Illiad is down

Our ILLIAD service is currently down . We are investigating the problem and hope to have Illiad back up shortly.

UPDATE: 5:00PM  Illiad is back up!

 

Starting Nov. 14, Conn. Local Telephone Calls Require Area Code

Beginning November 14th, the new dialing procedure requires that when making a local call in Connecticut you dial the area code plus the 7 digit local number (for example: 860-455-5555). If you do not use the new dialing procedure your call will not be completed and you will receive a recording instructing you to hang up and dial again.

Cellphone calls are no exception. Calls outside the local calling area will still need a 1 before the area code, while local calls will require 10-digit dialing, without the 1.

For further information on 10-digit dialing and the new area codes, click on the Connecticut Department of Public Utility Control’s “Get ready to change the way you dial in Connecticut” link.

 

ebook of the Month

Check out the NetLibrary ebook selection of the Month NetLibrary ebook selection of the Month for November:

Invisible China: A Journey Through Ethnic Borderlands
by Colin Legerton and Jacob Rawson
Chicago Review Press, 2009

In this eloquent and eye-opening adventure narrative, Colin Legerton and Jacob Rawson, two Americans fluent in Mandarin Chinese, Korean, and Uyghur, throw away the guidebook and bring a hitherto unexplored side of China to light. They journey over 14,000 miles by bus and train to the farthest reaches of the country to meet the minority peoples who dwell there, talking to farmers in their fields, monks in their monasteries, fishermen on their skiffs, and herders on the steppe.

 

New PubMed Interface Live

PubMed rolled out its new interface. The old interface is no longer.
The following article describes changes to PubMed: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/so09/so09_pm_redesign.html.

Watch a  demo here  created by the University of Manitoba Health Sciences Libraries.

 

Changes to APA and MLA Citation Styles

New APA Style Manuals (6th ed.) and MLA Style Manuals (7th ed.) were just published this summer (2009) and include changes to their citation styles.

Citations Help

 

ILLIAD login issues

We are experiencing a problem with the ILLiad login screen today. You may be experience an long hanging time when you’ve tried to login to your ILLIAD profile. The issue has been reported and we hope to have the problem fixed soon. We apologize for the inconvienance.

 

New Books

Newest arrivals. Come by and check out our display table and grab something good to read. Check out our Worldcat.org :http://www.worldcat.org/profiles/stamref/lists/499269

 

 

October Grapevine Now Online

Be sure to check out the latest issue of the Grapevine. http://stamfordstudentlife.uconn.edu/grapevine.pdf

In it you will find information about

•Our new FACEBOOK page “UConn Stamford Campus Events” Become a Fan today!
•Campus Change Meeting – for students planning to go to Storrs in the Spring.
•Zero Tolerance Club meeting announcement
•The Flu and YOU!
•Upcoming Year of Science Events
•Center For Women’s Studies Events
•Center for Judaic and Middle Eastern Studies Events
•How to become a conversation partner with the ELS Office
•CITI (Connecticut Information Technology Institute) upcoming workshop
•Writing Center Workshops and Hours
•Fall Faculty Colloquium Series
•AND a calendar of Events!

DON’T FORGET TO BECOME A FAN of “UConn Stamford Campus Events” ON FACEBOOK!

 

The Flu and You ~ October 8th

Please join us on the Rich Concourse on October 8^th from 12:00 to 6:00 pm when UConn MbEIN (master in nursing) students will be available to answer your questions regarding the H1N1 influenza.  Free blood pressure screening will also be provided.

 This program is sponsored by UConn Stamford and the UConn MbEIN students.  Please follow this link to access the informational flyer:   http://www.stamford.uconn.edu/fluflyer2.pdf

Free Blood Pressure Screening!

 

Banned Books Week

The Jeremy Richard Library  marks  Banned Books Week (BBW), an annual event celebrating the freedom to read and the importance of the First Amendment, with a book display table on the first floor. Come in and check it out.

READ. SPEAK. KNOW.  Take a look at the library’s Banned Books Week LibGuide!