Category Archives: Library Resources & Services

New Resources from the Library

Our librarians were hard at work this summer expanding the library’s collection. Check out these new resources now available through the Claire T. Carney Library:

The Oxford English Dictionary Online. An authoritative guide to the meaning, history, and usage of 500,000 words and phrases, past and present, from across the English-speaking world.

The Chicago Manual of Style Online. The time-tested guide to Chicago-style citation, grammar, and usage in an accessible online format.

ProQuest Historical Newspapers. Browse full text issues of the following newspapers, including news articles, photos, advertisements, classified ads, obituaries, cartoons, and more:

ProQuest History Vault. A digitized collection of unique manuscript and archival materials. The following modules are available:

  • American Indians and the American West, 1809-1971. A variety of collections from the U.S. National Archives, a series of collections from the Chicago History Museum, and selected first-hand accounts on Indian Wars and westward migration.
  • Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Law and Order in 19th Century America. Documents the international and domestic traffic in slaves in Britain’s New World colonies and the United States, providing important primary source material on the business aspect of the slave trade.

Springer Lecture Notes. The series Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS), including its subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI) and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics (LNBI), has established itself as a medium for the publication of new developments in computer science and information technology research, teaching, and education. We have access to the ebooks from 2024.

Explore more library resources by visiting our website or searching our catalog. Questions? Ask a Librarian.

Limited Computer Access During New Student Orientation – August 2024

New Student orientation will take place at the Claire T. Carney Library over a few days in August. Please note that this could limit access to our public computers on the following days:

  • Tuesday, August 27 – Transfer Students
  • Thursday, August 29 – First-Year Students
  • Friday, August 30 – Veterans

New students will have priority access to the library’s 1st floor and 2nd floor computers as part of their training on various applications for orientation. If you plan to visit the library during student orientation, it is possible that there won’t be any available public terminals. You are welcome to bring your own laptop or mobile device. UMass Dartmouth students, faculty, and staff may borrow laptops at the first-floor circulation desk. Thank you for your understanding, and we wish all new students a smooth orientation day!

If you have any questions, please contact Library Administration.

Now Available: Chicago Manual of Style Online

The Carney Library recently added a subscription to the Chicago Manual of Style Online: your guide to Chicago-style citation, grammar, and usage in an accessible online format. To access this resource, search the library catalog or visit the Chicago Manual of Style website.
   
The library is here to help you with all of your information needs, including citation help! Check out our website for more information or reach out to us with any questions.

APA PsycTests Database Trial

A trial of the database APA PsycTests® is now available through our library, enabling users to search thousands of research instruments and their psychometric properties.

There are more than 62,000 records in APA PsycTests. Searchers can limit by descriptive fields, including Methodology, Test Language and Factors/Subscales and find research instruments available as PDF downloads or multimedia files.

This trial will be available through June 30, 2024 and is accessible through our A-Z Databases List.

Please let us know what you think of this resource by contacting our Electronic Resources Librarian.

Limited Computer Access during New Student Orientation – June 2024

New Student Orientation will take place at the Claire T. Carney Library over several days in June. Please note that this will limit access to our public computers on the following days:

  • Thu. June 13
  • Mon. June 17
  • Thu. June 20
  • Fri. June 21
  • Tue. June 25
  • Wed. June 26
  • Fri. June 28

New students will have priority access to the library’s 1st floor and 2nd floor computers as part of their orientation. Due to high demand, computers may be completely unavailable to other users during this time. If you plan to visit the library during student orientation, you are welcome to bring your own laptop or mobile device. UMass Dartmouth students, faculty, and staff may also borrow laptops at the first floor circulation desk.

If you have any questions, please contact Library Administration.

Borrow a Free Mobile Hotspot

Use the Carney Library’s Franklin A50 5G hotspots to connect up to 15 devices using AT&T’s cellular network. The library provides unlimited data, and loan periods are for one week.

You can check availability for hotspots and other new/popular technologies on the library’s Technology Lending webpage. You can borrow a hotspot at the Carney Library’s 1st floor Circulation Desk.

