Fogler Library, University of Maine - Library newsletter for faculty

FOGLER LIBRARY NEWS SERVICE
Publicizing events, collections, acquisitions and services at UMaine's library
-- Wednesday, March 17 , 2010--

FOGLER LIBRARY NEWS SERVICE TO FACULTY

Publicizing events, collections, acquisitions and services at UMaine's library
             --   Wednesday, March 24, 2010   --

SUMMARY
1. Services
            A. Online Forms
2. Collections
            A. American National Biography

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1. SERVICES
            A. ONLINE FORMS
The Library provides a number of online forms which faculty, staff, and students may find handy. These include:

* Renew books and view your record: http://ursus.maine.edu/patroninfo
* Ask A Librarian: http://maine.cb.docutek.com/um/vrl_entry.asp
* Interlibrary Loan accounts/requests: http://illiad.library.umaine.edu/illiad/meu/logon.html
* Reserve submission: http://www.library.umaine.edu/reserves/form.htm
* Book/media recommendation: http://www.library.umaine.edu/colldev/recbook.htm
* Electronic resource recommendation: http://libraries.maine.edu/margateway/acquire/
* Journal recommendation: http://www.library.umaine.edu/colldev/recjournal.htm

2. COLLECTIONS
A. AMERICAN NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY
The landmark American National Biography is now available from Fogler Library via:
http://www.library.umaine.edu/indexesdb/Indexes.asp
This resource offers portraits of more than 17,400 men and women, from all eras and walks of life, whose lives have shaped the nation. The ANB Online features thousands of illustrations, more than 80,000 hyperlinked cross-references, links to select web sites, and powerful search capabilities.

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