OFF THE SHELF W. D. McIntyre Library • www.uwec.edu/library/ots/otshmpg.html • April 2003, Number 57
In Your Own Words: IN THIS ISSUE: Using Information
AROUND THE LIBRARY Literacy Skills to Detect Faculty/Staff and Prevent Plagiarism Display Case ...... 3 National Library Week ...... 3 by Jill Markgraf, [email protected] View From the lagiarism is a growing problem in this To avoid ambiguities and misunderstand- Third Floor ...... 4 day and age when the proliferation of ing, give students your definition of plagia- P online information makes cutting and rism. Provide examples. Consider having them VIRTUAL LIBRARY pasting the words of someone else so easy. “It’s take an online quiz to help them understand mine for the taking” seems to be an increasingly what it is. Examples of online quizzes are: Database News ...... 5 prevalent attitude in this age of videotaping, CD ■ Fricke, Ted. “What is Plagiarism at Indiana Finding Databases ...... 5 burning, cutting and pasting, and downloading. University?” http://education.indiana.edu/ Lexis-Nexis Academic ...... 6 The Internet and technological advances make ~frick/plagiarism/index2.html QuestionPoint it easier than ever for students to wittingly or ■ Empire State College http://www.esc.edu/ Reference Chat ...... 8 unwittingly plagiarize, and faculty members esconline/across_esc/library.nsf/ face the increasing burden of defining it, discour- wholeshortlinks2/Academic+Integrity, click Academic & Career aging it, detecting it and dealing with it. The li- on “Take this Quick Quiz.” Services Titles ...... 8 brary can help. MyLibrary ...... 9 Discourage it Introducing ILLiad ...... 9 Define it Any instructor who has had to confront pla- Private ID ...... 9 The first step in combating plagiarism is defin- giarism can attest to the fact that it is both time- ing it. In the 2002 Final Report of the Project Wind- consuming and unpleasant. The most effective Eau, Cronje, et al. find that UW-Eau Claire way to deal with plagiarism is to prevent it. NEW @ YOUR LIBRARY faculty have varying opinions on the definition Some prevention methods include: Could That be of plagiarism. While “all faculty believed that ■ integrating research and citing skills into THE Barbara Bush ...... 10 using another’s ideas without any attribu- your curriculum. Students who do not know tions...constitutes plagiarism,”1 there is less how to conduct research or properly cite Science.gov Replaces agreement on the question of whether or not sources may intentionally or unintentionally PubSCIENCE ...... 11 intent must be present to warrant the label of plagiarize. Contact the library to schedule in- American Indian Studies .. 11 plagiarism. According to Plagiarism.org, pla- formation literacy instruction for your stu- Homeland Security ...... 12 giarism is “the improper use, or failure to at- dents. Such classes can include topics such Mapping and Census tribute, another person’s writing or ideas as selecting a research topic, using the library (intellectual property). It can be as subtle as the catalog, finding journal articles, identifying Documents ...... 13 inadvertent neglect to include quotes or refer- scholarly journals, evaluating websites, cit- ences when citing another source or as blatantly ing documents and more. Instruction can be STAFF NEWS ...... 14 unethical as knowingly copying an entire pa- tailored to meet the specific needs of your per verbatim and claiming it as your own course and your students. work.”2 However, the Council of Writing Pro- ■ designing assignments that can be sup- IN BRIEF gram Administrators distinguishes between: ported by library resources available to your Special Collections 1. submitting someone else’s text as one’s students. Students frustrated by an assign- Extended Hours ...... 14 own or attempting to blur the line between ment that seems undoable or unrealistic may Display Cases ...... 14 one’s own ideas or words and those bor- be tempted to plagiarize. McIntyre librarians rowed from another source, and are happy to assist you in ensuring that li- 2. carelessly or inadequately citing ideas and brary materials can support your assignment. 3 words borrowed from another source. continued on page 2 In Your Own Words continued from page 1 that simultaneously searches several search that you leave stop words out of your ■ requiring evidence of steps in the re- engines). When using these search engines, search. For example, if you are looking for search and writing process such as out- become familiar with their advanced search the phrase, “roses are red” you would type lines, meetings to discuss progress, methods. For example, many search en- in roses red. Librarians are happy to help you rough drafts, bibliographies, and search gines-including Google-will search for an with search techniques for effectively using strategies. Librarians can help your stu- exact phrase if you put two or more words databases in your field. dents develop search strategies. Not only in quotation marks. Remember that no Other library resources you may find use- do you have a chance to monitor progress, single search engine covers the entire Web. ful in tracking down plagiarized sources in- but you also help your students avoid the In fact, search engines cover only a small clude: procrastination trap, which can result in fraction of what is available on the Web, and ■ The Voyager online catalog: to see if plagiarism as an act of desperation. that searchable content is sometimes re- McIntyre Library has the books listed on ■ being familiar with students’ writing ca- ferred to as the surface Web. More expan- your student’s bibliography pabilities and style through in-class or sive portions of the Web not reached by ■ The Periodicals List: to see if McIntyre Li- preliminary writing assignments. search engines are referred to as the deep brary carries the journal articles listed on ■ making assignments specific or requir- Web. The deep Web includes information ing that they have some personal rel- your student’s bibliography in non-text formats such as software, graph- ■ evance to the students. Papers meeting ics, multimedia or pdf files. It also comprises Full text reference databases (listed at your specific requirements will be more information in web-based databases, such http://lib1.uwec.edu/reference.asp), difficult for students to find from another as Amazon.com, the library online catalog, such as: source such as an online paper mill. or any of the library’s web-based propri- • Bowker’s Books in Print: book reviews ■ letting your students know that you are etary databases. No silver bullet exists that • Contemporary Authors: author biogra- aware of online paper mills, and that the can single-handedly search the entire deep phies papers found there are often of poor Web, though there are some sites, such as • CQ Research: reports on current, con- quality. Two