Perfect for peace and quiet
Soni Kumar
Issue date: 8/22/08 Section: News
Atomic Learning is available 24 hours a day to students and faculty with more than 30,000 tutorial movies, 110 of the most popular software applications and approximately 500 new tutorials added every 45 days.
Another available electronic service is Refworks, a bibliographic management tool to help students correctly cite information they use.
One other helpful library resource is the "Ask a Librarian" online reference service.
When students are in a jam, they can ask a live librarian any question right from the comfort of their computers, 24 hours a day.
"When you go to our homepage, you can simply click on the 'Ask a Librarian' (tab) and type in your question… (It) has to be answered within 30 seconds," McBride said.
The library has become a more popular place to study in recent years, McBride said.
"The number of people coming to the library has increased by 13 percent since 2005," McBride said. "The gate counted 375,000 people coming into the library this year."
Students have their own reasons why they like Lovejoy Library.
"It is a good place to study and its quiet," senior pre-pharmacy major Vatsal Patel said. "You have all resources you can get including computers and books, assistants are always there to help you out. I think studying at the library helps improve grades rather than studying at home."
Another available electronic service is Refworks, a bibliographic management tool to help students correctly cite information they use.
One other helpful library resource is the "Ask a Librarian" online reference service.
When students are in a jam, they can ask a live librarian any question right from the comfort of their computers, 24 hours a day.
"When you go to our homepage, you can simply click on the 'Ask a Librarian' (tab) and type in your question… (It) has to be answered within 30 seconds," McBride said.
The library has become a more popular place to study in recent years, McBride said.
"The number of people coming to the library has increased by 13 percent since 2005," McBride said. "The gate counted 375,000 people coming into the library this year."
Students have their own reasons why they like Lovejoy Library.
"It is a good place to study and its quiet," senior pre-pharmacy major Vatsal Patel said. "You have all resources you can get including computers and books, assistants are always there to help you out. I think studying at the library helps improve grades rather than studying at home."
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