Monday, November 16, 2009
Error code on Info Commons printer
Questions from weekend shift
-need study room or space to practice Spanish
-need to find a court case and history; it was a Supreme Court case and needed to find out if it went through state court system (used Westlaw)
-how do I check out a book?
-need to find biographical info about anthropologist Michelle Habell-Pallan (her CV was online)
-what is "Request at ILL" and how do I get it?
-what is NRLF?
-the books I want are checked out, what can I do?
-just starting research on the topic of human sacrifice and offerings (used Cruzcat subject headings)
-how do I print?
-I need a pen
-need a book about prefixes and suffixes
-UC-eLinks not working (we owned the book)
-can I take Ref books to another floor?
-can't find call number RC
-need books and articles about Australian aboriginal dreams (used subject headings in Cruzcat and Ebsco)
-book checked out until December?
-where are the elevators?
-where are the HB call numbers?
-I don't understand how the moving stacks work
-I need Latin-English, Greek-English, legal, and medical dictionaries
-couldn't find book (it was on Reserve)
-having difficulty using UC-eLinks
-book is checked out, need by tomorrow (we found it at SCPL)
-where are the newspapers?
-need to do research on the history of American Sign Language
-about 5 more questions on not finding call numbers (they were looking in Ref Stacks)
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Where to get change update
McHenry Library change machine is gone
Thanks,
Sarah
University of California, Santa Cruz
(831) 459-3878
Other possible options for change:
-Library cafe (if you buy something you can get change)
-Hahn cashier (Window Hours: 9 am to 4 pm Monday-Friday)
-Bookstore
-Ask other students or staff
Stay tuned for an update "cash on campus" post....
Anthro 1 assignment
Anthro 1 book assignment
I wanted to alert you that students from Anthro 1 may come in looking for books located at S&E and McH respectively. The point of the assignment is to use the book as a jumping off point to explore broader themes, but they do have to be familar with the book. The instructor is encouraging students to look for these books in our libraries, local libraries and bookstores. The written assignment is due Nov. 24th, and students are looking for these items now.
As you may have guessed, most of these books are already checked out. I don't have a good solution for helping students, other than ILL. I'll see if I can catch the student I helped (and who sped off) for a copy of the assignment.
Here's a sample of some of the titles:
The old way : a story of the first people / Elizabeth Marshall Thomas McH Stacks DT1558.S38 T46 2006
Female fertility and the body fat connection / Rose E. Frisch S&E Stacks RG136 .F755 2002
Your inner fish : a journey into the 3.5-billion-year history of the human body / Neil Shubin S&E Reading QM26 .S58 2008
Thanks,
Lucia
XpressIt! in bookstore plaza will be moving 12/11/09
For more info: http://printing.ucsc.edu/xpressit
History 10 - primary source questions
http://library.ucsc.edu/course-guides/history-10a-united-states-history-to-1877
Ref Desk hours during the upcoming holiday intersession
Regular quarter hours resume on Tuesday, January 5th.
Friday, November 6, 2009
Online guides for Writing and Core classes
Getting Started (linked on our home page)
-takes students step-by-step through constructing a research paper
http://library.ucsc.edu/content/constructing-your-research-paper
Writing subject guide (linked on home page under "Subjects" and "Course Materials & ERes")
-outlines research process steps with links
http://library.ucsc.edu/course-guides/writing
Class and assignment-specific guides
Find research materials by subject
http://library.ucsc.edu/find-research-materials-by-subject
and
Course Materials & ERes
http://library.ucsc.edu/services/find-materials-for-courses
Serials review lists & letter out to faculty today
The serials review lists (titles proposed for
cancellation) and a letter to faculty announcing the
availability of the lists, have gone out to faculty.
If you get questions about where the lists are, they are available
here:http://library.ucsc.edu.oca.ucsc.edu/collections/budget-reduction-process
- Toward the bottom of the page there are links to each
division, click on those to see the title lists.
Faculty may submit comments through the survey/feedback
form on the page.
The feedback form is referenced several times on the page
but here is the link:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=W_2b4gtNSaxnj9_2bJsDfypi5A_3d_3d
If you have any questions, please let me know and I'll do
my best to answer them.
Thanks very much,
Kerry
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Anthro 1 assignment
As you may have guessed, most of these books are already checked out. I don't have a good solution for helping students, other than ILL. I'll see if I can catch the student I helped (and who sped off) for a copy of the assignment.
Here's a sample of some of the titles:
The old way : a story of the first people / Elizabeth Marshall Thomas McH Stacks DT1558.S38 T46 2006
Female fertility and the body fat connection / Rose E. Frisch S&E Stacks RG136 .F755 2002
Your inner fish : a journey into the 3.5-billion-year history of the human body / Neil Shubin S&E Reading QM26 .S58 2008
Thanks,
Lucia
Friday, October 30, 2009
New Visitor Guides
San Francisco City Directories - now online - free
1924. http://www.archive.org/details/crockerlangleysa1924rlporich
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Word documents on public computers
A patron came to the desk before the IT desk was staffed and said her Word 2007 document wouldn't open on PC #7. I called ITS and
Frank said that the PC's do have a concerter pac installed and should automatically open Word 2007 docs. If they don't, have the patron try another PC and report that one by submitting a ticket to ITS. And that's what I did and it worked fine on another PC. So in case this happens to you on a morning watch, that's what to do.
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Psych 3 class info and online guide
Last week I gave a talk at Cam Leapers Psyc3 class. There is a class guide at:
http://library.ucsc.edu/course-guides/psychology-3-research-methods
The guide is meant to walk students through their assignment, which requires that they find only 1 study to replicate
Cam really prefers that they use encyclopedias or textbooks to get a citation for a study. I linked students to citation linker forms, which is the most direct place to find out if we own something or to request it.
Students, however, may also try to use Psycinfo to find a paper that is about a study. If they go this route they must ONLY use peer-reviewed articles.
Hope this is useful.
Thanks,
Annette
Students accessing their home directory in Info Commons
From Macs:
-go to Fetch (from the dock or finder)
-in the Host Name text box, type: unix.ic.ucsc.edu
-in the User Name text box, type your email login (without @ucsc.edu)
-select SFTP from Connect using the drop-down menu
-type in your password in the Password text box
-select Connect
From PCs:
-go to the Secure Shell page
-select the Secure File Transfer Client icon
-select Quick Connect
-in the Host Name text box, type: unix.ic.ucsc.edu
-in the User Name text box, type your email login (without @ucsc.edu)
-at the prompt, type your password
-select OK
Meeting Room Schedule link
Saving docs on public computers: save often and wisely
Safest ways to save:
-Flash drive / memory stick
-CD
-Google docs
-Email to yourself
Unsafe:
-Desktop only
-Documents folder only
If they've only saved to the desktop or docs folder and the power suddenly goes out or flickers strongly enough, they will lose their paper and there is no way to recover it.