Welcome Back!

Welcome Back, Rosemont Upperclassmen! And an official Welcome to our Class of 2020 and Transfer students! We are very excited to have you back on campus (it's been a very quiet summer and we've missed you). We hope that your First Day of classes goes off without a hitch.

As many of you will discover soon, the Kistler Library staff have been busy making some changes and updates to the Library that will help you better study, learn and even relax. We will post on our other social media accounts on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram throughout the week to highlight what's new in Kistler Library.


In the meantime, we'd like to point out a couple of refreshers to help you jump right in:

• Information about Kistler Library and all of its electronic resources, can be found on the Library's Website at http://www.rosemont.edu/library. Here you can access the Library's Databases, the Catalog, and Ask a Librarian for help.
• In order to print in the library, you can must print from the library desktops or laptops located throughout the Library. Upon submitting an item to print, you will be asked to enter your Student ID number, which can be found on your Rosemont ID card. You will then be asked to enter your ID again at the Printer. Also, like last year, this service is still completely free.
• In order to check out books, you must have a Kistler Library barcode on the back of your ID. For incoming Freshmen and Transfers, you must visit the Library Information Desk and request a barcode before you can begin to check out books and reserve items. For returning students that lost your ID, you must get a new ID from Public Safety before you can receive a new barcode.
• For more information on Library Policies and Procedures, check out the Library Policies page on the Library's Website.
• As always, if you have a question, please do not hesitate to ask a Librarian or Library staff member for help. We are always available to answer your question, no matter what it is.

Again, we'd like to extend a warm welcome back to campus. We are just as excited to begin working with you as you are to get started!

Welcome Back from Kistler Library!

Welcome Back, Rosemont Upperclassmen! And an official Welcome to our First Year and Transfer students! We are super excited to have you back on campus (it's been a very quiet summer and we've missed you).

As some of you may have realized, a few things have changed at Kistler Library since the Spring semester. Among other things, you may have noticed there is a new printing system in place for all library computers. Instead of printing directly from the library desktops and laptops, you are now being asked to enter your student ID number, which you can find on your ID card, both to print at the computer and to release the print job at the printer. While printing is still completely free, this will hopefully help streamline the printing process and limit printing jams, while also allow us to act on the campus' green initiatives. We appreciate your flexibility in learning this new system and, as always, if you have any questions please do not hesitate to ask a Librarian.

Watch for more posts next week about other exciting changes and upcoming plans for Kistler Library!

Additional JSTOR Content Now Available

Kistler Memorial Library has added two new collections to our JSTOR subscriptions. Arts & Sciences XII and XIII will provide you with full online access all the way back to the first issues of over 250 scholarly journals in the fields of Religion, Language & Literature, Law, Education, Social Sciences, Criminal Justice, Art History, and more. Notable titles added include Arab Studies Quarterly, British Journal of Criminology, British Journal of Social Work, Cambridge Quarterly, Early American Studies, Educational Psychology Review, Journal of Church & State, Professional School Counseling, and Studies in the History of Art.

We have also added Books at JSTOR, a program that offers access to thousands of books from scholarly publishers covering the same disciplines as JSTOR's journal content, and integrated into the familiar JSTOR platform.

JSTOR is a not-for-profit service dedicated to preserving and providing researchers with access to scholarly information through its archival collections of academic journals covering a broad range of disciplines in the humanities and social sciences.

New Journal Content Added to Project MUSE

Project MUSE has been expanding in recent months to bring you even more reliable, scholarly journals. Twenty-eight journals have been added to the collection over the past year, including:

• Anthropologica, Vol. 56 (2014) through current issue;
• Islamic Africa, Vol. 5 (2014) through current issue;
• Journal of Ayn Rand Studies, Vol 14 (2014) through current issue;
• Journal of Individual Psychology, Vol. 70 (2014) through current issue;
• Keats-Shelley Journal, Vol 62 (2013) through current issue;
• The Mark Twain Annual, Vol. 11 (2013) through current issue;
• QED: A Journal in GLBTQ Worldmaking, Inaugural issue (2013) through current issue;
• Seoul Journal of Korean Studies, Vol. 26 (2013) through current issue;
• Theoretical & Applied Ethics, Vol. 2 (2013) through current issue;
• U.S.-Japan Women's Journal, No. 43 (2013) through current issue.

