FirstSearch Databases Update

Following the conclusion of our FirstSearch consortium agreement, access to the following databases has been restored:

AGRICOLA (available on the Web or through EBSCOHost)
AHSearch (available through Web of Science)
BasicBIOSIS (available through FirstSearch)
Biology Digest (available through FirstSearch)
EconLit (available through FirstSearch)
GEOBASE (available through FirstSearch)

FirstSearch Databases Unavailable

Due to the termination of a consortium agreement, access to the following FirstSearch databases has been interrupted:

AGRICOLA
AHSearch
Alternative Press Index
BasicBIOSIS
Biology Digest
Business & Industry
Business Organizations
Consumers Index
Disclosure Corporate Snapshots
GEOBASE
Media Review Digest
Worldscope Global

We are working with the vendor to restore access. We thank you for your patience.

African American Studies Center

Tarver Library has implemented an extended University-wide trial of African American Studies Center from Oxford University Press. This database can be accessed from the Tarver Library database listing page. The trial of African American Studies Center will run through September 30, 2008.

"The Oxford African American Studies Center provides students, scholars and librarians with more than 8,000 articles by top scholars in the field. The core content includes the highly acclaimed Africana, which presents a powerful account of the African and African American experience in five volumes. The new Encyclopedia of African American History, 1619-1895 documents the full range of the African American experience from the arrival of the black explorer, Esteban, who arrived with the Spanish in 1527, to the death of Frederick Douglass. A forthcoming companion set, the Encyclopedia of African American History, 1896 to the Present, offers the most extensive treatment of African American history into the twenty-first century and will be fully available online in 2009. Bringing the contribution of African American women to the fore is the fascinating three-volume Black Women in America, Second Edition, edited by Darlene Clark Hine. And finally, the much-anticipated African American National Biography African American history through the lives of its people, ultimately offering over 6,000 biographies. New entries from this landmark work are continually added as part of the regular update program, with over 1,200 already online."

(Excerpt from "About AASC" http://www.oxfordaasc.com/public/about.jsp)

Printers are back!

We've brought back the old HP printers and they are up and running. While we no longer have color or double sided printing, we do have the speed back that we were used to before. We hope that the problems have been solved and we thank you for your patience. The Tarver Library would like to give thanks to TSS, particularly Craig Webb who has gone above and beyond to help us out with fixing these printing issues. So thanks!

Printers part 2

We had hoped that the printing problems were solved. However, over the last few days we have noticed that they have not and continue to work on trying to get these problems fixed. To that end, Thursday September 6, beginning when we open until at least 11 we will be working on the printing system again. We may have some computers closed off or ask that you move to a different one while we work on getting the printing situation resolved. If you need help during this time please come to the Reference or the Circulation desk for assistance. We are trying are hardest to resolve the situation as quickly as possible.

One of the drawbacks will be that we will no longer have color printing, but we feel that getting the speed of jobs back up will help you better. If you have any questions please let us know. Thanks.

ATLA Maintenance on September 10 (9/10)

From EBSCO comes this news on the ATLA databases. Please note that while their is scheduled time for next week, it is possible that other dates may follow as well. We will do our best to notify you of these times when we can. If you need further assistance please contact the Reference Desk at (478) 301-2055. Thanks.

Please be advised that ATLA plans to perform routine system maintenance on Monday, September 10, beginning at 5:00 p.m. EDT. It is possible, though not likely, that you will encounter an interruption of access to full text records on /ATLASerials/ and /ATLA Religion/ Databases with /ATLASerials/, between the hours of 5:00 and 7:00 EDT. On the first Monday of the following few months, ATLA will conduct routine maintenance during the same timeframe. We will contact you in advance, if there is any possibility of a brief service interruption during those times. We apologize in advance for any inconvenience and look forward to continuing to provide you with ATLA's fine products.