good sites for finding online Completeplanet.com or Invisibleweb.com, troversial issues term paper mills are: that provide extensive directories or collec- • Encyclopedia Britannica Online •Google Web Directory Academic tions of deep Web databases. • MagillOnLiterature: critical analyses Papers, Fee-based and free Library databases that contain full text ar- and plot summaries http://directory.google.com/Top/ ticles from which text could easily be cut • Wilson Biographies Plus Reference/Education/Products_and_ and pasted into a student paper are temp- Services/Academic_Papers/ ting plagiarism targets. To find full text da- Commercial Plagiarism • Coastal Carolina University, Kimbel tabases in a given field, start with the Detection Services Library-List of Internet Paper Mills Databases by Discipline (Core & More) link http://www.coastal.edu/library/ from the library homepage. Most students Several commercial plagiarism detection mills2.htm have some familiarity with the EBSCOhost services and software products exist, and ■ Telling your students about the repercus- Academic Search Elite database. It covers a they receive mixed reviews. Two such ser- sions of plagiarism. Students need to broad range of subject areas and includes vices, PlagiServe.com and EduTie.com, know not only what plagiarism is, but also many full text articles, making it a poten- have raised concerns about possible ties to that it is not tolerated by you or by the tially attractive database from which to pla- online term paper sellers.4 institution. giarize. Each database has its own search Turnitin.com is a popular commercial interface, and you will want to figure out prevention and detection service whereby Detect it how to search the full text of articles for the student papers are submitted to and com- Even when you’ve done all that you can to database you’re using. EBSCOhost data- pared against the content of an ever-grow- discourage plagiarism, you may not be able bases, for example, require that you click a ing database, and an “originality report” is to eliminate it completely. Some clues that checkbox to include full text in your search. sent to the instructor. In addition to check- may cause you to suspect plagiarism include: LexisNexis requires that you select “full ing against its own database and websites, ■ inconsistencies in writing style, format, text” from a drop down menu. WilsonWeb Turnitin also checks against several propri- level of sophistication or citation styles databases, on the other hand, automatically etary databases to which it has obtained ■ a paper that doesn’t fit the assignment search the full text of articles when using rights. Because a copy of the student’s pa- ■ a paper that lacks a bibliography, or the default settings. Similar to Web search per, along with the student’s name, is re- has a bibliography that is dated or engines, most library databases enable you tained as part of the Turnitin database, heavily weighted with resources not to search for phrases, usually using quota- concerns over student privacy and copy- available in our library tions. However, all databases have their id- right have arisen. Some institutions have ad- Such clues need to be investigated. Library iosyncrasies. EBSCOhost databases, for dressed this concern by having students and web resources can be instrumental in example, will let you search for a phrase submit their own papers on a voluntary investigating suspected acts of plagiarism. using quotes, but if your phrase includes a Internet search engines can be very effective stop word (i.e. a common word ignored by basis and under an assumed name. Other in tracking down suspicious phrases from the system), such as and, or or not, it will not institutions require that students sign a papers. Some good ones include google. be searched even as part of a phrase. waiver indicating that they understand that com, alltheweb.com, altavista.com and LexisNexis automatically searches phrases their papers will be submitted and retained. dogpile.com (which is a metasearch engine if you type in more than one word, but asks Plagiarism continued on page 3
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The UW-Eau Claire College of Busi- ness recently subscribed to Turnitin. com. One faculty member who has used the service views it more as a preven- Faculty/Staff Publications tion service than detection service. Be- cause a student can submit a paper to Turnitin before turning it into the pro- Display Case fessor, the student can review and cor- rect infractions detected by Turnitin. he Office of University Research and National Subscriptions to Turnitin are avail- TMcIntyre Library cosponsor an on- able for individual professors as well as going display of faculty and staff publi- Library institutions, and prices are based on cations. The following books and CDs are variables such as number of submis- currently on display in the lobby of the Week sions and the size of an institution. library. April 6-12, 2003 Deal with it Starlight Dolphin (compact disc) Thomas W. King & Melissa Jahr Once you’re confident that you’ve de- One Handed Donald L. Patterson by Karen Pope, tected an act of plagiarism, resources Modern Morse Code in Rehabilitation [email protected] exist to assist you in dealing with it. and Education Thomas W. King Chapter 7 of the UW-Eau Claire Faculty Why the Elephant Has No Butt Osonye McIntyre Library will join and Academic Staff Handbook, which Tess Onwueme other local, state and national deals with academic misconduct, is Shakara: Dance Hall Queen Osonye Tess libraries to celebrate the third available online (http://www.uwec. Onwueme year of The Campaign for edu/acadaff/policies/handbook/ The Continuo Companion Nanette Lunde America’s Libraries. The cam- Chap7.pdf), as is the UW Administra- Fast Fourier Transformations James S. paign is an effort to tive Code, Chapter 14 (http://www. Walker help the public wisc.edu/students/uws14.htm). The Yellowstone Trail John & Alice Bridge become aware A companion website for this article Who’s Not Working and Why David of and learn to is available at www.uwec.edu/ Schaffer use the wide va- Sabbatical Music Thomas W. King markgrjs/plagiarism.html riety of traditional and new A Primer on Wavelets and Their Scien- library resources, and to highlight the fact tific Applications James S. Walker that libraries of all kinds have the staff ex- 1 Navarra y las Palabras con Mary Iribarren Cronje, Ruth, Gloria Hochstein, Julie Peterson, pertise to help you find what you are look- and Karen Welch, Project WIND-EAU: Writ- Aardvarks and Angels (compact disc) ing in the Disciplines at UW-Eau Claire, final Thomas W. King & Melissa Jahr ing for — regardless of the question: report (Eau Claire: University of Wisconsin-Eau The Missing Face Osonye Tess Onwueme Claire, 2002) 17. • Do you know that you can borrow a American Indian Policy in the Jacksonian book from another UW-System library 2 “Frequently Asked Questions,” Plagiarism.org, Era Ronald Satz through the Voyager online catalog and 2003, 30 Jan. 2003
