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Article What's new in the librarywww.bu.edu/library/whatsnew.html Much of the research that used to require a visit to the Mugar Memorial Library can now be conducted at one's fingertips on the library's home page (www.bu.edu/library), which contains links to its online catalog (telnet:library.bu.edu) and other features, such as Ask a Librarian (www.bu.edu/library/forms/ask.html). And on Mugar's What's New in the Library site, one can keep up-to-date on new acquisitions, research guides, services, hours (portions of the library will be open 24 hours during finals, May 10 to 18), databases, policies, and exhibits. Full-color maps of Mugar are also now available online. Updated every month, the most recent What's New in the Library features such new electronic research tools as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts. In addition, library staff have prepared research guides for the College of General Studies' Capstone Project -- the culmination of CGS sophomores' two-year program. This year the Capstone title is Science and Technology Entering the 21st Century. Any student embarking on related research projects will find this link useful. This month Mugar also offers research guides on Drugs and Drug Abuse, Internet Resources for French Language and Literature, and Guns and Gun Control. "Libraries are not made; they grow," said English politician and writer Augustine Birrell (1850-1933). Indeed, BU's libraries -- there are actually 17 of them -- are expanding electronically to meet the needs of today's scholars. -- BF |
