Anthropology

Credo Reference, an online collection of over 430 full-text reference sources from over 60 scholarly publishers, is now available.

Have you ever found yourself without a piece of paper or a pen after finding a call number in the library catalog?

Now, if you are searching in Magnus, you can send a text message to your phone which will include the title, author and call number for your book.

Just click the “Send via Text Message” button found in the middle of most Magnus item displays (here’s an example), then enter your phone number and select your cell provider — it’s that simple!

The texting service is available for the following cell providers:

• Alltel
• AT&T/Cin

Magnus now has the ability to display example citations for many of the books, journals, videos, and music in the Luther Library Collection.

When looking at a full item record in Magnus (here’s an example), on many records you will now see a link immediately below title and imprint information, labeled “Cite this Item (from WorldCat).” Example citations will be given in the following formats:

• APA
• Chicago (Author-Date)
• Harvard
• MLA
• Turabian

“Cite this Item” is provided by OCLC, and is also available from WorldCat.org

The library has collected a number of tools which introduce the research process and provide help in using common library tools.

From NITLE:

Professional Development Events

A full list of NITLE events lives at http://www.nitle.org/www/events. Register participants online from the event web page, or send an e-mail to participate@nitle.org with the event title and registrant’s name, job title, and e-mail address.

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A posting to the College Libraries Listserv this week introduced www.academia.edu, a site for members of colleges and universities to post information about themselves, their studies and research interests.

An announcement from EBSCO, provider of America: History & Life, and Historical Abstracts:

CLIO Notes for America: History & Life, and Historical Abstracts will guide you through subjects in United States and world history, by allowing you to browse through chronologies and brief summaries of significant events and themes in modern history. On the main screen, you will find a list of major time periods and events. Each of these is further divided into subtopics that display informative essays and suggestions for further research.