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any people believe, erroneously, that M there is an ancient Interesting Chinese curse that says, “May you live in interesting times.” It appears to be an entirely ap- ropos sentiment for the times Times in which libraries currently by Bob Rose, [email protected] find themselves. As with many institutions, li- braries — including academic, Faxon) is the vendor that was One of the interesting things to public, and special libraries — used by UW-Eau Claire for note from this situation is that at are facing what sometimes seem many years. least 58% of the periodical titles almost insurmountable ob- Approximately 3,500 libraries to which we subscribe have at stacles. Most libraries are expe- across the U.S. were affected by least partial full text coverage in riencing funding crises that are the RoweCom bankruptcy. one of our database aggregators. beginning to impact the way Many, if not most of those librar- In many cases our users have they provide services and at a ies (including McIntyre) had al- electronic or ILL alternatives. We time when their services are in ready paid RoweCom for most regret, however, the inconve- greater demand than ever be- of the periodical subscriptions nience this situation may cause fore. This is true of public librar- they had ordered. Unfortunately, them. ies that always see big increases RoweCom did not remit most of One of the first things we did in usage during hard economic the money for those subscrip- when we realized the serious- times, but it is true of academic tions to the publishers. So what ness of the situation was to place libraries as well — even librar- does that mean for the affected an embargo on purchases from ies at private academic institu- libraries? A. Chaos? B. Uncer- our Firm Order budget (the bud- tions that have previously been tainty? C. Frustration? Or D. All get from which books, CDs, vid- comparatively unaffected. of the above? If you answered eos and other “one-time” The funding issue for many li- D, you are absolutely correct. purchases are made) in case we braries became particularly Some publishers have volun- needed to apply that money to- acute this past December when tarily extended their unpaid sub- wards our journal subscriptions. word began to leak that one of scriptions — for two or three As of this writing, we have re- three major periodical jobbers - months or even indefinitely. Oth- leased part of those funds so that RoweCom — was likely to de- ers simply have stopped sending we can continue limited pur- clare Chapter 11 bankruptcy, issues for which they have not re- chasing of such materials. which they finally did in Janu- ceived payment. EBSCO, the To further complicate things, ary. A periodicals jobber is a company that is attempting to we are about to launch a peri- company that acts as a “middle- purchase RoweCom, is asking odicals cancellation project that man” between libraries and publishers to accept the libraries’ is likely to have an impact on al- claims for credit in most every curricular area. Cur- the bankruptcy in rent plans are to target those We are attempting to determine what the exchange for con- titles that have high costs per use tinuing to supply and that are available in full text. impact of this “Enron of the library world” journals. In the This is a project that is not re- meantime, lated to the RoweCom mess, but situation will mean for our library. RoweCom’s par- is necessary because of the av- ent company has erage 8% per year inflationary filed for bank- increase in the cost of journals publishers, enabling libraries to ruptcy attention and is under and our flat acquisitions budget. deal with a single source for grand jury investigation. There are a number of other hundreds or thousands of pub- We have been advised by Sys- efforts underway within the li- lishers instead of each publisher tem Legal to delay certain deci- brary as we examine ways to individually. Although jobbers sions as long as we can until save money and stretch our charge a service fee, the amount there is more clarity to the situ- budgets. As those plans are de- of money saved in labor costs ation. We are trying to follow veloped and implemented, they for libraries is quite substantial. that advice, and are currently will be shared with the campus. RoweCom (more commonly obtaining articles from missing known by its previous name of issues through Interlibrary Loan. Interesting times, indeed.
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Database News
by Mimi King, [email protected]
Military & Government Col- products and new or investigational lection provides full text from over drugs. Drugs may be searched by their 330 military/general interest publi- generic or brand names. Clinical Phar- cations along with indexing with ab- macology provides two subsets: Drug stracts for 370 additional magazines. Monographs for health care profession- This database focuses on informa- als and Patient Education Records for tion of interest to the armed forces. lay users. Many searches will retrieve a large Drug Monographs include descrip- number of articles from popular tion, mechanism of action, and phar- magazines, but it is possible to re- macokinetics. Patient Education Finding the duce the number of popular titles by Records tell what the medication is using terms associated with the used for, what information patients Databases armed forces (e.g., military, navy). should give their health care profes- This database is listed in the Subject sional before taking the medication, The most direct way to access List of databases under Government how the medication should be taken, most of the resources mentioned & Law and in the Core & More Dis- what to do if a dose is missed, what on these pages is to look them cipline List under Political Science other medications can interact, what up by title from the library and Criminal Justice. side effects may be noticed, what to homepage Master Index at: watch for, and where to keep the medi- www.uwec.edu/library cation. Patient Education records are Clinical Pharmacology available in English or Spanish. Cov- They are also available replaces USP DI. Volume II, erage is current from 2000. This data- through the Alphabetical list of Advice for the Patient base is listed in the Subject List of databases, and the Subject List. Clinical Pharmacology contains cur- databases under Biological & Health Sci- rent, clinically relevant drug mono- ences and in the Core & More Discipline graphs for all U.S. prescription List under Environmental & Public drugs, herbal and nutritional Health, Kinesiology & Athletics, and Nurs- supplements, over-the-counter ing.
