UMaine Libraries Newsletters

Fogler Library Faculty Newsletter 10-6-2020

Hot Topics: Elections Maine Alumni Magazine now Online Grants 101: Seeking, Analyzing, and Writing Basics Formatting a Custom Zoom Background using Canva Featured Resource: Fake News and Misinformation Guide Fake News is a recent term for an old phenomenon: misinformation. Fake News has become much more prevalent due to the spread of social media and […]

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Fogler Library Faculty Newsletter 9-29-2020

Intro to Data Manipulation with R NAACP & Civil Rights in Maine Oral History Project Now Available Grants 101: Seeking, Analyzing, and Writing Basics Featured Resource: Academic Search Complete Academic Search Complete is a large scholarly, multi-disciplinary, full-text database, with more than 7,400 full-text periodicals, including more than 6,300 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, […]

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Fogler Library Faculty Newsletter 9-22-2020

Expanding Scholarly Impact with DigitalCommons@UMaine Getting Started with R Workshop Research Impact Challenge Intro to Data Manipulation with R Featured Resource: Research Guides Created by Fogler Library reference librarians, research guides provide an excellent starting point for research related to many courses and topics. Research guides curate a number of information resources in different formats that may […]

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Fogler Library Faculty Newsletter 9-8-2020

Getting Started with R Workshop Research Impact Challenge Virtual Tour of Special Collections Department Featured Resource: Digital Commons at UMaine Digital Commons at UMaine provides access to the scholarly, educational, and creative works of the University of Maine community. It contains over 62,000 items from over 700 academic disciplines. Items on Digital Commons at UMaine have […]

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Fogler Library Faculty Newsletter 9-8-2020

Communities of Memory in Old Town Collection Now Online COVID-19 Delivery Options Getting Started with R Workshop Featured Resource: Safari Books Online Safari Books Online provides full-text access to more than 45,000 creative and business e-books and videos from leading publishers such as O’Reilly, Pearson, Wiley, Packt, Harvard Business Review, and others. Topics include desktop and […]

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Fogler Library Faculty Newsletter 9-1-2020

Technology Equipment for Faculty Reference Help Available Fogler Library Mystery Scavenger Hunt COVID-19 Delivery Options Featured Resource: Guide to Library Links in Google Scholar If you use Google Scholar in your research, this guide will help you set up a link to Fogler Library resources. After setting up the link, Google Scholar will provide links to full-text journal articles available […]

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Fogler Library Faculty Newsletter 8-26-2020

In this issue: Access to Fogler Library Including Information Literacy Curriculum in Your Courses University of Maine COVID-19 Community Archive Interlibrary Loan Service and Support Featured Resource: Ursus Proxy Bookmarklet The UMS Libraries Proxy Bookmarklet allows you to quickly and easily access restricted journal articles and ebooks discovered on a publisher’s website while conducting research on the […]

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Fogler Library Faculty Newsletter 5-12-2020

In this issue Including Information Literacy Curriculum in Your Courses WLBZ Radio Collection Now Features Streaming Audio, New Content “Read Like a Professor” Book Lists COVID-19 Misinformation Challenge (Updated) Guide and Tutorial for APA Citation Style Changes Power Researcher Challenge and Research Impact Challenge Available Online Featured Resource: New York Times (Historical and Present Day) […]

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Fogler Library Faculty Newsletter 5-5-2020

In this issue Guide and Tutorial for APA Citation Style Changes Expanding Scholarly Impact with DigitalCommons@UMaine “The Great Courses” Available through May 31, 2020 Featured Resource: Hobbies & Crafts Reference Center  Hobbies & Crafts Reference Center provides full-text content for many of the most popular hobbies, crafts and recreation activities today. Including full text for more than […]

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Fogler Library Faculty Newsletter 4-28-2020

In this issue “The Great Courses” Now Available Incorporating COVID-19 Content in Your Courses Online Presence Growing for Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History Research Impact Challenge – Back by Popular Demand! Featured Resource: Agricultural & Environmental Science Database This database includes the renowned AGRICOLA, ESPM, and EIS databases and provides full-text titles from […]

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