Holiday Break Hours

Swisher Library will be closed from December 17th through January 2nd.

We will open at 7:30 a.m. on January 3rd.

Have a safe and happy holiday break.

Tiny  reindeer or giant chick? ...you decide

Overdue Fine Forgiveness

!!! Fine Forgiveness Week December 5th through 9th !!!

Fines for overdue books, CDs, DVDs, and music scores will be forgiven for any items returned during this week.

Note that forgiveness does not apply to overdue fines associated with Course Reserve items. Those will remain. In other words, return reserve items promptly!

Midnight Finals Hours

Swisher Library will be open until midnight on:

Monday, December 5th

Tuesday, December 6th

Wednesday, December 7th

Thursday, December 8th

Good luck with Finals!

eraser... om nom nom nom

Thanksgiving Library Hours

Swisher Library will close at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 22nd.

The Library will be closed Wednesday - Saturday, November 23-26.

We will be open 2:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 27th.

*Please don't sue us Rodale Inc, publisher of Men's Health; we are just having a bit of fun. :-)

Veterans Day Hours

Swisher Library will close at 6:00pm on Thursday, November 10th & will be Closed on Friday, November 11th for Veterans Day.

Have a safe and respectful holiday.

November Library Hours

The Library's regular hours are:


Sunday - 2pm-11pm
Monday-Thursday - 7:30am-11pm
Friday - 7:30am-6pm
Saturday - 10am-5pm

The Exceptions for November are:

Thursday, November 10 - Close at 6pm

Friday, November 11 - Closed, Veterans Day

Wednesday-Saturday, November 23-26 - Closed, Thanksgiving

New: Children's Literature Comprehensive Database

Click the logo above to start searching.

This newly acquired database is ever-growing resource of over 400,000 reviews of children's literature. The reviews come from over 38 quality review sources. See the list here.

You have access to:

• A variety of search options to help you find books by subject, age level, genre, and much more.
• Reading Measurement Programs (Lexile, AR, Scholastic Reading Counts).
• A Children’s Catalog (H. W. Wilson) recommended electronic resource.
• Curriculum Tools--which includes lesson plans, teaching guides, discussion guides, book trailers, and the like.
• Links to over 240,000 web pages featuring children's authors and illustrators.
• Links to additional information at WorldCat.

Access the CLCD by clicking the image above, finding it on the library Databases A-Z list, or viewing all Education resources offered by the library on the Education Subject Page.

Mobile Catalog Search

Swisher Library now has a mobile-friendly catalog search.

The URL is http://jacksonvilleuniversity.worldcat.org/m

Here is a handy QR code:

 

What are QR codes?

Quick Response codes are two-dimensional codes that can contain encoded text, URLs, and other data.

Why use them?
A popular use for QR codes is providing links to individuals with internet-enabled and camera-equipped smartphones. They eliminate the need to type in a URL manually, for example.

How to use them.
You need a QR reading application on your Android, iPhone, or BlackBerry device. Searching in your respective application store or market will retrieve apps like Google Goggles, i-nigma Barcode Scanner, and more.

Fall 2011 Hours

Welcome new and returning students!

Here are the library's hours for the first few weeks of the semester. Also find our regular hours, which will kick in after Labor Day.

Monday - Friday, August 15-19 ------------- 7:30am-6pm
Saturday - Sunday, August 20-21 ---------- Closed
Monday - Thursday, August 22-25 --------- 7:30am-9pm
Friday, August 26 ---------------------------------- 7:30am-6pm
Saturday, August 27 ----------------------------- 10:00am-5pm
Sunday, August 28 -------------------------------- 2pm-9pm
Monday - Thursday, Aug 29 - Sep 1 ----- 7:30am-9pm
Friday, September 2 ----------------------------- 7:30am-6pm
Saturday, September 3 ------------------------ 10:00am-5pm
Sunday, September 4 --------------------------- Closed
Monday, September 5 -------------------------- Closed
Tuesday, September 6 -------------------------- begin regular hours

Regular Hours
Sunday ---- 2pm-11pm
Monday - Thursday ---- 7:30am-11pm
Friday ---- 7:30am-6pm
Saturday ---- 10am-5pm


View the library calendar here.