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exis-Nexis Academic is the new name of Academic Universe, an extremely power-ful and diverse full text database that Lcovers five content areas, News, Business, Legal, Medical, and Reference. It is useful for a variety of disciplines and research topics, and although LexisNexis Academic is a complex product, it is worth the learning curve. This article provides an overview of LexisNexis Academic basic search types and content areas. SEARCHING: Lexis-Nexis 1. QUICK INFO/QUICK NEWS SEARCH: This NEW search is the most important change in LexisNexis Aca- demic. The critical feature of the Quick Info/Quick News Search is that it searches articles from ALL LexisNexis Academic content ar- Academic- eas: news, legal, business, medicine, etc. Previously each of the da- tabases had to be searched separately. This search retrieves the 125 most relevant articles; these results can also be sorted by date. NOTE: Many things to • Read the search rules and tips for the Quick Info/Quick News Search • Remember that the Quick Info/Quick News Search covers many people mainly “news” (including newspapers, magazines and jour- nals, wire services, etc.) but NOT LexisNexis Academic data- and full text, too bases such as polls, laws, quotations, etc. 2. GUIDED NEWS SEARCH: Allows the user to search the news databases individually, and with more precision. by Betsy Richmond, [email protected] NOTE: • Read the search rules and tips for the Guided News Search • Access to freelance articles and other features may not be avail- able due to a court case decided in favor of free-lance writers • Search each database individually or limit search to up to five titles in a database
3. SEARCHING OTHER DATABASES: The Business, Legal, Medical, and Reference databases each have search protocols that reflect the individuality of the specific data- base. Court decisions, for examples, are searched differently than industry information. CONTENT AREAS See the table below for an overview of the various sections of LexisNexis Academic. Searches differ for each of the content areas. CONTENTS USES TIPS 1. News (General) General Leading US and International newspapers; also magazines, Has the most complete online full text coverage of the NYT policy papers, and more Today’s News Leading newspapers; current day Note coverage (sources) if looking for a specific paper US by state and region Current and back issues of newspapers, either by state or by To find editorials, include words such as “opinion OR editorial region OR op-ed” in a search box World News Find world news from a non-US perspective Select a geographic region (Middle East/Africa sources) or a specific news paper (Arab News orThe Guardian) News Wires From Accountancy to University Wide range of subject areas; important to read “About this title” News Transcripts From Jim Leher, to CBS, to NPR, to the Kremlin; good for cur- Some International sources rent speeches Other Categories: art, sports, legal, univer- Topic-specific sources such as Chronicle of Higher Education As with many of the sources, check dates of coverage sity and medical
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CONTENTS USES TIPS 2. Business Business News Business articles from newspapers, magazines, journals, wires Categories to search: business and finance, industry, mergers, & transcripts Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Industry and Market News Research an industry, e.g. aerospace, biotechnology, etc. May also search by keyword Accounting Journals Sources include the American Institute of Certified Public Ac- Searches full text of the documents, ONE source at a time countants, Generally Accepted Auditing Standards, SEC, Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Company Financial Data Includes U.S. Public Companies, U. S. Private Companies, Stan- May search by company name or SIC dard & Poor’s Corporate Descriptions, Disclosure Company Comparisons Sources include Hoover’s series Geographic profiles; searchable by sales, income and/or em- ployment SEC Filings Searches Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reports by company name or SIC Code Directories Lists conventions, trade shows, sporting events in 80 countries and 500 cities; includes Commerce Business Daily, SIC, and World Business Opportunities 3. Legal Research Legal News and Law Reviews Good for background material and trends Use the legal news and law reviews to identify KEY CASES Case Law Federal, State, Shepard’s® for U.S. Supreme Court Search crosses Federal and State; “tracks” (Shepardizes) opin- ions Federal Code U.S Code: (US laws); Federal Court Rules; U.S. Constitution Provides hyperlinks to related search forms on LexisNexis(tm) Congressional Federal Regulations Federal Register; Code of Federal Regulations; Federal Acquisi- Check dates of coverage! tion Regulations; US Attorney General Opinions Provides hyperlinks to related search forms on LexisNexis(tm) Congressional State Codes US Check dates of coverage for each state Tax Law The IRS Bulletin, tax regulations & more Canadian Legal Information Legislative materials, Statutes & Regulations International Legal Information Selected countries U. S. Patent Research All Patents, Design Patents, Plant Patents, Utility Patents 1971 to the present (U.S. Patent and Trademark Office) Martindale-Hubbell®, Law School Directory For prospective law students and Guide 4. Medical News International in scope; titles include AIDS Weekly, BioTerrorism May search the entire list or select up to five professional health Inc, European Drug Report and medical newsletters to search Journals Limited but representative full text titles See Medline for a more comprehensive search Abstracts Source: Medline References Good research resource; abstracts not linked to McIntyre Li- brary holdings 5. Reference Biographical From news and other sources International Country Profiles CIA World Factbook; Walden Country Reports Population, economic census, trends Polls and Surveys Roper Center for Public Opinion Research; includes network “Keyword” searches the full text of the polls,“Question” searches TV, Gallup, Harris, Roper; New York Times, USA Today and Wall focus on the questions posed to participants Street Journal Quotations Search by keyword and source (author) Over 10,000 quotes State Profiles Concise facts & statistics for each state World Almanac Quick facts on many subjects
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Academic & Career Services Titles in Library Catalog
