2014-2015 "Inside the CU Libraries" Newsletters

• Study Around The Clock At Carlson!
• Carlson Library Is Going To The Dogs!
• It's Not Too Late For Help!
• Library Tip – Protect Your Valuables!
• Library Tip – Return Day!
• Library Tip – Eagle Dollars Accepted At Carlson!
• Minion Master Moves: Move Like A Ninja
• Cranial Candy: Word Of The Week ... Intractable

Something To Think About
Words without thoughts never to heaven go.
~ Shakespeare,
poet and dramatist
(23 Apr 1564-1616)

• Two Weeks And Counting
• What Is ... LexisNexis® Academic?
• Roving Reference & Research Help
• Minion Master Moves: Open All Key Files At Once
• Cranial Candy: Word Of The Week ... codex
• Tech Term: Cyberspace

Something To Think About
Never lend books -- nobody ever returns them;
the only books I have in my library are those which people have lent me.
~Anatole France,
novelist, essayist, Nobel laureate
(16 Apr 1844-1924)

• Research Project? We Can Help!
• What Is ... Literature Resources Center?
• Library Tip: Eagle Dollars Accepted At Carlson
• Roving Reference & Research Help
• Minion Master Moves: Format Painting
• Cranial Candy: Word Of The Week ... perambulate
• Tech Term: System Hardening

Something To Think About
Among the things you can give and still keep
are your word, a smile, and a grateful heart.
~ Zig Ziglar

• Save Time & Get Better Grades
• What Is ...JSTOR?
• Library Tip: Online Renewals
• Roving Reference & Research Help
• Minion Master Moves: The Password Meter
• Cranial Candy: Word Of The Week ... mercurial
• Tech Term: meatspace

Something To Think About:
Never idealize others.
They will never live up to your expectations.
~Leo Buscaglia,
author, speaker and professor
(1924-1998)

Something To Think About:
If there's a book you really want to read but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.
-Toni Morrison,
novelist, editor, professor, Nobel laureate
(b. 18 Feb 1931)

• 150,000 + E-Books!
• What Is ... Literature Resource Center?
• Wanted: Thoughts And Ideas
• Minion Master Moves: Print Poem
• Cranial Candy: Word Of The Week ... abstentious
• Tech Term: Streisand Effect

Something To Think About:
"The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself.
It is not in your environment, it is not in luck or chance, or the help of others;
it is in yourself alone."
~ Orison Swett Marden

• Welcome Back ... Now Back To Business!
• What Is ... Data-Planet Statistical Datasets?
• Library Tip: EBSCOhost Listen
• Minion Master Moves: How To Clean Your Dirty Smartphone...
• Cranial Candy: Word Of The Week ... epigram
• Tech Term: Cookie, Cookies, Cookie Technology

Something To Think About:
The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well,
on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away
and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.
~Douglas Adams, author (11 Mar 1952-2001)

Something To Think About:
Be faithful in small things because
it is in them that your strength lies.
~ Mother Teresa

• Jumpstart Your Research With LibGuides
• What Is ... CQ Researcher?
• Library Tip: Lean On Me
• Minion Master Moves: Scan That
• Cranial Candy: Word Of The Week ... solicitude
• Tech Term: Softphone

Something To Think About:
I believe our true nature IS kindness and
that when we are not acting out of fear we act out of love.
~Glinda

• 40,951 Electronic Journals!
• 600,000 Words ... 3 Million Quotations ... Over 1,000 Years Of English
• Collaborative Study & Presentation Rooms
• Minion Master Moves: Browsing
• Cranial Candy: Word Of The Week ... exordium
• Tech Tip: Force A New Page In Excel

 Something To Think About:
Activism is the rent I pay for living on the planet.
~ Alice Walker, author
(b. 9 Feb 1944)

Something To Think About:
If you want happiness for an hour -- take a nap.
If you want happiness for a day -- go fishing.
If you want happiness for a year -- inherit a fortune.
If you want happiness for a lifetime -- help someone else.
~ Chinese Proverb

Something To Think About:
"Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place.
If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!"
~Lewis Carroll,
mathematician and writer
(1832-1898)

Something To Think About:
"We cannot cure the world of its sorrows,
but we can choose to live in joy."
~ Joseph Campbell

• Welcome Back!
• Dear Faculty: Information Literacy Instruction Is Here!
• Library Tip: Best Sellers
• Faculty Tip: Streaming Videos
• Minion Master Moves: CU Wi-Fi Help
• Cranial Candy: Word Of The Week ... locus classicus
• Computer Tip: Make It Easier To Read The Screen

Something To Think About:
"Happiness is not the absence of problems,
but the willingness to deal with them joyfully."
~ Jonathan Lockwood Huie

• Study Around The Clock At Carlson Library!
• Carlson Library Is Going To The Dogs!
• It's Not Too Late To Get Help!
• Library Tip: Protect Your "Stuff"
• Library Tip: Return Day
• Library Tip: Eagle Dollars Accepted Here
• Minion Master Moves: Flash Drive Life And Loss
• Cranial Candy: Word Of The Week ... dragoman
• Computer Tip: Seven Tips For Effective Emails

Something To Think About:
There are two ways of spreading light:
to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
- Edith Wharton

