Library News

Spring 2008

Library Award for Undergraduate Research

The Library's Award for Undergraduate Research winner for 2008 is Kiersten Camp. Kiersten's winning essay may be viewed by clicking here. Congratulations to Kiersten and all of the participants of our first annual award.

VU Authors Reception

Please join Library Services at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 17 in the Christopher Center Community Room as we honor VU Authors for books published in 2007. Visit our VU Authors page to see the honorees for this and previous years.

National Library Workers Day

How has the Library made your life easier? Fill out a post card at the Reference Desk or the Circulation Desks to let us know! The post cards will be displayed as part of National Library Workers Day - Tuesday, April 15th.

New Hours for the CCLIR

Our service hours have changed to meet your schedule and studying needs. Be sure to check out the calendar for the most up-to-date information.

Pathfinders Now Called Class Help Pages

Looking for your class pathfinder and can't find the Pathfinder link? Look for Class Help Pages from Other Research Tools on the Library's homepage.

Events & Exhibits

Be sure to visit our Events & Exhibits Calendar to see all of the wonderful art exhibits that take place all over the Christopher Center. Most exhibits will be in the Hall that connects the Christopher Center and the Union.

Library Blog Created for Your Information

Be sure to keep current with the latest from Library Services by visiting our blog, Spotlight. Suggestions and questions from Ask Us! will be answered here.

Galileo Toolbar Download

If you use Mozilla Firefox, you'll want to take advantage of our new toolbar utility. If you want to be able to easily search our catalog without going into our catalog, go to this page: http://www.valpo.edu/library/plugin.html and click on the download link, and then you will be set. It's that easy!

Hey VU! Whatcha Reading?

Visit our READ poster site to see what students are reading these days. Each week we will add new posters of students who are involved in campus life. Want to get your organization recognized? Contact Becky Byrum or call x5771.

New features makes JournaLocator even more easy to use! JournaLocator, a database of current journal / periodical subscriptions owned by VU, has just recently received a search feature of its own. Once you know the title of the journal you need, an easy search in JournaLocator will display results indicating whether we own it in print or microform (Christopher Center Print Holdings) or through a database (display of database name with link). Your results reflect print, microform, and online journals within databases. For more step-by-step information, check out the Accessing Journals & Periodicals user guide.

Database Trials

Our current database trials are available here.

New Titles

Christopher Center's New Titles lists are available online.