Do you love to read YA books? The Furman Libraries now offers a Young Adult (YA) Books Collection in the Duke Library. For the first time ever, the YA books are grouped into a single browsing collection, allowing users to easily explore popular titles and series. The idea for the collection came from Riley Draper . . .Continue reading Explore Our YA Books Collection!
Category: Library Services
Stay On Top of the News!
The Furman Libraries provide Furman students, faculty and staff with access to The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times. You will find directions to create individual accounts at this url: https://libguides.furman.edu/access-news. Don’t get stuck behind the paywalls. Create your accounts today! Please keep in mind that these accounts allow for . . .Continue reading Stay On Top of the News!
Free Open Access Publishing in Wiley
The Furman University Libraries are thrilled to announce the first publication of an article under a new open access agreement with Wiley. Professor of Chemistry, Greg Springsteen, became the first Furman professor to publish under the new agreement. The article, A Plausible Prebiotic One-Pot Synthesis of Orotate and Pyruvate Suggestive of Common Protometabolic Pathways, was . . .Continue reading Free Open Access Publishing in Wiley
PASCAL Delivers service temporarily unavailable
Due to circumstances beyond our control, requesting materials through PASCAL Delivers will be temporarily unavailable beginning Friday, September 24, 2021 at 5pm and lasting into next week. We apologize for the inconvenience. If there are any books or other materials that you need, that we don’t own, we are still able to request those through . . .Continue reading PASCAL Delivers service temporarily unavailable
Ebook Problem Fix!
We’ve been hearing from a lot of people on campus that they are having issues accessing ebooks. These problems can be caused by a variety of factors, but there is one simple step you should take to see if you can fix your ebook access problem: deleting your browser cache. Think of deleting your browser . . .Continue reading Ebook Problem Fix!
Know Your Librarian
All students at Furman have direct access to librarians in Outreach Services, including: A librarian paired with their First Year Writing class A personal librarian assigned as soon as a student declares a major Ability to make individual appointments for research consultations Two branch librarians residing in the Maxwell Music Library and Sanders Science Library . . .Continue reading Know Your Librarian
Virtual Ways to Use the Library Resources–Human and Electronic
The Furman Libraries want to stay in touch with you and support your teaching and learning in the online environment that will be commencing soon. We have created a Guide that lists all the ways* you can get in touch with librarians and staff who can connect you with our resources and suggest ways of . . .Continue reading Virtual Ways to Use the Library Resources–Human and Electronic
Off- Campus Access to Library Databases – Downtime
Off-campus access to library databases/e-resources will be unavailable beginning tomorrow, March 12th, at 9am due to a server migration. There may be intermittent downtime throughout the morning. As part of this migration, E-Book Central may be unavailable from both on and off-campus, throughout the morning. After the migration is complete, all accounts in E-Book Central . . .Continue reading Off- Campus Access to Library Databases – Downtime
New Arrivals: Books
Looking for something to read in your downtime, during your lunchtime, or before your bedtime? Well, the Furman Libraries have recently acquired some exciting new titles that may be of interest to you. New Fiction: The Chain / Adrian McKinty Your phone rings. A stranger has kidnapped your child. To free them you must abduct . . .Continue reading New Arrivals: Books
New Arrivals: DVDs
Amazing Grace: A documentary presenting the live recording of Aretha Franklin’s album Amazing Grace at The New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Watts, Los Angeles in January 1972. Apollo 11: Featuring never-before-seen footage in its highest resolution, Apollo 11 takes us straight to the heart of NASA’s most celebrated mission that first put men on the moon. . . .Continue reading New Arrivals: DVDs