• Thanksgiving Break Hours
• Oh No! The CU Libraries Are Closed?
• What Is Dissertations & Theses (ProQuest)?
• Library Tip: Research Guides & Tutorials
• Minion Master Moves: Beware Of Fake Flash Update Requests!
• Cranial Candy: Word Of The Week ... Leitmotif or leitmotiv
• Computer Tip: Insert The Current Date (Excel)

Something To Think About:
Every man is guilty of all the good he didn't do.
~Voltaire, philosopher
(1694-1778)

• Research Project? We Can Help!
• Roving Reference & Research Help.
• What Is ABI/INFORM Complete?
• Minion Master Moves: Five Ways To Improve Your Laptop Battery Life
• Cranial Candy: Word Of The Week ... wonted
• Computer Tip: Shade Blank Excel Cells

Something To Think About:
Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.
~Robert Louis Stevenson,
novelist, essayist, and poet
(1850-1894)

Something To Think About:
Too many have dispensed with generosity in order to practice charity.
-Albert Camus,
writer and philosopher
(1913-1960)

Something To Think About:
Life is just a short walk from the cradle to the grave
and it sure behooves us to be kind to one another along the way.
-Alice Childress,
playwright, author, and actor
(1916-1994)

• Faculty Tenure & Promotion Recognition Reception
• What Is SciFinder?
• Book & Resource Suggestions?
• Library Tip: Online Renewals
• Minion Master Moves: Save Early. Save Often
• Cranial Candy: Word Of The Week ... sprattle
• Computer Tip: Minimize The Ribbon (Temporarily)

Something To Think About:
"There is no season when such pleasant and sunny spots may be lighted on,
and produce so pleasant an effect on the feelings, as now in October."
~ Nathaniel Hawthorne

Something To Think About:
The brain is like a muscle.
When it is in use, we feel very good.
Understanding is joyous.
~ Carl Sagan

• The Oil Region ... In 3-D 
• Help Is Available!
• Minion Master Moves: Scan It Now!
• Cranial Candy: Word Of The Week ... convivial
• Computer Tip: Make Excel Charts Stand Out!

Something To Think About:
Imagine there's no country, It isn't hard to do.
Nothing to kill or die for, And no religion, too.
Imagine all the people. Living life in peace.
~John Lennon, musician
(1940-1980)

• LibGuides: Jumpstart Your Research!
• Student Tip: Text A Call Number
• Faculty Tip: Chronicle of Higher Education Online
• Minion Master Moves: USB Drive Lost And Found!
• Cranial Candy: Word Of The Week ... luftmensch
• Computer Tip: Beware eBook Malware

Something To Think About: 
There are two possible outcomes:
If the result confirms the hypothesis, then you've made a measurement. 
If the result is contrary to the hypothesis, then you've made a discovery.
~Enrico Fermi,
physicist and Nobel laureate
(1901-1954)

• What Is Statistical Datasets?
• Collaborative Study & Presentation Rooms
• Printing & Copying At The CU Libraries
• Minion Master Moves: Save...?
• Cranial Candy: Word Of The Week ... dissuade
• Computer Tip: Snip It!

Something To Think About:
Men are often capable of greater things than they perform.
They are sent into the world with bills of credit,
and seldom draw to their full extent.
~Horace Walpole,
novelist and essayist
(1717-1797)

• What Is Opposing Viewpoints In Context?
• ALF Schedule
• Student Tip: White Boards
• Library Tip: Easels
• Minion Master Moves: WiFi...WiNot?
• Cranial Candy: Word Of The Week ... mayhap
• Computer Tip:Automatic Color In Excel

Something To Think About:
Never look down on anybody
unless you're helping him up.
~Jesse Jackson

• What is CQ Researcher?
• Student Tip: Group Study Rooms
• Faculty Tip: Faculty Study Room
• Minion Master Moves: Save Or Not?
• Cranial Candy: Word Of The Week ... consonance
• Computer Tip: Avoid Reinventing The Wheel

Something To Think About:
A mind stretched by a new idea
never shrinks back to its original dimensions.
~ Oliver Wendell Homes

• Clarion Online/ Distance Education Support
• Laptops At The Libraries
• iPads At The Libraries
• Minion Master Moves: More Eagle Dollars
• Cranial Candy: Word Of The Week … rote
• Computer Tip: MS Excel Column Width Tip

Something To Think About:  
There are no limitations to the mind 
except those we acknowledge.
~Napolean Hill

• EBSCO Discovery Service
• Textbooks
• Student Tip: Great Study Spaces
• Faculty Tip:  Library Staffing
• Minion Master Moves: Printing With Eagle Dollars
• Cranial Candy: Word Of The Week … recapitulate
• Computer Tip: Is Your Laptop Weak?

Something To Think About: 
Bullets cannot be recalled. 
They cannot be uninvented. 
But they can be taken  out of the gun.
~Martin Amis, novelist (b. 1949)

• Welcome To The Libraries!
• We're Open For Business
• Meet Carlson Library's S.W.A.T. Team
• Library Tip: ID Cards
• Faculty Tip: Database Changes
• Minion Master Moves: Printing
• Cranial Candy: Word Of The Week...fungible
• Computer Tip: Compare MS Excel Sheets

Something To Think About: 
There is only one way to achieve happiness on this terrestrial ball,
and that is to have either  a clear conscience or none at all.
~Ogden Nash, poet (1902-1971)