Lafayette College Library

The library has purchased more backfiles for our Web of Science database.
Coverage now extends back to 1975 for publications in both the science and social science portions of the database.

Connect to Web of Science.

Librarian liaisons for Fall 2009 FYS courses have been assigned. View the list of courses and librarian liaisons here.

Librarian liaisons and FYS professors should be in touch early to explore project ideas and to schedule library sessions, as well as to work together to purchase books and videos for the library in support of the course.

Each First Year Seminar includes at least one project in which students are required to use information resources. Many types of projects beyond a typical research paper may be assigned, and some ideas are listed here.

In the past, Library Catalog records for books or movies that had been ordered but were not yet on the shelves would direct individuals to contact a reference librarian in order to be notified when the item became available. Now, such records include a link to an online form that, when completed, will automatically direct the request to the appropriate person without the need to contact a reference librarian. Patrons have the ability to request that an item being processed be rushed or simply to be notified when it's ready.

The library's online guides for Citing Web Sites and Citing Articles from Databases have been updated to reflect changes in the 7th edition of the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers.

No matter where on earth your summer travels take you, remember that you can access library resources from off campus using your Lafayette network ID and password.

For more information, see our guide to remote access using WAM.

The 7th edition of the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers has arrived in Skillman Library and can be found behind the reference desk at the call number: LB2369 .G53 2009. Note that the MLA has revised some of its previous recommendations for citing web sites. Specifically, MLA has ceased to recommend inclusion of URLs in citing web-based works – unless the instructor requires it or a reader would likely be unable to locate the source otherwise.

RefWorks is a web-based subscription application that enables Lafayette users to create a personal database of bibliographic references and automatically format those references into a bibliography in the citation style of your choosing. RefWorks has just added the 7th edition of the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers to its list of output styles. The library has also added a custom output style called MLA 7th, Annotated with Notes that automatically inserts the Notes field below references in a bibliography, allowing students to use the Notes field for their annotations in an annotated bibliography assignment. Questions about RefWorks can be directed to Reference & Instruction Librarian Rebecca Metzger at 610-330-5154.

The following journals have been added to the JSTOR archive:

* The African Archaeological Review
* Ambio Special Report
* The Belfast Monthly Magazine
* The Catholic Layman
* The Journal of Geology
* The Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era
* Lindbergia
* The National Magazine [1830-1831]
* Polish American Studies
* The Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy
* Women's Studies Quarterly [1981- ]

Click here for more detailed information about these titles and JSTOR’s other recent content announcements.

Individual RefWorks accounts are no longer accessible after you graduate or cease working at Lafayette College. However, references from RefWorks accounts can be saved, and the saved file can later be imported back into RefWorks at another academic institution, into another subscription bibliographic management program like EndNote, or into an open-source program like Zotero. Follow these steps to save your RefWorks references:

* Connect to RefWorks and log-in to your account
* From the References or Tools menu, select Export
* Select either All References or a specific Folder
* Under Export Format, choose Bibliographic Software
* Click Export to Text File
* From the File menu, select Save As and save the .txt file to your preferred location

If you will not have access to RefWorks or another subscription bibliographic management program after you leave Lafayette, you can download Zotero, a free Firefox extension that helps you collect, manage, and cite your research sources directly from your web browser. Once you have downloaded Zotero and launched it in your web browser, follow these steps to import your references:

* From the Actions icon, select Import
* Browse to the saved .txt file on your computer and click Open

Lafayette Library users now have access to Jazz Music Library, an audio
collection covering all types of jazz.

Connect to Jazz Music Library.

Four of Skillman's music listening databases -- American Song, Classical
Music Library, Contemporary World Music, and Jazz Music Library -- are now
cross-searchable through a new interface, Music Online.

Connect to Music Online.