by Cheryl Cutsforth, [email protected] QuestionPoint he UW-Eau Claire campus is full of wonderful resources but sometimes T finding out exactly where they are lo- cated can be tricky. In December 2000, Aca- Reference demic & Career Services joined forces with McIntyre Library to make it a bit easier to find out who owns what when it comes to writing a resume, preparing for an interview or find- Chat Service ing out which jobs are going to be hot two years from now. Completed in March 2001, this project in- volved adding records to Voyager, the Library’s by Mimi King, [email protected] online public access catalog, for the nearly 1,000 titles owned by Academic & Career Services. Academic & Career Services provided funds s noted in the last Off the Shelf, McIntyre Library has for the database searching and McIntyre Li- joined a consortium of Wisconsin libraries to introduce brary provided the staff to input the data. Nearly 90% of the vocational materials we virtual reference services to Wisconsin. QuestionPoint A cataloged are unique to the Career Services is a web-based service that enables librarians to provide digital collection, thus not available in McIntyre Li- reference service through both email and chat reference. The brary nor elsewhere on campus. McIntyre Li- result of collaboration between OCLC and the Library of Con- brary Cataloging Department staff members gress, QuestionPoint is an example of the type of resource shar- keep the catalog current, adding new materi- ing among Wisconsin libraries that enables UW-Eau Claire to als when Academic & Career Services pur- add a new service, even though we are short-staffed. chases additional titles. Here is a sampling of what is available to Click the Ask Us! Tell Us! button on any of the library’s the campus community: web pages. You have a choice of starting a live chat session, or ■ Looking for help with that upcoming inter- asking an email question. view? Try 101 Great Answers to the Toughest The chat service is available from 1:00 to 9:00 p.m. Monday Interview Questions. through Friday. To start a chat session click the Ask Us! Tell Us! ■ Need to write a knock-your-socks off cover button and complete the “Chat with a Librarian” form. UW- letter? Try How to Say it in Your Job Search. ■ Eau Claire librarians are logged in on Wednesdays and Thurs- Want to know what jobs will be most in de- mand in 2004? Try the Jobs Rated Almanac. days from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m., and librarians from academic and ■ Looking for something specific? Try Careers public libraries around Wisconsin are logged in during the re- for Number Crunchers or Opportunities in maining times. If your question is specific to our campus, chat Music Careers. during the UW-Eau Claire assigned time period, or use the email Academic & Career Services staff members service instead. For questions not campus-specific, log into chat are available to advise and assist UW-Eau any time the service is staffed. Claire students in using the many books and The UW-Eau Claire QuestionPoint email service is monitored online resources located in their offices. while the reference desk is staffed, so you can expect a response This joint project has been a success for both departments. Academic & Career Services re- rate similar to our previous email reference service. ceives broader exposure for the many excel- lent up-to-date vocational resources they have to offer while students using the Library’s pub- lic access catalog can quickly see the wide se- lection of books available beyond McIntyre’s collections.
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MyLibrary: Introducing Customizing ILLiad UW-Eau Claire’s Online Catalog by Mimi King, [email protected] ILLiad, the InterLibrary Loan internet accessible database, will by Mimi King, [email protected] soon be a reality for the UW-Eau Claire community. Currently the Interli- brary Loan staff is using part of the new system to answer requests from off MyLibrary is the overall name for the campus in order to learn how the software works. When the rest of the sys- online catalog enhancements, identified tem is implemented sometime after spring break, you will see that the online by the “My” prefix: my account, my pref- interlibrary loan request forms have changed, making the loan process faster erences, my saved searches, and my and easier. bookbag. You will find these labels on the buttons at the top of the catalog search Here is what to expect: page. When you click the Interlibrary Loan button you will be prompted for your MyLibrary enables you to store search Private ID (see box) and last name. The copyright notice is posted on the preferences to be used as default settings login screen and proceeding with the login presumes that you agree to abide each time you use the online catalog. It also by copyright laws. That is all the personal information you will have to enter. lets you save up to twenty-five search que- You will then see a menu screen where you not only request items, but also ries to run either on command or automati- check the progress of previous requests or retrieve articles you have requested. cally at specified intervals (days/weeks), When an item you requested comes with the results emailed to you. You can re- in, you will receive an email message quest items from other System libraries di- giving you directions on retrieving the rectly and receive items within a few days materials. Briefly, you will pick up Private ID rather than a few weeks. You can also check books at the Circulation Desk as usual, on items you have checked out and renew but you will login to ILLiad to view/ Why do I need it? titles online. print/download articles. Since the The Private ID serves as your “li- Before beginning a search in the online postal system will not be used for ar- brary card” in the online environ- catalog, click the login button and enter ticles, your materials should arrive ment. This ID is secure and will your Private ID (see box) and last name. sooner. If a book may not be renewed, prevent unauthorized use of your The system will default to the search for- that will be noted on the ILL book information and privileges. Use it mat you have specified and have your sleeve. Otherwise, you can login to for ILLiad and the special saved searches and book bag entries ready view the original request online, and MyLibrary features of the online catalog. for viewing. You can also select other librar- submit a renewal request. We will ies and search for titles available across the verify the request with the donor li- How do I get it? state and request these items as you find brary and send you an email notice. Click the login button in the them. Please contact the Reference Desk Online Catalog. At the login page, at 836-3858 or email us at library. click the BLUGOLD link and fol- [email protected] if you have ques- low the menus to your Private ID. tions about using the new system.
