Comments Off on What’s in a Color? Irwin Library does a little painting…

By sneal, August 21, 2008 1:05 pm

Can color make you motivated to study or research? Check out some
painting that has occurred in the Irwin Library over the summer. See if
you can find our new green and yellow walls….

Comments Off on New Databases acquired over the Summer

By sneal, August 21, 2008 12:51 pm

What has been happening while you were away for the summer?  Plenty!  Here is a listing of new databases that Butler Libraries has acquired:

Film & Television Literature Index Full Text – locate scholarly articles on specific film & television topics with this resource
Wall Street Journal
PressDisplay – PDF full-text of international newspapers from the past 60 days; has foreign-language translation capabilities!
Web of Science Citation databases – find out who else has cited a particular article and look up these articles

You can access these resources by selecting ‘Databases’ off the Libraries’ homepage:  www.butler.edu/library, then following the ‘Full Alphabetical Database List’ link.

Comments Off on Butler Libraries and Facebook?

By sneal, August 21, 2008 12:42 pm

Rumor has it that Butler Libraries hopes to capture the many new faces of Butler’s incoming freshmen on its Facebook page?  Why?  To find out, search for ‘Butler Libraries’ on Facebook.

Comments Off on Stop by and Check us Out – New Students

By sneal, August 21, 2008 12:37 pm

As part of the Welcome Week activities, the Irwin Library will be holding an Open House on Sunday, August 24 from 10:00 am – 2:00 pm.  After you walk through the Resource Fair tent, also a part of the Welcome Week activities, stop by to enjoy a delicious ice cream sandwich and meet us! 

Comments Off on Butler Libraries obtain Citation databases (Web of Science)

By sneal, July 25, 2008 4:39 pm

Butler Libraries has subscribed to the following Web of Science, Science Citation databases:

Science Citation Index
Social Sciences Citation Index
Arts & Humanities Citation Index

The Libraries obtained backfiles to 1999, and plans are to add more backfiles in future years.

The power of these databases resides in being able to track who is citing whom and how often articles are being cited, resulting in an article’s impact within a field.

To access these databases go to:  www.butler.edu/library and select ‘Databases’

For assistance in learning how to navigate these research databases, contact the Butler Libraries Reference Services:

Irwin Library:  940-9245
Science Library:  940-9401

or

www.butler.edu/library/ask