Project MUSE has also added archival issues for several additional journals, with 5 of those titles now having their complete runs available in the database. These expanded titles include:

• Appalachian Heritage, Vol. 1 (1973) through current issue;
• Arizona Quarterly: A Journal of American Literature, Culture, and Theory, Vol. 34, No. 3 (1988) through current issue;
• Bulletin of the Comediantes, Vol. 1 (1949) through current issue;
• Franciscan Studies, Vol. 50 (1990) through current issue;
• Journal of the Southwest, Vol. 49 (2007) through current issue;
• Leviathan, Vol. 1 (1999) through current issue;
• Modern Drama, Vol. 1 (1958) through current issue;
• Southeastern Geographer, Vol. 1 (1961) through current issue.

Project MUSE is a full-text collection of nearly 600 scholarly, peer reviewed journals in the arts, humanities, and social sciences from over 120 university presses and scholarly societies.

New and Updated Credo Reference Content Available

Credo Reference recently added several new titles, making their already expansive collection of encyclopedias, dictionaries, and other resources, even more helpful. The new additions cover areas including History, Language, Science, and Technology, and increases the size of the Credo Reference collection to 644 books. The new titles are:

• 2012-2013 Occupational Outlook Handbook;
• 3D A-to-Z: An Encyclopedic Dictionary;
• Cambridge Encyclopedia of Darwin and Evolutionary Thought;
• Cambridge Encyclopedia of the Language Sciences;
• Cambridge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition;
• Every Day of the Civil War: A Chronological Encyclopedia;
• SAGE Key Concepts Series: Key Concepts in Healthcare Education;
• The Tourism Society's Dictionary for the Tourism Industry.

The following titles were updated to provide the latest edition:

• American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language;
• Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable;
• Debrett's People of Today 2014;
• Marquis Who Was Who in America 1985-Present;
• Marquis Who's Who in America;
• Marquis Who's Who in the World;
• Mosby's Dental Dictionary, 2013.

New and Updated Credo Reference Content Available

By Joseph Tresnan

Over the past few months twenty-eight new and updated dictionaries, encyclopedias, and other books have been added to the Credo Reference collection, bringing the total number of titles to 631. The new content provides background information in a broad range of disciplines, including History, Medicine, Science, Social Science, Art, Philosophy, Psychology, Religion, and more. The newly added titles are:

• Big Ideas Simply Explained:The Economics Book, Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Inc. (2012);
• Big Ideas Simply Explained: The Philosophy Book, Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Inc. (2011);
• Big Ideas Simply Explained: The Politics Book, Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Inc. (2013);
• Big Ideas Simply Explained: The Psychology Book, Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Inc. (2012);
• The Classical Tradition, Harvard University Press (2013);
• Dictionary of American Government and Politics, Edinburgh University Press (2010);
• Dr. Susan Love's Breast Book, Da Capo Press (2010);
• Encyclopedia of Jewish Folklore and Traditions, M.E. Sharpe, Inc, (2013);
• Epilepsy A to Z: A Concise Encyclopedia, Demos Medical Publishing (2009);
• Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary, Wiley (2007);
• Keywords for Children's Literature, New York University Press (2011);
• A New Literary History of America, Harvard University Press (2012);
• Politics Glossaries: A Glossary of US Politics and Government, Edinburgh University Press (2007);
• Women's Health Care in Advanced Practice Nursing, Springer Publishing, (2008);
• World Atlas of Sport, University of California Press (2011).

The updated titles are:

• The American Heritage Science Dictionary, Houghton Mifflin (2011);
• BCS Glossary of Computing and ICT, British Computer Society (2013);
• Black Firsts, Visible Ink Press (2013);
• Britannica Concise Encyclopedia, Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc. (1994-2012);
• Chambers Biographical Dictionary, Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd. (2012);
• The Deluxe Food Lover's Companion, Barron's Educational Series, Inc. (2009);
• The Hutchinson Dictionary of Scientific Biography, Helicon Publishing (2013);
• The Hutchinson Encyclopedia, Helicon Publishing (2013);
• Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, Inc. (2012);
• Mosby's Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Health Professions, Elsevier Health Sciences (2012);
• OECD Factbook 2013: Economic, Environmental, and Social Statistics, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (2013);
• The Princeton Guide to Ecology, Princeton University Press (2012);
• The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of Graphic Design and Designers, Thames & Hudson (2012).

