Grasselli Library and Breen Learning Center
December 2011 News
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A Message From the Director
The Old Librarian's Almanack is a 1909 satire in which fictional 18th-century librarians Jared Bean and his assistant Enoch Sneed revel in the closing of the library for "six weeks or, perchance, two months," ostensibly to perform their annual inventory but truly to "read unceasing and unceasing read!" undisturbed by the "importunities" of library users. Grasselli Library will, with the rest of the John Carroll campus, close its doors from Friday December 23rd through Monday, January 2nd. Unlike Messrs. Bean and Sneed, the library faculty and staff will not be rejoicing over this interruption in service but rather comforted in the knowledge that we are a 21st-century library whose online information resources are always "open" to users via the library's home page. Library staff will be back on duty during the first two weeks of January to meet your academic resource needs in-person, by phone (216-397-4234), text, e-mail, IM, and Chat. For now, we wish everyone success in final exams and a very happy Christmas holiday. We look forward to welcoming you back to Grasselli's service-rich environment in the coming spring semester. |
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Did you know your OhioLINK borrowing power expanded to include an additional 10 million popular books, CDs and DVDs thanks to a new collaborative program with SearchOhio, a network of 19 public library systems throughout the state? |
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We are excited to share the news that the library is now providing access to the popular genealogy database Ancestry. If you have ever wanted to explore your family tree, this is an essential database. It has records from every United States Census, draft board records for World Wars I and II and, the complete Social Security Death Index, as well as records from the U.K. and German censuses. The chief difference between the library edition and the personal subscription is that the library edition is a read-only database. You cannot use the information provided to build your own family tree online. You can cut and paste and save records in Microsoft Word. Take some time to explore this database. Marcy Milota is available to answer questions at (216) 397-4259. She will also be available midday during the week of January 9-13, 2012, to help you search or to answer questions. More details about these drop-in sessions will be provided later. Ancestry can be accessed on-campus only. |
Mango is an online language-learning system that can help you learn languages like Spanish, French, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, German, Mandarin Chinese, Greek, Italian, Russian, and more. It also offers English language lessons if English is not your first language. The system is divided into modules that have clear goals related to conversation and pronunciation. It uses a variety of teaching methods including flashcards, repetition, and cultural notes. It also contains a translation feature.
Mango can be accessed both on- and off-campus.
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Find Streaming Music through Grasselli Library
and OhioLINK Resources
OhioLINK has announced the launch of the OhioLINK Music Center (OMC), featuring more than 78,000 tracks and 21,000 works from the Naxos Music Library. Users can search for and listen to tracks in six genres -- Chinese music, classical music, opera, jazz, spoken word, and world music -- with works from many well-known composers, including Bach, Handel, Beethoven, Chopin, Strauss, Copland and Ellington. This music can be searched from the Music Center Web Page or Carrolline, the Grasselli Library online catalog.
Grasselli Library users have access to the entire Naxos Music Library, which includes over 917,000 tracks representing over 64,000 discs. In addition to advanced searching capabilities, Grasselli users can create playlists that can be accessed through a free iPhone or Android app on their mobile devices. More information is available to further explore the playlist features.
Both resources can be accessed either on- or off-campus.
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| ALERT FOR WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4th, 2012!!
The Grasselli Library online catalog will be offline during the afternoon of Wednesday, January 4th for server maintenance. Services affected will be the online catalog, OhioLINK requesting, and database access from off-campus. Contact the Grasselli Reference Desk at 216-397-4234 for more information.
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Popular Reading Collection - Biography Selections Featured This Month
Fascinating lives, read more about them. From Derek Jeter to Susan Boyle and from Ronald Reagan to Barack Obama there are many lives to explore in this month's featured selection from our partners at Cleveland Heights-University Heights Public Library. You will also find many titles from Grasselli Library's shelves highlighting the lives of people who made an impact.
Take one home over break! Want to read more biographies than what you see on our shelves? Don't forget about the free Kindle and OverDrive ebooks, audiobooks, and videos available to you as part of our partnership with Cleveland Heights-University Heights public library.
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Newsletter Contributors:
Editor: Diane Williams
Proofreading: Karen Ketchaver
Photography: Chuck Zarobila
Distribution and Technology: George Leggiero
Writing staff: George Leggiero, Marcy Milota, Jeanne Somers, and Diane Williams
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