| Online Resources |
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| URSUS -Check your name as
a Subject (Last name, First name) to see if anyone has written a biography.
Example: The Sane Positivist: A Biography of Edward L. Thorndike |
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Biography and Genealogy Master Index
This database lists sources with biographical materials. Examples: Guy L.
Bond, Jeanne Chall, Arthur I. Gates, Yetta Goodman, William Gray, S. Jay Samuels, Edward Lee Thorndike, and
Carleton Washburne have entries in this database. Note this the database
tells you where to find information. It doesn't contain any biographical
information. I have not included names that indicate resources we can't access. |
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Contemporary Authors
- This database has biographical entries. Examples: Jeanne Chall, Arthur I Gates,
and Kenneth S. Goodman |
| Google You can find biographical information online Example: Theodore
Clymer is discussed on a page for distinguished alumni of UW River Falls
http://www.uwrf.edu/awards/distinguished_alumni/distinguished_alum_clymer.htm; |
| Reference Books |
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| American National Biography CT213 .A68 1999 (1st floor reference)
Examples: William S. Gray and Edward Lee Thorndike |
| American Men and Women of Science Q141 .A47 ( 2nd floor stacks)
Example: S. Jay Samuels |
| Biographical Dictionary of American Educators LA2311
.B54 (3rd floor stacks) Examples: William S. Gray and Arthur I. Gates |
| Biographical Dictionary of Modern American Educators LA2311 .O55 1997
(1st floor reference). Example: Jeanne Chall |
| Encyclopedia of Education LB15 .E47 2003 (1st floor reference) Example: Carleton Washburne |
| Leaders in Education: A Biographical Directory LA2311 .L4 ( 3rd floor stacks)
Example: Yetta Goodman and Kenneth S. Goodman (5th edition) |
| Who's Who of American Women CT3260 .W5 (3rd floor stacks) Example: Dolores Durkin is in 7th edition, 1972-73 |
| Library Procedures |
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Checking out books
- Your UMaine card is your library card.
- As graduate students you can check out book from Fogler Library for the entire semester.
- You can renew your books online by clicking on the link for User Services.
- If the book is held by the University of Maine System at a different
campus, you can use the request button at the top of the page to have
the book sent to Fogler. You can also use the request link on MaineCat.
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Interlibrary Loan
- Books and journal articles that are not owned by the Raymond H. Fogler library may be borrowed from other libraries.
- Follow the link to fill out the form Interlibrary Loan.
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Connecting to Databases Remotely
- You can connect to the databases remotely using your name and the
number on the back of your UMaine card
- Your account should have automatically activated with registration.
If you have a problem go to the main circulation desk on the first floor of
Fogler
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Printing
- Every semester $16 is placed in your account for printing. The cost
is $.04/page
- You can photocopy for $.08/per page with your Bear Buck
- There are 2 scanner beds on the first floor of Fogler that can be used
to scan print articles (Media Resource Room and Collaborative Media Center).
Scanning is free.
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Locating Print Journals in Fogler
- The journals are shelved in alphabetic order unless otherwise noted in
URSUS.
- The stairs to the journals are located in the older part of the
library. You can only get to Floors 1b and 2b through these
stairs.
- Floor 1 contains A -- Chemical Society Journal
- Floor 1b contains Chemical Society Proceedings --
Journal of Reprints for Anti-Trust Law and Economics
- Floor 2 contains Journal of Reproduction and
Fertility -- Physical Review
- Floor 2b contains Physical Review A -- Zygon
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