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beach. Took George and Barbara (Pierce) “Could That Really be Bush (Greenwich and Rye, NY) (Son of Prescott Bush)... to O’Neil’s for Chicken dinner.” On Thursday she wrote, “Geo and Barbara Bush took me to train at Norfolk THE Barbara Bush at 8 am.” I verified that Mrs. Bush’s maiden name was Pierce and discovered that she was born in Rye, New York. Florence re- Mentioned in This Diary?” ally was writing about THE George and Barbara Bush. by Heather Muir, [email protected] This fact prompted more questions. How well did Florence know Barbara? Did their husbands serve together? Did the Larkins socialize much with the Bushes? Florence While preparing last fall’s Archives died in the 1970s so only Barbara Bush could Week exhibit on the history of answer these questions for me. In late No- Wisconsin’s involvement in various vember I sent a letter along with copies of wars, I ran across the archival collection the pertinent diary entries to Mrs. Bush via of Florence Sullivan Larkin in the Spe- the Bush Presidential Library in College Sta- cial Collections department of McIntyre tion, Texas. In late December I received an Library. Florence served in both World interesting letter from Texas. The address on War I and II as a volunteer with the YMCA the envelope was hand-written, the letter and the Red Cross. As I was reading was not on letterhead stationery, and the date through her World War I diaries I noticed at the top of the letter was mistyped. I as- a smaller, spiral notebook that talked about sumed that a student intern at the presiden- traveling between Virginia Beach, New tial library was responding to my letter. But York City, and Washington, D.C. I had to as I read the first line of the letter I realized read through the diary to determine its con- that Barbara Bush herself had typed the let- tent and time period. ter, “Please forgive my typing this out to you Florence was great about listing details myself, but I am at The George Bush Presi- of her travels. One entry in the diary caught dent Library in College Station and I brought my eye, “Wednesday. Peeled peaches. Bar- your fascinating letter up with me because I bara Bush came at 2:15 and we called on wanted to take a little time to think about an Mrs. Frank Harrell and Mrs. Kane on 27th I assumed that a social secretary would contact Mrs. Street.” Could that re- ally be former first lady Bush, ask a few questions, and then draft a response Barbara Bush? I had read enough of the di- that would be stamped with Mrs. Bush’s signature. ary to know that it dated from the mid-1940s. I knew that answer and all you said.” As it turns out the former President George Bush had served Larkins and Bushes were stationed in Vir- in the Army during the war, but I didn’t ginia Beach in the summer of 1945, but they know where he was stationed and if he and did not know each other very well at all. Mrs. Barbara were married. Perhaps the diary Bush recalled Florence, but the only time they had more clues. spent together would have been the few days On the same day that Florence peeled that Florence wrote about in her diary. Mrs. peaches, “E. [her husband Ed] came on 5:30 Bush wrote, “Ed [Florence’s husband]... must bus and we went to the basement apt of have asked me to introduce her around. We Bushes for dinner. Vichysoisse (cold) awful, had never met her. I must have taken her to hamburger mixed with cream on buns and visit some of the wives and having them in broiled, sliced tomatoes, green beans, milk, for dinner. I had to laugh at her judgment of large half melon filled with ice cream.” This my cooking...awful. It isn’t any better now. entry let me know that Barbara Bush was To my knowledge that was the only time I married and what she served for dinner. But met Mrs. Larkin.” could it be THE Bushes? I never dreamed that Mrs. Bush would The answer became crystal clear in write a direct response to me. I assumed Florence’s diary. “Wednesday. Sunshine on Bush continued on page 11
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Bush continued from page 10 that a social secretary would contact Mrs. Bush, ask a few questions, and then draft a response that would be stamped with Mrs. Bush’s signature. Or, if I was lucky, one of the librarians or archivists at the presiden- Science.gov Replaces PubSCIENCE tial library would send a response after con- by Mary Hayden, [email protected] tacting Mrs. Bush. I wished that there was a more significant connection between Flo- here was much disappointment in on health, defense, the environment, and rence Larken and the Bushes, but at least I T the scientific community when the science education. Members of the Alli- know the rest of the story. government website PubSCIENCE lost ance are the Departments of Agriculture, Florence Larkin lived an interesting life. funding in 2002. The site contained cita- Commerce, Defense, Education, Energy, Born and raised in Eau Claire, she gradu- tions and some direct links to articles in Health and Human Services, Interior, the ated from Vassar College and taught at vari- scientific journals. Much of the work for Environmental Protection Agency, the ous schools in Ashland and Milwaukee; the database was done on a volunteer ba- National Aeronautics and Space Admin- Iron River, Michigan; and Orange, New Jer- sis by for-profit and not-for-profit jour- istration, and the National Science Foun- sey. She traveled widely and played an ac- nal publishers, but the site fell under dation. tive role in both world wars, particularly attack from those who felt that it was du- Site content may include forms of infor- in World War I where she served as a vol- plicating services available through the mation such as scientific or technical data, unteer for the Women’s Service League of private sector. publications, databases, and documenta- the Y.M.C.A. and operated a social center Late in 2002, a new FirstGov site was tion. Science.gov uses a specially designed for American Navy men in Plymouth, En- unveiled. Science.gov is billed as “a cross- search tool to provide access to twenty- gland, from 1918 to 1919. She married agency gateway to one of the nine web databases that are not searchable Edwin Larkin in 1938 and became heavily government’s most valuable resources — through other web search engines. These involved with Eau Claire Civic Music As- the R&D and subsequent information hard-to-find databases are part of what is sociation, serving as the organization’s that it generates on behalf of the Ameri- called the “invisible” or “deep” web. president from 1950 to 1960. To learn more can people.” The site follows the lead of FirstGov also sponsors the following about the Florence Sullivan Larkin collec- other FirstGov sites that are “topic” fo- sites: regulations.gov, kids.gov, seniors. tion, there is a descriptive finding aid on- cused instead of “agency” specific. Ten gov, students.gov, disabilityinfo.gov, line that includes biographical information, major science agencies comprise the Alli- export.gov, and ready.gov, the emergency an overview of the collection, and a con- ance, a group that provides information and terrorism preparedness site. tainer inventory list: http:// www.uwec.edu/library/spcoll/ larkin.html. As part of a presentation to a local school, I used digitized versions of records from the Larkin collection to illus- trate how archival documents could be American Indian Studies used in preparing a National History Day project. This year’s theme is “Rights and by Leslie Foster, [email protected] Responsibilities.” Florence felt that it was her responsibility to contribute to the war- he Government Publications Department staff is time effort, and I used Florence’s experi- Tpleased to call your attention to the Indian ences in World War I to illustrate how a Claims Commission Decisions, a ‘new’ resource Dr. woman could serve her country by serving Ron Satz generously donated to the library in No- coffee at a YMCA canteen. To view these vember 2002. This forty-two volume set is a compi- documents, go to: http://www.uwec.edu/ lation of exact reproductions of the decisions of the muirha/history_day.htm. Indian Claims Commission, a court established by a The Larkin collection and many other 1946 Act of Congress to provide a forum for claims manuscript collections are available for re- of “any Indian tribe, band, or other identifiable group search in the Special Collections depart- of American Indians against the United States”. The ment of McIntyre Library, located in Old Commission was granted jurisdiction over ‘moral Library 1133. During spring semester Spe- claims against the federal government.’ Beyond the requirement that the claims cial Collections is open Mondays and accrued before 1946, no statutes of limitation were imposed. Between 1948 and 1978 Thursdays from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Tues- the Commission dealt with over 500 dockets. days, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 8 a.m. The decisions are a significant primary source for the study of the history of rela- to 5 p.m. tions between Indian tribes and the federal government, and document the devel- For more information, contact Heather opment of Indian law in the United States. They are available for use in the library Muir, Head of Special Collections, 835-3873 and are found in the federal document stacks under the SuDoc number Y 3.In2/6: or [email protected]. vol./pt. For additional information, contact Leslie Foster at 836-3247.