If you have questions about borrowing a hotspot, please call 508-999-8750 or email libaccess@umassd.edu. Technical questions should be sent to libsys@umassd.edu.

One Click Access to Library Resources Using LibKey Nomad

LibKey Nomad makes accessing library resources a lot easier, especially when you start your research outside the library. LibKey Nomad is a browser extension that provides one-click access to full text library resources from websites such as PubMed, Wikipedia, and publisher pages. Check out the first minute of this short video for a brief overview:

The library has offered LibKey Nomad for individual download for a while. Starting Monday, February 26th, the library, in collaboration with CITS, will begin pushing the Chrome and Edge extensions to all university owned workstations. After the plugin is installed, if you run a search on a site like PubMed, or even look at citations in Wikipedia, you’ll see Third Iron generated links connecting researchers to library materials. You will also see links to LibKey links on many publisher sites, simplifying full text access.

Here are a few examples of how LibKey Nomad may appear:

Example #1: PubMed

Example #2: Wikipedia References

Screenshot showing libkey generated links in Wikipedia

Example #3: Publisher Websites

Screenshot showing libkey generated links on a publisher's page

In you want to install LibKey Nomad on your personal machine, you can do so at https://thirdiron.com/downloadnomad/#choose-browser. The extension does not require a login and it doesn’t collect any personally identifiable information.

If you have questions, please contact libsys@umassd.edu.

Now Available: Meeting OWL 3

The Meeting OWL 3 is a 360 degree camera, microphone, and speaker designed for hybrid meetings. It works with most video conferencing software, including Zoom and Microsoft Teams.

The Claire T. Carney Library has two Meeting OWL 3 devices for loan to UMass Dartmouth students, faculty, and staff.

Students: Stop by the library’s first floor circulation desk to borrow an OWL for up to 4 hours. You can use the OWL in conjunction with the display monitors in LIB-217 and LIB-311 to host hybrid meetings with classmates, companies, and more.

Faculty and Staff: You may reserve one of the OWLs up to two months in advance. The reservation period is for 3 days. The library is piloting the equipment reservation option with the hope that it will make the devices easier to use when hosting professional meetings. To reserve an OWL, call the circulation desk staff at 508-999-8750 or email them at libaccess@umassd.edu. Alternatively, you can reserve the OWL directly by going to the Primo record and clicking “Request.” (Note: You must be signed into Primo to request an item.)

Limited Computer Access during New Student Orientation – Jan 17th & 18th

New Student orientation will take place at the Claire T. Carney Library on the following days:

Transfer Session: January 17th
First-year Session: January 18th

Updated on Jan 16th: New students will have priority access to the library’s 1st floor and 2nd floor computers as part of their orientation. If you plan to visit the library during Student Orientation, you are welcome to bring your own laptop or mobile device. UMass Dartmouth students, faculty, and staff may also borrow laptops at the first floor circulation desk.

If you have any questions, please contact Library Administration.

STEM Electronic Resource Trials

The Claire T. Carney Library has initiated trial access to three STEM-focused electronic resources during the Fall semester. Access to these resources is provided through the library’s A-Z databases list. We encourage the campus community to explore these resources and provide feedback using our online form or by contacting a reference librarian. If you have questions or access problems, please contact our Electronic Resources Librarian, Sara Pike at spike1@umassd.edu. 

Visible Body (October 1-31) 

A complete set of visual and interactive reference and learning content for anatomy, physiology and life sciences. Includes web access to a vast library of 3D models, animations, diagnostic images and bite-sized learning modules as well as flashcards and interactive presentations.” To use Visible Body, individuals will need to create a personal account on the website. If you have questions or need assistance, please contact our Electronic Resources Librarian, Sara Pike.

Inspec (October 1 – November 30) 

Containing almost 16 million records across multidisciplinary and subject specific research including physics, engineering, communications and computing, Inspec is one of the most definitive abstract and indexing databases available. 

Knovel (October 1 – November 30) 

Knovel is an extensive, searchable online library of full-text content from many different publishers, including reference handbooks, conference proceedings and databases. Knovel also provides tools to bring this content into your workflow, with tables and graphs that allow users to manipulate, analyze, and export data—and an extensive unit conversion tool.