New JSTOR Journal Collections Available

Kistler Memorial Library has added two new collections to our JSTOR subscriptions. Arts & Sciences VI and X will provide you with full online access all the way back to the first issues of nearly 300 scholarly journals in the fields of Business & Management, Education, Political Science, Sociology, Economics, Law, Women's Studies, and more. Notable titles added include  Academy of Management Perspectives, Berkeley Journal of Sociology, Business Ethics Quarterly, Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Journal of Business Ethics, Middle East Journal, MIR: Management International Review, NWSA Journal, Phi Delta Kappan, and The Reading Teacher.

JSTOR is a not-for-profit service dedicated to preserving and providing researchers with access to scholarly information through its archival collections of academic journals covering a broad range of disciplines in the humanities and social sciences.

Interlibrary Loan Forms Now Available Online

The forms for requesting books and articles from other libraries through Interlibrary Loan can now be filled out right on our homepage. Just click on the Interlibrary Loan link on the left side of the Library's homepage, and select the request form for books or journal articles. We will find libraries that have the items you need and have copies sent to us. When your materials arrive at the Library, you will be notified through your Rosemont email address. For questions about Interlibrary Loan policies or procedures, please contact ill@rosemont.edu or call 610-527-0200 x2204.

New in the Library: Archives Unbound

A new resource is available on the Library's Electronic Databases page. Archives Unbound presents topically-focused digital collections of historical documents that support the research and study needs of scholars and students at the college and university level. Collections in Archives Unbound cover a broad range of topics from the Middle Ages forward-from Witchcraft to World War II to twentieth-century political history. Collections are chosen for Archives Unbound based on requests from scholars, archivists, and students. Kistler Library's collections include The Southern Literary Messenger: Literature of the Old South and The War Department and Indian Affairs, 1800-1824.

New in the Library: Orlando: Women's Writing

The Library has begun a subscription to Orlando: Women's Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present. Orlando is an online reference source that provides information on the life and writing of 1275 authors from Sappho to J.K. Rowling and beyond. Despite the title, related information on many influential men and non-British women is included. The entries are extensively cross-referenced to allow researchers to follow connections between authors, such as influences, associations, places, and organizations, facilitating research on the full history of British women's writing. The project takes its name and inspiration from Virginia Woolf's 1928 novel Orlando: A Biography. To find Orlando: Women's Writing in the British Isles on the Library's home page, click on Online Resources, and then Electronic Databases.

New in the Library: American Theatre

The Library has begun a subscription to American Theatre, a professional magazine published by the Theatre Communications Group, the national organization for the American theatre. In ten issues a year, American Theatre features articles, book reviews, production reviews, and new full-length plays. Stop by the Library to read each new issue, or find more information and selected articles at www.tcg.org/americantheatre.

New in the Library: Credo Reference

The library has started a subscription to Credo Reference, an online collection of nearly 500 reference books. This service provides a reliable source of information with its full-text access to encyclopedias, dictionaries and more reference books from over 70 respected academic publishers.
With sources covering all of the major disciplines--including art, literature, history, philosophy, psychology, religion, science, medicine, social sciences, and more--whatever your topic, Credo Reference is a great place to start your research.

New in the Library: Philosopher's Index Online

Kistler Memorial Library is now offering the Philosopher’s Index online. The Philosopher’s Index provides indexing and abstracts of books, anthologies, and articles from over 620 journals in philosophy and related interdisciplinary fields. Comprehensively covering the philosophy literature from 1940 to the present, the Philosopher’s Index is an excellent starting point for research on ethics, aesthetics, logic, metaphysics, the philosophy of religion, education, and more. The Philosopher's Index is available via FirstSearch. At the FirstSearch home page, select "PhilosopherIndex" from the list of databases.