Evaluating Your Sources: The Basics Learn to look critically at everything. Determining the quality of your resources is ultimately your responsibility, so if you have any doubts (and you should often doubt!) investigate it further. Some criteria are essential to consider for all types of sources you consider using. These include CURRENCY, RELEVANCE, AUTHORITY, ACCURACY, and . . .Continue reading The CRAAP Test
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Hurricane Florence
Cheers went up in the library as students received the official University email alerting them that classes would be canceled on Thursday and Friday! While day and evening classes are canceled, the James B. Duke Library will remain open and operate under normal hours. However, the Sanders Science Library and Maxwell Music Library will be . . .Continue reading Hurricane Florence
PASCAL Services Temporarily Suspended
Due to Hurricane Florence, PASCAL Delivers patron requesting and courier services will be suspended effective Tuesday, September 11 until further notice. All deliveries will stop, including items already in transit, and patrons will be unable to submit requests for materials. If you need an item that Furman Libraries does not own, please use Interlibrary Loan (ILL) to . . .Continue reading PASCAL Services Temporarily Suspended
How to Successfully Surf a MeSH Pit
No, sorry, your librarians are not experts in surfing mosh pits. However, we can offer helpful tips for searching PubMed using MeSH terms. This video demonstrates how to use the MeSH, or Medical Subject Headings, database to create a targeted PubMed search. MeSH is the controlled vocabulary used for indexing PubMed citations. If you have questions or . . .Continue reading How to Successfully Surf a MeSH Pit
US Navy Vessel Captured by North Korea
Over the last few months, tensions between the United States and North Korea have been high. Fifty years ago, the two countries faced a crisis that found nearly half of the US public expecting war. On January 23, 1968, the US Navy intelligence-gathering vessel Pueblo was fired upon and captured by North Korea, which claimed it had . . .Continue reading US Navy Vessel Captured by North Korea
Print from your laptop!
You can send an email from your laptop or mobile device with an Office or PDF attachment to stuprint@furman.edu. You will receive a confirmation email with a link to release the print job. Once you click the link, go to a designated printer, swipe your ID card, and print your document. Print jobs will be . . .Continue reading Print from your laptop!
Labor Day Hours
In observance of Labor Day, the James B. Duke Library will be operating on an adjusted schedule: Sep 2 Sun 10:00am – 5:00pm Sep 3 Mon 10:00am – 1:00am Learn more about the history of Labor Day by visiting the United States Department of Labor website. Did you know that more than 100 years after the first Labor Day observance, there is still . . .Continue reading Labor Day Hours
Help Shape Your University Library: Join LSAG
The Library Student Advisory Group (LSAG) is a group of students who: give the Library feedback when we need a student perspective; serve as a focus group for discussion of library issues; bring student needs and concerns to the Library’s attention and participate in discussions on how to respond to these needs (advocating for students); help bring Library . . .Continue reading Help Shape Your University Library: Join LSAG
Putting Streaming Video (FoD) in Moodle
30,000+ documentary films 280,000+ video segments from these films that can stand alone All now available to be integrated into your Moodle courses. Let us know if you have any questions or problems. New to Films on Demand? Check it out.
Recent Additions in Leisure Reading
Let’s no one get hurt Asymmetry Daphne : a novel