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gence information from multiple sources • coordinate communication with state Homeland Security and local governments • build partnerships with state and local governments and the private sector by Leslie Foster, [email protected] •Federal law Enforcement Training Cen- • and simultaneously reduce any dupli- ter (Treasury) cative and redundant activities in these •Animal and Plant Health Inspection Ser- areas vice (Agriculture) Will this have an impact on Question: What’s new in Washington, •Office of Domestic Preparedness (Justice) D.C.? McIntyre Library’s federal Emergency Preparedness and Response depository collection? Short answer: The Department of unites: Yes, but what that impact will be and how Homeland Security •Federal Emergency Management great it will be is unknown at this time. Long answer: When President George Agency (FEMA) So far: W. Bush signed the Homeland Security Act • Strategic National Stockpile and Na- • Tom Ridge has been sworn in as the first into law in late 2002, he set in motion the larg- tional Disaster Medical System (HHS) Secretary of Homeland Security est federal government reorganization since • Nuclear Incident Response Team (En- • DHS officially opened its doors on Janu- 1947 when Truman merged the War Depart- ergy) ary 24, 2003 ment and the Department of the Navy into • Domestic Emergency Support Teams • the DHS web site, complete with a site the Defense Department. The newly estab- (Justice) map, keyword search capability, and lished Department of Homeland Security af- • National Domestic Preparedness Office hotlinks to federal agency websites from (FBI) ‘pre-reorganization days” has been Science and Technology brings mounted at http://www.dhs. gov/ together: • and government officials have stated • CBRN Countermeasures Pro- that it will take at least the rest of 2003 grams (Energy) for DHS to be fully functional, and even • Environmental Measurements then it is expected that the Department Laboratory (Energy) will continue to evolve • National BW Defense Analysis In the library, we soon will see call num- Center (Defense) ber changes for depository publications is- • Plum Island Animal Disease sued by the agencies involved in the Center (Agriculture.) reorganization. The federal classification sys- fects twenty-two federal agencies and 169,000 tem is archival in nature, with the Superin- government employees. Its proposed first Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection is comprised of: tendent of Documents (SuDoc) call numbers year budget is 37.7 billion dollars, and most based on the government unit responsible observers claim that amount is insufficient • Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office (Commerce) for their content. Some publications cur- for it to accomplish its mission. Those of us rently found under Sudoc call numbers start- who work with government information ex- • Federal Computer Incident Response Center (GSA) ing with A (Dept. of Agriculture), C pect this ‘mega-merger’ to have a significant (Commerce Dept.) D (Dept of Defense), E impact on both the operations of government In addition, the Secret Service and the Coast (Dept. of Energy), GSA (General Services and on citizen access to government infor- Guard are included in the new Department Administration), HHS (Health and Human mation. of Homeland Security, although they will Services), J (Justice Dept.), and T (Treasury) The new Department of Homeland Secu- report directly to the Secretary. will move to the newly created HS (Home- rity has four divisions: land Security) section of the federal stacks. What is Homeland Security’s Resources published prior to the formation 1. Border and Transportation Security mission? 2. Emergency Preparedness and of the Department of Homeland Security The President stated that the primary mis- will continue to be shelved in their usual lo- Response sion of the new department is to protect the cations. Fortunately, the library’s online cata- 3. Science and Technology American people and their way of life. log provides users with the call numbers 4. Information Analysis and needed to find documents, regardless of Infrastructure Protection How will this be accomplished? whether they are in “new” or “old” loca- Border and Transportation Security con- The Department of Homeland Security will: tions. sists of: • work to prevent terrorist attacks As always, feel free to ask for assistance •U.S. Customs Service (Treasury) • secure borders at the Reference desk. And do excuse us if •Immigration and Naturalization Service • protect critical infrastructure you hear a racket coming from the Govern- (Justice) • manage federal emergency response ac- ment Publications Department stacks. It’s •Federal Protective Service (GSA) tivities just library student assistants shifting the •Transportation Security Administration • put more security officers in the field collection to make space for the anticipated (Transportation) • gather, analyze, and synthesize intelli- influx of documents in the new HS section.