EBSCOhost iPhone/iPod touch app

EBSCOhost is one of several database vendors to which Swisher Library subscribes. The new iPhone and iPod touch app for EBSCOhost will allow you access at any time on your portable device to many library resouces.

Some of the features include:

• Choose which databases to search
• Limit results to full text or peer reviewed
• Sort by relevance or date
• Retrieve full text results in HTML and/or PDF formats
• Save results for offline access at a later date
• Email results to self or others
• Retrieve their most recent 25 search results
• Browse a “cover flow” display of search results

Instructions:
Access EBSCOhost as you typically would via the library website. Click the link at the bottom of any EBSCOhost page to email yourself the download instructions, access key and a link to the app store.

New home for eBooks

The Library's electronic book collection is now available through EBSCOhost.

What does this mean to you?
You will search for eBooks in a new interface and the name NetLibrary has been replaced by eBooks from EBSCOhost.
Browsing, searching, and reading eBooks will be very similar to the way it was before.

You can take a look at any of the Library's thousands of eBooks by searching here:
eBooks on EBSCOhost

All Library links will now point to this new interface.

Summer II Library Hours

Here are Swisher Library's hours for Summer II (June 18 - August 19)

Sunday: Closed
Monday: 7:30am-6pm
Tuesday: 7:30am-6pm
Wednesday: 7:30am-6pm
Thursday: 7:30am-6pm
Friday: 7:30am-12pm
Saturday: Closed

The Library will be closed on July 4 for Independence Day.

Updated Memorial Day Hours

The Library will have the following hours for Memorial Day weekend:

 

Thursday, May 26^th – 7:30am-6:00pm

Friday, May 27^th – 7:30am-12:00pm

Saturday, May 28^th – CLOSED

Sunday, May 29^th – CLOSED

Monday, May 30^th – CLOSED

Tuesday, May 31^st – 7:30am-9:00pm (resume regular hours)

 

Have a safe weekend!

Over 64,000 NetLibrary eBooks

You now have access to over 64,000 electronic books in NetLibrary!

Additionally, after July 1, NetLibrary eBooks will be available as eBooks on EBSCOhost.

The changes will include search results integrated into the EBSCOhost search platform. The options for printing, saving, emailing (and more!) will be new and improved.

We will have more updates as we get closer to the release date.

Library Closed Memorial Day Weekend

The Library will be closed from Saturday to Monday, May 28 -30.

We will open at 7:30am on Tuesday, May 31.

Library Summer Hours

For Library summer hours, just check out the calendar!

Free Coffee in Library Lobby

Free Coffee in Library Lobby

Enjoy!

Check for an Available Study Room

Are you looking for a study room?

Want to see what is available?

Just click here!

Spring Finals Hours

Swisher Library will be open until midnight on select evenings this finals period.

Mon, April 18:	7:30am-midnight
Tue, April 19:	7:30am-midnight
Wed, April 20:	7:30am-midnight
Thu, April 21:	7:30am-midnight
Fri, April 22:	7:30am-6pm
Sat, April 23:	10am-5pm
Sun, April 24:	2pm-11pm
Mon, April 25:	7:30am-midnight
Tue, April 26:	7:30am-6pm

Also, we will have coffee, cookies, and other light refreshments available during finals.

Off The Shelf Poetry Event!

PLEASE JOIN US!

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

11:00 am to 2:00 pm

Off the Shelf Poetry Event & Luncheon

~

Sponsored by the Swisher Library &

Student Support Services

with Generous Support from

TRIO Student Support Services & POETRY Magazine

~

Front Lawn of Swisher Library

We cordially invite you to participate in JU’s annual Off the Shelf Poetry Event. 

This year we will be celebrating National Poetry Month & School Library Month!

What is National Poetry Month?

Inaugurated by the Academy of American Poets in 1996, National Poetry Month is now held every April, when publishers, booksellers, literary organizations, libraries, schools and poets around the country band together to celebrate poetry and its vital place in American culture. Thousands of businesses and non-profit organizations participate through readings, festivals, book displays, workshops, and other events.

Academy of American Poets ~ http://www.poets.org/page.php/prmID/41

What is School Library Month?

