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Parking lot closed Dec 3

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On Sunday Dec 3 the parking lot between Surbeck Center and Devereaux Library will close at noon because of the Diwali Celebration fireworks Sunday evening. Please have all vehicles removed to prevent damage and make it safe for the workers setting off the fireworks. Please come and enjoy this Festival of Lights put on by the India Club on campus. Parking for Library users is available in the MI and Chem lots. As this is a weekend they are available to anyone using the library. For more information see http://www.mcs.sdsmt.edu/isc/ or contact Suzi.Aadland@sdsmt.edu
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Additional Help Desk Hours

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In order to better serve our student customers, the Help Desk will be open December 3rd, 5-10pm and December 10th, 5-10 pm. These extra hours will allow students to be assisted on Sundays during the last 2 weeks of the current semester. Thanks! VJ Hedrick South Dakota School of Mines & Technology Technology Help Desk 605-394-1234
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CAS e-Seminar Dec. 6, 2006

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Just a reminder… Save the date and register now! CAS is hosting an e-Seminar on December 6, 2006 It’s live, it’s interactive, and it’s focused on SciFinder®: Exploring What Is New in SciFinder 2007 _________________________________________________________________________ Wednesday, December 6, 2006 14.00 – 15.00 PM U.S. Eastern Standard Time (19:00-20:00 GMT) To register, visit: http://casevents.webex.com After you register, you will receive an e-mail confirmation containing the teleconference phone numbers. _________________________________________________________________________ SciFinder®: Exploring What Is New in SciFinder 2007 View the latest version of SciFinder—SciFinder 2007—and find out how it can help you organize research information in new ways. Combine Answer Sets Combine research answer sets, using various set operations (Union/Intersect/Not) resulting in answer sets with only the desired references from the saved and active sets Create a Commercial Availability Report...
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BOR Library Initiative databases

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http://portal.isiknowledge.com/portal.cgi Happy Thanksgiving and a brief update. I hope that all of you now have access to Web of Science and SciFinder Scholar. If that is not true please let me know immediately. Both databases are on campus use only at this time. Special software needs to be loaded onto your computer for SciFinder, this software is available at the circulation desk of the library.
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Tuesday@your library

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Please join us Tuesday November 21st for Tuesday @ Your Library. This week we will demo 3 databases. Sessions at 10 AM and 2 PM. http://library.sdsmt.edu/slides/thanksgivingtuesday.pps Environmental Science and Pollution Abstracts A database with abstracts covering key areas of environmental science, including toxic hazards of chemicals, pharmaceuticals and other substances; air, marine and freshwater pollution as well as biochemical applications in water treatment and pollution are also covered. GeoBase Contains citations with abstracts covering worldwide literature in journals on geography, geology, ecology, international development, and their related disciplines. Subject coverage includes cartography, climatology, energy, environment, geomorphology, hydrology, photogrammetry, sedimentology, geochemistry, geophysics, paleontology, petrology, volcanology, and much more. GeoRefS Provides access to the geoscience literature of the world. Contains references to geoscience journal a...
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Tuesday @ Your library

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Want to improve your research skills? Then Tuesday @ your library is for YOU! Informal sessions presented each Tuesday at 10 am & again at 2 pm. You provide the questions. We’ll provide the answers along with a cup of coffee. Tuesday November 7th 10 AM & 2 PM The special topic this week is Wilson's Applied Science and Technology Database.
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A message from ITS

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Folks~ The ITS Help Desk and Faculty Help Desk has been moved from EP 140 to the much more convenient location in the basement of the Library. The Desk is located between the computer lab and the Tablet Shop. This location will serve the IT needs of the entire SDSM&T computing community. Currently, hours of operation are 7:30 am - 7:00pm M-Th and 7:30am- 5pm on Fridays. Hours may soon change based on the needs of our customers. Phone numbers are 394-1234 and 394-1294. Please visit us at our new location! The large format printer will remain in the ITS offices. Both Rick MacDonald and I will be happy to assist you with your printing needs. Please see this web site http://its.sdsmt.edu/Printing/plotting.htm for printing details, prices and hours of operation. VJ Hedrick South Dakota School of Mines & Technology Technology Help Desk 605-394-1234
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News from the South Dakota State Library

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South Dakota citizens will have access November 1, 2006 to two South Dakota newspapers, online reference books, and practice tests through three new databases provided by the South Dakota State Library for statewide access. “These new resources are a part of the new mission of the State Library and represent an important piece of the State Li brary’s support of library services on the local level,” said Dorothy Liegl, Stat e Librarian. The new databases are: American Newspapers —Aberdeen American News and the Sioux Falls Argus Leader. Citizens can browse current and archived news articles, editorials, reviews, birth and marriage announcements, obituaries and a variety of special sections. It will be useful for general reference or to research local and national issues, events, people, government, education, arts, business, sorts, real estate and much more. Learning Express Library —an online learning platform of over 300 practice tests for grade school through adulthood. Tests include...
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