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Grab the October 27 issue of the Temple News, and you'll get important information about Temple University Libraries along with your campus updates.

Need to schedule a reference session with a subject specialist?

Want to know how to contact librarians for immediate research advice?

Need to bookmark links for journal searching versus the Diamond catalog?

All of this information and much, much more is found in this concise, helpful guide. Pick up yours today!

Paley Library has 125 computers on its three floors, but up to now has had only two black & white printers on the first floor to receive all the printing requests. As a result, lines often form as students wait to print their materials. And for those on the upper levels, printing was an inconvenience. To help improve the quality of printing services in Paley Library an additional printer was added on the east side of the second floor. The printer is located near the existing photocopier and stand-up computers.

Although the printer is on the second floor, any computer in Paley Library can print to any printer. So if a student finds a line for the printer on the first floor, he or she can go to the second floor to print their job. Every card swipe can release any job to a printer no matter what computer it originates from. The only exceptions are for the color printer and for those who need to pay for their printing. Color printing and paid printing may only be done on the first floor.

We hope the addition of this printer will help to improve the ease of using Paley Library. If you have any concerns, complaints or suggestions about the printers please contact Steven Bell, Associate University Library for Research and Instructional Services.

Temple University Libraries offer thousands of online resources, plus personalized services. From using eBooks, streaming videos, and databases to requesting, receiving, and sharing online resources, learn how to make the library come to you!

Location: TECH Center 205-A

Time: 1-2 PM

Dates: 10/22, 10/28

For more information and to register...

Media Services has launched a blog and a Twitter feed to highlight new video acquisitions and arrivals in the department.

If you want to know "What new DVDs do you have?" then check these out:

Find the blog at http://blog.library.temple.edu/media_services/.

Find the Twitter feed at http://twitter.com/tulmedia.

For both of these you can either bookmark the page, or, subscribe to the page's RSS feed.

Media Services is located on the Ground Floor of Paley Library. Send your questions and comments to tulmedia@temple.edu.

Happy viewing!

Temple University Libraries is proud to present an informative session designed to assist researchers with managing their citations. It's "Citations Without Tears".

Save time on your papers, and throw out all those long citation guides. Learn to use RefWorks, a web based application (free to Temple students!) that allows you to easily and quickly gather your citations and organize them for the creation of bibliographies and in- text citations in almost any format APA, MLA, Chicago, and more.

Note: This session will include hands-on learning in the use of RefWorks.

Location: TECH Center 205-A

Time: 1-2 PM

Dates: 10/8, 10/14, 11/5, 11/11, 11/12

For more information and to register...

Temple Libraries is proud to present "To Google or Not to Google", an informative session that discusses the pros and cons of using the world's largest search engine.

Google provides fast but often ineffective results. Will you really impress your professor by citing a Wikipedia article as a source for a research paper? In this session a Temple University Librarian will discuss the pros and cons of using Google for academic research. Discover how to just as quickly access more appropriate sources without over relying on Google. This session will cover a new open source Wiki alternative, as well as some of the more traditional reference tools that have been digitized for easy web access.

Location: TECH Center 205-A

Time: 1-2 PM

Dates: 10/1, 10/7

For more information and to register...

Temple University Libraries' subject specialists create guides to library resources for general subjects as well as for specific courses and assignments. Faculty should contact Subject Specialists to get more information on these. Here are the Subject Guides that are currently available.

Blackboard is a great place to make these guides available to students. View the Screencast below to see how easy it is to embed a library guide into your Blackboard course.

For more information, see Integrating the Library Into Blackboard.