Monthly Archives: May 2007

Library Survey Update

The UIC Library would like to thank everyone who participated in the LibQual+ survey last October. The results have been compiled and the Library has already taken steps in response to some of the opinions and comments expressed.
Results Summary
Results showed that users are very happy with the electronic collections but wish we had [...]

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New online journals: Radiology and Radiographics

Two journals published by the Radiological Society of North America have been added to the Library’s online journal collection.
Radiology is a monthly journal devoted to clinical radiology and allied sciences. It includes original research, reviews, commentary and expert opinion on new techniques and technology in radiology. Its impact factor of 5.377 [...]

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Library Hours To Change on May 12th

With the end of classes and exams, both Daley Library and the Library of the Health Sciences-Chicago will reduce their hours of service.
Daley Library
Intersession: Saturday May 12-Sunday May 27
Monday – Friday ………… 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Saturday-Sunday ……….. Closed
Daley Library summer hours will begin on Tuesday May 29th.
Library of the Health Sciences-Chicago
Summer Hours: Saturday [...]

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Burt Natarus Papers to UIC

Burt Natarus, Chicago alderman for 36 years, has announced that he is donating his papers and political collections to the University of Illinois at Chicago Library. The collection includes city council proceedings since 1970, financial controller reports, zoning ordinances, scrapbooks of photographs and news articles, and architectural books.
“This donation is a [...]

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Daley Library – Extended Hours for Spring Finals

Daley Library will be open extended hours for spring finals:
May 6 [...]

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New resource: ResearchNow from Berkeley Electronic Press

The Library is pleased to announce the recent acquisition of ResearchNow from bepress.
ResearchNow is a database of scholarly information drawing its content from several primary sources:
The roster of peer-reviewed, Berkeley Electronic Press journals in social sciences, law, medicine, engineering, computer science, etc.
All working papers, preprints and other “grey literature” content from institutional repositories hosted [...]

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JSTOR Update

JSTOR has been a popular resource with UIC researchers since the Library began as a member in 1999. It provides an archive of journals, each going back to volume 1, issue 1, but with nothing more current than the preceding five years. As the five-year mark moves forward, the JSTOR collections [...]

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Graduation Honors for Peoria Staff Member

Peg Burnette, Library Operations Assistant at the Library of the Health Sciences in Peoria, has been selected to receive the Health Sciences Information Award at this year’s Graduate School of Library and Information Science Convocation at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana on May 13.
The Health Sciences Information Management Award was established in 1992 [...]

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