Take a Cookie Break and Check Out the New Careers & Majors Research Guide

Last month we told you about our new Careers and Majors research guide. Now we are inviting you to the Library to see it in action! If you are undecided about your major or nor sure what career to pursue, come to our Cookie Break on Tuesday, March 20, at 3:00 PM in the Library's Information Commons. Ashley Lierman, our Information Technology/Technical Services Librarian, will be on hand to walk you through the Careers and Majors guide, which will identify resources on campus, on the web, and in the Library to help you with your career and major decisions. We will be serving cookies and lemonade, and all participants will have a chance to win a $25 Amazon.com gift card.

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.

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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 Archives Unbound presents topically-focused digital collections of historical documents that support the research and study needs of scholars and students at the college and university level.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.

Library Hours for Spring Break

During the Undergraduate College's Spring Break, the Library's hours will be adjusted as follows:

Sunday, March 4: CLOSED
Monday, March 5-Friday, March 9: 8:30 AM - 6:00 PM
Saturday, March 10: 1:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Sunday, March 11: 1:00 PM - 10:00 PM

New Research Guide: Careers and Majors

By Ashley Lierman

 

Trying to decide on a major? Thinking about the future? Have a career in mind, but no clue what you need to do to get there? The Library has a research guide that can help: Careers and Majors!

The Careers and Majors guide identifies resources on campus, on the web, and in the library that are designed to help students find their way through these important decisions. Browse through to find quizzes that will help you determine what major is right for you, information on what sorts of careers are available to graduates by major, and information on what academic course of study is generally required for different types of careers. The guide also points out places on campus where you can go for more information and help.

Your librarians have been working to build research guides like this one for the Rosemont community, and will continue to develop more in the future. Check the Research Guides section (under Online Resources) of the Library website for a complete listing of available guides.

WilsonWeb Databases now Available on EBSCOhost

In the wake of last year's acquisition of the H.W. Wilson Company by rival EBSCO Publishing, the popular WilsonWeb database platform was recently eliminated. The Wilson databases to which the library subscribes, the OmniFile Full Text Mega and Art Full Text, are still available and are now searchable on EBSCO's platform, EBSCOhost. If you should need any assistance using the new interface, please contact a reference librarian at reference@rosemont.edu.