School Library Month (SLM) is the American Association of School Librarians' (AASL) celebration of school librarians and their programs. Every April school librarians are encouraged to create activities to help their school and local community celebrate the essential role that strong school library programs play in a student's educational career.

American Association of School Librarians ~ http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/aasl/aaslissues/slm/schoollibrary.cfm

We welcome readers, performers, and listeners. Participants will be given five minutes (or more if time allows) at an open mike*. The event is not limited to poetry. Short skits, music, mime, stand-up comedy, etc. is welcomed. A Hamlet preview is in the offing!   

From 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm we will be providing a repast fit for a king (of sorts).  Many thanks to TRIO Student Support Services for their generous contributions to the feast! 

Ten lucky participants will receive a free copy of POETRY Magazine.  These copies were donated to Jacksonville University by POETRY Magazine to help us honor the written word in its many formats.    

       

If you have any questions, please email Jody Kamens at: jkamens@ju.edu.

Thank you!

Spring Break Hours!

Swisher Library Spring Break Hours

• March 12-13, Saturday-Sunday: Closed
• March 14-16, Monday-Wednesday: 7:30am-4:30pm
• March 17-19, Thursday-Saturday: Closed
• March 20, Sunday: 2pm-11pm
• March 21, Monday: 7:30am-11pm (resume regular hours)

Enjoy your break! We'll be here during the above times, if you need us!

Introducing the New ProQuest!

Try the new ProQuest now!

The top ten print books last semester.

9(t) Aspects of Alice : Lewis Carroll's dreamchild as seen through the critics' 
       looking-glasses, 1865-1971 / edited by Robert Phillips;
       illustrated by Sir John Tenniel and Lewis Carroll.

9(t) Social origins of dictatorship and democracy; lord and peasant in the
       making of the modern world, by Barrington Moore, Jr.

8.   Women in sport : issues and controversies / Greta L. Cohen editor;
      foreword by Jackie Joyner-Kersee.

7.   Elementary and middle school mathematics : teaching developmentally /
      John A. Van de Walle.

6.   Cambridge history of China / general editors, Denis Twitchett
      and John K. Fairbank.

5.   Iliad / Homer ; translated by Robert Fitzgerald, with drawings by Hans Erni.

4.   Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology / Noel R. Krieg, editor, volume 1

3.   Selected works of John Calvin : tracts and letters / John Calvin;
      edited by Henry Beveridge and Jules Bonnet.

2.   Case studies in sport law / Andrew T. Pittman, John O. Spengler,
      Sarah J. Young.

1.   Introduction to sport law / John O. Spengler ... [et al.].

The top ten ebooks last semester.

10. Conspiracy Theories: Secrecy and Power in American Culture Rev/Updated Ed

9.   Recreating Africa: Culture, Kinship, and Religion in the
      African-Portuguese World, 1441-1770

8.  The Complete Idiot's Guide to Eastern Philosophy

7.  The Complete Idiot's Guide to Understanding Men and Women

6.  The New Nietzsche: Contemporary Styles of Interpretation

5.  Notes From Underground: Rock Music Counterculture in Russia
     (SUNY Series in the Sociology of Culture)

4.  Fundamentals of Nursing: Standards & Practice

3.  Advancing Your Career: Concepts of Professional Nursing 4Th Ed.

2.  Rhapsody in Red: How Western Classical Music Became Chinese

1.  Nursing Theories and Nursing Practice 2nd Ed.

 

539 E-Books added to the Catalog

We've just added 539 electronic books to the Library Catalog.

These e-books are available in the Catalog; in Discovery; and at NetLibrary.com Search by title, author, or just enter keywords to get started.

A few of the new titles:

Blowout in the Gulf : the BP Oil Spill Disaster and the Future of Energy in America
Freudenburg, William R.; Gramling, Robert
MIT Press
2011

The Global Auction: The Broken Promises of Education, Jobs, and Incomes  
Brown, Phillip
Oxford University Press     
2011

Analysing the Screenplay  
Nelmes, Jill
Taylor & Francis Routledge
2011

Network Security : a Decision and Game-theoretic Approach    
Alpcan, Tansu.; Basar, Tamer.
Cambridge University Press
2011