UH Maui College Library

3/1/12

Get EBSCO on your mobile device!

So you are at the beach and you want to do a little research for that paper you have coming up. But you only have your smart phone. Well, now you can do that research anywhere you can get a signal.

This page features information for both the iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad and Android versions of the EBSCOhost Mobile Application. Included are links to download the app from iTunes and the Android Market, authentication instructions, and links to online Help pages that describe how to use the app.

Happy searching!!

2/14/12

LibX 2.0 available

UHMC LibX 2.0 for Google Chrome extension is:

http://libx.org/releases/gc/libx2-latest.crx?edition=952B1D09

UHMC LibX 2.0 for Mozilla Firefox extension is:

http://libx.org/releases/ff/libx2-latest.xpi?edition=952B1D09

LibX is a free, open source extension for the Firefox and Google Chrome browsers that lets
people use services offered by their library. Users can search the library catalog through a
search bar or through a context menu. The context menu is adaptive (changing depending on
what the user selected) and configurable (allowing the user to include any configured resource).

Users can search the library catalog through a search bar or through a context menu.
The context menu is adaptive (changing depending on what the user selected)
and configurable (allowing the user to include any configured resource).

2/1/12

New music database at the library!

Music Index is a comprehensive guide to music periodicals and literature featuring digitized content from 1970 to present. This database contains cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts of articles about music, musicians, and the music industry for more than 480 periodicals, as well as book reviews, obituaries, news, and selective coverage for more than 200 periodicals. The comprehensive coverage of the music field and every aspect of the classical and popular worlds of music makesMusic Index an invaluable resource for both novice and scholar.

New art database at the library!

A leading database for the study of art and architecture, this database provides full-text coverage of 380 periodicals and more than 220 books. In addition, Art & Architecture Complete offers cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts for more than 780 academic journals, magazines and trade publications, as well as for over 230 books. The database also provides selective coverage for 70 additional publications and an Image Collection of over 63,000 images provided by Picture Desk and others.

Art & Architecture Complete has been designed for use by a diverse audience that includes art scholars, artists, designers, college students, and general researchers.

This database covers a wide variety of pertinent subjects, including antiques, art and art history, interior and landscape design, and much more.

1/12/12

ebrary books on a portable device

ebrary now offers the following two download options for offline access to ebrary content:

Create an image PDF of a specific chapter or page range
Learn more: http://support.ebrary.com/?p=655
- Same page limits as for printing.
- Accessible on most computers and devices, including the Kindle.
- Additional (free) software is typically not needed.
- Files do not expire.

Download an entire document as an e-book in Adobe Digital Editions
Learn more: http://support.ebrary.com/?p=687
- Patrons first need to install Adobe Digital Editions (free online).
- Accessible on most computers and devices, but not the Kindle.
- Up to 10 documents at a time per patron.
- By default, full-document downloading is only available for multi-user documents (not single-user-only documents), but admins can override this setting.
- Multi-user documents can be full-document downloaded for 14 days*.
- If allowed, single-user-only documents can be full-document downloaded for 7 days*.
- Some publishers prohibit full-document downloading of their documents. See here for a list: http://support.ebrary.com/?p=868