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Fall Break Hours

NORMAL HOURS: Odum Library will be open normal hours during Fall Break.  The IT Helpdesk, Circulation desks, and Media Center will all be open their normal hours.

REDUCED HOURS: Reference Services will be closed Saturday, 10/11/2008, and Sunday, 10/12/2008, and will be open from 8:00am-6:00pm on Monday, 10/13/2008.

Calling all political junkies!

Visit “Election 2008: A Selective List of Resources” to see video clips of candidates, visit political party web sites, follow media coverage, and more:http://www.valdosta.edu/~kensmith/election2008.shtml.

Odum Library’s government documents librarian, Ken Smith, has created this page to help us follow the candidates as well as the media coverage of this year’s elections. From the Government Documents home page at http://www.valdosta.edu/library/find/gov/index.shtml, click on the new “Election 2008″ link.

Live in Georgia or Brown Halls

The Trailblazin’ Librarians will be at Georgia & Brown Halls this Fall to help you with your assignments or research.

Georgia Hall Schedule

2nd & 4th Tuesdays from 7:00-9:00 p.m.

Sept. 11, 2007 – Nov. 27, 2007

Brown Hall Schedule

1st & 3rd Tuesdays from 7:00-9:00 p.m.

Sept. 18, 2007 – Dec. 4, 2007

For more information call (229) 333-7149.

LexisNexis Academic Database Has a New Look!

The VSU community uses LexisNexis Academic database to

find full-text news, legal documents, and business information. Recently, LexisNexis updated the user interface for all their databases, including LexisNexis Academic. For help using this new interface, view the LexisNexis Academic tutorials.

Try RefWorks

RefWorks is a Web-based bibliography and database manager that allows you to create your own personal database by importing references from text files or online databases. You can use these references in writing papers and automatically format the paper and the bibliography in seconds.

Access is available via GALILEO. You will need to create an account. The trial ends 10/15/2007.