The High Library is introducing many changes this fall to make resources easier to access. BethAnn Zambella, director of the High Library, said, “We are always trying to improve our services to the community, to make the Library easier to use and to enhance the resources we offer.” Zambella and the Library staff wanted to make resources easier to access for students. To find the full text of titles that you may need for a research paper or project, simply look for the light bulb icon in EBSCO databases, such as Academic Search Premier, PsychINFO and Education Research Complete.
Another new feature is that students can now check out laptops without coming down to the circulation desk and asking if there are any available. Students can now check online for available laptops by clicking “Laptop Availability” on the top left of the library home page.
The Library now also keeps an archive of all course syllabi used at Elizabethtown College from 2003 to the present that is available to the campus community. To take advantage of this, students, faculty and staff should click on the link found on the Library home page where it will prompt you to log into JayWeb. There will then be a Library-Syllabi link on the left.
“The Library has been hosting the syllabi collection for some time. Due to changes with the College’s website, we needed a new solution to make the syllabi available to current faculty, staff and students. We were able to work with Information and Technology Services to transition the files to JayWeb and ensure availability and security,” Zambella said.
There have also been some additions to the resources available through the Library due to popular demand and requests from students, faculty and staff. These include the “Life Sciences Collection” from JSTOR, which contains 161 titles such as “American Journal of Nursing,” “American Naturalist,” “BioScience,” “British Medical Journal,” “Ecological Monographs,” and “Science.” Also available is “Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text”, which is composed of 120 journals and 100 books full-text, an index of 380 publications in film and television theory, preservation and restoration, screenwriting, production, cinematography, technical aspects and reviews, which also include Variety movie reviews and MPTV images.