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Mapping and Census Documents
by Mary Hayden, [email protected]
he CD-ROM and DVD disks listed in this article are available in the TMcIntyre Library Government Pub- lications Department. They may be used in the department or checked out through the Reference/Government Publications Desk. bedded links enable the user to link to the Census Website Wisconsin Seamless USGS Topographic and supporting reports. able at the Block Group level, with more Maps on CD-ROM variables available for tract, zip code, I 19.31:W 52 (CD-ROM) Summary File 3 (SF3) county and state level. National Geographic’s Topo!® CD-ROM http://www.census.gov for Wisconsin includes 4 CD-ROMs with The Summary File 3 files were recently Census 2000 Census Tract Outline Maps over 1,200 scanned USGS maps enhanced released and are available on the Census C 3.275:M32/DVD (PDF files) with digital 3-D shading. The following website in American FactFinder. SF3 pre- Census Tract Outline Maps illustrate the operations are available, as listed on the sents sample data for the United States, the boundaries and numbers of census tracts, disks: fifty states, the District of Columbia and as well as the named features underlying • Draw freehand routes and upload to Puerto Rico in a hierarchical sequence down the boundaries in effect for Census 2000, in a GPS to the block group for many tabulations, but the U.S. Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Island Ar- • Reference thousands of preloaded only to the census tract levels for others. eas. The maps also show the boundaries, GPS waypoints Similar data was produced for the 1990 Cen- names, and codes for American Indian/ •Create custom text, symbols, and map sus of Population and Housing and distrib- Alaska Native/Hawaiian homeland areas, overlays uted as Summary Tape File 3. counties, county subdivisions, and places. • 1:24,000 scale maps with seamless Tables are compiled from the approxi- The scale and number of map sheets varies statewide coverage mately nineteen million housing units that according to the area of each county and • Navigate and scroll through the entire completed the long-form questionnaires, the complexity of the census tracts con- map area without borders and include data on social, economic and tained within each county. • Photo quality resolution for printing housing characteristics. Tables are repeated •Works with all color and black & white for nine major race and Hispanic or Latino Census 2000 Block Maps printers supported by Windows groups: White alone; Black or African C 3.275:B 62/VI-T00-BLCK-14-001/DVD American alone; American Indian and (PDF files) Mapping Census 2000: The Geography of Alaska Native alone; Asian alone; Native Census 2000 Block Maps show the bound- U.S. Diversity Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone; aries and numbers of the census blocks for C 3.2:M 32/2002/CD (MINI-CD-ROM) Some other race alone; Two or more races; which data has been tabulated for Census Mapping Census 2000:The Geography of Hispanic or Latino; and White alone, not 2000 and the geographic features that form U.S. Diversity is a PowerPoint presentation. Hispanic or Latino. the census block boundaries. The maps also The patterns and changes in U.S. popula- show the boundaries, names, and codes for tion distribution in the last decade are dis- Geolytics CensusCD 2000 Long Form American Indian/Alaska Native/Hawai- played to the county level for all 50 states, C 3.223/5:2000-CD (4 CD-ROMs) ian Homeland areas, counties, county sub- the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. CensusCD 2000 Long Form features the US divisions, places, and census tracts. The data are based on the U.S. Census Bu- Census Bureau’s SF3 data set in an inte- The entire collection of Census 2000 Block reau Redistricting (PL 94-171) Summary grated data and software package. Variables Maps, in PDF format, is contained on six File, thus are limited to total population, such as income, housing, employment, lan- DVDs. Currently Disc 1 has been received, race and ethnicity, and population under guage spoken, ancestry, education, poverty, and includes the states of CT, DE, DC, ME, 18 (derived from the voting age popula- rent, mortgage, and commute to work are MD, and MA. The remainder of the DVDs tion counts in the redistricting data). Em- included on the CDs. Some data are avail- are scheduled to be released by mid-2003.
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■ Evelyn Rounds, 74, died Jan. 29 in Eau Claire. Ev retired from UW-Eau Claire in 1990 after twenty-three years of service to McIntyre Library. Before joining the McIntyre Library Circula- tion Department staff, she worked for the Eau Claire public school system and the L.E. Phillips Memorial Pub- lic Library. IN BRIEF
■ Dan Norstedt (left) retired in De- cember after thirty years of service to Special Collections UW-Eau Claire, the last twelve as a Extended Hours reference librarian in McIntyre Li- brary. Prior to coming to the library, Spring Semester 2003 Dan’s service ranged from Institu- tional Studies to Information Man- OFF THE SHELF Monday 8 am-7pm agement to Personnel. As a reference A newsletter from librarian, Dan provided service at the Tuesday 8 am-5pm MCINTYRE LIBRARY Reference Desk, taught classes, de- Wednesday 8 am-5pm University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire veloped instructional materials, and Thursday 8 am-7pm Eau Claire, WI 54702-4004 served on many library committees. Friday 8 am-5pm (715) 836-3715 Among his initiatives was the very popular Core & More section of the Mary Hayden, Editor, Funding for evening hours is pro- library’s web site. Dan was also a [email protected] leader in developing a relationship vided by the History Department with the library at Jinan University Bob Rose, Director, with which we now are developing [email protected] a program of regular exchanges. Dan’s expertise in the field of busi- Sheila Pederson, Graphic Designer ness will be missed, as will his sto- Publications Office ries of adventure in China, Peru, and Display Cases Scotland. in the ■ Our Saturday afternoon reference librarian, Karen Nimz, has left for a Grand Corridor new job at the Milwaukee Detention Facility. In addition to her hours at Library displays are an- McIntyre Library, Karen served as the nounced on the library home- Comments and suggestions about Off librarian at the Stanley Correctional page, under Current Exhibits. the Shelf are appreciated. Print copies Institution. Best wishes, Karen. Contact BebeAnna Buck at are distributed midway through each semester to faculty and academic staff, 836-3857, [email protected] ■ John McCrackin, a library services with online copies available to all at assistant in the Circulation Depart- or Diana Germain at 836-5609, http://www.uwec.edu/Library/ots/ ment and CRIM, has assumed the germaidl@ uwec.edu if you or otshmpg. html. Saturday LTE shift at the Reference your students wish to use the Desk, formerly covered by Karen display cases. Mary Hayden, editor Nimz.
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