comments and suggestions for these, and we are pleased to create pages for specific courses.
RefWorks is a tool that allows you to create a personal database to organize and manage your bibliographical references. You can import and store citations from online databases for future reference, organization, and use.
The ISI website helps identify individuals, departments and laboratories
that have made fundamental contributions to the advancement of science
and technology in recent decades. ISI Highly Cited includes
biographical information and full publication listings.
The ISI database that allows you to evaluate and compare journals based on impact and immediacy factors. Once connected, click on "Information for New Users".
Trent Library, along with the other OCUL (Ontario Council of University Libraries) sites, uses a service which provides enhanced linking to online resources. Using Open URL technology, this product links to online resources at the article or Table of Contents level, as well as offering a search of TOPCAT (the library catalogue) for print resources. It's called "Get it!".
The Center for Research Libraries (CRL) makes available more than 4.5 million publications, archives, and collections and one million digital resources to its members libraries to supplement their own humanities, science, and social science holdings. See more information. Center materials can be obtained for extended loan periods and at no cost by users affiliated with member libraries. Trent is a member. Use RACER to request a loan from CRL.
WorldCat describes itself as "the largest library network in the world. WorldCat libraries are dedicated to providing access to their free resources on the Web, where most people start their search for information" (from the website). WorldCat allows you to search a database of the holdings of thousands of libraries worldwide. It's an excellent tool for finding out what is out there. Once you know a book exists, you can order it on RACER.
From CARL (the Canadian Association of Research Libraries). Includes information on Institutional Repositories and using the SPARC Canadian Author Addendum
to secure your rights as the author of a journal article.
Find out who has cited who (OR you!) Using the Web of Science, learn how to execute a Cited Reference Search, establish Citation Alerts and other advanced features.
Don’t get left behind! Make the information come to you by learning how to establish electronic alerts for specific topics, authors, journal table of contents, and citations.
Send us a question or comment. We'll make sure it gets to the right department or person. You can also use the link at the bottom of most of our webpages.
links for full-text retrieval.